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Brad Fabel

American professional golfer

Summary

American professional golfer

Field	Value
name	Brad Fabel
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birth_place	Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
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weight	190 lb
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college	University of Houston
Western Kentucky University
yearpro	1982
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extour	PGA Tour
Nationwide Tour
prowins	2
nwidewins	2
otherwins
majorwins
masters	DNP
usopen	T34: 1999
open	DNP
pga	T28: 1987
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Western Kentucky University Nationwide Tour Brad Fabel (born November 30, 1955) is an American professional golfer.

Early life and amateur career

In 1955, Fabel was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a semifinalist at the 1973 U.S. Junior Amateur and won 1974 Kentucky Amateur. He played college golf first at the University of Houston, then at Western Kentucky University. He graduated from WKU in 1982.

Professional career

In 1982, Fabel turned professional. Fabel played on the PGA Tour from 1985 to 1993 and 1996 to 2001. His best finish on tour was pair of T-2: at the 1990 Canon Greater Hartford Open and the 1997 Buick Open. He also played on the Nationwide Tour from 1994 to 1995 and 2001 to 2005, winning twice: the 1994 Nike Gateway Classic and the 1995 Nike Shreveport Open.

Since retiring in 2005, Fabel has worked as a PGA Tour rules official.

Amateur wins

1974 Kentucky Amateur

Professional wins (2)

Nike Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Jul 24, 1994	Nike Gateway Classic	−9 (70-68-71-70=279)	1 stroke	USA Jim Carter, USA Chris Perry
2	Apr 23, 1995	Nike Shreveport Open	name=weather	Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.}}	4 strokes	USA Chris Smith

Playoff record

Other playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament
1	1985	Chrysler Team Championship
(with USA Charlie Bolling)	USA Jim Colbert and USA Tom Purtzer,
USA Raymond Floyd and USA Hal Sutton,
USA John Fought and USA Pat McGowan,
USA Gary Hallberg and USA Scott Hoch	Floyd/Sutton won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
U.S. Open	CUT				CUT			CUT					CUT	T34
PGA Championship		T28					T33						T71

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

Note: Fabel never played in the Masters Tournament or The Open Championship

Notes

References

[https://archive.today/20120707090527/http://champsdatabase.usga.org/results_winner.asp?ID=84 1973 U.S. Junior Amateur]
[https://archive.today/20120711135526/http://kygolfassoc.com/pastchampions/page_3/ Kentucky State Amateur Championship - Past Champions]
[http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/hou/sports/m-golf/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/12-golf-mg-sec-4.pdf 2011–12 Houston Golf] {{Webarchive. link. (2016-01-14 . University of Houston. Retrieved 2013-04-27.)
[https://archive.today/20120907004930/http://www.pgatour.com/2009/tournaments/r011/04/29/fabel.livsey/index.html Fabel discusses fabled past at TPC Sawgrass' 17th hole]

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