Tyler Heath Slocum (born February 3, 1974) is an
American professional golfer and current player on
the PGA Tour.
Slocum was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He
learned the game of golf from his dad, a former
Mississippi club pro who participated in the
Magnolia State Classic nine times. Slocum played on
the same high school golf team in Milton, Florida as
fellow PGA Tour player Boo Weekley, and later
attended the University of South Alabama in Mobile,
Alabama. While a student there, he earned many
amateur golf honors including three-time
All-American. He turned pro in 1996 and joined the
PGA Tour in 2001.
Slocum began his career on the Nationwide Tour. He
was the second person to earn a promotion to the PGA
Tour by winning three Nationwide Tour events in the
same season (this is commonly referred to as a
"battlefield promotion"). He is only the second
player in Nationwide Tour history to complete 72
holes without a bogey. In November 1997, Slocum
developed ulcerative colitis which caused his weight
to drop from 150 pounds to 122 pounds. He wasn't
able to play for a year and one-half.
Slocum has won twice so far on the PGA Tour. His
first win was in 2004 at the Chrysler Classic of
Tucson. His second win came at the Southern Farm
Bureau Classic in 2005. His best finish in a major
has been a 22nd at the 2002 PGA Championship and he
has featured in the top 100 of the Official World
Golf Rankings. Slocum represented the United States
at the 2007 OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup with Boo
Weekley and finished in 2nd place.
