Stewart Ernest Cink (born May 21, 1973) is an
American professional golfer. He spent 27 weeks in
the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings in
2004-05.
Cink was born in Huntsville, Alabama and grew up in
Florence. He attended Georgia Tech in Atlanta, where
he played golf for the Yellow Jackets, and turned
professional in 1995. After winning the Mexican Open
and three events on the Nike Tour (now the
Nationwide Tour) in 1996, Cink joined the PGA Tour
in 1997 and won the Canon Greater Hartford Open in
his rookie season. Cink performed consistently on
the Tour over the next few years, picking up another
win at the 2000 MCI Classic. 2004 was his career
year to date, with a fifth-place finish on the money
list and wins at the MCI Heritage and at the WGC-NEC
Invitational, which is one of the World Golf
Championships events and was the most prestigious
win of his career. He also has two sons, Connor and
Reagan, and a wife, Lisa.
On February 24, 2008, Cink was the runner-up in the
WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship played in
Marana, Arizona, falling 8 & 7 in the 36-hole final
to top-ranked Tiger Woods.
