Professional career

When he was in his late teens, Baddeley was seen as one of the most promising talents in world golf. He was the youngest player ever to represent Australia in the Eisenhower Trophy and he won the Holden Australian Open as an amateur in 1999 and retained his title in 2000, by which time he had turned professional. In 2001, he won the Greg Norman Holden International in Australia. He won the PGA Tour of Australasia's Order of Merit in 2000/01. However of the following few years he came to be overshadowed by his Australian contemporary Adam Scott, who is less than a year older than Baddeley but reached the world top 10 in 2005.

In 2002, Baddeley played on the second tier Nationwide Tour in the U.S. and placed tenth on the money list to earn a PGA Tour card for 2003. He had second-place finishes on the PGA Tour in 2003 at the Sony Open in Hawaii and 2004 at the Chrysler Classic of Tucson. However he struggled for consistency, and after a solid rookie season, when he finished 73rd on the money list, he only just retained his card in 2004, when he came 124th. In 2005 he moved back up the rankings to 78th and in 2006 he won his first PGA Tour title at the Verizon Heritage.

Baddeley won his second PGA Tour tournament in early 2007 and reached the top 50 of the world rankings. By September, he had entered the top 20.

Baddeley was the leader after the third round of the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club on 16 June 2007 with a two over par score of 212 (72-70-70). He finished with an 80 and ended T-13.

After a lull in form over the following few seasons, where he was finishing only in the lower reaches of the top-125 on the money list, Baddeley returned to the winner's circle when he won the 2011 Northern Trust Open in California. He defended a one-shot third round lead over Kevin Na and veteran Fred Couples, completing a steady closing round of 69 to beat another veteran, Vijay Singh, by two strokes.

In October 2011, Baddeley was selected by Greg Norman as one of his two wildcard picks for the 2011 Presidents Cup team. He was selected along with fellow Australian Robert Allenby to compete at Royal Melbourne in November.

Statistically speaking, Baddeley frequently ranks as one of the very best putters on the PGA Tour. As of 2010, he has qualified for the Tour's end-of-season statistical rankings 8 times; of those, he finished among the circuit's top 10 in putts per green in regulation five times, and among the top 15 seven times. The only qualified season in which Baddeley was not among the PGA Tour's top 15 putters by that metric came in 2004, when he finished 64th out of 196 players.

Personal life

Baddeley is a committed Christian and has confessed that it was his faith that prevented him giving up professional golf on numerous occasions. Baddeley's wife Richelle, whom he married on April 15, 2005, sums up Baddeley's faith in God, saying: "It never faltered. He never asked, 'What are you trying to teach me? I want you to be the man you want me to be. I will go through these times if that is Your will'." Richelle has also been pivotal to Baddeley's resurgence. "I had to learn the balance of letting him be alone when he comes home sometimes upset. It's sheer frustration from him. He's played his best, and it just hasn't happened," she said. Baddeley and his wife Richelle have two daughters Jewell Kalaih and Jolee. Baddeley attended Luther College during his high school years.

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

• 1999 Riversdale Cup

Professional wins (7)

PGA Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	16 Apr 2006	Verizon Heritage	−15 (66-67-66-70=269)	1 stroke	Jim Furyk
2	4 Feb 2007	FBR Open	−21 (65-70-64-64=263)	1 stroke	John Rollins
3	20 Feb 2011	Northern Trust Open	−12 (67-69-67-69=272)	2 strokes	Vijay Singh

PGA Tour playoff record (0-1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1.	2003	Sony Open in Hawaii	Ernie Els	Lost to birdie on second extra hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (4)

• 1999 Holden Australian Open (as an amateur)
• 2000 Holden Australian Open
• 2001 Greg Norman Holden International (co-sanctioned with the European Tour)
• 2007 MasterCard Masters (co-sanctioned with the European Tour)

Results in major championships

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters Tournament	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T52	CUT	T17
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	T13	T29	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	T57	DNP	DNP	T55	CUT	T13	CUT

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Masters Tournament	DNP	T47	T40	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	T23
The Open Championship	DNP	CUT	T69	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	CUT	T42	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	4
U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	3
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	4
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	4	30	12

• Most consecutive cuts made - 3 (2006 PGA - 2007 Open Championship)
• Longest streak of top-10s - 0

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2006	2007	2008
Accenture Match Play Championship	DNP	R16	R16
Cadillac Championship	DNP	T6	T15
Bridgestone Invitational	T54	T20	T43

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012
Accenture Match Play Championship	R64	DNP	DNP	R64
Cadillac Championship	DQ	DNP	T28	12
Bridgestone Invitational	DNP	DNP	T11	T8
HSBC Champions	DNP	DNP	T23	DNP

• DNP = Did not play
• DQ = Disqualified
• QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
• "T" = Tied
• Yellow background for top-10.
• Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

PGA Tour career summary

Season	Wins	Earnings ($)	Rank
2001	0	19,435	-
2002	0	16,380	-
2003	0	989,168	73
2004	0	632,876	123
2005	0	1,006,006	78
2006	1	1,516,513	55
2007	1	3,441,119	10
2008	0	1,665,587	49
2009	0	837,065	101
2010	0	879,317	110
2011	1	3,094,693	20
2012	0	1,215,753	76
2013	0	721,024	113
2014	0	942,559	102
2015	0	439,925	165
Career*	3	17,417,419	76

* Through the 2014-15 season.
Note: Baddeley did not join the PGA Tour until 2003 so he was not ranked on the money list until then.

Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Australia): 1998, 2000

Professional

• World Cup (representing Australia): 2001
• Presidents Cup (International Team): 2011

Equipment

• Driver: Adams Speedline Fast 12ls 10.5
• 3 wood: Adams Speedline Fast 12
• 5 wood: Adams Insight
• Irons: Adams MB2 satin finish
• Wedges: Adams Puglielli 55, Titleist vokey 60
• Putter: Scotty Cameron Newport

[ Source: Wikipedia ]