Rene Quiroz

 

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DOB: Jan.7.72
Height: 5’11”
Residence: Eagle Rock, CA
Joined Tour: 2009
RETIRED 2018

 

 

 

Career Stats:

Tournaments Played: 41

Best Finish: 2nd, 2012 & 2014 Masters

Player of the Year Ranking:
2009: 14th/17
2010: 15th/17
2011: 11th/16
2012: 11th/15
2013: 14th/15
2014: 12th/15
2015: 15th/16
2016: 16th/16
2017: did not play
2018: 11th/11

Record in match play: 0-5

Lowest Round Par-27: 40 (2nd Round 2012 MBC, 2012 Charly)
Lowest Round Par-29: 40 (2012 Masters Qualifier)
Lowest Rounds Masters: front 9: 40 (2014); back 9: 38 (2012)
Lowest Round: Griffith Observatory Championship (par-33): 53 (2011,2012,2013)

Record in playoffs: 0-1
2012 Masters: lost to John Mann on 2nd hole of sudden death

Career Highlights:

2018: Season-opening Charly Classic – his first Tour appearance since 2016 – marked his only Tour appearance of the season.
2017: 
Did not play.
2016:
 His lone start of the season, the Hooters, marked the 40th start of his career.
2015:
Played in a career low 2 tournaments, making starts in the Manhattan Beach Championship (T7) and Survivor Challenge (9th).
2014: 
Played in 6 of 9 tournaments and finished the year ranked 12th… Finished runner-up at the Masters for the 2nd time in the last 3 years. Established a new career best front-9 by 4 strokes (40)…  Qualified for, but did not play Devil Ball… Finished 10th in the Survivor after nearly dethroning defending champion Walter Vargas on the 2nd hole. 2 dramatically close putts – one in each playoff – were the difference in him exiting and Vargas surviving.
2013: 
Finished tied for a career best 3rd at the Griffith Observatory Championship. The tournament was his 30th career start… Played a career-low 4 of 10 tournaments.
2012
: Won the Masters Qualifier to earn his first trip to the Masters. Had the 2nd best gross (also a new personal best) which would have qualified him regardless of his 2 stroke handicap… Finished runner-up in the Masters, losing on the 2nd sudden death playoff hole.  Recorded a tournament-high 3 birdies (which were scored in succession on the back-9), tying the record held by Armen Grigorian (2008). Beat 6 other golfers straight up. Shot the day’s 2nd best back-9 (38). Went just +2 in Devil’s Gulch, posting 2 birdies. His total round 82 was the 4th best debut in Masters history… Established a new career low par-27 score (40) in the 2nd round of the MBC, then matched that in the Charly Invt’l… Qualified for the Devil Ball shootout but did not play… Played in 7 of 10 tournaments.
2011: Had new career best finishes in 4 tournaments: Manhattan Beach (4th), Hooters (with teammate Cary Sachs, 4th), Griffiths (6th), and Survivor (8th)…Finished the season ranked 11th, the highest of his career… Played in 8 of 9 tournaments.
2010: 4th in the Devil Ball Shootout marked the highest finish of his young career…Established 2 new career low rounds: 43 for a par-27 during the (back nine) Tour Championship and a 47 at the Masters Qualifier…Played in 6 of 9 tournaments.
2009: Made his Tour debut March 8 in the Manhattan Beach Championship. After a rough start, he improved 15 strokes in the 2nd round…Finished 5th (with teammate Gerry Vaughan) in the Hooters Team Play Championship in what would be his highest finish of the season…As the #14 seed, had his match go all the way to the 9th and final hole against #3 Armen Grigorian before succumbing…Played in 6 of 9 tournaments.

••• HISTORICALS •••

MANHATTAN BEACH CHAMPIONSHIP

Year (field)Finish
2009 (14)
2010 (13)
2011 (12)
2012 (13)
2013 (10)
2014 (13)
2015 (10)
2016 (7)
13th
11th
4th
5th
DNP
12th
T-7th
DNP

CHARLY CLASSIC

Year (field)Finish
2009 (13)
2010 (12)
2011 (14)
2012 (14)
2013 (7)
2014 (12)
2015 (10)
2016 (8)
2017 (8)
2018 (7)
DNP
T-7th
T-8th
T-5th
DNP
T-8th
DNP
DNP
DNP
6th

HOOTERS TEAM PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

Year (field)FinishCourse
2009 (7)
2010 (6)
2011 (7)
2012 (7)
2013 (6)
2014 (6)
2015 (5)
2016 (6)
2017 (6)
2018 (4)
5th with teammate Gerry Vaughan
5th with teammate Walter Vargas
4th with teammate Cary Sachs
5th with teammate Armen Grigorian
6th with teammate Tim Joe
6th with Tim Joe & Martin Witt
DNP
6th with teammate Tim Joe
DNP
DNP
Van Nuys
DeBell, Burbank
Verdugo Hills
Verdugo Hills
DeBell, Burbank
Van Nuys
Heroes, Westwood
Arroyo Seco, South Pas
DeBell, Burbank
Arroyo Seco, South Pas

MGM MATCH PLAY INVITATIONAL

Year (field)Finish
2009 (12)
2010 (12)
2011 (14)
2012 (13)
2013 (15)
2014 (14)
2015 (12)
2016 (8)
2017 (11)
Lost in 1st Round
Lost in 1st Round
Lost in 1st Round
DNP
Lost in 1st Round
Lost in 1st Round
DNP
DNP
DNP

THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

Year (field)FinishCourse
2012 (14)
2013 (7)
2014
T-10th
DNP
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Las Vegas: Angel Park, Cloud 9
Las Vegas: Angel Park, Mountain
CANCELLED

GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY CHAMPIONSHIP

Year (field)Finish
2009 (16)
2010 (16)
2011 (14)
2012 (11)
2013 (12)
2014 (11)
2015 (9)
2016 (9)
16th
DNP
6th
T-6th
T-3rd
DNP
DNP
DNP

MASTERS (10-man field)

YearFinish
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
2nd (lost on 2nd sudden death hole)
T-8th (DNQ; played as alternate)
2nd
DNQ
DNP
DNP
DNP

DEVIL BALL SHOOTOUT

Year (field)FinishCourse
2009
2010 (15)
2011 (12)
2012 (12)
2013 (8)
2014 (11)
2015 (10)
2016 (8)
2017 (8)
2018 (8)
Missed Cut
4th
6th
DNP
DNQ
DNP
DNQ
DNQ
DNP
DNP
Altadena & Los Feliz
Alhambra
DeBell, Burbank
Eaton Canyon, Pasadena
Alhambra
DeBell, Burbank
Santa Anita
Altadena
Alhambra
Woodley Lakes

SURVIVOR CHALLENGE

Year (field)Finish
2009 (14)
2010 (10)
2011 (9)
2012 (12)
2013 (10)
2014 (11)
2015 (10)
2016 (10)
2017 (8)
9th
DNP
8th
DNP
DNP
10th
9th
DNP
DNP

TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Year (field)FinishCourse
2009 (8)
2010 (12)
2011 (14)
2012 (13)
2013 (10)
2014 (13)
2015 (8)
2016 (7)
2017 (5)
2018 (7)
DNP
11th
14th
13th
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
Verdugo Hills
Verdugo Hills **
El Cariso, Sylmar
Scholl Canyon, Glendale
Vista Valencia, Valencia
Westchester
El Cariso, Sylmar
Vista Valencia, Valencia
Westchester
El Cariso, Sylmar

** – format changed to stroke play

TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS

Year (field)FinishCourse
2009 (6)
2010 (6)
2011 (5)
2012 (8)
2013 (5)
2014 (5)
2015 (6)
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
Terranea, Palos Verdes
Terranea, Palos Verdes
Terranea, Palos Verdes
Terranea, Palos Verdes
Terranea, Palos Verdes
Terranea, Palos Verdes
Terranea, Palos Verdes