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7yTodd Hamilton has been added to the published field of this week’s HP Byron Nelson Championship.

Hamilton was the first alternate when the field was released on Friday afternoon. He gained entry when Spencer Levin withdrew this morning. Hamilton is 1-for-2 with a T12 in Puerto Rico this year. He’ll be competing in his ninth consecutive appearance at the Nelson; however, his only top-55 payday was a T18 in 2005.

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7yTodd Hamilton has been added to the published field of this week’s Puerto Rico Open.

Hamilton was the second alternate when the field was released on Friday afternoon. He gained entry due to three withdrawals this morning. In his only start of 2012, he missed the cut at the Mayakoba. He’s 1-for-3 in Puerto Rico with a T42 last year.

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7yTodd Hamilton carded a bogey-free, 4-under-par 34-34=68 in his opening round of the Puerto Rico Open, finishing two strokes back of the clubhouse co-leaders.

Hamilton has virtually zero fantasy value. That’s evident by the fact that he was the second alternate for this week’s opposite event. Yet, he’s still quite capable of piecing together good golf. He split 10 (of 14) fairways and hit 14 greens today en route to four birdies. Temper your enthusiasm, however, as he hasn’t had a top 20 on the PGA TOUR in 35 months.

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7yTodd Hamilton backed up his opening 68 at the Puerto Rico Open with a 3-under-par 35-34=69 in his second round to reach the halfway mark in 7-under 137, four strokes off the 36-hole clubhouse lead.

Hamilton has averaged one occurrence of consecutive sub-70 rounds per year since 2010. That he reached this season’s quota today is mildly concerning as it relates to the weekend. He didn’t incur his first bogey of the week until his eighth hole today -- No. 17 at Trump International -- and he offset two in the round with five birdies. Overall, he’s missed 10 greens in regulation, so his scrambling is spot on thus far.

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7yTodd Hamilton’s final round of 3-under-par 33-36=69 at the Puerto Rico Open will mark his highest finish on the PGA TOUR since the 2009 Verizon Heritage.

The former Open Champion finished the week with a 9-under total of 68-69-73-69=279. The difference came with the putter, as he finished the week with 1.723 putts per GIR. He is not currently in the field at the Transitions Championship, but that could change if he slides into the top 10 at the end of the day.

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7yTodd Hamilton, winner of the 2004 British Open at Royal Troon, will tee it up at this week’s British Open.

While he didn’t play in the 2001 trip to Royal Lytham and St. Annes, he did manage to finish 45th in 1996. In Hamilton’s seven attempts to claim the Claret Jug for a second time after his win, he has managed to cash just twice and has not cracked the top 30.

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7yTodd Hamilton scored 9 points in his opening round of the Reno-Tahoe Open, finishing five points back of the clubhouse lead.

Hamilton is 2-for-6 on the PGA TOUR this year. He’s 1-for-7 in starts on other tours as he juggles what status he has remaining globally. At Montreux Golf and Country Club today, he hit 13 greens and buried five birdies before swallowing his only bogey of the day at the par-3 16th hole.

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7yTodd Hamilton added 7 points in the final round of the Reno-Tahoe Open to finishe the week inside the top 10 with 30 points.

Hamilton found four birdies to just one bogey in his final trip around Montreux Golf & Country Club. His 11 GIR resulted in 26 putts. This week marks the first time he’s cracked a top 10 since the 2009 Heritage where he tied for fourth.

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7yTodd Hamilton has been added to the published field of this week’s McGladrey Classic.

Hamilton was the eighth alternate when the field was released on Friday afternoon, and he climbed to third alternate after today’s field changes, but he was given the last sponsor exemption into the tournament. He finished second-to-last at CordeValle on Sunday. Now 180th on the money list, the two-time PGA TOUR winner will turn 47 years of age on Thursday.

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7yTodd Hamilton has been added to the published field of this week’s Frys.com Open.

Hamilton was the second alternate when the field was released on Friday afternoon, but there was only one withdrawal this morning, which Joe Durant filled, so Hamilton likely received the final sponsor exemption. He’s split time on the PGA TOUR (eight starts) with starts in Europe and Asia this year. Overall, he’s 5-for-17. Both of his top 25s were on the PGA TOUR where he ranks 178th in earnings.