| Mike Larkin |
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| Personal information |
| Full name | Michael Thomas Larkin |
| Born | 31 August 1983 (1983-08-31) (age 26)
Yorktown, New York |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 13 st) |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Residence | White Plains, New York |
| Career |
| College | Towson University |
| Turned professional | 2006 |
| Current tour(s) | Gateway Tour
|
| Professional wins | 1 |
| Achievements and awards |
| CAA Golf Scholar Athlete Of The Year | 2004 |
| CAA Golf Scholar Athlete Of The Year | 2005 |
| Ping Mid-Atlantic All Region Team | 2005 |
| ESPN Academic All-American 2nd Team | 2005 |
Mike Larkin (born August 31, 1983) is an American professional golfer.
He played his high school golf at Yorktown High School, in Yorktown, New York under coach Rich Lavino. He graduated from Yorktown in 2001. Larkin played his college golf at Towson University in Maryland for 4 years, from 2001 to 2005, where he competed in 2 NCAA Regional Championships. During his collegiate career he was named the Colonial Athletic Association's Scholar-Athlete of the year for Golf in both 2004 and 2005. He turned professional in 2006, and currently plays professionally year round. He has been an assistant teaching professional at Ridgeway Country Club in White Plains, New York for the past 2 years.[1]
Soon after graduating from Towson, Larkin played in the same pairing with Michelle Wie in June of 2005 as she became the first woman to qualify for a USGA national men's tournament, in the qualifier for the United States Public Links Championship which was contested at Cedarbrook Golf Course outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[2]
Larkin has had some success on both the local and national level in professional events. He won his first professional event at Nissequogue Golf Club on June 9th, 2008 on the Metropolitan PGA Assistant's Tour with a 5 under par, 67.[3] Also in 2008, he finished tied for 3rd place at the Metropolitan PGA Section Assistants Championship played on Bethpage State Park's Red Course.[4] His performance there qualified him for the National PGA Assistants Championship played in Port St. Lucie, FL on the Wanamaker Course at the PGA Golf Club where he tied for 17th after rounds of 78-72-70-69.[5]
In 2007, his second year as a professional, he finished inside the top 15 in the three biggest tournaments played in the Metropolitan PGA Section: The New York State Open, The Metropolitan Open, and the Westchester Open. In the 2007 Westchester Open, played at Glen Arbor Golf Club, Larkin shot rounds of 71-69-77 to tie for 11th place at 1 over par.[6] In the 2007 New York State Open contested on the Black Course at Bethpage State Park, Larkin shot rounds of 75-70-77 to finish tied for 11th.[7] To finish off the year, at the 2007 Metropolitan Open played at The Meadow Brook Club, Larkin shot rounds of 69-70-70 to tie for 6th, at 4 under par, 2 shots behind champion Frank Bensel of Century Country Club.[8]
On September 25th, 2009, Mike advanced through the Pre-Qualifying stage of the PGA Tour's Qualifying Tournament at the Black Horse Course in Seaside, CA. A final round of 3-under par, 69 moved him up the leaderboard into a tie for 32nd, good enough to advance to First Stage.[9] First Stage will be contested at St. John's Golf and Country Club beginning October 21st, 2009.[10]
Mike has played events on several of golf's mini-tours including The Gateway Tour[11], The Hooters Tour[12], and The Minor League Golf Tour.[13]
