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David Bartos Merkow (born May 5, 1985) is a long-hitting American :golfer. He won the World Junior Masters tournament boys 14–15 division as a youth in 2000, and the American Junior Golf Association's SLI Junior Classic boys division two years later. In June 2005 he and a former high school teammate won the Wisconsin State Golf Association Best-Ball title. For college, he attended Northwestern University. There, he won the individual title at the Second Annual Big Ten/Pac-10 Challenge in 2005, was named Big Ten Conference Player of the Year in 2006, and finished his college career 6th in Northwestern's all-time stroke average, at 74.27.〔 In 2008, playing in Argentina in the 11th Pan American Maccabi Games, he won two gold medals; both in the individual competition, and with the U.S. team in the team competition. In 2010 he was playing in the NGA Hooters Tour. ==Early life and high school== Merkow was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Hartland, Wisconsin, from Milwaukee. His grandfather taught him how to play golf.〔 In August 2000, he won the World Junior Masters tournament boys 14–15 division with a 227.〔("Sorenstam leads at LPGA major" ), ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'', August 12, 2000. Retrieved January 18, 2010.〕 In August 2002, he won the American Junior Golf Association's SLI Junior Classic boys division in New Seabury, Massachusetts, with a 212 (2 over par).〔("Merkow claims 2-shot victory at AJGA tourney" ), ''Cape Cod Times'', August 30, 2002. Retrieved January 18, 2011.〕 In Arrowhead Union High School in Hartland, he was co-Captain of the golf team in his senior year,〔("Golfers Get the Message; Arrowhead Storms Back on Back 9" ), John Casper Jr., ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'', June 4, 2003. Retrieved January 18, 2010.〕 and was a two-time all-state honoree (as a junior and senior, in 2002 and 2003). He was one of only three Jewish students at the high school.〔 Speaking about being Jewish, Merkow observed: "It does drive me. When I make it on (PGA ) Tour, I'd like it to be known that I'm Jewish. Whether it's wearing my Star of David (his neck ), or having a Chai on my () bag, I want to show that there are good Jewish athletes." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Merkow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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