Pat Bates
Golfer
1969 –
Who is Pat Bates?
Patrick Alfred Bates is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.
Bates was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Buddy Alexander's Florida Gators men's golf team in National Collegiate Athletic Association competition from 1988 to 1991. He received first-team All-Southeastern Conference honors and was an All-American in 1989, 1990 and 1991. Bates graduated from Florida with a bachelor's degree in communications process and disorders.
Bates played on the Nationwide Tour in 1994, from 1996 to 2001 and 2005 to 2007. He played on the PGA Tour in 1995 and from 2002 to 2004. His best finish in a PGA Tour event was a tie for fifth at the Bank of America Colonial in 2003.
In 2001 Bates won three events on the Nationwide Tour which gave him an immediate promotion to the PGA Tour.
His wife, Kristine Tewell, is the daughter of Champions Tour golfer Doug Tewell.
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