Ryan Palmer was born on September 19,1976 in Amarillo, Texas. He is just under six feet tall and weighs in at one hundred and seventy-five pounds. Palmer resides in Hurst, Texas with his wife and son. Besides golf, Palmer’s other interests include cooking, racquetball, and football. Palmer attended college at the Texas A&M University at Bryan College Station Texas.
As an amateur Palmer played in the US Open in 1998 and did not make the cut. However, Palmer did turn professional in 2000 winning four events on the Light Lies Tour. Palmer then went on to finish sixth on the Nationwide Tour Money list. With his twenty-fourth start as a rookie in 2004 Ryan won the FUNAI Classic at the Walt Disney World Resort. Palmer, at the present, ranks seventy-three and has earned nearly one and a half million dollars in the last season.
Ryan Palmer has a reputation for having a big heart, especially for the youth in Amarillo and Texas panhandle where he started the Ryan Palmer Foundation for Children. The Foundation began in January 2004 as a non-profit organization, with its major goals listed as education, health, and the opportunity to succeed. The foundation activities are youth golf clinics, special golf projects for the community, scholarships programs, education programs and assistance to local youth and organization in need.
The Foundation’s Mission is “To promote community involvement with constant focus on the health and education of today’s young people and their opportunity to succeed.” Palmer is very active in the foundation. He has already secured playing status for the 2009 PGA tour.
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