Ted Potter Jr. is a well-known professional golfer from the United States. He has been a professional golfer for nearly two decades, having turned pro in 2002. Ted has won nineteen professional tours in his career, including two PGA Tours, two Korn Ferry Tours, and over fifteen other tours. He was named NGA Hooters Tour Player of the Year twice.
Ted Potter Jr. was born on November 9, 1983, in Ocala, Florida, as Theodore Charles Potter Jr. He is one of Ted Potter Srtwo .’s children with his wife, Dale Potter. His father is a retired golf course maintenance professional who previously worked at Silver Springs Shores Country Club and other courses in the Ocala area. Stephanie Potter is his younger brother. Ted graduated from Lake Weir High School and began his professional career when he was nineteen years old.
Earnings, Net Worth, and Prize Money of Ted Potter Jr.
Ted Potter Jr. is estimated to have a net worth of more than $5 million. He attributes the majority of his net worth to his successful golf career. Ted, along with Vijay Singh, is one of the oldest players to compete on the PGA Tours. He must be making a lot of money from his endorsement, sponsorship, and other deals.
Ted debuted on the PGA Tour in the 2011/12 season. He earned more than $1.3 million in his first PGA season. He was unable to keep up with the game the following season, earning only $1.2 million in two years. Due to an injury, the golfer was unable to compete on the tour in 2015/16. Ted made a strong comeback in the 2017/18 season, earning nearly $2 million from twenty-eight events, which remains his highest-earning season at the PGA.
Potter earned $361,000 from nineteen PGA events last season. Ted has already earned more than $180,000 from eleven events in the current season of 2020/21. His earnings from the PGA tours total $5,913,751.
Married Life of Ted Potter Jr.
Ted Potter Jr. has a happy marriage with his wife and two children. Ted married his longtime girlfriend, Cheri Renee Potter, in 2013. Because they had a private wedding ceremony, there isn’t much information available to the media.
Corbin, the couple’s first child, was born shortly after their wedding in 2016. In 2019, the family of three became a family of four with the birth of a daughter, Addison. Ted spends the majority of his spare time with his children. Cheri continues to accompany their children to her husband’s game.
Golf Career Spans Two Decades
Ted began playing golf when he was two years old. Potter Sr., his father, was a golf instructor who taught his son. He dominated Florida’s youth golf tours, winning a slew of junior tournaments. Potter is estimated to have won over 60 mini-tours at various levels of competition. The golfer competed on the Nationwide Tour from 2003 to 2011. Between these years, he won more than a dozen series.
Potter Jr. made his official PGA debut in 2012 at the Sony Open in Hawaii. In the same year, he won his first PGA Tour event, the Greenbrier Classic. Ted qualified for the 2012 Open Championship at the end of the season and competed in his first Masters Tournament in 2013. Potter suffered an ankle injury at the end of the 2013 season, keeping him out of the tournament for two seasons.
Ted made his PGA Tour comeback in 2018 and has been playing with it ever since. The same year, he was ranked no.73 in the World Golf Ranking, which remains his highest ranking.
Quick facts:
- Birth Name: Theodore Charles Potter Jr
- Birth Place: Ocala, Florida
- Famous Name: The Wizard
- Father: Ted Porter Sr.
- Mother: Dale Potter
- Net Worth: $5 Million
- Nationality: American
- Ethnicity: White
- Profession: golf player
- Currently Married: Yes
- Married to: Cheri Potter
- Children: Corbin, Addison
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