Paul Stankowski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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professional golfer
Date of Birth: 02-Dec-1969
Place of Birth: Oxnard, California, United States
Profession: golfer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Paul Stankowski
- Paul Francis Stankowski (born December 2, 1969) is an American professional golfer who has played on both the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour. Stankowski was born in Oxnard, California.
- He first played golf on Easter Sunday in 1978 at the age of 8.
- He attended the University of Texas at El Paso and turned pro in 1991. Stankowski initially played on the Nationwide Tour.
- His first and only victory in this venue came at the 1996 Nike Louisiana Open.
- The following week, he played in the BellSouth Classic on the PGA Tour and won, becoming the only golfer in history to win a Nationwide Tour event and a PGA Tour event back-to-back.
- Stankowski started the week as the sixth alternate.
- He had another big year in 1997, winning the United Airlines Hawaiian Open.
- His best finish in a major was T5 at the 1997 Masters Tournament.In 1998, however, his fortunes began to change due to a host of injury-related ailments.
- He injured his right shoulder at the Bay Hill Invitational that year and also had LASIK surgery.
- As a Callaway sponsored player in 1999, he tried to help his game by sneaking Ping clubs into his bag at the Colonial.
- In 2004, he suffered a major injury to his left wrist and played the two following years under a Major Medical Extension. Stankowski is active in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) and sponsors the annual Paul Stankowski FCA Golf Scramble in El Paso.
- He lives in Flower Mound, Texas in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
- Stankowski has made over 400 starts on the PGA Tour, but has not played a PGA Tour event since 2015.
- With his PGA Tour career winding down and a desire to be closer to his family, he changed his focus to entrepreneurship and radio broadcasting.
- He is the co-owner of Francis Edward, a leather goods company whose name is derived from the middle names of Stankowski and co-founder Mike Vicary.
- Stankowski is married and has two children.
- He says he is done with competitive golf until 2020, when he becomes eligible for PGA Tour Champions.
- In 2018 and 2019, he took advantage of an exemption reserved for those 48 and 49 years old on the Korn Ferry Tour, playing in a total of six events but not making the cut in any of them.
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