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{{Short description|American professional golfer}}
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{{Infobox golfer
| name = Chris DiMarco
| image = Chris Di Marco, Open 2006 (2662380818).jpg
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| caption = DiMarco at the [[2006 Open Championship]]
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| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|8|23|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Huntington, New York]], U.S.
| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1968|8|23|mf=y}} -->
| death_place =
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| weight = {{convert|180|lb|kg st|abbr=on}}
| nationality = {{USA}}
| residence = [[Denver, Colorado
| spouse = {{marriage|Amy Curtis DiMarco|1991}}
| children = 3
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| retired = <!-- Year retired -->
| tour = [[PGA Tour Champions]]
| extour = [[PGA Tour]]<br>[[
| prowins = 8
| pgawins = 3
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| wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID -->
| wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted -->
| award1 = [[
| year1 = [[1992 Canadian Tour|1992]]
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| awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section -->
}}
'''Christian Dean DiMarco''' (born August 23, 1968) is an American [[professional golfer]] who plays on the [[PGA Tour Champions]]. DiMarco has won
==Early years==
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In 2005, DiMarco lost a sudden-death playoff with [[Tiger Woods]] to finish second in [[2005 Masters Tournament|The Masters]].<ref name=hack4292005>Damon Hack, "[https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/29/sports/golf/29golf.html?ref=chrisdimarco DiMarco Comes Close in Another Major]," ''The New York Times'' (April 29, 2005). Retrieved July 16, 2011.</ref><ref>Jerry Potter, "[https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/masters/2005-04-10-dimarco-side_x.htm DiMarco recovers, fights to the end]," ''USA Today'' (April 19, 2005). Retrieved July 16, 2011.</ref> The final round pairing of Woods and DiMarco featured a famous chip from Woods which took an incredibly long time to drop into the hole for a birdie on the par three 16th, and stretch his lead to two. The Masters result moved DiMarco into the top ten of the [[Official World Golf Rankings]].<ref name=hack4292005/> DiMarco finished as the runner-up in a major for the third time at the [[2006 Open Championship]] at [[Hoylake]]; [[Tiger Woods]] beating him by two strokes.<ref name=hack8032006>Damon Hack, "[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/03/sports/golf/03golf.html?ref=chrisdimarco Count Woods Among the Admirers of DiMarco]," ''The New York Times'' (August 3, 2006). Retrieved July 16, 2011.</ref> DiMarco achieved his four-round score of 70-65-69-68 (272, −16) less than three weeks after the death of his mother.<ref name=hack8032006/><ref>PGA.com, The Open Championship, [http://www.pga.com/openchampionship/2006/scoring/scorecards/06251.html Chris DiMarco 2006 Scorecard]. Retrieved July 16, 2011.</ref>
Arguably, DiMarco enjoyed his most consistent success from 2002 to 2006, when he was ranked in the top ten of the [[Official World Golf Rankings|world rankings]] for 61 weeks, going as high as number six in the world in 2005.<ref>Official World Golf Rankings, Archive, [http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/2007%20Stats/86TO0810.pdf 69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017160152/http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/2007 |date=2015-10-17 }}." Retrieved July 16, 2011.</ref> DiMarco was also a member of the U.S. national team in the 2003 and 2005 [[Presidents Cup]],<ref>Associated Press, "[
In [[2007 PGA Tour|2007]], he disclosed that he was suffering from a chronic shoulder injury,<ref>Associated Press, "[http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=81861 Chris DiMarco]{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}," ''First Coast News'' (May 11, 2007). Retrieved July 16, 2011.</ref> and underwent [[arthroscopic surgery]] on his left shoulder later that year.<ref name=espn9122007>"[
DiMarco has not played a full PGA Tour schedule since [[2012 PGA Tour|2012]]. He is a frequent contributor to ''Morning Drive'' on [[Golf Channel]].
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DiMarco has known his wife Amy ([[née]] Curtis) since the seventh grade,<ref name=siofok02/> when both attended Rock Lake Middle School in [[Longwood, Florida|Longwood]].<ref name=ernst2004/> Later, both were students at Lake Brantley High School, and attended their high school prom together.<ref name=ernst2004/> They have three children—two daughters and a son.<ref name=ernst2004/> His son, Cristian DiMarco, was a member of the [[South Florida Bulls|University of South Florida]] golf team, after transferring from [[Kentucky Wildcats|Kentucky]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cristian DiMarco profile |url=http://www.gousfbulls.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=210305265&DB_OEM_ID=7700 |publisher=USF Bulls |access-date=December 10, 2015}}</ref> Cristian turned professional in 2018.
DiMarco hosts his own annual charity golf tournament at his local course, Heathrow Country Club in [[Heathrow, Florida]].<ref name=golforlando11132009>"[http://www.golforlandoflorida.com/orlando-golf-news/norma-dimarco-tee-up-for-life-charity-golf-tournament-raises-more-than-330000.html Norma DiMarco Tee Up for Life Charity Golf Tournament Raises More than $330,000]," GolfOrlandoFlorida.com (November 13, 2009). Retrieved July 16, 2011.</ref> The "Norma DiMarco Tee Up For Life Golf Tournament" is named in honor of his mother
==Amateur wins==
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|align=left|[[The Tradition]]
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|T56
|T33
|T59
|T44
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|align=left|[[Senior PGA Championship]]
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|T29
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|style="background:yellow;"|T6
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|align=left|[[U.S. Senior Open]]
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|align=left|[[Senior Players Championship]]
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|T64
|T33
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|align=left|[[Senior British Open Championship]]
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"T" indicates a tie for a place<br>
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==U.S. national team appearances==
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