Daniel Berger is an America-based professional golfer who plays for PGA Tour. At the age of 20 in 2013, he won the title of FedEx St. Jude Classic in both 2016 and 2017. He has earned many honors including the Charles Schwab Challenge in 2020 and the first PGA Tour that he won after the pandemic. Later, he won the title of AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. He is best known for the efforts that he used to put in his games and tournaments.
Early Life
Daniel Berger was born on 7th April 1993 in Plantation, Florida to his parents named Nadia and Jay Berger. His father Jay Berger is a former tennis pro who was being ranked seventh place in the world in 1990. His grandmother was a skilled amateur golfer who used to play for Greater Buffalo, New York Sports Hall of Fame in 2000. Daniel has two brothers and one sister. He used to live in Key Biscayne where he spent around 10 years while living there and then shifted to Jupiter, Florida with his family where he started practicing gold professionally and seriously.
He started playing golf at the age of 11 or 12 and finished his first hole-in-one at the age of 13. Daniel went to William T. Dwyer High School and completed his graduation in 2011 where he didn’t play golf in high school neither he possesses to have any record. He started playing college golf at Florida State University in Tallahassee. In the spring of 2013, he won the title of both SunTrust Gator Invitational and the Seminole Intercollegiate, and that season he led a collegiate athletic conference being named as Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) with an average stroke of 69.36.
Daniel Berger Career
In late 2013, Daniel Berger got qualified for Web.com Tour and played four events. In the following year, he finished T2 at the TPC Stonebrae Championship and ranked at number 15 in the whole season of Web.com where he earned himself a promotion for the PGA Tour for the season of 2014-15. Later in March 2015, when Berger shot a 6-under-par 64 in the final round, he lost the game to Pádraig Harrington while playing for Honda Classic. Daniel Berger made his second-largest comeback with PGA Tour while seeking nine strokes behind the 54-hole leader Ian Poulter.
Three weeks later, he made his appearance at the Arnold Palmer Invitational where he made a double-edge while playing for the third round. At the beginning of the season 2017 with the PGA Tour, Berger started using Callaway clubs and balls after switching from the sports equipment manufacturing company named TaylorMade. Later in that season, he became successful in defending his FedEx St. Jude Classic title and attained the number of 24th place in the world. By July the same year, he earned the place of 20th position and made his participation to Presidents Cup Team of US.
In June 2020, Berger won the title of Charles Schwab Challenge and received the winner’s check. This was one of the first PGA tours that he made until his last round and that was played after a three-month break due to the pandemic COVID-19. Berger won the title when Collin Morikawa missed his shot on the first playoff hole. With this victory, he was ranked at number 31 in the world’s place. He made a streak of consecutively 32 rounds in 2019-20 including the eighth-longest streak since 1983.
Daniel Berger Biography |
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| Real Name | Daniel Berger |
| Birth Date | 7 April 1993 |
| Age (as of 2021) | 28 Years |
| Birth Place | Plantation, Florida, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Profession | Golf Player |
| Religion | Jewish |
| Sun sign | Aries |
Physical Statistics |
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| Height | in feet inches – 6’ 1” – in Centimeters – 185 cm |
| Weight | in Kilograms – 79 kg – in Pounds – 174 lbs |
| Shoe Size | 10 (U.S.) |
| Hair Color | Brown |
| Eye Color | Hazel |
| Body Type | Athletic |
Family |
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| Father | Jay Berger |
| Mother | Nadia Berger |
| Sister | One |
| Brother | Two |
Qualification/Education |
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| School | William T. Dwyer High School |
| College | Florida State University |
Relationship Status |
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| Marital Status | In Relation |
| Affair | Yes |
| Who is his girlfriend? | Tori Slater |
Personal life
Daniel is most of the time is seen with Victoria Slater who is mostly called Tori. Tori attained her graduation from the University of Kentucky after which she got transferred to Florida Atlantic University to pursue her studies in marketing and businesses. Currently, it is said that Slater (who also names Tori) is a realtor specializing in acknowledging several areas of Florida including Palm Beach Gardens and Jupiter. She has shown her affinity for golf while being there waiting for Daniel Berger and going with him on various events and tours.
Daniel Berger Net Worth
In the season of 2015 in September, Daniel Berger cut in 17 out of 31 events and had six top-10 finishes. He finished his ranking while being 11th in the place of FedEx Cup. He earned the title of PGA Tour Rookie of the Year and became one of the 25th on the money list to earn an income of around $3 million. Later in 2020, Berger won the Charles Schwab Challenge and received a vector’s check of around $1.375 million on 14th June 2020.
He used to earn a basic salary of around $1-4 million. Today, he has become an international American golfer who is estimated to have a net worth of around $12 million USD. Berger attained the win of his first PGA Tour in June 2016 at FedEx St. Jude Classic which further made him earn the rank of 29th place in the Official World Golf Ranking. That time, he earned $1.1 million.
Trivia
- He turned into a pro player after finishing his sophomore years at the age of 20.
- Daniel currently resides in Jupiter and is part of Shelter Harbor Golf Club.
- Berger used to spend his time while boating over the river water.
- He also owns a boat that is named “Strait Vibin”.
