Scott Pinckney is one of the most popular and richest Golfer who was born on March 13, 1989 in Orem, Utah, United States. The best performance of his 2012 season was tied for 19th at the Sicilian Open. He was selected to play in the Open Championship in 2012 Open Championship through Local Final Qualifying at West Lancashire where he had the final round of 64, which included two chip-ins along his way to 7-under par for the back nine. Then he needed to play an elimination round to earn his place for The Open. Pinckney made a 2-under-par 68 in the opening round, but followed that with a 7-over 77 and fell short of the cut.
At the 2015 AT&T Byron Nelson, Pinckney put four under-par rounds together which culminated in a final round 66 and a tied for second place in the tournament.
In his amateur days, he competed during the 2010 U.S. Open after tying with the top two players in qualifying for sectional competition. He was ranked between 75 and 79, but failed to make the cut.
Pinckney became a professional in July of 2011. The remainder of 2011 Pinckney played in a variety events on the Challenge Tour events. He also competed at the Nordea Masters where he finished tied for 35th place and at the Irish Open where he missed the cut. He placed 24th at his final round of the European Tour Qualifying School and received one of his cards for 2012. He barely made the cut in the fourth round, but a final round of 65 lifted him up from the 66th position following round 5 to 24th.
Pinckney played on the Web.com Tour in 2014 after earning his tour card through qualifying school. He finished 13th (excluding the regular-season Top 25) in the 2014 Web.com Tour Finals to earn his PGA Tour card for the 2014–15 season.
