While watching a few holes of Aaron Baddeley’s win today (oi! oi! oi!) at the FBR Open golf in Arizona, the commentators noted a rather signifcant statistic: US pro golfer Brett Quigley has now played 287 US PGA tour events without a win.

He’s approaching the top of the money list (currently in 2nd) for players who have never won on tour.

Quigley turned pro in 1991 — 16 years ago — and is still to find his first win on the main tour. He has won twice on the secondary/Nationwide tour, back in 1996 and also again in 2001. His rookie year on the main tour was in 1997. He has spent 10 years on the main tour full time.

His current Official World Golf Ranking is 63rd in the world. And his total prizemoney for never having won an event? Just over US$7.5 million.

Of his 287 career tournaments, he’s made the cut 171 times, and came runner up and third two times each. But as further proof of his persistence, he was 20th on the US PGA prizemoney list in 2006 (picking up US$2.6million).

If the dictionary had pictures, Quigley’s face would be snuggled in nicely next to the definition of persistence.