Ted Tryba

Tryba was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. When he was four years old, he lost the sight in his left eye as the result of a freak accident. "I was standing in my yard on a windy day watching a big branch fall out of a tree. It got on me quick and hit me in the eye." All he could do was learn to adjust to his vision handicap. "I really had no big adjustments to make," he said. "If there is such a thing as a lucky accident, I guess that was it. If it had happened when I was a teenager or in my 20s, I may have had some problems. I see things a little different than everybody else. Sometimes it makes it difficult to do things, but I've never used it as a crutch."^{[citation needed]}

Tryba played golf at Ohio State University.

Early in his career, Tryba had three victories on the Ben Hogan Tour, the name of the PGA Tour's developmental tour at the time. In the late 1990s, he won twice on the PGA Tour. His best finish in a major is T-31 at the 1999 PGA Championship.^[2] He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings. The last cut he made on the PGA Tour was in 2005.

Tryba joined The Golf Channel as an analyst in October 2007.

Tryba lives in Orlando, Florida.

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Jul 16, 1995	Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic	−12 (69-67-68-68=272)	1 stroke	Scott Simpson
2	Jun 13, 1999	FedEx St. Jude Classic	−19 (68-64-67-66=265)	2 strokes	Tim Herron, Tom Lehman

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1999	Westin Texas Open	Duffy Waldorf	Lost to birdie on first extra hole

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Apr 22, 1990	Ben Hogan Gateway Open	−7 (72-70-67=209)	Playoff	John Daly, Bruce Fleisher
2	Sep 22, 1991	Ben Hogan Utah Classic	−14 (65-68-69=202)	1 stroke	Webb Heintzelman
3	Apr 19, 1992	Ben Hogan Shreveport Open	−14 (67-68-67=202)	2 strokes	Skip Kendall

Ben Hogan Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	1990	Ben Hogan Gateway Open	John Daly, Bruce Fleisher	Won with eagle on first extra hole
2	1992	Ben Hogan Greater Ozarks Open	Lennie Clements, Tommy Tolles	Clements won with birdie on first extra hole

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied

• 1989 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
• 1992 Ben Hogan Tour graduates

• Ted Tryba at the PGA Tour official site
• Ted Tryba at the Official World Golf Ranking official site