these two victories in his first season on the pga tour led to hamilton being named the 2004 pga tour rookie of the year and reaching a peak world ranking of 16th. he continued to play well in the wake of the open championship win, making the cut in the five remaining tour events he played. however, in his 187 subsequent tour starts, he missed the cut 111 times and had just three top-10 finishes. in 2006, hamilton captained the american team in itv's celebrity golf tournament, the all*star cup.