William Augustus "Ty" Tryon IV (born June 2, 1984) is an American professional golfer.
At age 17 while still a student at Lake Highland Preparatory School, Tryon survived qualifying for the PGA Tour in the fall of 2001 finishing T23.
He made his way through the three levels of elimination events to become the youngest player to earn exempt status in this manner.
His first professional win came at a NGA Hooters Tour winter series event in February 2005. when a final-round 67 earned him the first prize of $11,000 and he finished 18 under par.
Tryon accepted an invitation[3] to play in the 2010 Alstom Open de France, one of the biggest events on the European Tour.
Tryon did not gain entry to a Nationwide Tour event until the Rex Hospital Open in June, but made fairly regular appearances in tournaments from then on.
In December, Tryon reached the finals of Q School for the second year in a row, this time finishing in 158th place and again earning conditional status for the 2012 Web.com Tour.