Bill Haas

Bill Haas
Personal information
Full name	William Harlan Haas
Born	May 24, 1982 (1982-05-24) Charlotte, North Carolina
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Greenville, South Carolina
Career
College	Wake Forest University
Turned professional	2004
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour
Former tour(s)	Nationwide Tour
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	4
Other	1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	T18: 2010
U.S. Open	T23: 2011
The Open Championship	T57: 2011
PGA Championship	T12: 2011
Achievements and awards
Haskins Award	2004
FedEx Cup Champion	2011

William Harlan Haas (born May 24, 1982) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and won the 2011 FedEx Cup. He is the son of former PGA Tour player Jay Haas.

Early life

Haas was born in Charlotte, North Carolina and was raised in Greer, South Carolina, a suburb of Greenville. He was the third member of his family to play golf at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina following his father, Jay, and uncle, Jerry. Haas had a distinguished college career. He was a three-time first-team All-American, four-time All-ACC, two-time ACC player-of-the-year, and 2001 ACC rookie-of-the-year. During his college career, he won ten college tournaments; and in his senior year of 2004, he won the Haskins Award, the Jack Nicklaus Award, and the Ben Hogan Award. He also set an NCAA record for lowest scoring average. Haas was a member of the 2003 Walker Cup team as well as two Palmer Cup teams. He turned professional in 2004.

Professional career

Haas was a member of the Nationwide Tour in 2005 after failing to earn his PGA Tour card in qualifying school. His best finish in a Nationwide Tour event was a solo 2nd at the 2005 Scholarship America Showdown. At the end of the season Haas birdied the last two holes at the 2005 Qualifying tournament to earn his card on the PGA Tour for the 2006 season.

In his debut year on tour, Haas finished 99th on the money list, making 19 out of 30 cuts for the year. His best result coming at the Wachovia Championship where he finished in a tie for 4th. He kept his tour card for the 2007 season, of which he endured a horrid start to by missing 8 out of his first 13 cuts for the year. He started to turn his form around come the fall series and recorded his best finish of the year at the Viking Classic with a tie for third place. He ended the year 104th on the money list.

In 2008, Haas had a remarkably similar year to 2007, finishing 104th on the money list for the second year in a row. He qualified for the first two FedEx Cup playoffs events before being eliminated at the halfway stage, finishing 73rd in the standings. Haas also played well at the Viking Classic for the second year running with a tied for 4th finish. Haas enjoyed much greater success in 2009 with four top-10 finishes including a tied for 3rd at the Valero Texas Open. This set him up for a good run into the playoffs and for first time in his career, Haas qualified for the third playoff event, the BMW Championship before falling short of the top 30 mark and ending the season 41st in the standings. He also finished 61st on the year end money list, winning just short of $1.5 million dollars.

At the start of the 2010 season, Haas won his first career PGA Tour title at the Bob Hope Classic in La Quinta, California. A week prior to the event, Haas received advice from his father Jay and great-uncle Bob Goalby about his foot positioning during his swing. Haas won the event by a single stroke over Matt Kuchar, Tim Clark and Bubba Watson. The win came at the start of his fifth year on the PGA Tour. After his first win, Haas was able to make his debut at Augusta in the Masters Tournament, where he finished in a tie for 26th. He did not have many other notable results during the rest of the year until the fall series. Haas then won his second PGA Tour title of 2010 and his career, in October at the Viking Classic, winning by three strokes over Michael Allen. The following week he finished runner-up at the McGladrey Classic to Heath Slocum by one stroke. This remarkable late surge at the end of the season elevated him to 20th place on the final money list for the season. Additionally he finished 31st on the FedEx cup standings for the season, after narrowly missing out on a place in the Tour Championship by one position.

In 2011, Haas won the season ending Tour Championship, defeating Hunter Mahan in a sudden death playoff at the third extra hole. At the second playoff hole, Haas played an exceptional pitch from the bank of the water hazard to save his par and extend the playoff. The victory propelled Haas to winning the 2011 FedEx Cup and the $10 million prize. Despite this success however, Haas was ranked only 7th on the final 2011 PGA Tour money list as the FedEx Cup money does not count towards the money list total.

Haas was one of U.S. team captain, Fred Couples' two picks for the 2011 Presidents Cup team, along with Tiger Woods, which the USA went on to retain. Haas contributed 1 and half points to the team, with an overall record of 1-3-1 for the week.

Haas won for the fourth time on the PGA Tour in February 2012 at the Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club. He came from two strokes back on the final day to hold the clubhouse lead and force both Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley to hole lengthy birdie putts on the last hole to ensure a playoff. All three players then parred the 18th, the first playoff hole and continued to the driveable par 4 10th hole. Haas squirted his drive out to the left to leave a tricky pitch, while Mickelson foud the rough and Bradley the bunker. on the right to short sight themselves. Haas took the decision to pitch out to the middle of the green, as both Mickelson and Bradley could not find the green on their second shots. Haas then holed a 43 footer for birdie and when neither Mickelson nor Bradley could match him, his victory was ensured.

Personal life

Haas comes from a distinguished family of golfers. He is a great nephew of 1968 Masters winner Bob Goalby, and has several other relations in golf including his father Jay Haas, his uncle Jerry Haas and his brother Jay Haas Jr.

Haas and his father won the CVS Caremark Charity Classic in 2004, an unofficial PGA Tour event.

Amateur wins (1)

• 2002 Players Amateur

Professional wins (5)

PGA Tour (4)

Legend FedEx Cup playoff event (1) Other PGA Tour (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Jan 25, 2010	Bob Hope Classic	–30 (68-66-66-66-64=330)	1 stroke	Tim Clark, Matt Kuchar, Bubba Watson
2	Oct 3, 2010	Viking Classic	–15 (66-66-69-72=273)	3 strokes	Michael Allen
3	Sep 25, 2011	Tour Championship	–8 (68-67-69-68=272)	Playoff	Hunter Mahan
4	Feb 19, 2012	Northern Trust Open	–7 (72-68-68-69=277)	Playoff	Keegan Bradley, Phil Mickelson

PGA Tour playoff record (2–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2011	Bob Hope Classic	Gary Woodland, Jhonattan Vegas	Vegas won with par on second extra hole Haas eliminated with birdie on first hole
2	2011	Greenbrier Classic	Bob Estes, Scott Stallings	Stallings won with birdie on first extra hole
3	2011	Tour Championship	Hunter Mahan	Won with par on third extra hole
4	2012	Northern Trust Open	Keegan Bradley, Phil Mickelson	Won with birdie on second extra hole

Other (1)

• 2004 CVS Charity Classic (with Jay Haas)

Results in major championships

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	T40	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2010	2011
The Masters	T26	T42
U.S. Open	DNP	T23
The Open Championship	CUT	T57
PGA Championship	CUT	T12

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Results in World Golf Championship events

Tournament	2010	2011	2012
Accenture Match Play Championship	DNP	R64	R64
Cadillac Championship	T6	T31
Bridgestone Invitational	T33	T63
HSBC Champions	T21	T42

DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Yellow background for top-10.

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

• Walker Cup: 2003
• Palmer Cup: 2003, 2004

Professional

• Presidents Cup: 2011 (winners)

See also

• 2005 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

External links

• Bill Haas at the PGA Tour official site
• Bill Haas at the Official World Golf Ranking official site