Hunter Mahan

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Hunter Mahan
Personal information
Full name Hunter Myles Mahan
Born May 17, 1982 (1982-05-17) (age 29)
Orange, California
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Nationality  United States
Residence Colleyville, Texas
Career
College Oklahoma State University
Turned professional 2003
Current tour(s) PGA Tour (joined 2003)
Professional wins 4
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 3
Other 1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament T8: 2010
U.S. Open T6: 2009
The Open Championship T6: 2007
PGA Championship T16: 2009
Achievements and awards
Haskins Award 2003

Hunter Myles Mahan (born May 17, 1982) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

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[edit] Amateur career

Mahan was born in Orange, California. He had a successful amateur career, winning the 1999 5A Texas State High School Golf Championship while attending McKinney High School and the 1999 U.S. Junior Amateur. After high school, Mahan enrolled at the University of Southern California, where he was named Pacific-10 Conference Freshman of the Year. Mahan only played one year at USC before he transferred to Oklahoma State University, where he was a two-time Big 12 Conference Player of the Year and a two-time first-team All American. Mahan was the runner-up at the U.S. Amateur in 2002, in which he was defeated by Ricky Barnes 2 & 1. He won the Haskins Award in 2003 for outstanding collegiate golfer.

[edit] Professional career

Mahan turned professional in 2003 and made it through qualifying school to earn a PGA Tour card for the 2004 season. His first PGA Tour victory, which came at the 2007 Travelers Championship, lifted Mahan into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings.[1] In August 2007 Mahan entered the top 50 and by March 2008 he had reached the top 30. His performances in 2007 saw U.S. Presidents Cup captain Jack Nicklaus choose Mahan as one of two captain's picks for the U.S. team.

On February 28, 2010, Mahan won his second PGA Tour event, beating Rickie Fowler by one stroke at the Waste Management Phoenix Open.[2]

On August 8, 2010, Mahan won his third PGA Tour title at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational by shooting -6 on Sunday, -10 on the weekend, and -13 excluding Thursday. He beat Ryan Palmer by 2 strokes.[3]

[edit] Personal

Mahan is currently one of four golfers in the PGA Tour exclusive boy band "Golf Boys" (the other three golfers are Rickie Fowler, Ben Crane and Bubba Watson). The Golf Boys currently have a popular YouTube video for the song "Oh Oh Oh". Farmers Insurance will donate $1,000 for every 100,000 views of the video. The charitable proceeds will support both Farmers and Ben Crane charitable initiatives.[4]

[edit] Amateur wins (2)

[edit] Professional wins (4)

[edit] PGA Tour wins (3)

Legend
World Golf Championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner-up
1 Jun 24, 2007 Travelers Championship -15 (62-71-67-65=265) Playoff United States Jay Williamson
2 Feb 28, 2010 Waste Management Phoenix Open -16 (68-70-65-65=268) 1 stroke United States Rickie Fowler
3 Aug 8, 2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational -12 (71-67-66-64=268) 2 strokes United States Ryan Palmer

PGA Tour playoff record (1-2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2004 Reno-Tahoe Open Australia Stephen Allan, United States Scott McCarron, United States Vaughn Taylor, Taylor won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2007 Travelers Championship United States Jay Williamson Won with birdie on first extra hole
3 2011 The Tour Championship United States Bill Haas Lost to par on third extra hole

[edit] Other wins (1)

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
The Masters T28 DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT T10
U.S. Open CUT DNP DNP DNP T13 T18 T6
The Open Championship DNP T36 DNP T26 T6 CUT CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP CUT T18 CUT T16
Tournament 2010 2011
The Masters T8 CUT
U.S. Open CUT CUT
The Open Championship T37 CUT
PGA Championship T39 T19

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

[edit] Summary

  • Tournaments played: 24
  • Wins: 0
  • Top 10s: 4
  • Top 25s: 9
  • Missed cuts: 10
  • Most consecutive cuts made: 3

[edit] World Golf Championships

[edit] Wins (1)

Year Championship 54 Holes Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner(s)-up
2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational 4 shot deficit -12 (71-67-66-64=268) 2 strokes United States Ryan Palmer

[edit] Results timeline

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Accenture Match Play Championship DNP R32 R32 R64 R16
Cadillac Championship DNP T44 T53 T30 9
Bridgestone Invitational T22 T10 T4 1 T37
HSBC Champions – – DNP T21 T7
  • DNP = Did not play
  • QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
  • "T" = tied
  • Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
  • Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

[edit] U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Professional

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Week 25 - Hunter Mahan breaks into world top 100 with playoff win in the Travelers Championship". Official World Golf Ranking. June 25, 2007. http://www.owgr.com/NEWS/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=438899&itype=421. Retrieved July 6, 2011. 
  2. ^ "Mahan Uses Late Surge to Win Phoenix Open". New York Times. February 28, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/sports/golf/01golf.html. Retrieved March 1, 2010. 
  3. ^ "Hunter Mahan wins Bridgestone Invitational victory". BBC Sport. August 8, 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8896197.stm. Retrieved August 9, 2010. 
  4. ^ "Golf Boys - Oh Oh Oh (Official Video)". June 13, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM2NocuEihw&feature=aso. Retrieved June 17, 2011. 

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