Beau Hossler

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Beau Hossler
Personal information
Born (1995-03-16) March 16, 1995 (age 29)
Mission Viejo, California, U.S. [1]
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Austin, Texas, U.S.
Career
College University of Texas
Turned professional2016
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
Highest ranking 63 (February 18, 2024) [2]
(as of November 24, 2024)
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship T36: 2019
U.S. Open T29: 2012
The Open Championship T75: 2018
Achievements and awards
Haskins Award 2016
Medal record
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Toronto Mixed team

Beau Hossler (born March 16, 1995) is an American professional golfer from Rancho Santa Margarita, California who has played on the PGA Tour and won the Haskins Award in college as the top collegiate golfer in the US. [3] He qualified for the U.S. Open twice as a teen, finishing tied for 29th in the 2012 U.S. Open and had held the outright lead midway through the second round. [4]

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Early life

Hossler was born on March 16, 1995. He graduated from Santa Margarita Catholic High School. In 2013, he started at the University of Texas on a golf scholarship. [5]

College

Hossler won numerous awards and tournaments while playing for the Texas Longhorns men's golf.

In his freshman year, he was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and an Honorable Mention All-American while coming in 3rd in the Big 12 and 35th at the NCAA Championship. [6]

In his sophomore year, he won the Johnny Hayt Collegiate Invitational, was an All-American, All-Big 12, the Big 12 Player of the year, made the Ben Hogan Award watch list, and the All-Nicklaus team while finishing tied for 2nd in the Big 12 and 5th at the NCAA Championship.

In his junior year, he won five tournaments (3rd most single season wins in UT golf history): The Nike Golf Collegiate Invitational, The Arizona Intercollegiate, the John A. Burns Intercollegiate, the Lamkin Classic and the Augusta Invitational. He was again was an All-American, All-Big 12 and the Big 12 Player of the year. He won the Fred Haskins Award as the most outstanding collegiate golfer in the United States, was a Ben Hogan Award finalist, and a Jack Nicklaus Award semifinalist while finishing tied for 2nd in the Big 12 again and 5th at the NCAA Championship.

During his time at Texas, they won the Big 12 Championship and made it to the NCAA Championship all three years, finishing in 13th and tied for 5th in his first two years. In his junior year, the Longhorns had the best score after the 54 hole round and made it to the Championship match where they were upset by Oregon. He also made both the Walker Cup and Palmer Cup teams and qualified for the U.S. Open for the 3rd time, and tied for 58th place.

Professional career

Hossler turned professional in 2016 with one year of college eligibility left. [7]

In June 2017, Hossler secured one of twelve open qualifying places for the Air Capital Classic on the Web.com Tour. He finished second, enabling him to play more Web.com Tour tournaments that season. He finished the regular season in 23rd place in the rankings, earning promotion to the PGA Tour.

In April 2018, Hossler lost in a sudden-death playoff at the Houston Open to Ian Poulter. He was co-leader after 54 holes and led the tournament by a stroke on the final hole, before Poulter birdied to force a playoff. On the first extra hole, Hossler hit his bunker shot into the water, resulting in a triple bogey to lose the playoff. This was still Hossler's best result on the PGA Tour to date.

Amateur wins

Source: [8]

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2018 Houston Open Flag of England.svg Ian Poulter Lost to par on first extra hole
2 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship Flag of the Republic of China.svg Kevin Yu Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament20112012201320142015201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUTT29T58
The Open Championship T75
PGA Championship CUT
Tournament201920202021202220232024
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship T36T69T40CUT
U.S. Open T53CUT
The Open Championship NT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament2018201920202021202220232024
The Players Championship T46CUTCCUTCUTCUTCUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Beau Hossler, Jordan Spieth advance". ESPN . Associated Press. July 22, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Week 7 2024 Ending 18 Feb 2024" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  3. ↑ Martin, Sean (June 11, 2012). "U.S. Open: A look at the amateurs in the field". Golfweek . Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  4. ↑ Van Sickle, Gary (June 18, 2012). "Beau Hossler stole the show at the U.S. Open". Golf.com. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Beau Hossler profile". USGA: 2015 U.S. Open. Archived from the original on June 22, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  6. ↑ "2015-16 Men's Golf Roster" . Retrieved May 10, 2024.
  7. ↑ Coe, Jonathan (July 11, 2016). "SoCal Golfer Roundup: Beau Hossler Turns Pro". Southern California Golf Association. Archived from the original on June 9, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Beau Hossler". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
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