Bill Haas

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Bill Haas
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Haas at the 2011 Presidents Cup
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Harlan Haas
Born (1982-05-24) May 24, 1982 (age 42)
Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.
SpouseJulie (née Arrington)
ChildrenWilliam Harlan Jr., Harrison, Nora
Career
College Wake Forest University
Turned professional2004
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Nationwide Tour
Professional wins7
Highest ranking 12 (February 19, 2012) [1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour6
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T12: 2015
PGA Championship T12: 2011
U.S. Open T5: 2017
The Open Championship T9: 2016
Achievements and awards
Haskins Award 2004
Ben Hogan Award 2004
PGA Tour
FedEx Cup winner 		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.

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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.

College career

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 the 2001 ACC rookie-of-the-year. During his college career, he won ten college tournaments and in his 2004 senior year, Haas won the Haskins Award, 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 (now Web.com 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 second 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. His best result was at the Wachovia Championship where he finished in a tie for fourth. He kept his tour card for the 2007 season, but he missed eight cuts in his first 13 events. He started to turn his form around during 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 T-4 finish. Haas enjoyed much greater success in 2009 with four top-10 finishes including a tie for third 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 under $1.5 million.

At the start of the 2010 season Haas won his first 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 one shot over Matt Kuchar, Tim Clark and Bubba Watson. The win came at the start of his fifth year on the PGA Tour. [2]

With his first win Haas earned his first appearance in the Masters Tournament, where he finished in a tie for 26th. In the fall he won his second PGA Tour title of 2010 and of his career, in October at the Viking Classic, winning by three strokes over Michael Allen. [3] The following week he finished runner-up at the McGladrey Classic to Heath Slocum by one stroke. This late-season surge elevated him to 20th place on the season's final money list. In addition, he finished 31st in the FedEx cup standings after narrowly missing out on a place in the Tour Championship by one position.

In 2011 Haas won the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club, 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 par and extend the playoff. [4] The victory propelled Haas to 2011 FedEx Cup title and the $10 million prize. [5] Haas was ranked seventh on the final 2011 PGA Tour money list (the FedEx Cup money does not count toward that total).

Haas was one of U.S. team captain, Fred Couples', two picks for the 2011 Presidents Cup team, along with Tiger Woods. The USA went on to retain the cup, and Haas contributed 1.5 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 found the rough and Bradley the bunker on the right. Haas decided 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-foot birdie putt, and when neither Mickelson nor Bradley could match him, his victory was ensured. [6]

In June 2013 Haas claimed his fifth PGA Tour title with a win at the AT&T National at Congressional Country Club. He won by three strokes over Roberto Castro after shooting a closing 66, including six birdies and one bogey. He had begun the final round in a four-way tie for the lead. Haas is now one of four players who have won PGA Tour events in each of the last four seasons, joining Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson and Justin Rose. [7]

In April 2014 Haas led the Masters after an opening round of 68. [8] However, he shot a second round six-over-par 78 to fall down the leaderboard. Over the weekend he finished with rounds of 74-70 to end T20th.

In January 2015, Haas won for the sixth time on the PGA Tour, at the Humana Challenge. He shot a final round 67 for a total of 22-under-par and one stroke victory over five other players. This was the second time that Haas had won the Humana Challenge in his career, having previously won in 2010 (as the Bob Hope Classic). Haas said afterwards that the victory came as a surprise to himself after only recently returning from a fractured wrist injury that hampered him throughout 2014. [9] Haas was selected to his third Presidents Cup in 2015, becoming the first American to play in three Presidents Cups without being chosen for the Ryder Cup.

Haas played the 2018-19 season out of the 126-150 category after an injury kept him off the course for part of the previous season and he did not earn enough to retain full Tour privileges, the first time in his career that Haas did not have full status on the PGA Tour.

Personal life

Haas comes from a distinguished family of golfers. His father is nine-time PGA Tour winner, Jay Haas. His brother, Jay Haas Jr. and uncle, Jerry Haas, are former PGA Tour players. He is a great nephew of 1968 Masters Tournament winner Bob Goalby.

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

On February 13, 2018, Haas was involved in an automobile crash in Pacific Palisades, California in which the driver, Mark Gibello, was pronounced dead. The following day, Haas was released from the hospital after treatment for an injury from the incident and released a statement saying that he would withdraw from the ongoing Genesis Open. [10]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (7)

PGA Tour wins (6)

Legend
FedEx Cup playoff events (1)
Other PGA Tour (5)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1Jan 25, 2010 Bob Hope Classic 68-66-66-66-64=330−301 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Tim Clark, Flag of the United States.svg Matt Kuchar,
Flag of the United States.svg Bubba Watson
2Oct 3, 2010 Viking Classic 66-66-69-72=273−153 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Michael Allen
3Sep 25, 2011 Tour Championship 68-67-69-68=272−8Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Hunter Mahan
4Feb 19, 2012 Northern Trust Open 72-68-68-69=277−7Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Keegan Bradley, Flag of the United States.svg Phil Mickelson
5Jun 30, 2013 AT&T National 70-68-68-66=272−123 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Roberto Castro
6Jan 26, 2015 Humana Challenge (2)67-63-69-67=266−221 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Charley Hoffman, Flag of the United States.svg Matt Kuchar,
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sung-joon, Flag of the United States.svg Brendan Steele,
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Wheatcroft

PGA Tour playoff record (2–3)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2011 Bob Hope Classic Flag of the United States.svg Gary Woodland, Flag of Venezuela.svg Jhonattan Vegas Vegas won with par on second extra hole
Haas eliminated by birdie on first hole
22011 Greenbrier Classic Flag of the United States.svg Bob Estes, Flag of the United States.svg Scott Stallings Stallings won with birdie on first extra hole
32011 Tour Championship Flag of the United States.svg Hunter Mahan Won with par on third extra hole
4 2012 Northern Trust Open Flag of the United States.svg Keegan Bradley, Flag of the United States.svg Phil Mickelson Won with birdie on second extra hole
5 2016 Valspar Championship Flag of South Africa.svg Charl Schwartzel Lost to par on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1Jun 29, 2004 CVS Charity Classic
(with Flag of the United States.svg Jay Haas)		60-62=122−201 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Chad Campbell and Flag of the United States.svg David Toms

Other playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
12016 CVS Health Charity Classic
(with Flag of the United States.svg Billy Andrade)		 Flag of the United States.svg Keegan Bradley and Flag of the United States.svg Jon Curran Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament2003200420052006200720082009
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUTT40
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament201020112012201320142015201620172018
Masters Tournament T26T42T37T20T20T12T24T36
U.S. Open T23CUTCUTT35CUTT51T5T36
The Open Championship CUTT57T19CUTT51CUTT9CUT
PGA Championship CUTT12T32T25T27T65T56T54CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament 00000488
U.S. Open 000112106
The Open Championship 00001284
PGA Championship 00000297
Totals00012103525

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018
The Players Championship T72CUTCUTT39CUTT25CUTT26T4T43CUTCUT
  Top 10

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament20102011201220132014201520162017
Championship T6T31T29T43T6T7T49T32
Match Play R64R64R64R32T17R163
Invitational T33T63T19T7T41T25T38T36
Champions T21T4210T21T48T4T62
  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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