David Hearn (golfer)

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David Hearn
David Hearn at 2015 PGA Championship.jpg
Hearn at the 2015 PGA Championship
Personal information
Full nameDavid Geoffrey Hearn
Born (1979-06-17) June 17, 1979 (age 45) [1]
Brampton, Ontario, Canada [1]
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Residence Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Career
College University of Wyoming
Turned professional2001
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Nationwide Tour
Canadian Tour
Asian Tour
Professional wins2
Highest ranking 88 (May 25, 2014) [2]
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship T47: 2013
U.S. Open T21: 2013
The Open Championship T32: 2014

David Geoffrey Hearn (born June 17, 1979) is a Canadian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has also played on the Nationwide Tour, Canadian Tour and the Asian Tour. [1]

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Hearn was born in Brampton, Ontario. He attended the University of Wyoming, where he played on the golf team. [1] He was a member of the winning Canadian team at the 2001 Four Nations Cup tournament, and played out of the Brantford Golf and Country Club as an amateur.

Hearn turned professional late in 2001. [1] He was named the Canadian Tour Rookie of the Year in 2002. Hearn made his first cut in a major championship at the 2013 U.S. Open, finishing tied for 21st.

In June 2013, Hearn finished in a tie for second at the John Deere Classic, after losing in a three-man playoff, which also included Zach Johnson and Jordan Spieth. After all three players had parred the first and second extra holes, Hearn had two opportunities at the third and fourth extra holes to seal the win, but could not hole either of the makeable putts. The playoff ended at the fifth extra hole when Spieth made par to Hearn and Johnson's bogeys. This was Hearn's best finish to date on the PGA Tour, beating his previous tie for fifth at the 2011 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

Hearn lost another sudden-death playoff in July 2015, at the Greenbrier Classic. He had a putt at the 72nd hole to win the tournament outright but left the 20-footer short of the cup. In the four-man playoff, Danny Lee and Hearn holed birdie putts at the first extra hole to eliminate Kevin Kisner and Robert Streb who both missed the green at the par three. Then on the second extra hole, Hearn found trouble off his drive and could only bogey the par five, allowing Lee to claim victory with a two-putt par. This was Hearn's second runner-up finish on the PGA Tour, losing both times in playoffs.

At the RBC Canadian Open in July 2015, Hearn held the 54-hole lead at 15-under-par, with a two-stroke advantage over Jason Day and Bubba Watson. He entered the final round with a chance to become the first home-winner of the event in 61 years and win his first PGA Tour event, but finished the day in solo third behind Day, the winner, and Watson after a level-par round of 72.

Professional wins (2)

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-up
1Aug 22, 2004 Alberta Classic 70-65-67-71=273−151 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg David McKenzie

Canadian Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-up
1Jun 27, 2004 Times Colonist Open 70-71-64-68=273−153 strokes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg James Lepp (a)

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2013 John Deere Classic Flag of the United States.svg Zach Johnson, Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Spieth Spieth won with par on fifth extra hole
2 2015 Greenbrier Classic Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Kisner, Flag of New Zealand.svg Danny Lee,
Flag of the United States.svg Robert Streb
Lee won with par on second extra hole
Kisner and Streb eliminated by birdie on first hole

Results in major championships

Tournament20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUTCUTT21CUT
The Open Championship T32CUT
PGA Championship T47CUTCUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament201220132014201520162017
The Players Championship T68T26T6T42T28T69
  Top 10

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

Professional

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "David Hearn Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  2. "Week 21 2014 Ending 25 May 2014" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved October 29, 2019.