Hayden Buckley (golfer)

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Hayden Buckley
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Personal information
Full nameCharles Hayden Buckley
Born (1996-03-01) March 1, 1996 (age 28)
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight180 lb (82 kg; 13 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Naples, Florida
Career
College University of Missouri
Turned professional2018
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
PGA Tour Canada
Professional wins2
Highest ranking 71 (May 21, 2023) [1]
(as of November 24, 2024)
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship T26: 2023
U.S. Open T14: 2022
The Open Championship DNP

Charles Hayden Buckley (born March 1, 1996) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He won the 2019 ATB Financial Classic on the PGA Tour Canada and the 2021 LECOM Suncoast Classic on the Korn Ferry Tour. [2]

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College career

Buckley went to high school in Tupelo, Mississippi. Despite not being heavily recruited in high school, [3] Buckley signed with the University of Missouri where he enjoyed four college wins. By his senior year, he was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference selection, a third-team All-American, and named the Missouri Male Athlete of the Year for the 2017–18 season. [4]

Professional career

Buckley turned professional in 2018. [5] In the 2019 season, he played in all 12 PGA Tour Canada events, making 11 cuts and registering six top-10 finishes. Buckley claimed his first career Mackenzie Tour victory at the ATB Financial Classic and a sixth-place finish on the Order of Merit to earn Korn Ferry Tour membership. [6]

In February 2021, Buckley earned his first Korn Ferry Tour title in his 17th career start with a birdie on the first playoff hole at the LECOM Suncoast Classic. [7] [8] [9]

In January 2023, he finished runner-up at the Sony Open in Hawaii, one shot behind Kim Si-woo. [10]

Professional wins (2)

Korn Ferry Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1Feb 21, 2021 LECOM Suncoast Classic −13 (68-65-68-70=271)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Dawson Armstrong, Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Montgomery

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2021 LECOM Suncoast Classic Flag of the United States.svg Dawson Armstrong, Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Montgomery Won with birdie on first extra hole

PGA Tour Canada wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Aug 11, 2019 ATB Financial Classic −18 (66-66-64-70=266)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Sam Fidone

Results in major championships

Tournament202120222023
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship T26
U.S. Open CUTT14CUT
The Open Championship
  Did not play

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

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament202220232024
The Players Championship T66CUTCUT

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

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 20 2023 Ending 21 May 2023" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  2. ↑ Smith, Preston (February 21, 2021). "Hayden Buckley wins first Korn Ferry Tour title at LECOM Suncoast Classic". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  3. ↑ Parker, Nick (March 2, 2021). "Hayden Buckley's unlikely journey to Mizzou". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Hayden Buckley - Men's Golf". University of Missouri Athletics. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  5. ↑ Lee, And (April 21, 2019). "Tupelo's Hayden Buckley is forging his own path to the PGA Tour". WTVA News. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Hayden Buckley". PGA Tour.
  7. ↑ "Mizzou Men's Golf Alum Hayden Buckley clinches first Korn Ferry Tour title at LECOM Suncoast Classic". University of Missouri Athletics. February 21, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Hayden Buckley wins 2021 LECOM Suncoast Classic in Lakewood Ranch". Your Observer. February 21, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  9. ↑ Brockman, Jim (February 21, 2021). "Hayden Buckley wins LECOM Suncoast Classic in sudden death playoff". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  10. ↑ "PGA Tour: Si Woo Kim wins Sony Open in Hawaii with two late birdies; England's Ben Taylor finishes fourth". Sky Sports. January 16, 2023.
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