Hudson Swafford

Hudson Swafford
Personal information
Full name	James Hudson Swafford
Born	(1987-09-09) September 9, 1987 (age 37) Tallahassee, Florida [1]
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg; 14 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Residence	Sea Island, Georgia [1]
Career
College	University of Georgia
Turned professional	2011
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Web.com Tour eGolf Professional Tour LIV Golf
Professional wins	5
Highest ranking	61 (January 23, 2022) [2] (as of July 13, 2025)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	3
Korn Ferry Tour	1
Other	1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T30: 2022
PGA Championship	CUT: 2017, 2021, 2022
U.S. Open	CUT: 2010, 2014
The Open Championship	DNP

James Hudson Swafford (born September 9, 1987) is an American professional golfer. He formerly played on the PGA Tour, where he won three tournaments, until June 2022, when he joined LIV Golf.

Early life and amateur career

In 1987, Swafford was born in Tallahassee, Florida. ^[1] He graduated from Maclay School in Tallahassee. Swafford played his college golf at the University of Georgia. ^[3] Swafford was a member of the Gridiron Secret Society. In 2011, he graduated receiving a B.S. in Consumer Economics.

Professional career

In 2011, Swafford turned professional. He joined the Nationwide Tour, the PGA Tour's developmental tour, in 2012 and picked up his first victory at the Stadion Classic at UGA on May 6, shooting a course record 62 in the final round. Swafford trailed Luke List by a stroke heading to the final hole of the tournament, but he holed out his bunker shot for a birdie while List bogeyed to give him the victory. Swafford was familiar with the course as it is his former college course. ^[4] Swafford played in the Web.com Tour Finals in 2013 and finished 21st to earn his PGA Tour card for 2014.

On January 22, 2017, Swafford recorded his first PGA Tour victory at the CareerBuilder Challenge. On September 27, 2020, Swafford won the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship. He was playing with a Major Medical Extension after a rib injury and foot surgery. ^[5]

On January 23, 2022, Swafford won The American Express in La Quinta, California for his third career PGA Tour win. ^[6]

LIV Golf Series

After taking part in the inaugural LIV Golf event at Centurion Club near London in June 2022, Swafford had his PGA Tour membership indefinitely suspended. He switched from the Torque GC team to the Niblicks GC team after that first event. The team was rebranded as the RangeGoats GC by captain Bubba Watson for the 2023 LIV Golf League, with Swafford named as part of the lineup, but he ultimately sat out the season as he recovered from surgery on a hip injury. ^[7] Having not been signed by a team, he was given one of the two wild card places for the 2024 season. ^[8]

Personal

Swafford is married to Katherine Wainwright Brandon. ^[9]

Amateur wins

• 2006 Dogwood Invitational

Professional wins (5)

PGA Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Jan 22, 2017	CareerBuilder Challenge	65-65-71-67=268	−20	1 stroke	Adam Hadwin
2	Sep 27, 2020	Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship	65-67-69-69=270	−18	1 stroke	Tyler McCumber
3	Jan 23, 2022	The American Express (2)	70-65-66-64=265	−23	2 strokes	Tom Hoge

Web.com Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	May 6, 2012	Stadion Classic at UGA	66-70-69-62=267	−17	1 stroke	Lee Janzen, Luke List

eGolf Professional Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Aug 13, 2011	HGM Hotels Classic	69-67-65-65=266	−21	1 stroke	Fernando Mechereffe

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Masters Tournament								CUT
U.S. Open	CUT				CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship								CUT

! Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022
Masters Tournament			CUT	T30
PGA Championship			CUT	CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship		NT

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
The Players Championship	T57	CUT	CUT		C	CUT	CUT

  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2017
Championship
Match Play
Invitational	T10
Champions	T50

  Top 10

  Did not play

"T" = tied

See also

• 2013 Web.com Tour Finals graduates
• 2014 Web.com Tour Finals graduates

References

1. "Hudson Swafford". PGA Tour.
2. "Week 4 2022 Ending 23 Jan 2022" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved January 24, 2022.
3. "Swafford wins N'wide event on his college links". ESPN. Associated Press. May 6, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
4. Towers, Chip (May 6, 2012). "UGA grad Hudson Swafford holes out on 18 to shoot 62 and win Stadion". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Archived from the original on May 10, 2012.
5. "Swafford's late birdie leads to victory at Punta Cana". Associated Press News. September 27, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
6. Martin, Sean (January 23, 2022). "A month after his father's passing, Hudson Swafford authors dramatic win at The American Express". PGA Tour. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
7. "LIV Golf player facing six months out injured". Bunkered. February 20, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
8. Leighfield, Jonny (January 31, 2024). "LIV Golf Announces Field Expansion With Extra 'Wildcard' Players". Golf Monthly. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
9. "Engagement: Hudson Swafford & Katherine Brandon". Tallahassee Democrat. July 28, 2013. Archived from the original on April 25, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2015.

External links

• Hudson Swafford at the PGA Tour official site
• Hudson Swafford at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
• Profile on Georgia's official athletic site Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine