Hugh Royer III

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Hugh Royer III
Personal information
Born (1964-02-13) February 13, 1964 (age 60)
Columbus, Georgia, U.S.
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, U.S.
Career
College Mississippi State University
Columbus State University
Turned professional1987
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Nationwide Tour
Pro Golf Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour4
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open T55: 1994
The Open Championship DNP

Hugh Royer III (born February 13, 1964) is an American professional golfer and golf instructor.

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Early life

Royer was born in Columbus, Georgia. He is the son of the professional golfer Hugh Royer Jr., who played on the PGA Tour for 14 years and won the 1970 Western Open. He spent the majority of his childhood traveling with his father on Tour.

Amateur career

Royer received a scholarship to Mississippi State University where he played for two years. In those two seasons, Royer had one tournament win and seven top-10 finishes, and held the low stroke average each year. He then transferred to Columbus State University for his junior and senior years, where his father served as head golf coach. He was NCAA Division II Player of the Year and First Team All-American in 1985 and 1986. He was named 1987 Amateur Player of the Year by the Carolinas Golf Reporter.

In the summer following his senior year at CSU, he won the Georgia State Amateur Championship by one stroke over Allen Doyle. Two weeks later, he defeated Doyle again in the Southeastern Amateur by five strokes setting a record at 20 under par - a record not broken until 2017. Because of open-heart surgery, Royer was forced to withdraw from the U.S. Amateur later that year. Shortly after his recovery, Royer won the Azalea Amateur Invitational in Charleston, South Carolina in a playoff and won the Western Amateur. This gave the Western Golf Association the only father-son combination to win the Open and Amateur in their history.

Professional career

Royer turned professional in 1987. He competed on the South African Tour for six years, where he had one tournament win and several runner-up finishes.

He started playing on the Nike Tour in 1991 and won his first title in 1993 in Florence, South Carolina at the Nike South Carolina Classic. Later that year, he won again in Texarkana, Arkansas at the Nike Texarkana Open. In 1995, he won the Nike Dominion Open and the Nike Permian Basin Open. Royer gained his PGA Tour card that year and retained it until 1998. He had four top-10 finishes. He competed on the Nationwide Tour in 1999 and 2000 before retiring.

Instructor career

Learning the game from his father and some top instructors gave Royer the desire to teach the game to others, especially to those who desire to play professionally. Royer's knowledge of the game, in addition to his playing experience, provided him with an adequate teaching philosophy that has proven successful among his own stable of students.

Royer worked for three years at the International Junior Golf Academy on Hilton Head Island where he trained the 2005 U.S. Girls' Junior champion, In-Kyung Kim, among other successful junior and collegiate players.

In 2007, Royer opened the Champions Golf Academy at the Long Bay Club in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The Champions Golf Academy is a specialized golf academy that provides instruction and individualized training programs for players of all levels, gap-year students, collegiate players, and amateurs.

Awards and honors

Personal life

Royer and his wife, Heather, reside in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and have five children: Leighanne, Sydney, Brai, Abbey, and Hugh Royer IV.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (6)

Southern Africa Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
1Feb 16, 1991 Hollard Royal Swazi Sun Classic −23 (64-66-67-68=265)4 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Robin Freeman, Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg Des Terblanche

Southern Africa Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 1991 Lexington PGA Championship Flag of England.svg Mark James, Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg Roger Wessels Wessels won par with on second extra hole
Royer eliminated by par on first hole

Nike Tour wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1May 2, 1993 Nike South Carolina Classic −15 (68-65-69-71=273)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Chris DiMarco, Flag of the United States.svg Steve Haskins
2Aug 29, 1993 Nike Texarkana Open −21 (67-67-66-67=267)2 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Rintoul
3Jun 4, 1995 Nike Dominion Open −18 (67-65-69-69=270)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Tom Scherrer
4Aug 20, 1995 Nike Permian Basin Open −13 (69-68-68-70=275)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Paul Claxton, Flag of the United States.svg Frank Conner,
Flag of the United States.svg Kawtka Cotner, Flag of the United States.svg Franklin Langham,
Flag of the United States.svg Dave Miley, Flag of the United States.svg Chris Smith,
Flag of New Zealand.svg Phil Tataurangi

Nike Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1995 Nike Dominion Open Flag of the United States.svg Tom Scherrer Won with birdie on first extra hole

Pro Golf Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
1Jul 31, 1988Tascosa Invitational−16 (69-69-66-68=272)5 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Ivan Smith

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