Hunter Mahan

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Hunter Mahan
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Personal information
Full nameHunter Myles Mahan
Born (1982-05-17) May 17, 1982 (age 42)
Orange, California
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Colleyville, Texas
Spouse
Kandi Harris
​
(m. 2011)​
Children1
Career
College University of Southern California
Oklahoma State University
Turned professional2003
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Professional wins9
Highest ranking 4 (April 1, 2012) [1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour6
European Tour2
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T8: 2010
PGA Championship T7: 2014
U.S. Open T4: 2013
The Open Championship T6: 2007
Achievements and awards
Haskins Award 2003
Ben Hogan Award 2003

Hunter Myles Mahan (born May 17, 1982) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He is a winner of two World Golf Championship events, the 2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and the 2012 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. Mahan has spent 19 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking. He reached a career-high world ranking of No. 4 on April 1, 2012, and in so doing became the highest ranked American golfer at the time. [2]

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Amateur career

Mahan was born in Orange, California. He had a successful amateur career, winning the 1999 5A Texas State High School Golf Championship while attending McKinney High School and the 1999 U.S. Junior Amateur. After high school, Mahan enrolled at the University of Southern California, where he was named Pacific-10 Conference Freshman of the Year. Mahan only played one year at USC before he transferred to Oklahoma State University, where he was a two-time Big 12 Conference Player of the Year and a two-time first-team All American. Mahan was the runner-up at the U.S. Amateur in 2002, in which he was defeated by Ricky Barnes 2 & 1. In 2003 he won the Haskins Award for outstanding collegiate golfer and was co-winner of the Ben Hogan Award.

Professional career

Mahan turned professional in 2003 and made it through qualifying school to earn a PGA Tour card for the 2004 season. His first PGA Tour victory, which came at the 2007 Travelers Championship, lifted Mahan into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings. [3] In August 2007, Mahan entered the top 50 in the world rankings, and in that year finished 15th in the FedEx Cup. His performances in 2007 saw U.S. Presidents Cup captain Jack Nicklaus choose Mahan as one of two captain's picks for the U.S. team. By March 2008 he had reached the top 30. On February 28, 2010, Mahan won his second PGA Tour event, beating fellow OSU golfer Rickie Fowler by one stroke at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. [4] On August 8, 2010, Mahan won his third PGA Tour title at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. He beat Ryan Palmer by 2 strokes. [5]

Mahan won his second WGC tournament in February 2012 at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. He defeated Rory McIlroy, 2 and 1, in the final. [6] Mahan recorded his fifth career PGA Tour victory in April at the Shell Houston Open and moved to fourth in the Official World Golf Ranking, making him the highest-ranked American for the first time. [7] In defense of his title he won in 2012, Mahan reached the final of the 2013 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship but was beaten 2&1 by Matt Kuchar. In August 2014, Mahan won the first of the year's four FedEx Cup playoff events, The Barclays. He won by two strokes from Stuart Appleby, Jason Day and Cameron Tringale during a final round that saw six different players share the lead at some point. He birdied three of his last four holes to pull clear of the field. This was Mahan's first ever playoff victory and his sixth overall title on the PGA Tour. [8]

Mahan was selected by Tom Watson as one of his three captain's picks for the 2014 Ryder Cup team, finishing with a record of 1–2–1 in the four matches he participated in. This included a halved match against Justin Rose in the singles competition. [9] Mahan began struggling with his golf game as of the 2015–16 PGA Tour season, during the next four years, Mahan finished 183rd, 130th, 159th and 184th in the season-long FedEx Cup rankings and had to compete in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals on multiple occasions to try to keep his full tour card. [10] Between 2015–16 and 2020–21, Mahan had only one top-10 finish on the PGA Tour and 69 missed cuts. [11] As of April 1, 2021, Mahan had fallen to 1738th in the Official World Golf Ranking. [12]

Endorsements

Mahan's official sponsors include Under Armour, Titleist, Ping, BioSteel Sports Supplements Inc., NetJets, FootJoy, Clubface Golf, RBC Golf Pigeon, and Ace Hardware. [13]

Personal life

Mahan is one of four golfers in the PGA Tour boy band "Golf Boys" (with Rickie Fowler, Ben Crane, and Bubba Watson). The Golf Boys have a popular YouTube video for the song "Oh Oh Oh". Farmers Insurance donates $1,000 for every 100,000 views of the video. The charitable proceeds support both Farmers and Ben Crane charitable initiatives. [14]

Mahan married Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and Dallas Mavericks dancer Kandi Harris in 2011. On July 27, 2013, Mahan withdrew from the RBC Canadian Open before the third round after getting news that his wife had gone into labor. Mahan was the 36-hole leader at that point, taking a two-stroke advantage into the third round. A daughter, Zoe, was born early the next morning. [15] PING (one of his sponsors) created two gold-plated putters to celebrate her birth (the putters have her name, birthday, and vital statistics inscribed on them). [16]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (9)

PGA Tour wins (6)

Legend
World Golf Championships (2)
FedEx Cup playoff events (1)
Other PGA Tour (3)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Jun 24, 2007 Travelers Championship −15 (62-71-67-65=265)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Jay Williamson
2Feb 28, 2010 Waste Management Phoenix Open −16 (68-70-65-65=268)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Rickie Fowler
3Aug 8, 2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational −12 (71-67-66-64=268)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Palmer
4Feb 26, 2012 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship 2 and 1 Ulster Banner.svg Rory McIlroy
5Apr 1, 2012 Shell Houston Open −16 (69-67-65-71=272)1 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Carl Pettersson
6Aug 24, 2014 The Barclays −14 (66-71-68-65=270)2 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stuart Appleby, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Day,
Flag of the United States.svg Cameron Tringale

PGA Tour playoff record (1–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2004 Reno–Tahoe Open Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stephen Allan, Flag of the United States.svg Scott McCarron,
Flag of the United States.svg Vaughn Taylor 		Taylor won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2007 Travelers Championship Flag of the United States.svg Jay Williamson Won with birdie on first extra hole
3 2011 Tour Championship Flag of the United States.svg Bill Haas Lost to par on third extra hole

Other wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1Oct 28, 2008 Kiwi Challenge −7 (71-65=136)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Anthony Kim
2Sep 1, 2010 Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge
(with Flag of the United States.svg Cristie Kerr)		−10 (62)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Rickie Fowler and Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam
3Aug 30, 2011 Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge (2)
(with Flag of the United States.svg Cristie Kerr)		−11 (61)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Rickie Fowler and Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam

Other playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12008 Kiwi Challenge Flag of the United States.svg Anthony Kim Won with par on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament2003200420052006200720082009
Masters Tournament T28CUTT10
U.S. Open CUTT13T18T6
The Open Championship T36T26T6CUTCUT
PGA Championship CUTT18CUTT16
Tournament2010201120122013201420152016
Masters Tournament T8CUTT12CUTT26T954
U.S. Open CUTCUTT38T4CUTCUT
The Open Championship T37CUTT19T9T32T49
PGA Championship T39T19CUTT57T7T43
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament 000034107
U.S. Open 000124105
The Open Championship 000023118
PGA Championship 000014107
Totals00018154127

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016
The Players Championship T40CUTWDT71T17T6CUTT19CUTCUTCUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

World Golf Championships

Wins (2)

YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner-up
2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational 3 shot deficit−12 (71-67-66-64=268)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Palmer
2012 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship n/a2 and 1 Ulster Banner.svg Rory McIlroy

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament200720082009201020112012201320142015
Championship T44T53T309T24T25T965
Match Play R32R32R64R16 1 2R16R16
Invitational T22T10T4 1 T37T55T1572
Champions T21T7T28T19
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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