Jon Mills

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Jon Mills
Personal information
Born (1978-03-06) March 6, 1978 (age 47)
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight184 lb (83 kg; 13.1 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Career
College Kent State University
Turned professional2002
Former tour(s) Canadian Tour
PGA Tour
Web.com Tour
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour2
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open T36: 2008
The Open Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Canadian Tour
Order of Merit winner
2003

Jon Mills (born March 6, 1978) is a Canadian professional golfer.

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Early life

In 1978, Mills was born in Oshawa, Ontario. He spent most of his childhood in Belleville, Ontario. His father David Mills was involved with the game of golf and served as Executive Director for Golf Ontario. Mills' competitive game on the St. Lawrence Junior Tour in southeastern Ontario and won the Ontario Junior Championship in 1996.

Amateur career

He earned a four year golf scholarship to Kent State University. One of his teammates was future British Open champion Ben Curtis. Kent State team won the conference championship all four years he was there, from 1998 through 2001. In 2001, Mills finished in 6th place at the NCAA Championship. In 2001, he also won the Ontario Amateur Championship.

Professional career

In 2001, Mills turned professional. Mills was a member of the PGA Tour's developmental tour early in his career. He also played on the PGA Tour Canada in 2002 and 2003. He won his first professional event on the Canadian Tour in 2003, and it helped him win the Order of Merit for the 2003 season.

In 2005, he earned a place on the PGA Tour by finishing 5th on the 2005 Nationwide Tour's money list.

In 2006, he did not have much success on the PGA Tour, making only 6 of 27 cuts. He returned to the Nationwide Tour once more. In 2007, however, he had much success on the developmental tour once again, finishing fourth on the money list among Nationwide Tour professionals. He earned right to play on the PGA Tour again. Mills played on the PGA Tour once more but did not finish high enough on the money list to retain his card for 2009.

Mills was appointed as the Men's Head Golf Coach at Kent State University in 2019. In 2021, he coached the team to a Mid-American Conference Championship victory. In 2021, he was also the Mid-American Conference's Coach of the Year.

Personal life

Mills' brother, Jeff, played the PGA Tour Canada and is the Director of Golf at the Wildfire Golf Club in Ontario. His sister, Jennifer, is the Head Women's Volleyball Coach at Clarion University in Pennsylvania.

Awards and honors

Amateur wins

Professional wins (5)

Nationwide Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
1Jul 24, 2005 Canadian PGA Championship −19 (68-67-63-71=269)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Ken Duke
2Sep 23, 2007 Albertsons Boise Open −21 (65-68-66-64=263)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg D. A. Points

Canadian Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
1Jul 13, 2003 MTS Classic −9 (67-65-72-71=275)3 strokes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bryan DeCorso

Other wins (2)

Results in major championships

Tournament20072008200920102011
U.S. Open CUTT36CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Note: Mills only played in the U.S. Open.

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References