Jon Mills | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born | Oshawa, Ontario, Canada | March 6, 1978||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Weight | 184 lb (83 kg; 13.1 st) | ||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||
Career | |||
College | Kent State University | ||
Turned professional | 2002 | ||
Former tour(s) | Canadian Tour PGA Tour Web.com Tour | ||
Professional wins | 5 | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
Korn Ferry Tour | 2 | ||
Other | 3 | ||
Best results in major championships | |||
Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
PGA Championship | DNP | ||
U.S. Open | T36: 2008 | ||
The Open Championship | DNP | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Jon Mills (born March 6, 1978) is a Canadian professional golfer.
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.
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.
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.
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.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | Jul 24, 2005 | Canadian PGA Championship | −19 (68-67-63-71=269) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
2 | Sep 23, 2007 | Albertsons Boise Open | −21 (65-68-66-64=263) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | Jul 13, 2003 | MTS Classic | −9 (67-65-72-71=275) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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U.S. Open | CUT | T36 | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Note: Mills only played in the U.S. Open.
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