Mackenzie Hughes

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Mackenzie Hughes
Personal information
Full nameMackenzie Robert Hughes
Born (1990-11-23) November 23, 1990 (age 34)
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Residence Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Spouse
Jenna Shaw
​
(m. 2016)​
Children3
Career
College Kent State University
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) PGA Tour Canada
Web.com Tour
Professional wins4
Highest ranking 39 (November 21, 2020) [1]
(as of November 24, 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour2
Korn Ferry Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T29: 2023
PGA Championship T58: 2020
U.S. Open T15: 2021
The Open Championship T6: 2021
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour Canada
Order of Merit winner 		2013

Mackenzie Robert Hughes (born November 23, 1990) is a Canadian professional golfer.

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Early life and amateur career

Hughes was born in Hamilton, Ontario. He is a graduate of Kent State University, where he played on the golf team with fellow Canadian PGA Tour pro golfers Taylor Pendrith and Corey Conners. [2] Hughes won the 2011 and 2012 Canadian Amateur Championship. [3] [4]

Hughes was the number one Canadian Amateur in 2011. He was a member of Team Canada's National Squad in 2008, 2011, and 2012.

Professional career

Hughes turned professional in 2012 and played on the eGolf Professional Tour and PGA Tour Canada. He played in 2012 and 2013 Canadian Opens but missed the cut in both events.

In June 2013, Hughes qualified for the U.S. Open, winning a playoff at his sectional qualifying site. He won his first professional tournament at the 2013 Cape Breton Celtic Classic on PGA Tour Canada. He would go on to win the 2013 PGA Tour Canada Order of Merit and earn a Web.com Tour card for 2014, fully exempt as the money leader. Hughes made seven cuts in twenty events, finishing well outside retaining any status. After spending the 2015 season on PGA Tour Canada, he earned Web.com Tour status for 2016 through Q School. In August 2016, he won the Price Cutter Charity Championship en route to graduating to the PGA Tour for the 2016–17 season.

In November 2016, in his fifth PGA Tour start as a member, Hughes won the RSM Classic, becoming the first Canadian-born golfer to win on the PGA Tour since Nick Taylor at the 2014 Sanderson Farms Championship, and the first to win a non-alternate event since Mike Weir at the 2007 Fry's Electronics Open. He was also the first rookie in over 20 years (Tim Herron at the 1996 Honda Classic) to win wire-to-wire. [5]

In 2017, he finished 10th at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, 16th at The Players Championship, and 13th at the Dell Technologies Championship.

In March 2019, Hughes finished tied for second at the PGA Tour's Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship. He lost by one stroke to winner Graeme McDowell.

In March 2020, Hughes finished second at The Honda Classic finishing one stroke behind champion Im Sung-jae. [6] He shot 66-66 on the weekend. In June he finished tied for third place in the Travelers Championship and entered the top 100 in the world rankings for the first time.

Hughes held the lead after the third round at the 2021 U.S. Open but finished T15. He was also in contention at the 2021 Open Championship, eventually finishing T6 and recording the best ever finish for a Canadian at The Open Championship. [7]

In October 2022, Hughes won his second PGA Tour title at the Sanderson Farms Championship in a playoff over Sepp Straka. [8]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (4)

PGA Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1Nov 21, 2016 RSM Classic 61-67-68-69=265−17Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Blayne Barber, Flag of the United States.svg Billy Horschel,
Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Norlander, Flag of Colombia.svg Camilo Villegas
2Oct 2, 2022 Sanderson Farms Championship 71-63-68-69=271−17Playoff Flag of Austria.svg Sepp Straka

PGA Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2016 RSM Classic Flag of the United States.svg Blayne Barber, Flag of the United States.svg Billy Horschel,
Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Norlander, Flag of Colombia.svg Camilo Villegas 		Won with par on third extra hole
Horschel eliminated by par on first hole
2 2022 Sanderson Farms Championship Flag of Austria.svg Sepp Straka Won with birdie on second extra hole

Web.com Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Aug 14, 2016 Price Cutter Charity Championship 67-67-64-66=264−241 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Richy Werenski

PGA Tour Canada wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Sep 8, 2013 Cape Breton Celtic Classic 68-69-71-66=274−141 stroke Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryan Williams

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament201320142015201620172018
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open CUTCUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship CUT
Tournament201920202021202220232024
Masters Tournament T40T50T29
PGA Championship T58CUTCUTCUTCUT
U.S. Open CUTT15T24T49CUT
The Open Championship NTT6CUTT16
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament 00000043
PGA Championship 00000061
U.S. Open 00000273
The Open Championship 00001232
Totals000014209

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament201720182019202020212022202320242025
The Players Championship T16T57CCUTCUTCUTT26CUT
  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

Tournament2017201820192020202120222023
Championship T32T44
Match Play NT1R16T18QF
Invitational T66T44
Champions NT1NT1NT1

1Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022. The Champions was discontinued from 2023.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Week 47 2021 Ending 21 Nov 2021" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Conners, Hughes & Pendrith inducted into Kent State Hall of Fame". Golf Canada. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Hughes goes back-to-back at Canadian Men's Amateur". August 12, 2012. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Mackenzie Hughes defends Canadian Amateur title". RCGA. August 10, 2012. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Canadian rookie Mackenzie Hughes wins RSM Classic in four-man playoff". ESPN. Associated Press. November 21, 2016.
  6. ↑ Berhow, Josh (March 2, 2020). "Playing for late friend, Mackenzie Hughes breaks out of slump in a big way". Golf.com. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  7. ↑ Stanley, Adam (July 18, 2021). "Best-ever Canadian finish consolation prize for Mackenzie Hughes at Open Championship". Toronto Star.
  8. ↑ "Canada's Mackenzie Hughes wins Sanderson Farms Championship for second PGA victory". Sportsnet. Associated Press. October 2, 2022. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
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