| Stewart Hagestad | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | John Stewart Hagestad III [1] |
| Born | April 10, 1991 Newport Beach, California |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Career | |
| College | University of Southern California |
| Status | Amateur |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | T36: 2017 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | 64th: 2022 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
Medal record | |
John Stewart Hagestad III (born April 10, 1991) is an American amateur golfer.
Hagestad played his college golf for the USC Trojans. [2]
Hagestad won the 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur at Stonewall, in Elverson, Pennsylvania, earning a spot at the 2017 Masters Tournament. [3] He became the first U.S. Mid-Amateur champion qualifier to make the cut at the Masters (Jay Sigel was 1987 Mid-Amateur champion and made the cut at the 1988 Masters Tournament, but at the time the Mid-Amateur champion did not receive an invite and Sigel qualified by playing for the United States in the Walker Cup). [4] [5] Hagestad finished in a tie for 36th place, and won the Silver Cup as the lowest-scoring amateur. Despite his performance, he stated that he has no desire to turn professional. [6]
Hagestad also won the 2016 Metropolitan Amateur. [7] He competed in the U.S. Open in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2022. [8] [9]
Hagestad teamed with Emilia Migliaccio, Brandon Wu, and Rose Zhang to win the mixed team gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games. [10] He finished 13th in the men's individual competition.
Hagestad claimed a second U.S. Mid-Amateur title in 2021 and a third in 2023. [11]
Source: [12]
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T36LA | |
| U.S. Open | CUT | CUT |
| The Open Championship | ||
| PGA Championship |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | CUT | CUT | ||||
| PGA Championship | ||||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | 64 | ||||
| The Open Championship | NT |
LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
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