Denny McCarthy

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| fullname = Denny Francis McCarthy

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|3|4}}

| birth_place = Takoma Park, Maryland, U.S.

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| sporting_nationality = {{USA}}

| residence = Jupiter, Florida, U.S.

| spouse = Samantha McCarthy

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| college = University of Virginia

| yearpro = 2015

| tour = PGA Tour

| extour = Web.com Tour

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| usopen = T7: 2022

| open = CUT: 2023, 2024

| pga = T8: 2025

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Denny Francis McCarthy (born March 4, 1993) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

Amateur career

McCarthy was born in Takoma Park, Maryland. He played competitively on the junior golf circuit beginning at the age of 10, finding a lot of success on the MAPGA junior tour.{{cite web | url=https://www.bluegolf.com/a/#/players/player/dmccarthy6 | title=Find, Follow and Register for Golf Events | BlueGolf }} He played varsity golf and basketball at Georgetown Preparatory School. He played college golf at the University of Virginia where he was a two-time All-American.{{cite web |url=http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/denny_mccarthy_800655.html |title=Denny McCarthy bio |publisher=Virginia Cavaliers |accessdate=June 24, 2015 |archive-date=May 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503011320/http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/denny_mccarthy_800655.html |url-status=dead }}

McCarthy played on the 2010 Junior Ryder Cup team along with Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, and Ollie Schniederjans.

While he was a senior at UVA, McCarthy led the United States to victory in the 2014 World Amateur Team Championship (Eisenhower Trophy) along with Beau Hossler and Bryson DeChambeau. He posted a final round 8-under 64 while being the only American to shoot in the 60s all four days. He finished the tournament 5th overall.{{cite news |url=https://augustafreepress.com/uva-golfer-denny-mccarthy-shoots-64-leads-us-world-amateur-team-title/ |title=UVA golfer Denny McCarthy shoots 64, leads US to World Amateur Team title |date=September 13, 2014 |work=Augusta Free Press}}

In 2015, he was selected to play on the U.S. Walker Cup team where he played team matches with his former Eisenhower Trophy teammate, Beau Hossler. His 2015 Porter Cup win and clutch play to help take home the Eisenhower Trophy earned him a spot on the team.{{cite web |url=http://www.usga.org/championships/2015/walker-cup/articles/five-more-are-named-to-usa-walker-cup-team.html |title=Five More Are Selected to USA Walker Cup Team |publisher=USGA |date=August 23, 2015}}

McCarthy won the Maryland Amateur twice (2013 and 2014){{cite web |url=http://www.msga.org/page.asp?id=1113&page=66141&sid=4047 |title=Men's Amateur Championship |publisher=Maryland State Golf Association |accessdate=June 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417163058/http://msga.org/page.asp?id=1113&page=66141&sid=4047 |archive-date=April 17, 2016 |url-status=dead }} and the Maryland Open three times (2010, 2013, and 2015).{{cite web |url=http://www.msga.org/page.asp?id=1113&page=66141&sid=4070 |title=Maryland Open Championship |publisher=Maryland State Golf Association |accessdate=June 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093308/http://www.msga.org/page.asp?id=1113&page=66141&sid=4070 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

McCarthy finished tied for 42nd at the 2015 U.S. Open.{{cite magazine |url=http://scores.golfweek.com/scores.asp?Action=Tournament&TournamentID=11025 |title=U.S. Open: Player Results |magazine=Golfweek |accessdate=June 24, 2015 |archive-date=June 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622064327/http://scores.golfweek.com/scores.asp?Action=Tournament&TournamentID=11025 |url-status=dead }}

Professional career

After playing in the 2015 Walker Cup, McCarthy turned pro and played on the Web.com Tour for the 2016 season. He finished the 2016 season with seven top-25 finishes including two top-10s in 21 events.{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/golf/player/results/_/id/10054/denny-mccarthy |title=Denny McCarthy |work=ESPN}} He finished the year outside the top-25 and would remain on the Web.com Tour for the following season. In 2017, he finished with nine top-25 finishes including four top-10s in 22 events. After finishing outside the top-25 in the regular season, he locked up his PGA Tour card in the Web.com Tour Finals.{{cite web |url=https://www.pgatour.com/webcom/daily-wrapup/2017/09/24/nicholas-lindheim-wins-dap-championship.html |title=Lindheim secures PGA Tour card with win at DAP Championship |publisher=PGA Tour |date=September 24, 2017 |first=Nick |last=Parker}} McCarthy almost had his first PGA victory in April 2024 at the Valero Texas Open, he birdied the last seven holes to force a playoff, he lost in the playoff to Akshay Bhatia.

Personal life

McCarthy has a brother and two sisters. Brother Ryan played college golf at Loyola University Maryland. Sister Cristina played college lacrosse at James Madison University and Georgetown University and sister Michaela played lacrosse at Virginia Tech.

McCarthy is also a cousin of comedian Greg Fitzsimmons.

Amateur wins

2010 Maryland Boys Junior Amateur, Junior PGA Championship
2011 Maryland Boys Junior Amateur
2012 Northern Intercollegiate
2013 Kenridge Invitational, Maryland State Amateur
2014 Jim West Intercollegiate (tie), Maryland State Amateur
2015 Porter Cup

Source:{{cite web |url=http://www.wagr.com/en/Ranking/Player.aspx?playerid=5493&ismens=True |title=Denny McCarthy |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |accessdate=June 24, 2015}}

Professional wins (4)

=Web.com Tour wins (1)=

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! Legend

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| Finals events (1)

Other Web.com Tour (0)

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!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!Margin of
victory

!Runner-up

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|Sep 23, 2018

|Web.com Tour Championship

|−23 (64-65-67-65=261)

|4 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Lucas Glover

=Other wins (3)=

2010 Maryland Open (as an amateur)
2013 Maryland Open (as an amateur)
2015 Maryland Open (as an amateur)

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–2)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result

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|2023

|Memorial Tournament

|{{flagicon|NOR}} Viktor Hovland

|Lost to par on first extra hole

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|align=center|2

|2024

|Valero Texas Open

|{{flagicon|USA}} Akshay Bhatia

|Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

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!Tournament

!2015 !! 2016!!2017!!2018

align=left|Masters Tournament

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align=left|U.S. Open

|T42

|CUT

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align=left|The Open Championship

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align=left|PGA Championship

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!Tournament

!2019!!2020!!2021!!2022!!2023!!2024!!2025

align=left|Masters Tournament

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|T45

|T29

align=left|PGA Championship

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|T58

|T59

|T48

|T29

|CUT

|style="background:yellow;"|T8

align=left|U.S. Open

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|style="background:yellow;"|T7

|T20

|T32

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align=left|The Open Championship

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|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

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|CUT

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CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place

NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

= Summary =

Totals	0	0	0	0	2	3	15	11
class=wikitable style=text-align:center !Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made
align=left\|Masters Tournament	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
align=left\|PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	5
align=left\|U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	4
align=left\|The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0