Hunter Mahan

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| birth_place = Orange, California

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| residence = Colleyville, Texas

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| college = University of Southern California
Oklahoma State University

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Hunter Myles Mahan (born May 17, 1982) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He is a winner of two World Golf Championship events, the 2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and the 2012 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.

Mahan has spent 19 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking. He reached a career-high world ranking of No. 4 on April 1, 2012, and in so doing became the highest ranked American golfer at the time.{{cite web |url=https://www.golfrankingstats.com/player/Hunter-Mahan |title=Official World Golf Ranking Advanced Statistics |work=Golfrankingstats.com |date=July 14, 2013 |access-date=July 13, 2018}}

Amateur career

Mahan was born in Orange, California. He had a successful amateur career, winning the 1999 5A Texas State High School Golf Championship while attending McKinney High School and the 1999 U.S. Junior Amateur. After high school, Mahan enrolled at the University of Southern California, where he was named Pacific-10 Conference Freshman of the Year. Mahan only played one year at USC before he transferred to Oklahoma State University, where he was a two-time Big 12 Conference Player of the Year and a two-time first-team All American. Mahan was the runner-up at the U.S. Amateur in 2002, in which he was defeated by Ricky Barnes 2 & 1. In 2003 he won the Haskins Award for outstanding collegiate golfer and was co-winner of the Ben Hogan Award.

Professional career

Mahan turned professional in 2003 and made it through qualifying school to earn a PGA Tour card for the 2004 season. His first PGA Tour victory, which came at the 2007 Travelers Championship, lifted Mahan into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings.{{cite web|url=http://www.owgr.com/NEWS/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=438899&itype=421 |title=Week 25 - Hunter Mahan breaks into world top 100 with playoff win in the Travelers Championship |publisher=Official World Golf Ranking |date=June 25, 2007 |access-date=July 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526204649/http://www.owgr.com/NEWS/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=438899&itype=421 |archive-date=May 26, 2011 }} In August 2007, Mahan entered the top 50 in the world rankings, and in that year finished 15th in the FedEx Cup. His performances in 2007 saw U.S. Presidents Cup captain Jack Nicklaus choose Mahan as one of two captain's picks for the U.S. team. By March 2008 he had reached the top 30. On February 28, 2010, Mahan won his second PGA Tour event, beating fellow OSU golfer Rickie Fowler by one stroke at the Waste Management Phoenix Open.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/sports/golf/01golf.html |title=Mahan Uses Late Surge to Win Phoenix Open |date=February 28, 2010 |newspaper=New York Times |agency=Associated Press |access-date=March 1, 2010}} On August 8, 2010, Mahan won his third PGA Tour title at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. He beat Ryan Palmer by 2 strokes.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8896197.stm |title=Hunter Mahan wins Bridgestone Invitational victory |date=August 8, 2010 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=August 9, 2010}}

Mahan won his second WGC tournament in February 2012 at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. He defeated Rory McIlroy, 2 and 1, in the final.{{cite news |first=Steve |last=DiMeglio |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/pga/story/2012-02-26/hunter-mahan-beats-rory-mcilroy-to-win-wgc-accenture-match-play-championship/53259132/1 |title=Mahan denies McIlroy in Match Play final |date=February 6, 2012 |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=April 1, 2012}} Mahan recorded his fifth career PGA Tour victory in April at the Shell Houston Open and moved to fourth in the Official World Golf Ranking, making him the highest-ranked American for the first time.{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Duncan |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/golf/ci_20303697/hunter-mahan-wins-houston-open |title=Hunter Mahan wins Houston Open |date=April 1, 2012 |newspaper=San Jose Mercury News |agency=Associated Press |access-date=April 1, 2012}} In defense of his title he won in 2012, Mahan reached the final of the 2013 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship but was beaten 2&1 by Matt Kuchar. In August 2014, Mahan won the first of the year's four FedEx Cup playoff events, The Barclays. He won by two strokes from Stuart Appleby, Jason Day and Cameron Tringale during a final round that saw six different players share the lead at some point. He birdied three of his last four holes to pull clear of the field. This was Mahan's first ever playoff victory and his sixth overall title on the PGA Tour.{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/11403499/hunter-mahan-wins-barclays |title=Hunter Mahan birdies his way to win |work=ESPN |date=August 25, 2014}}

Mahan was selected by Tom Watson as one of his three captain's picks for the 2014 Ryder Cup team, finishing with a record of 1–2–1 in the four matches he participated in. This included a halved match against Justin Rose in the singles competition.{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=2226 |title=Ryder Cup Golf Leaderboard |work=ESPN |date=September 28, 2014}} Mahan began struggling with his golf game as of the 2015–16 PGA Tour season, during the next four years, Mahan finished 183rd, 130th, 159th and 184th in the season-long FedEx Cup rankings and had to compete in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals on multiple occasions to try to keep his full tour card.{{cite web |url=https://www.rotoworld.com/golf/golf/player/33538/hunter-mahan |website=Rotoworld |access-date=August 10, 2019 |title=Hunter Mahan Bio }} Between 2015–16 and 2020–21, Mahan had only one top-10 finish on the PGA Tour and 69 missed cuts.{{cite news |url=https://www.pgatour.com/players/player.24781.hunter-mahan.html |title=Hunter Mahan PGA Tour Profile |work=PGATour.com |date=April 2, 2021}} As of April 1, 2021, Mahan had fallen to 1738th in the Official World Golf Ranking.{{cite news |url=http://www.owgr.com/en/Ranking/PlayerProfile.aspx?playerID=7636 |title=Hunter Mahan |work=owgr.com |date=April 2, 2021 |access-date=April 2, 2021 |archive-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226005445/http://www.owgr.com/en/Ranking/PlayerProfile.aspx?playerID=7636 |url-status=dead }}

Endorsements

Mahan's official sponsors include Under Armour, Titleist, Ping, BioSteel Sports Supplements Inc., NetJets, FootJoy, Clubface Golf, RBC Golf Pigeon, and Ace Hardware.{{cite web |url=http://mahangolf.com/sponsors/ |title=Hunter Mahan's Sponsors |access-date=October 23, 2013}}

Personal life

Mahan is one of four golfers in the PGA Tour boy band "Golf Boys" (with Rickie Fowler, Ben Crane, and Bubba Watson). The Golf Boys have a popular YouTube video for the song "Oh Oh Oh". Farmers Insurance donates $1,000 for every 100,000 views of the video. The charitable proceeds support both Farmers and Ben Crane charitable initiatives.{{cite web |title=Golf Boys - Oh Oh Oh (Official Video) |website=YouTube |date=June 13, 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM2NocuEihw&feature=aso |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/PM2NocuEihw |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=June 17, 2011}}{{cbignore}}

Mahan married Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and Dallas Mavericks dancer Kandi Harris in 2011. On July 27, 2013, Mahan withdrew from the RBC Canadian Open before the third round after getting news that his wife had gone into labor. Mahan was the 36-hole leader at that point, taking a two-stroke advantage into the third round. A daughter, Zoe, was born early the next morning.{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/9514092/hunter-mahan-leading-canadian-open-withdraws-wife |title=Hunter Mahan leaves to be with wife |work=ESPN |date=July 31, 2013 |access-date=October 23, 2013}} PING (one of his sponsors) created two gold-plated putters to celebrate her birth (the putters have her name, birthday, and vital statistics inscribed on them).{{Cite web|url=http://www.pgatour.com/news/2015/07/21/ping-gold-putter-vault.html|title=Golf's Fort Knox}}

Amateur wins

1999 U.S. Junior Amateur, Western Junior

Professional wins (9)

=PGA Tour wins (6)=

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! Legend

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| World Golf Championships (2)

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|FedEx Cup playoff events (1)

Other PGA Tour (3)

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!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of
victory!!Runner-up

align=center|1

|align=right|Jun 24, 2007

|Travelers Championship

|−15 (62-71-67-65=265)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jay Williamson

align=center|2

|align=right|Feb 28, 2010

|Waste Management Phoenix Open

|−16 (68-70-65-65=268)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Rickie Fowler

style="background:#dfe2e9;"

|align=center|3

|align=right|Aug 8, 2010

|WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

|−12 (71-67-66-64=268)

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Palmer

style="background:#dfe2e9;"

|align=center|4

|align=right|Feb 26, 2012

|WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship

|colspan=2 align=center|2 and 1

|{{flagicon|NIR}} Rory McIlroy

align=center|5

|align=right|Apr 1, 2012

|Shell Houston Open

|−16 (69-67-65-71=272)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Carl Pettersson

style="background:#D8BFD8;"

|align=center|6

|align=right|Aug 24, 2014

|The Barclays

|−14 (66-71-68-65=270)

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Stuart Appleby, {{flagicon|AUS}} Jason Day,
{{flagicon|USA}} Cameron Tringale

PGA Tour playoff record (1–2)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent(s)!!Result

style="background:#F2C1D1;"

|align=center|1

|2004

|Reno–Tahoe Open

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Stephen Allan, {{flagicon|USA}} Scott McCarron,
{{flagicon|USA}} Vaughn Taylor

|Taylor won with birdie on first extra hole

style="background:#D0F0C0;"

|align=center|2

|2007

|Travelers Championship

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jay Williamson

|Won with birdie on first extra hole

style="background:#F2C1D1;"

|align=center|3

|2011

|Tour Championship

|{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Haas

|Lost to par on third extra hole

=Other wins (3)=

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!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of
victory!!Runner(s)-up

align=center|1

|align=right|Oct 28, 2008

|Kiwi Challenge

|−7 (71-65=136)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|USA}} Anthony Kim

align=center|2

|align=right|Sep 1, 2010

|Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge
(with {{flagicon|USA}} Cristie Kerr)

|−10 (62)

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Rickie Fowler and {{flagicon|SWE}} Annika Sörenstam

align=center|3

|align=right|Aug 30, 2011

|Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge (2)
(with {{flagicon|USA}} Cristie Kerr)

|−11 (61)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Rickie Fowler and {{flagicon|SWE}} Annika Sörenstam

Other playoff record (1–0)

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

style="background:#D0F0C0;"

|align=center|1

|2008

|Kiwi Challenge

|{{flagicon|USA}} Anthony Kim

|Won with par on second extra hole

Results in major championships

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!Tournament !! 2003 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009

align=left|Masters Tournament

|T28

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|CUT

|style="background:yellow;"|T10

align=left|U.S. Open

|CUT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T13

|T18

|style="background:yellow;"|T6

align=left|The Open Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T36

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T26

|style="background:yellow;"|T6

|CUT

align=left|PGA Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|CUT

|T18

|CUT

|T16

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!Tournament !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016

align=left|Masters Tournament

|style="background:yellow;"|T8

|CUT

|T12

|CUT

|T26

|style="background:yellow;"|T9

|54

align=left|U.S. Open

|CUT

|T38

|style="background:yellow;"|T4

|CUT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|The Open Championship

|T37

|CUT

|T19

|style="background:yellow;"|T9

|T32

|T49

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|PGA Championship

|T39

|T19

|CUT

|T57

|style="background:yellow;"|T7

|T43

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

=Summary=

Totals	0	0	0	1	8	15	41	27
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	3	4	10	7
align=left\|U.S. Open	0	0	0	1	2	4	10	5
align=left\|The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	2	3	11	8
align=left\|PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	1	4	10	7

Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (twice)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (three times)

Results in The Players Championship

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!Tournament

!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!2013!!2014!!2015!!2016

align=left|The Players Championship

|T40

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|CUT

|WD

|T71

|T17

|style="background:yellow;"|T6

|CUT

|T19

|CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut

WD = withdrew

"T" indicates a tie for a place

World Golf Championships

=Wins (2)=

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!Year!!Championship!!54 holes!!Winning score!!Margin!!Runner-up

style="background:#FFFFCC;"

|2010

|WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

|3 shot deficit

|align=center|−12 (71-67-66-64=268)

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Palmer

style="background:#D6E8FF;"

|2012

|WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship

|align=center|n/a

|align=center colspan=2|2 and 1

|{{flagicon|NIR}} Rory McIlroy

=Results timeline=

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

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!Tournament!!2007!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!2013!!2014!!2015

align="left"|Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T44

|T53

|T30

|style="background:yellow;"|9

|T24

|T25

|style="background:yellow;"|T9

|65

align="left"|Match Play

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|R32

|R64

|style="background:yellow;"|R16

|style="background:lime;"|1

|style="background:yellow;"|2

|style="background:yellow;"|R16

align="left"|Invitational

|T22

|style="background:yellow;"|T10

|style="background:yellow;"|T4

|style="background:lime;"|1

|T37

|T55

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T15

|72

align="left"|Champions

| style="background:#D3D3D3;" colspan=2|

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T21

|style="background:yellow;"|T7

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T28

|T19

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play

"T" = tied

Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Junior Ryder Cup: 1999
Eisenhower Trophy: 2002 (winners)
Palmer Cup: 2002 (winners)

Professional

Presidents Cup: 2007 (winners), 2009 (winners), 2011 (winners), 2013 (winners)
Ryder Cup: 2008 (winners), 2010, 2014

References

External links

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Hunter Mahan

Amateur career

Professional career

Endorsements

Personal life

Amateur wins

Professional wins (9)

=PGA Tour wins (6)=

=Other wins (3)=

Results in major championships

=Summary=

Results in The Players Championship

World Golf Championships

=Wins (2)=

=Results timeline=

U.S. national team appearances

See also

References

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