James McLean (golfer)

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James H. McLean (born 16 September 1978) is an Australian professional golfer that spent 2003 on the PGA Tour.

Amateur career

As a freshman, McLean was the individual champion at the 1998 NCAA Division I Championship for the University of Minnesota and was an All-American in both 1998 and 1999.{{cite web |url=http://www.gopherhole.com/news_article/show/93459?referrer_id=388419-gopherhole-com-news-archive |title=Where are they now?: James McLean |first=Rob |last=Litt |date=6 April 2004 |accessdate=28 November 2012}} Also in 1998, McLean won the Minnesota State Open and Minnesota State Amateur.{{cite web |url=http://www.mngolf.org/pr_1236 |title=Hanson Wins State Open |publisher=Minnesota Golf Association |date=30 July 2007 |accessdate=28 November 2012 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232825/http://www.mngolf.org/pr_1236 |url-status=dead }}

Professional career

McLean played seven events on the European Tour in 2001, where his best finish was T-10 at the Novotel Perrier Open de France.

McLean was a member of the Buy.com Tour in 2002 where he finished 84th on the money list. McLean then went to Q School where he earned his PGA Tour card.{{cite magazine |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1143092/index.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130120060028/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1143092/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 January 2013 |title=Rookie On Tour: At the Sony Open, James McLean got his first taste of what life's like in the Show |first=John |last=Garrity |date=27 January 2003 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |accessdate=28 November 2012}}

McLean was a member of the PGA Tour in 2003 where he had 19 starts. That season he became ill and received a medical exemption that enabled him to enter various PGA Tour events from 2004 to 2006.{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/golf/tour-school-the-first-step-back-for-missing-mclean/2008/09/20/1221331273305.html |title=Tour school the first step back for missing McLean |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |first=Peter |last=Stone |date=21 September 2008 |accessdate=28 November 2012}}

McLean played sparingly on the Japan Golf Tour in 2012 and 2013 with a best finish of T-10 at the 2012 Toshin Golf Tournament.

Personal life

His father, Graeme McLean, was a footballer who played in five games for St Kilda Football Club of the Australian Football League (then known as the Victorian Football League).

Amateur wins (3)

1997 Riversdale Cup
1998 Minnesota State Amateur,{{Cite web |title=2017 Yearbook & Media Guide – MGA Amateur Championship |url=https://www.mngolf.org/Res/2017_MediaGuide.pdf |publisher=Minnesota Golf Association |pages=143–148}} NCAA Division I Championship