Zac Blair

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| fullname = Zachary James Blair

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|8|20}}

| birth_place = Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.

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| height = {{convert|5|ft|6|in|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|155|lb|kg st|abbr=on}}

| nationality = {{USA}}

| residence = St. George, Utah, U.S.{{cite web |url=http://www.golfchannel.com/tours/player/zac-blair/ |title=Zac Blair |work=Golf Channel |access-date=March 16, 2015}}

| spouse = Alicia Blair

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| college = Brigham Young University

| yearpro = 2014

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| tour = PGA Tour

| extour = Korn Ferry Tour
PGA Tour Latinoamérica

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| usopen = T26: 2024

| open = DNP

| pga = T53: 2024

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Zachary James Blair (born August 20, 1990) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has previously played on the Korn Ferry Tour and PGA Tour Latinoamérica.{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/players/player.40058.zac-blair.html/profile |title=Zac Blair profile |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=October 25, 2018}}

Early life and amateur career

Blair was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was on the Brigham Young University's golf team from 2009 to 2013.{{cite web |url=http://byucougars.com/athlete/m-golf/zac-blair |title=Zac Blair athlete profile |publisher=Brigham Young University |access-date=March 16, 2015}} He was an All-American in 2012{{cite web |url=http://byucougars.com/m-golf/byu-mens-golf-all-americans |title=BYU Men's Golf All-Americans |publisher=Brigham Young University |access-date=March 17, 2015}} and won four college events. His father, James, played golf at Brigham Young University from 1974 to 1977. Blair also won the 2011 Pacific Northwest Amateur.

Professional career

Blair competed in the 2013 Web.com Tour Qualifying School as an amateur, reaching Final Stage and earning limited status on the Web.com Tour. After turning professional, Blair began playing on PGA Tour Latinoamérica in March 2014. He played in seven events, making the cut six times and finishing in the top-10 three times.{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/players/player.40058.zac-blair.html/season |title=Zac Blair – Season Results |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=March 17, 2015}} He played eight events on the Web.com Tour, making seven cuts including a T-2 finish at the Price Cutter Charity Championship and qualifying for the Web.com Tour Finals. After missing the cut in the first three events, he finished second at the Web.com Tour Championship and earned his PGA Tour card for the 2014–15 season.

On the PGA Tour, his best finish was a solo 3rd at the 2016 Sony Open in Hawaii until the Travelers Championship in 2023, where he finished T-2. He has played in three majors, the 2014 U.S. Open, where he placed T-40 and the 2016 PGA Championship and 2019 U.S. Open, where he missed the cut.

At the 2016 Wells Fargo Championship, Blair was disqualified for hitting himself in the head with a putter, and continuing to use it. He was disqualified for using a non-conforming club.{{cite news | url=http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golf-central-blog/blair-hits-himself-head-putter-gets-dqd/ |title=Blair hits himself in head with putter, gets DQ'd |work=Golf Channel.com |date=May 6, 2016 |access-date=May 6, 2016 |last=Hoggard |first=Rex}}

In the 2018 PGA Tour season, Blair made only 11 cuts in 20 events. He won $330,507 and finished 170th in the season-long FedEx Cup. As a result, he lost his PGA Tour card. Blair then attempted to get his card back via the 2018 Web.com Tour Finals, but was not successful. In October 2018, Blair missed the cut at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship to fall to 663rd in the world ranking.{{cite web |url=http://www.owgr.com/en/Ranking/PlayerProfile.aspx?playerID=17639 |title=Zac Blair |publisher=OWGR |access-date=October 25, 2018}}

On August 4, 2019, Blair won the Ellie Mae Classic at TPC Stonebrae on the Korn Ferry Tour. This win guaranteed that Blair would regain his PGA Tour card for the 2019–20 season.{{cite news |url=https://www.golfchannel.com/news/zac-blair-clinches-pga-tour-return-ellie-mae-classic-victory |work=Golf Channel |date=August 4, 2019 |access-date=August 20, 2019 |first=Brentley |last=Romine |title=Blair clinches PGA Tour return with Ellie Mae Classic victory}}

Amateur wins

2009 Utah Amateur
2011 Pacific Northwest Amateur

Professional wins (3)

=Korn Ferry Tour wins (1)=

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|align=right|Aug 4, 2019

|Ellie Mae Classic

|−17 (66-65-65-67=263)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Brandon Crick

=Other wins (1)=

2018 Rockford Pro-Am{{cite news |url=http://www.rrstar.com/sports/20180716/late-addition-zac-blair-wins-42nd-annual-rockford-pro-am |title=Late addition Zac Blair wins 42nd annual Rockford Pro-Am |newspaper=Rockford Register Star |first=Adam |last=Kradle |date=July 16, 2018}}
2023 Utah Open