Mackenzie Hughes

Mackenzie Hughes
Personal information
Born (1990-11-23) November 23, 1990
Dundas, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Nationality  Canada
Residence Dundas, Ontario, Canada
Career
College Kent State University
Turned professional 2012
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) PGA Tour Canada
Web.com Tour
Professional wins 3
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 1
Web.com Tour 1
Other 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament CUT: 2017
U.S. Open CUT: 2013, 2018
The Open Championship DNP
PGA Championship CUT: 2017
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour Canada
Order of Merit winner		 2013

Mackenzie Hughes (born November 23, 1990) is a Canadian professional golfer.

Hughes was born in Dundas, Ontario. He is a graduate of Kent State University. He won the 2011 and 2012 Canadian Amateur Championship.[1][2]

Hughes was the number one Canadian Amateur in 2011. He was a member of Team Canada's National Squad in 2008, 2011, and 2012. After turning professional, Hughes played on the eGolf Professional Tour and PGA Tour Canada. He played in 2012 and 2013 Canadian Opens but missed the cut in both events.

In June 2013, Hughes qualified for the U.S. Open, winning a playoff at his sectional qualifying site. He won his first professional tournament at the 2013 Cape Breton Celtic Classic on PGA Tour Canada. He would go on to win the 2013 PGA Tour Canada Order of Merit and earn a Web.com Tour card for 2014, fully exempt as the money leader. Hughes made seven cuts in twenty events, finishing well outside retaining any status. After spending the 2015 season on PGA Tour Canada, he earned Web.com Tour status for 2016 through Q School. In August 2016, he won the Price Cutter Charity Championship en route to graduating to the PGA Tour for the 2016–17 season.

In November 2016, in his fifth PGA Tour start as a member, Hughes won the RSM Classic, becoming the first Canadian-born golfer to win on the PGA Tour since Nick Taylor at the 2014 Sanderson Farms Championship, and the first to win a non-alternate event since Mike Weir at the 2007 Fry's Electronics Open. He was also the first rookie in over 20 years (Tim Herron at the 1996 Honda Classic) to win wire-to-wire.[3]

In 2017, he finished 10th at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, 16th at The Players Championship, and 13th at the Dell Technologies Championship.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (3)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 Nov 21, 2016 RSM Classic 61-67-68-69=265 −17 Playoff United States Blayne Barber, United States Billy Horschel,
Sweden Henrik Norlander, Colombia Camilo Villegas

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2016 RSM Classic United States Blayne Barber, United States Billy Horschel,
Sweden Henrik Norlander, Colombia Camilo Villegas		 Won with par on third extra hole
Horschel eliminated with par on first hole

Web.com Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 Aug 14, 2016 Price Cutter Charity Championship −24 (67-67-64-66=264) 1 stroke United States Richy Werenski

PGA Tour Canada wins (1)

  • 2013 Cape Breton Celtic Classic

Results in major championships

Tournament 201320142015201620172018
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open CUT CUT
Open Championship
PGA Championship CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2017
Mexico Championship T32
Match Play
Bridgestone Invitational T66
HSBC Champions
  Did not play

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

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hughes goes back-to-back at Canadian Men's Amateur". August 12, 2012. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Mackenzie Hughes defends Canadian Amateur title". RCGA. August 10, 2012. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Canadian rookie Mackenzie Hughes wins RSM Classic in four-man playoff". ESPN. Associated Press. November 21, 2016.
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