Mackenzie Hughes

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Mackenzie Hughes
Personal information
Born (1990-11-23) November 23, 1990 (age 31)
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Sporting nationality Canada
ResidenceCharlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
SpouseJenna Shaw
Career
CollegeKent State University
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour Canada
Web.com Tour
Professional wins3
Highest ranking39 (November 21, 2020)[1]
(as of December 26, 2021)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT40: 2021
PGA ChampionshipT58: 2020
U.S. OpenT15: 2021
The Open ChampionshipT6: 2021
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour Canada
Order of Merit winner		2013

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

Early life and amateur career[]

Hughes was born in Hamilton, Ontario. He is a graduate of Kent State University. He won the 2011 and 2012 Canadian Amateur Championship.[2][3]

Hughes was the number one Canadian Amateur in 2011. He was a member of Team Canada's National Squad in 2008, 2011, and 2012.

Professional career[]

Hughes turned professional in 2012 and 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 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.[4]

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.

In March 2019, Hughes finished tied for second at the PGA Tour's Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship. He lost by one stroke to winner Graeme McDowell.

In March 2020, Hughes finished second at The Honda Classic finishing one stroke behind champion Im Sung-jae.[5] He shot 66-66 on the weekend. In June he finished tied for third place in the Travelers Championship and entered the top 100 in the world rankings for the first time.

Hughes held the lead after the third round at the 2021 U.S. Open but finished T15. He was also in contention at the 2021 Open Championship, eventually finishing T6 and recording the best ever finish for a Canadian at The Open Championship.[6]

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. Year Tournament Opponents Result
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 by par on first hole

Web.com Tour wins (1)[]

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

PGA Tour Canada wins (1)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 Sep 8, 2013 68-69-71-66=274 −14 1 stroke Canada

Results in major championships[]

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open CUT CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship CUT
Tournament 2019 2020 2021
Masters Tournament T40
PGA Championship T58 CUT
U.S. Open CUT T15
The Open Championship NT T6
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship[]

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
The Players Championship T16 T57 C CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships[]

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Championship T32 T44
Match Play NT1 R16
Invitational T66 T44
Champions NT1 NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

Team appearances[]

Amateur

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Week 47 2021 Ending 21 Nov 2021" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  2. ^ "Hughes goes back-to-back at Canadian Men's Amateur". August 12, 2012. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
  3. ^ "Mackenzie Hughes defends Canadian Amateur title". RCGA. August 10, 2012. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
  4. ^ "Canadian rookie Mackenzie Hughes wins RSM Classic in four-man playoff". ESPN. Associated Press. November 21, 2016.
  5. ^ Berhow, Josh (March 2, 2020). "Playing for late friend, Mackenzie Hughes breaks out of slump in a big way". Golf.com. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  6. ^ Stanley, Adam (July 18, 2021). "Best-ever Canadian finish consolation prize for Mackenzie Hughes at Open Championship". Toronto Star.

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