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Mike Hulbert 
Personal information Full name Michael Patrick Hulbert Nickname Hubby Born April 14, 1958
Elmira, New YorkHeight 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st) Nationality 
United StatesResidence Orlando, Florida Career College East Tennessee State University Turned professional 1981 Current tour(s) Champions Tour Former tour(s) PGA Tour Professional wins 6 Number of wins by tour PGA Tour 3 Best results in Major Championships Masters Tournament T19: 1992 U.S. Open T6: 1992 The Open Championship T39: 1990Horseheads (village), New York Michael Patrick Hulbert (born April 14, 1958) is an American professional golfer and sportscaster.
Hulbert was born in Elmira, New York.[1] He grew up in Horseheads, New York, and was a childhood friend and high school golf rival of fellow PGA Tour player Joey Sindelar.[2] Hulbert attended East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee;[1] he earned All-American honors as a member of the golf team in 1979 and 1980.[2] He turned pro in 1981[1] and joined the PGA Tour in 1985.[2]
Hulbert won three times on the PGA Tour; his last two wins came in playoffs. His first win came at the Federal Express St. Jude Classic in 1986 by one stroke over Joey Sindelar. His second victory was at the 1989 B.C. Open in a playoff over Bob Estes. In his third win at the 1991 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic, he defeated Kenny Knox on the first hole in a playoff.[2] Hulbert's best finishes in major championships were a T-6 at the 1992 U.S. Open, and a T-7 at the 1986 PGA Championship.[3] He has had more than 45 top-10 finishes in his PGA Tour career including more than a half-dozen 2nd or 3rd place finishes.
Hulbert had a knack for the Plantation Course at the Kapalua International, an event he won in 1991, and finished 2nd to Davis Love III in 1992. During the 3rd round of the 1993 event he was in the final group paired with Fred Couples. Couples was blistering his own drives during this round, some 30 yards past Hulbert, and Hulbert wittingly went up to on-course commentator Steve Melnyk and asked, "How come every time Fred Couples drives it's always downwind?"
During most of the 1995 PGA Tour season Hulbert putted one-handed, earning him the moniker "The One-Armed Bandit"; he almost won the Buick Invitational while doing so. When he switched back to a traditional two-handed putting grip in the late summer at The International he found himself on the first pages of the leaderboard as CBS Sports came on the air for weekend coverage, prompting announcer Jim Nantz to note: "Mike Hulbert, driving with two hands on the wheel this week!"
Hulbert caddied for Davis Love III at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and the Northern Trust Open in the early part of 2008 prior to starting play on the Champions Tour. He began play on the Champions Tour in April 2008. He finished T8 in his debut event, the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am, and matched it a year later at the Dick's Sporting Goods Open.[2]
Hulbert has worked as a sports broadcaster for USA Network, CBS Sports, ESPN, and the Golf Channel. During the 2003 Buick Open he interviewed eventual champion Jim Furyk from what appeared to be a snack bar during a rain delay while covering the early rounds on USA Network. Other players (who were not visible, nor identified) were in the room at the time of Furyk's interview and proceeded to throw popcorn at them from off camera as the interview progressed. At one point Furyk even held up a golf towel to block the popcorn as it got worse, and he stated that: "It looks like it's pick on Hubby day!"
In 2002, Hulbert was inducted into the East Tennessee State University Athletic Hall of Fame. Hulbert has had more than 4.7 million dollars in career earnings.[4] He lives in Orlando, Florida with his wife and two sons. He has a brother named John, a club professional who once qualified for the U.S. Open.
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Professional wins
PGA Tour
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner-up 1 Aug 31, 1986 Federal Express St. Jude Classic -8 (71-72-68-69=280) 1 stroke Joey Sindelar2 Sep 10, 1989 B.C. Open -16 (69-66-68-65=268) Playoff Bob Estes3 Jun 23, 1991 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic -18 (66-67-65-68=266) Playoff Kenny KnoxOther wins
- 1987 Chrysler Team Championship (with Bob Tway)
- 1991 Isuzu Kapalua International
- 1996 JCPenney Classic (with Donna Andrews)
Results in major championships
Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989 The Masters DNP 48 DNP DNP U.S. Open CUT CUT CUT DNP The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP PGA Championship T7 CUT CUT T27 Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 The Masters T45 DNP T19 CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP U.S. Open T29 DNP T6 T62 CUT T28 DNP T68 DNP DNP DNP CUT The Open Championship T39 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP PGA Championship T49 T23 T28 T31 DNP CUT CUT CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.References
- ^ a b c "Profile on PGA Tour's official site". http://www.pgatour.com/players/00/15/49/.
- ^ a b c d e "Biographical information from PGA Tour's official site". http://www.pgatour.com/players/s/?/00/15/49/media.
- ^ "Golf Major Championships". http://golfmajorchampionships.com/players?player=456.
- ^ "Mike Hulbert profile". Yahoo Sports. http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/players/62. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
External links
- Mike Hulbert at the PGA Tour official site
Categories:- American golfers
- East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's golfers
- PGA Tour golfers
- Champions Tour golfers
- Golf writers and broadcasters
- People from Elmira, New York
- People from Orlando, Florida
- 1958 births
- Living people
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