- Hunter Mahan
Hunter Myles Mahan (born
May 12 ,1982 ) is an American professionalgolf er who plays on thePGA Tour .Mahan was born in
Orange, California . He had a successful amateur career, winning the 1999 5A Texas State High School Golf Championship while attendingMcKinney High School and the 1999U.S. Junior Amateur Golf Championship . After high school, Mahan enrolled at theUniversity of Southern California , where he was namedPacific-10 Conference Freshman of the Year. Mahan only played one year at USC before he transferred toOklahoma State University , where he was a two-timeBig 12 Conference Player of the Year and a two-time first-team All American. Mahan was the runner-up at the U.S. Amateur Championship in 2002. He won theHaskins Award in 2003 for outstanding collegiate golfer.Mahan turned professional in 2003 and made it through qualifying school to earn a
PGA Tour card for the 2004 season. His first PGA Tour victory, which came at the 2007Travelers Championship , lifted Mahan into the top 100 of theOfficial World Golf Rankings . [ [http://www.owgr.com/NEWS/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=438899&itype=421 Week 25 - Hunter Mahan breaks into world top 100 with playoff win in the Travelers Championship] , Official World Golf Rankings website, 25 June 2007] In August 2007 Mahan entered the top 50 and by March 2008 he had reached the top 30.His performances in 2007 saw U.S.
Presidents Cup captainJack Nicklaus choose Mahan as one of two captain's picks for the U.S. team.Amateur wins (1)
*1999
U.S. Junior Amateur Golf Championship Professional wins (1)
PGA Tour wins (1)
*2007
Travelers Championship Results in major championships
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.United States national team appearances
Amateur
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Eisenhower Trophy : 2002 (winners)Professional
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Presidents Cup : 2007 (winners)
*Ryder Cup : 2008 (winners)References
External links
* [http://www.mahangolf.com Hunter Mahan's official website]
* [http://www.pgatour.com/players/02/47/81/ Profile on the PGA Tour's official site]
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