Hunter Mahan is making his second Presidents Cup appearance.
Oct. 1, 2009
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Hunter Mahan is another of those players who comes to the TOUR with amateur credentials that seem to assure success -- and in his case, all the predictions are coming true. He was co-recipient with Ricky Barnes of the 2003 Ben Hogan Award and also won the Jack Nicklaus Award and Fred Haskins Award as the top collegiate golfer in 2003. He was the No. 1 Amateur in the Golfweek/Sagarin Ratings in 2003 and runner-up to Barnes at the 2002 U.S. Amateur. He was a two-time member of the U.S. Palmer Cup team and a two-time first-team All-American selection at Oklahoma State University. All that, and he was the winner of the 1999 U.S. Junior Amateur. His first TOUR victory came at the 2007 Travelers Championship and he was a Captain's Selection for The Presidents Cup that same year, finishing the event with a 2-3-0 record. Since his first full TOUR season (2004) he has only finished outside the top 100 on the official money list once and posted his best finish, 16th, in 2007.
| The Mahan file |
| FULL NAME: Hunter Myles Mahan |
| HEIGHT: 5-11 |
| WEIGHT: 175 |
| BIRTHDATE: May 17, 1982 |
| BIRTHPLACE: Orange, Calif. |
| RESIDENCE: Plano, Texas |
| FAMILY: Single |
| EDUCATION: Oklahoma State University |
| SPECIAL INTERESTS: Fishing, basketball |
| TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 2003 |
| Q-SCHOOL: 2003, 2005 |
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| Personal info |
| A native of Southern California, Mahan was an American Junior Golf Association Player of the Year in 1999 and a three-time AJGA All-America. He began his collegiate career at the University of Southern California, where he was named the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and was a second-team All-American, but he transferred to Oklahoma State University as a sophomore. |
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| Playing record |
| PGA TOUR VICTORIES: (1) 2007 Travelers Championship. |
| 2009 PGA TOUR HIGHLIGHTS: Hunter Mahan shot a final-round 68 to finish tied for sixth at the Shell Houston Open. He finished tied for 10th place at the Masters Tournament, his first top-10 at Augusta National. He tied for seventh at the U.S. Open for his sixth top-20 finish in his last nine major championship appearances. He tied for fourth place at the Travelers Championship, five behind winner Kenny Perry and finished second at the AT&T National, a stroke behind the winner, Tiger Woods. He finished tied for fourth at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational for his sixth top-10 finish of the season, including four out of his last five starts. |
| NATIONAL TEAMS: The Presidents Cup (2), 2007, 2009; Ryder Cup, 2008; World Amateur Team Championship, 2002 |
| PRESIDENTS CUP RECORD: 2-3-0 |
| RYDER CUP RECORD: 2-0-3 |
| COMBINED RECORD: 4-3-3 |
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| All-time playing partners |
| Justin Leonard (2 Foursomes RC, 1 Four-ball RC) |
| Phil Mickelson (1 Four-ball PC, 1 Four-ball RC) |
| Steve Stricker (2 Foursomes, 1 Four-ball) |
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