Bradley_Hughes_(golfer)
Bradley Hughes (golfer)
Australian professional golfer
Bradley Hughes (born 10 February 1967) is an Australian professional golfer.
| Bradley Hughes | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1967-02-10) 10 February 1967 (age 57) Melbourne, Australia |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb; 14.0 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Australia |
| Residence | Simpsonville, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1988 |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour PGA Tour of Australasia Nationwide Tour |
| Professional wins | 7 |
| Highest ranking | 98 (6 June 1999)[1] |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Asian Tour | 1 |
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 4 |
| Korn Ferry Tour | 1 |
| Other | 2 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | CUT: 1998 |
| PGA Championship | CUT: 1999 |
| U.S. Open | T16: 1997 |
| The Open Championship | T45: 1996 |
Hughes was born in Melbourne. As an amateur golfer, he won the 1987 and 1988 Victorian Amateur Championship, the 1988 New Zealand Amateur and represented Australia in several competitions including the 1988 Eisenhower Trophy.
Hughes turned professional in October 1988. He finished in 7th place at his first event, the Tasmanian Open, 12th place in his second event, the New South Wales Open, and then took the title in his third event, the Western Australian Open.[citation needed]
He has played on the PGA Tour of Australasia (1988–), European Tour (1990, 1996), Japan Golf Tour (1992–1994), PGA Tour (1997–2002, 2005) and Nationwide Tours (2003–2004, 2006). He participated in the 1994 Presidents Cup for the international team; he was a last-minute replacement for Greg Norman. Hughes remains the lowest-ranked player ever to compete in the Presidents Cup, 117th at the time of selection.[2]
Hughes quit playing competitive golf near the end of 2008 and now teaches at Holly Tree CC in Greenville, South Carolina. He has been credited with helping the resurgence of Brendon Todd on the PGA Tour. He also coaches Brandt Snedeker, Harold Varner III, Cameron Percy, Greg Chalmers, Ben Martin, Robert Allenby and Ollie Schniederjans as well as a host of mini-tour players.[citation needed]
PGA Tour of Australasia wins (4)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 Oct 1988 | Town and Country Western Australian Open | −4 (71-71-67-75=284) | 1 stroke | Ken Trimble |
| 2 | 21 Feb 1993 | Microsoft Australian Masters | −11 (70-72-73-66=281) | Playoff | Peter Senior |
| 3 | 27 Oct 1996 | Australian Players Championship1 | −14 (70-65-66-69=270) | 12 strokes | Peter Lonard, Robert Stephens |
| 4 | 15 Feb 1998 | Ericsson Masters (2) | −24 (63-72-66-67=268) | 5 strokes | Mathew Goggin |
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian PGA Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1993 | Microsoft Australian Masters | Peter Senior |
Won with par on first extra hole |
Nationwide Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 Aug 2004 | Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open | −14 (71-65-69-65=270) | Playoff |  Erik Compton, Hunter Haas, Scott Harrington |
Nationwide Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2004 | Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open | Erik Compton, Hunter Haas, Scott Harrington |
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
TRGA Tour wins (1)
- 2011 TRGA Las Vegas Classic[3]
Other wins (1)
- 1991 South Australian PGA Championship (Foundation Tier)
PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1992 | Daiwa KBC Augusta |  Chen Tze-ming,  Norikazu Kawakami |
Chen won with birdie on first extra hole |
| Tournament | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | CUT | ||||||||||||
| U.S. Open | T39 | T45 | T16 | CUT | |||||||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | T45 | T49 | CUT | |||||||||
| PGA Championship | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Amateur
- Nomura Cup (representing Australia): 1987
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Australia): 1988
- Sloan Morpeth Trophy (representing Australia): 1988 (winners)
- Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches (representing Victoria): 1986 (winners), 1987 (winners), 1988
Professional
- Presidents Cup (International team): 1994
- World Cup (representing Australia): 1996, 1997
- "Week 23 1999 Ending 6 Jun 1999" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- Everill, Ben (5 November 2019). "The unlikeliest Presidents Cupper". PGA Tour.
- Official website
- Bradley Hughes at the PGA Tour official site
- Bradley Hughes at the PGA Tour of Australasia official site
- Bradley Hughes at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Bradley Hughes at the European Tour official site
- Bradley Hughes at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
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