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{{Short description|American professional golfer (born 1982)}}
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{{Infobox golfer
| name              = Hunter Mahan
| image             = Hunter Mahan.jpg
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| caption           = 
| fullname          = Hunter Myles Mahan
| nickname          = 
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1982|5|17}}
| birth_place       = [[Orange, California]]
| death_date        = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1982|5|17}} -->
| death_place       = 
| height            = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}
| weight            = {{convert|175|lb|kg st|abbr=on}}
| nationality       = {{USA}}
| residence         = [[Colleyville, Texas]]
| spouse            = {{marriage|Kandi Harris|2011}}
| partner           = 
| children          = 1
| college           = [[University of Southern California]]<br/>[[Oklahoma State University]]
| yearpro           = 2003
| retired           = <!-- Year retired -->
| tour              = [[PGA Tour]]
| extour            = <!-- Former tours which a member of -->
| prowins           = 9
| pgawins           = 6
| eurowins          = 2
| japwins           = <!-- Number of Japan Golf Tour wins -->
| asiawins          = <!-- Number of Asian Tour wins -->
| sunwins           = <!-- Number of Sunshine Tour wins -->
| auswins           = <!-- Number of PGA Tour of Australasia wins -->
| nwidewins         = <!-- Number of Nationwide Tour wins -->
| chalwins          = <!-- Number of Challenge Tour wins -->
| champwins         = <!-- Number of Champions Tour wins -->
| seneurowins       = <!-- Number of European Seniors Tour wins -->
| otherwins         = 3
| majorwins         = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins -->
| masters           = T8: [[2010 Masters Tournament|2010]]
| usopen            = T4: [[2013 U.S. Open (golf)|2013]]
| open              = T6: [[2007 Open Championship|2007]]
| pga               = T7: [[2014 PGA Championship|2014]]
| wghofid           = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID -->
| wghofyear         = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted -->
| award1            = [[Haskins Award]]
| year1             = 2003
| award2            = [[Ben Hogan Award]]
| year2             = 2003
| awardssection     = <!-- location of awards page or section -->
}}
'''Hunter Myles Mahan''' (born May 17, 1982) is an American [[professional golfer]] who plays on the [[PGA Tour]]. He is a winner of two [[World Golf Championship]] events, the [[2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational]] and the [[2012 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship]]. 
Mahan has spent 19 weeks in the top-10 of the [[Official World Golf Ranking]]. He reached a career-high world ranking of No. 4 on April 1, 2012, and in so doing became the highest ranked American golfer at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.golfrankingstats.com/player/Hunter-Mahan |title=Official World Golf Ranking Advanced Statistics |work=Golfrankingstats.com |date=July 14, 2013 |access-date=July 13, 2018}}</ref>

==Amateur career==
Mahan was born in [[Orange, California]]. He had a successful [[amateur]] career, winning the 1999 5A Texas State High School Golf Championship while attending [[McKinney High School]] and the 1999 [[U.S. Junior Amateur]]. After high school, Mahan enrolled at the [[University of Southern California]], where he was named [[Pacific-10 Conference]] Freshman of the Year. Mahan only played one year at USC before he transferred to [[Oklahoma State University]], where he was a two-time [[Big 12 Conference]] Player of the Year and a two-time first-team All American. Mahan was the runner-up at the [[U.S. Amateur]] in 2002, in which he was defeated by [[Ricky Barnes]] 2 & 1. In 2003 he won the [[Haskins Award]] for outstanding collegiate golfer and was co-winner of the [[Ben Hogan Award]].

==Professional career==
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 2007 [[Travelers Championship]], lifted Mahan into the top 100 of the [[Official World Golf Rankings]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.owgr.com/NEWS/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=438899&itype=421 |title=Week 25 - Hunter Mahan breaks into world top 100 with playoff win in the Travelers Championship |publisher=Official World Golf Ranking |date=June 25, 2007 |access-date=July 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526204649/http://www.owgr.com/NEWS/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=438899&itype=421 |archive-date=May 26, 2011 }}</ref> In August 2007, Mahan entered the top 50 in the world rankings, and in that year finished 15th in the [[FedEx Cup]]. His performances in 2007 saw U.S. [[Presidents Cup]] captain [[Jack Nicklaus]] choose Mahan as one of two captain's picks for the U.S. team. By March 2008 he had reached the top 30. On February 28, 2010, Mahan won his second PGA Tour event, beating fellow OSU golfer [[Rickie Fowler]] by one stroke at the [[Waste Management Phoenix Open]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/sports/golf/01golf.html |title=Mahan Uses Late Surge to Win Phoenix Open |date=February 28, 2010 |newspaper=New York Times |agency=Associated Press |access-date=March 1, 2010}}</ref> On August 8, 2010, Mahan won his third [[PGA Tour]] title at the [[WGC-Bridgestone Invitational]]. He beat [[Ryan Palmer]] by 2 strokes.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8896197.stm |title=Hunter Mahan wins Bridgestone Invitational victory |date=August 8, 2010 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=August 9, 2010}}</ref>

Mahan won his second WGC tournament in February 2012 at the [[WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship]]. He defeated [[Rory McIlroy]], 2 and 1, in the final.<ref>{{cite news |first=Steve |last=DiMeglio |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/pga/story/2012-02-26/hunter-mahan-beats-rory-mcilroy-to-win-wgc-accenture-match-play-championship/53259132/1 |title=Mahan denies McIlroy in Match Play final |date=February 6, 2012 |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=April 1, 2012}}</ref> Mahan recorded his fifth career PGA Tour victory in April at the [[Shell Houston Open]] and moved to fourth in the [[Official World Golf Ranking]], making him the highest-ranked American for the first time.<ref>{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Duncan |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/golf/ci_20303697/hunter-mahan-wins-houston-open |title=Hunter Mahan wins Houston Open |date=April 1, 2012 |newspaper=San Jose Mercury News |agency=Associated Press |access-date=April 1, 2012}}</ref> In defense of his title he won in 2012, Mahan reached the final of the [[2013 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship]] but was beaten 2&1 by [[Matt Kuchar]]. In August 2014, Mahan won the first of the year's four FedEx Cup playoff events, [[The Barclays]]. He won by two strokes from [[Stuart Appleby]], [[Jason Day]] and [[Cameron Tringale]] during a final round that saw six different players share the lead at some point. He birdied three of his last four holes to pull clear of the field. This was Mahan's first ever playoff victory and his sixth overall title on the [[PGA Tour]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/11403499/hunter-mahan-wins-barclays |title=Hunter Mahan birdies his way to win |work=ESPN |date=August 25, 2014}}</ref>

Mahan was selected by [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]] as one of his three captain's picks for the [[2014 Ryder Cup]] team, finishing with a record of 1–2–1 in the four matches he participated in. This included a halved match against [[Justin Rose]] in the singles competition.<ref>{{cite news  |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=2226 |title=Ryder Cup Golf Leaderboard |work=ESPN |date=September 28, 2014}}</ref> Mahan began struggling with his golf game as of the [[2016 PGA Tour|2015–16 PGA Tour season]], during the next four years, Mahan finished 183rd, 130th, 159th and 184th in the season-long FedEx Cup rankings and had to compete in the [[Korn Ferry Tour Finals]] on multiple occasions to try to keep his full tour card.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rotoworld.com/golf/golf/player/33538/hunter-mahan |website=Rotoworld |access-date=August 10, 2019 |title=Hunter Mahan Bio }}</ref> Between 2015–16 and 2020–21, Mahan had only one top-10 finish on the PGA Tour and 69 missed cuts.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pgatour.com/players/player.24781.hunter-mahan.html |title=Hunter Mahan PGA Tour Profile |work=PGATour.com |date=April 2, 2021}}</ref> As of April 1, 2021, Mahan had fallen to 1738th in the Official World Golf Ranking.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.owgr.com/en/Ranking/PlayerProfile.aspx?playerID=7636 |title=Hunter Mahan |work=owgr.com |date=April 2, 2021 |access-date=April 2, 2021 |archive-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226005445/http://www.owgr.com/en/Ranking/PlayerProfile.aspx?playerID=7636 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Endorsements==
Mahan's official sponsors include [[Under Armour]], [[Titleist]], [[Ping (golf)|Ping]], [[BioSteel Sports Supplements Inc.]], [[NetJets]], [[FootJoy]], Clubface Golf, [[Royal Bank of Canada|RBC]] Golf Pigeon, and [[Ace Hardware]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mahangolf.com/sponsors/ |title=Hunter Mahan's Sponsors |access-date=October 23, 2013}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mahan is one of four golfers in the PGA Tour boy band "Golf Boys" (with [[Rickie Fowler]], [[Ben Crane]], and [[Bubba Watson]]). The Golf Boys have a popular YouTube video for the song "Oh Oh Oh". [[Farmers Insurance]] donates $1,000 for every 100,000 views of the video. The charitable proceeds support both Farmers and Ben Crane charitable initiatives.<ref>{{cite web |title=Golf Boys - Oh Oh Oh (Official Video) |website=[[YouTube]] |date=June 13, 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM2NocuEihw&feature=aso  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/PM2NocuEihw |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=June 17, 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Mahan married [[Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader]] and [[Dallas Mavericks]] dancer Kandi Harris in 2011. On July 27, 2013, Mahan withdrew from the [[RBC Canadian Open]] before the third round after getting news that his wife had gone into labor. Mahan was the 36-hole leader at that point, taking a two-stroke advantage into the third round. A daughter, Zoe, was born early the next morning.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/9514092/hunter-mahan-leading-canadian-open-withdraws-wife |title=Hunter Mahan leaves to be with wife |work=ESPN |date=July 31, 2013 |access-date=October 23, 2013}}</ref>  PING (one of his sponsors) created two gold-plated putters to celebrate her birth (the putters have her name, birthday, and vital statistics inscribed on them).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pgatour.com/news/2015/07/21/ping-gold-putter-vault.html|title=Golf's Fort Knox}}</ref>

==Amateur wins==
*1999 [[U.S. Junior Amateur]], [[Western Junior]]

==Professional wins (9)==
===PGA Tour wins (6)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Legend
|- style="background:#dfe2e9;"
| World Golf Championships (2)
|- style="background:#D8BFD8;"
|FedEx Cup playoff events (1)
|- 
| Other PGA Tour (3)
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner-up
|- 
|align=center|1
|align=right|Jun 24, [[2007 PGA Tour|2007]]
|[[Travelers Championship]]
|−15 (62-71-67-65=265)
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jay Williamson]]
|- 
|align=center|2
|align=right|Feb 28, [[2010 PGA Tour|2010]]
|[[Waste Management Phoenix Open]]
|−16 (68-70-65-65=268)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Rickie Fowler]]
|-style="background:#dfe2e9;"
|align=center|3
|align=right|Aug 8, 2010
|[[2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational|WGC-Bridgestone Invitational]]
|−12 (71-67-66-64=268)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ryan Palmer]]
|-style="background:#dfe2e9;"
|align=center|4
|align=right|Feb 26, [[2012 PGA Tour|2012]] 
|[[2012 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship|WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship]]
|colspan=2 align=center|2 and 1
|{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Rory McIlroy]]
|- 
|align=center|5
|align=right|Apr 1, 2012
|[[Shell Houston Open]]
|−16 (69-67-65-71=272)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Carl Pettersson]]
|-style="background:#D8BFD8;"
|align=center|6
|align=right|Aug 24, [[2013–14 PGA Tour|2014]]
|[[The Barclays]]
|−14 (66-71-68-65=270)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Stuart Appleby]], {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jason Day]],<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Cameron Tringale]]
|}

'''PGA Tour playoff record (1–2)'''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent(s)!!Result
|-style="background:#F2C1D1;"
|align=center|1
|[[2004 PGA Tour|2004]]
|[[Reno–Tahoe Open]]
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Stephen Allan]], {{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott McCarron]],<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Vaughn Taylor (golfer)|Vaughn Taylor]]
|Taylor won with birdie on first extra hole
|-style="background:#D0F0C0;"
|align=center|2
|[[2007 PGA Tour|2007]]
|[[Travelers Championship]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jay Williamson]]
|Won with birdie on first extra hole
|-style="background:#F2C1D1;"
|align=center|3
|[[2011 PGA Tour|2011]]
|[[Tour Championship]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bill Haas]]
|Lost to par on third extra hole
|}

===Other wins (3)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner(s)-up
|- 
|align=center|1
|align=right|Oct 28, 2008
|[[Kiwi Challenge]]
|−7 (71-65=136)
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Anthony Kim]]
|- 
|align=center|2
|align=right|Sep 1, 2010
|[[Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge]]<br>(with {{flagicon|USA}} [[Cristie Kerr]])
|−10 (62)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Rickie Fowler]] and {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Annika Sörenstam]]
|- 
|align=center|3
|align=right|Aug 30, 2011
|[[Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge]] (2)<br>(with {{flagicon|USA}} [[Cristie Kerr]])
|−11 (61)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Rickie Fowler]] and {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Annika Sörenstam]]
|}

'''Other playoff record (1–0)'''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result
|-style="background:#D0F0C0;"
|align=center|1
|2008
|[[Kiwi Challenge]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Anthony Kim]]
|Won with par on second extra hole
|}

==Results in major championships==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament !! 2003 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009
|-
|align=left|[[Masters Tournament]]
|T28
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|style="background:yellow;"|T10
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T13
|T18
|style="background:yellow;"|T6
|-
|align=left|[[The Open Championship]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T36
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T26
|style="background:yellow;"|T6
|CUT
|CUT
|-
|align=left|[[PGA Championship]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|T18
|CUT
|T16
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016
|-
|align=left|[[Masters Tournament]]
|style="background:yellow;"|T8
|CUT
|T12
|CUT
|T26
|style="background:yellow;"|T9
|54
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
|CUT
|CUT
|T38
|style="background:yellow;"|T4
|CUT
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[The Open Championship]]
|T37
|CUT
|T19
|style="background:yellow;"|T9
|T32
|T49
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[PGA Championship]]
|T39
|T19
|CUT
|T57
|style="background:yellow;"|T7
|T43
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|}
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
CUT = missed the half-way cut<br>
"T" = tied

===Summary===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
!Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made
|-
|align=left|[[Masters Tournament]]         || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 ||  4 || 10 || 7
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 ||  4 || 10 || 5
|-
|align=left|[[The Open Championship]]      || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 ||  3 || 11 || 8
|-
|align=left|[[PGA Championship]]           || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 ||  4 ||  10 || 7
|-
!Totals                                    !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 1 !! 8 !! 15 !! 41 !! 27
|}
*Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (twice)
*Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (three times)

==Results in The Players Championship==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament
!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!2013!!2014!!2015!!2016
|-
|align=left|[[The Players Championship]]
|T40
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|WD
|T71
|T17
|style="background:yellow;"|T6
|CUT
|T19
|CUT
|CUT
|CUT
|}
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
CUT = missed the halfway cut<br>
WD = withdrew<br>
"T" indicates a tie for a place

==World Golf Championships==
===Wins (2)===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year!!Championship!!54 holes!!Winning score!!Margin!!Runner-up
|-style="background:#FFFFCC;"
|[[2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational|2010]]
|[[WGC-Bridgestone Invitational]]
|3 shot deficit
|align=center|−12 (71-67-66-64=268)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ryan Palmer]]
|-style="background:#D6E8FF;" 
|[[2012 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship|2012]]
|[[WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship]]
|align=center|n/a
|align=center colspan=2|2 and 1
|{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Rory McIlroy]]
|}

===Results timeline===
''Results not in chronological order before 2015.''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Tournament!!2007!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!2013!!2014!!2015
|-
|align="left"|[[WGC-Championship|Championship]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T44
|T53
|T30
|style="background:yellow;"|9
|T24
|T25
|style="background:yellow;"|T9
|65
|-
|align="left"|[[WGC-Match Play|Match Play]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|R32
|R32
|R64
|style="background:yellow;"|R16
|style="background:lime;"|'''[[2012 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship|1]]'''
|style="background:yellow;"|2
|style="background:yellow;"|R16
|style="background:yellow;"|R16
|-
|align="left"|[[WGC-Invitational|Invitational]]
|T22
|style="background:yellow;"|T10
|style="background:yellow;"|T4
|style="background:lime;"|'''[[2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational|1]]'''
|T37
|T55
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T15
|72
|-
|align="left"|[[WGC-HSBC Champions|Champions]]
| style="background:#D3D3D3;" colspan=2|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T21
|style="background:yellow;"|T7
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T28
|T19
|}

{{legend|lime|Win}}
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play<br>
"T" = tied<br>
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

==U.S. national team appearances==
'''Amateur'''
*[[Junior Ryder Cup]]: 1999
*[[Eisenhower Trophy]]: [[2002 Eisenhower Trophy|2002]] (winners)
*[[Arnold Palmer Cup|Palmer Cup]]: [[2002 Palmer Cup|2002]] (winners)

'''Professional'''
*[[Presidents Cup]]: [[2007 Presidents Cup|2007]] (winners), [[2009 Presidents Cup|2009]] (winners), [[2011 Presidents Cup|2011]] (winners), [[2013 Presidents Cup|2013]] (winners)
*[[Ryder Cup]]: [[2008 Ryder Cup|2008]] (winners), [[2010 Ryder Cup|2010]], [[2014 Ryder Cup|2014]]

==See also==
*[[2003 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates]]
*[[2005 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates]]
*[[2018 Web.com Tour Finals graduates]]
*[[List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{PGATour player|24781}}
*{{OWGR|7636}}

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