Billy Mayfair

Billy Mayfair
— Golfer —

Personal information
Full name	William Fred Mayfair
Born	(1966-08-06) August 6, 1966 Phoenix, Arizona
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Scottsdale, Arizona
Career
College	Arizona State University
Turned professional	1988
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	5
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T12: 1991
U.S. Open	T5: 2002
The Open Championship	T3: 2001
PGA Championship	T5: 1990

William Fred Mayfair (born August 6, 1966) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour .

Early years and amateur career

Mayfair was born in Phoenix, Arizona. Before his fifteenth birthday, he won numerous junior golf tournaments. In 1981, he was on the cover of Boys' Life magazine as "golf's junior hotshot". He attended Arizona State University and was a member of the golf team.^[1] He won the 1986 U.S. Amateur Public Links and the 1987 U.S. Amateur,^[2] defeating University of Tennessee graduate Eric Rebmann 4&3. He won the 1987 Haskins Award for the nation's top collegiate golfer.^[2]

Professional career

Mayfair turned professional in 1988^[1] and has won five events on the PGA Tour, including the 1995 Tour Championship. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings, going as high as 26th in 1996. He holds the distinction of being the only player to ever beat Tiger Woods in a playoff on the PGA Tour (1998 Nissan Open).^[2]

Mayfair was the medalist at the 2010 PGA Tour's Qualifying School. He finished 142nd on the Tour money list that year, which granted him conditional status for 2011. He finished the 2011 season 109th on the money list and retained his tour card for 2012. In 2013 and 2014 Mayfair split his playing time between the PGA Tour and the Web.com Tour, playing mostly on the Web.com Tour in 2014.

Personal

Mayfair lives in Scottsdale, Arizona where he plays out of Estrella Mountain Ranch Golf Club. On July 31, 2006, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He had surgery on August 3 of that year and it has been reported that the cancer was contained.^[2]^[3]

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

1986 U.S. Amateur Public Links
1987 Pacific Coast Amateur, U.S. Amateur
1988 Pacific Coast Amateur

Professional wins

PGA Tour wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Sep 5, 1993	Greater Milwaukee Open	−18 (67-66-69-68=270)	Playoff	Mark Calcavecchia, Ted Schulz
2	Jul 9, 1995	Motorola Western Open	−9 (73-70-69-67=279)	1 stroke	Jay Haas, Justin Leonard, Scott Simpson, Jeff Maggert
3	Oct 29, 1995	The Tour Championship	E (68-70-69-73=280)	3 strokes	Steve Elkington, Corey Pavin
4	Mar 1, 1998	Nissan Open	−12 (65-71-69-67=272)	Playoff	Tiger Woods
5	Aug 9, 1998	Buick Open	−17 (70-69-65-67=271)	2 strokes	Scott Verplank

PGA Tour playoff record (2–5)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1990	Greater Milwaukee Open	Ed Dougherty, Jim Gallagher, Jr.	Gallagher won with par on first extra hole
2	1990	Nabisco Championship	Jodie Mudd	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
3	1993	Greater Milwaukee Open	Mark Calcavecchia, Ted Schulz	Won with birdie on fourth extra hole Schulz eliminated with par on first hole
4	1995	Phoenix Open	Vijay Singh	Lost to par on first extra hole
5	1995	NEC World Series of Golf	Greg Norman, Nick Price	Norman won with birdie on first extra hole
6	1998	Nissan Open	Tiger Woods	Won with birdie on first extra hole
7	2001	WorldCom Classic - The Heritage of Golf	José Cóceres	Lost to par on fifth extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament	1988	1989
Masters Tournament	CUT	DNP
U.S. Open	T25 LA	T33
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	DNP	T12	T42	DNP	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT	T37	T23	DNP	CUT	DNP	T32	DNP	DNP	T10
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T44	DNP	T50	CUT
PGA Championship	T5	CUT	CUT	T28	T39	T23	T52	T53	T7	T34

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	T32	T37	DNP	DNP	T14	59	DNP	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	T5	T10	66	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	T40
The Open Championship	DNP	T3	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T52
PGA Championship	T74	CUT	CUT	T61	DNP	CUT	T37	T60	T47	DNP

LA = Low Amateur
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	2	12	6
U.S. Open	0	1	3	5	14	10
The Open Championship	1	1	1	1	6	4
PGA Championship	0	1	2	3	18	13
Totals	1	3	6	11	50	33

Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (three times)
Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (six times)

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Walker Cup: 1987 (winners)

Professional

Four Tours World Championship: 1991

References

1 2 "PGA Tour Profile – Billy Mayfair". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
1 2 3 4 "PGA Tour Media Guide – Billy Mayfair". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
↑ "Mayfair undergoes surgery for testicular cancer". ESPN. Associated Press. August 5, 2006.

External links

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Billy Mayfair at the PGA Tour official site
Billy Mayfair at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

U.S. Amateur champions

1895 Charles B. Macdonald 1896 H. J. Whigham 1897 H. J. Whigham 1898 Findlay S. Douglas 1899 Herbert M. Harriman 1900 Walter Travis 1901 Walter Travis 1902 Louis N. James 1903 Walter Travis 1904 Chandler Egan 1905 Chandler Egan 1906 Eben Byers 1907 Jerome Travers 1908 Jerome Travers 1909 Robert A. Gardner 1910 William C. Fownes Jr. 1911 Harold Hilton† 1912 Jerome Travers 1913 Jerome Travers 1914 Francis Ouimet 1915 Robert A. Gardner 1916 Chick Evans 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 S. Davidson Herron 1920 Chick Evans 1921 Jesse P. Guilford 1922 Jess Sweetser 1923 Max R. Marston† 1924 Bobby Jones 1925 Bobby Jones 1926 George Von Elm 1927 Bobby Jones 1928 Bobby Jones 1929 Harrison R. Johnston 1930 Bobby Jones 1931 Francis Ouimet 1932 Ross Somerville 1933 George Dunlap 1934 Lawson Little 1935 Lawson Little 1936 John Fischer† 1937 Johnny Goodman 1938 Willie Turnesa 1939 Bud Ward 1940 Dick Chapman 1941 Bud Ward 1942–45 Cancelled due to World War II 1946 Ted Bishop† 1947 Skee Riegel 1948 Willie Turnesa 1949 Charles Coe 1950 Sam Urzetta† 1951 Billy Maxwell 1952 Jack Westland 1953 Gene Littler 1954 Arnold Palmer 1955 Harvie Ward 1956 Harvie Ward 1957 Hillman Robbins 1958 Charles Coe 1959 Jack Nicklaus 1960 Deane Beman 1961 Jack Nicklaus 1962 Labron Harris Jr. 1963 Deane Beman 1964 William C. Campbell 1965 Bob Murphy 1966 Gary Cowan† 1967 Bob Dickson 1968 Bruce Fleisher 1969 Steve Melnyk 1970 Lanny Wadkins 1971 Gary Cowan 1972 Vinny Giles 1973 Craig Stadler 1974 Jerry Pate 1975 Fred Ridley 1976 Bill Sander 1977 John Fought 1978 John Cook 1979 Mark O'Meara 1980 Hal Sutton 1981 Nathaniel Crosby 1982 Jay Sigel 1983 Jay Sigel 1984 Scott Verplank 1985 Sam Randolph 1986 Buddy Alexander 1987 Billy Mayfair 1988 Eric Meeks 1989 Chris Patton 1990 Phil Mickelson 1991 Mitch Voges 1992 Justin Leonard 1993 John Harris 1994 Tiger Woods 1995 Tiger Woods 1996 Tiger Woods† 1997 Matt Kuchar 1998 Hank Kuehne 1999 David Gossett 2000 Jeff Quinney† 2001 Bubba Dickerson 2002 Ricky Barnes 2003 Nick Flanagan† 2004 Ryan Moore 2005 Edoardo Molinari 2006 Richie Ramsay 2007 Colt Knost 2008 Danny Lee 2009 An Byeong-hun 2010 Peter Uihlein 2011 Kelly Kraft 2012 Steven Fox† 2013 Matthew Fitzpatrick 2014 Gunn Yang 2015 Bryson DeChambeau 2016 Curtis Luck

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

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