Bradley Hughes (golfer)

Bradley Hughes (born 10 February 1967) is an Australian professional golfer.

Bradley Hughes
Personal information
Born (1967-02-10) 10 February 1967
Melbourne, Australia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb; 14.0 st)
Nationality Australia
ResidenceSimpsonville, South Carolina, U.S.
Career
Turned professional1988
Current tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Nationwide Tour
Japan Golf Tour
European Tour
Professional wins7
Highest ranking98 (6 June 1999)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia4
Korn Ferry Tour1
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 1998
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 1999
U.S. OpenT16: 1997
The Open ChampionshipT45: 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. He turned professional in October 1988 and finished 7th in his first event The Tasmanian Open, 12th in his second event the New South Wales Open and then took the title in his third event the Western Australian Open.

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 has won six times in Australia and once in the United States. He was on the 1994 International Team for the inaugural Presidents Cup as 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]

In the 1993 Microsoft Australian Masters, Hughes hit every green in regulation in his final round 7-under-par 66 to catch Peter Senior and win in a playoff. Hughes set the tournament record of 268 (24 under par) in the 1998 Ericsson Masters which still stands today. He also holds the record for the largest winning margin on the Asian Omega Tour when he won the 1996 Players Championship by 12 strokes at Robina Woods GC.

Hughes quit playing competitive golf towards the end of 2008 and now teaches golf 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 other mini-tour players.

Professional wins (7)

Asian Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 27 Oct 1996 Australian Players Championship1 −14 (70-65-66-69=270) 12 strokes Peter Lonard, Robert Stephens

1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (4)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 30 Oct 1988 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 Tour

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
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.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
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)

Playoff record

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 1992 Daiwa KBC Augusta Chen Tze-ming, Norikazu Kawakami Chen won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships
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
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References
  1. "Week 23 1999 Ending 6 Jun 1999" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. Everill, Ben (5 November 2019). "The unlikeliest Presidents Cupper". PGA Tour.
  3. 2011 TRGA Championship


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