Bradley Hughes (born 10 February 1967) is an Australian professional golfer.
Amateur career
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.
Professional career 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.
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.
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 Luke Donald and Ollie Schniederjans as well as a host of mini-tour players.
Professional wins (7) PGA Tour of Australasia wins (4) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up130 Oct 1988Town and Country Western Australian Open−4 (71-71-67-75=284)1 stroke Ken Trimble221 Feb 1993Microsoft Australian Masters−11 (70-72-73-66=281)Playoff Peter Senior327 Oct 1996Australian Players Championship1−14 (70-65-66-69=270)12 strokes Peter Lonard, Robert Stephens415 Feb 1998Ericsson 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.YearTournamentOpponentResult11993Microsoft Australian Masters Peter SeniorWon with par on first extra hole
Nationwide Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up11 Aug 2004Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open−14 (71-65-69-65=270)Playoff Erik Compton, Hunter Haas, Scott Harrington
Nationwide Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult12004Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open Erik Compton, Hunter Haas, Scott HarringtonWon with birdie on first extra hole
TRGA Tour wins (1) 2011 TRGA Las Vegas Classic2011 TRGA Championship
Foundation Tour wins (1) 1991 South Australian PGA Championship
Playoff record PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult11992Daiwa KBC Augusta Chen Tze-ming, Norikazu KawakamiChen won with birdie on first extra hole
Results in major championships Tournament1994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006Masters TournamentCUTU.S. OpenT39T45T16CUTThe Open ChampionshipCUTT45T49CUTPGA ChampionshipCUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
Team appearances 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
See also 1996 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates 1997 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates 2004 Nationwide Tour graduates
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