Bo Hoag (born July 25, 1988) is an American

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who plays on the

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. Hoag began golfing at an early age and grew up a few blocks from renowned golfer

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's boyhood home. He was named the 2006 Ohio Player of the Year and was the 2006 Division I Ohio High School individual medalist on Upper Arlington High School's Division I state championship team. After playing collegiate golf at

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and a season on the

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, Hoag won the 2019

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on the

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to clinch his

card.

Early years and education

Hoag was born in

Columbus, Ohio Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...

and raised in

Upper Arlington, Ohio Upper Arlington, often known by its initials U.A., is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States, on the northwest side of the Columbus metropolitan area. The Old Arlington neighborhood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ...

. His grandfather, Robert Hoag, was a founding member and eventual chairman emeritus of

Muirfield Village Golf Club Muirfield Village is an “upscale” golf-oriented community in the East North Central States, central United States, located in Dublin, Ohio, a suburb north of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus. Origins Founded by Jack Nicklaus, it is named after Muirfi ...

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, the Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course that hosts the yearly

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on the

. Like Nicklaus, Hoag played for

Upper Arlington High School Upper Arlington High School is the sole high school in the Upper Arlington City School District in Upper Arlington, Ohio, a northwest suburb of Columbus, Ohio. It receives students from Jones Middle School and Hastings Middle School. The current ...

. Hoag was the Ohio Capital Conference League Player of the year in 2004, 2005, and 2006. The 2006 season culminated in Hoag winning individual state medalist honors as part of Upper Arlington's Division I State Championship team in men's golf. Hoag played collegiate golf at the

, again like Nicklaus, where he earned first-team All-Big Ten honors in 2009 and 2011 and was an honorable mention All-American in 2009. He averaged 73.04 strokes per 18 holes in college, the fourth-best career average in Ohio State history.

Professional career

Hoag turned professional in 2011 after graduating from Ohio State with a degree in economics. He scored low in an open qualifier and played his first PGA Tour event in 2012 at the

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in Florida and was awarded a special exemption to play in the 2012

. After playing the 2013 season on the

, Hoag played from 2017 to 2019 on the

. In 2019, Hoag ranked 2nd on the Korn Ferry Tour in greens in regulation at 76% and 8th in scoring average at 69.71 strokes per round. He won the

on August 11, 2019, after shooting −22 over the four days to capture not only his first professional victory but also his PGA Tour card for the

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season. During the 2019–20 PGA Tour season, Hoag barely retained his PGA Tour card after finishing 125th on the

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points list (the top 125 earn cards for the following season). After making only 15 of 31 cuts during the

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season, Hoag lost his PGA Tour card, but retained conditional status, which enabled him to get into some tournaments during the

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season.

Amateur wins

*2009

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Source:

Professional wins (1)

Korn Ferry Tour wins (1)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Personal

Hoag has great interest in cars and lists

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as his favorite book. He considers Jack Nicklaus as a personal friend and mentor.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoag, Bo American male golfers Ohio State Buckeyes men's golfers PGA Tour golfers Korn Ferry Tour graduates Golfers from Columbus, Ohio People from Upper Arlington, Ohio 1988 births Living people