Mackenzie Robert Hughes (born November 23, 1990) is a Canadian

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Early life and amateur career

Hughes was born in

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. He is a graduate of

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, where he played on the golf team with fellow Canadian

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pro golfers Taylor Pendrith and Corey Conners. Hughes won the 2011 and 2012

Canadian Amateur Championship The Canadian Amateur Championship, begun in 1895, is the men's amateur golf championship of Canada. It is staged annually by Golf Canada. It was played at match play until 1968, went to stroke play beginning in 1969, and reverted to match play i ...

. Hughes was the number one Canadian Amateur in 2011. He was a member of Team Canada's National Squad in 2008, 2011, and 2012.

Professional career

Hughes turned professional in 2012 and played on the eGolf Professional Tour and

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. He played in 2012 and 2013 Canadian Opens but missed the cut in both events. In June 2013, Hughes qualified for the U.S. Open, winning a playoff at his sectional qualifying site. He won his first professional tournament at the 2013 Cape Breton Celtic Classic on

. He would go on to win the 2013 PGA Tour Canada Order of Merit and earn a

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card for 2014, fully exempt as the money leader. Hughes made seven cuts in twenty events, finishing well outside retaining any status. After spending the 2015 season on PGA Tour Canada, he earned Web.com Tour status for 2016 through Q School. In August 2016, he won the

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en route to graduating to the

for the 2016–17 season. In November 2016, in his fifth PGA Tour start as a member, Hughes won the

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, becoming the first Canadian-born golfer to win on the PGA Tour since Nick Taylor at the 2014 Sanderson Farms Championship, and the first to win a non-alternate event since

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at the 2007 Fry's Electronics Open. He was also the first rookie in over 20 years ( Tim Herron at the

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) to win wire-to-wire. In 2017, he finished 10th at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, 16th at

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, and 13th at the

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. In March 2019, Hughes finished tied for second at the PGA Tour's Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship. He lost by one stroke to winner

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. In March 2020, Hughes finished second at The Honda Classic finishing one stroke behind champion

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. He shot 66-66 on the weekend. In June he finished tied for third place in the

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and entered the top 100 in the world rankings for the first time. Hughes held the lead after the third round at the 2021 U.S. Open but finished T15. He was also in contention at the 2021 Open Championship, eventually finishing T6 and recording the best ever finish for a Canadian at The Open Championship. In October 2022, Hughes won his second PGA Tour title at the Sanderson Farms Championship in a playoff over

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Amateur wins

*2010 Fireline Towson Invitational, Bank of Tennessee *2011 Canadian Amateur, Glencoe Invitational, Mid-American Conference Championship *2012 Canadian Amateur

Professional wins (4)

PGA Tour wins (2)

PGA Tour playoff record (2–1)

Web.com Tour wins (1)

PGA Tour Canada wins (1)

Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order in 2020.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = no tournament due to

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Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2021 U.S. Open – 2022 Masters) *Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (2021 Open)

Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Canceled after the first round due to the

Results in World Golf Championships

¹Canceled due to

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pandemic
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022. The Champions was discontinued from 2023.

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Canada):

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Professional *

Presidents Cup The Presidents Cup is a series of men's golf matches between a team representing the United States and an International Team representing the rest of the world except Europe as that continent competes against the United States in a similar but ...

(representing the International team):

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References

External links

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Kent State profile
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