Billy Mayfair

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Billy Mayfair

Personal Information
Birth	August 6, 1966 (1966-08-06) (age 41) Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
College	Arizona State University
Career
Turned Pro	1988
Current tour	PGA Tour
Professional wins	5 (PGA Tour: 5)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters	T12: 1991
U.S. Open	T5: 2002
British Open	T3: 2001
PGA Championship	T5: 1990

William Fred "Billy" Mayfair (born August 6, 1966) is an American PGA Tour golfer.

Mayfair was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and now lives in Scottsdale, Arizona where he plays out of Estrella Mountain Range Golf Club. He went to Arizona State University and won the 1986 U.S. Amateur Public Links and the 1987 U.S. Amateur Championship where he beat Eric Rebmann 4&3.

On July 31, 2006, Mayfair was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He had surgery on August 3 and it has been reported that the cancer was contained. [1]

Contents 1 Professional career 2 Amateur wins 3 PGA Tour wins (5) 4 Results in major championships 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Professional career

Mayfair turned professional in 1988 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. He holds the distinction of being the only player to ever beat Tiger Woods in a playoff on the PGA Tour (1998 Nissan Open).

[edit] Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

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

[edit] PGA Tour wins (5)

• 1993 (1) Greater Milwaukee Open
• 1995 (2) Motorola Western Open, The Tour Championship
• 1998 (2) Nissan Open, Buick Open

[edit] Results in major championships

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

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters	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
The Masters	DNP	DNP	T32	T37	DNP	DNP	T14	59
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	T5	T10	66	DNP	CUT	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	T3	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T74	CUT	CUT	T61	DNP	CUT	T37	T60

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

[edit] See also

• Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

[edit] External links

• Profile on the PGA Tour's official site