Billy Mayfair

Billy Mayfair
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Fred Mayfair
Born (1966-08-06) August 6, 1966 (age 58)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceScottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Career
CollegeArizona State University
Turned professional1988
Current tour(s)PGA Tour Champions
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins5
Highest ranking25 (June 30, 1996)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour5
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT12: 1991
PGA ChampionshipT5: 1990
U.S. OpenT5: 2002
The Open ChampionshipT3: 2001
Achievements and awards
Haskins Award1987

William Fred Mayfair (born August 6, 1966) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He was previously a member of the PGA Tour, where he won five times, including at the 1995 Tour Championship.

Early years and amateur career

Mayfair was born in Phoenix, Arizona. Before his fifteenth birthday, he won numerous junior golf tournaments. In 1981, he was on the cover of Boys' Life magazine as "golf's junior hotshot". He attended Arizona State University and was a member of the golf team.[2] He won the 1986 U.S. Amateur Public Links and the 1987 U.S. Amateur,[3] defeating University of Tennessee graduate Eric Rebmann 4&3. He won the 1987 Haskins Award for the nation's top collegiate golfer.[3]

Professional career

Mayfair turned professional in 1988[2] 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, going as high as 26th in 1996. He holds the distinction of being the only player to ever beat Tiger Woods in a playoff on the PGA Tour (1998 Nissan Open).[3]

Mayfair was the medalist at the 2010 PGA Tour's Qualifying School. He finished 142nd on the Tour money list that year, which granted him conditional status for 2011. He finished the 2011 season 109th on the money list and retained his tour card for 2012. In 2013 and 2014 Mayfair split his playing time between the PGA Tour and the Web.com Tour, playing mostly on the Web.com Tour in 2014. During his PGA Tour career, Mayfair made 761 starts and earned over $20.3 million. In 2016, he joined PGA Tour Champions.

Personal life

Mayfair lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he plays out of Estrella Mountain Ranch Golf Club. On July 31, 2006, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He had surgery on August 3 of that year and it has been reported that the cancer was contained.[3][4] In April 2021 he announced that he had been diagnosed as having autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in November 2019.[5]

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

Professional wins (5)

PGA Tour wins (5)

Legend
Tour Championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (4)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 Sep 5, 1993 Greater Milwaukee Open −18 (67-66-69-68=270) Playoff United States Mark Calcavecchia, United States Ted Schulz
2 Jul 9, 1995 Motorola Western Open −9 (73-70-69-67=279) 1 stroke United States Jay Haas, United States Justin Leonard,
United States Jeff Maggert, United States Scott Simpson
3 Oct 29, 1995 The Tour Championship E (68-70-69-73=280) 3 strokes Australia Steve Elkington, United States Corey Pavin
4 Mar 1, 1998 Nissan Open −12 (65-71-69-67=272) Playoff United States Tiger Woods
5 Aug 9, 1998 Buick Open −17 (70-69-65-67=271) 2 strokes United States Scott Verplank

PGA Tour playoff record (2–5)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1990 Greater Milwaukee Open United States Ed Dougherty, United States Jim Gallagher Jr. Gallagher won with par on first extra hole
2 1990 Nabisco Championship United States Jodie Mudd Lost to birdie on first extra hole
3 1993 Greater Milwaukee Open United States Mark Calcavecchia, United States Ted Schulz Won with birdie on fourth extra hole
Schulz eliminated by par on first hole
4 1995 Phoenix Open Fiji Vijay Singh Lost to par on first extra hole
5 1995 NEC World Series of Golf Australia Greg Norman, Zimbabwe Nick Price Norman won with birdie on first extra hole
6 1998 Nissan Open United States Tiger Woods Won with birdie on first extra hole
7 2001 WorldCom Classic - The Heritage of Golf Argentina José Cóceres Lost to par on fifth extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 1988 1989
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open T25LA T33
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Masters Tournament T12 T42 CUT CUT CUT CUT
U.S. Open CUT T37 T23 CUT T32 T10
The Open Championship T45 T52 CUT
PGA Championship T5 CUT CUT T28 T39 T23 T52 T53 T7 T34
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Masters Tournament T32 T37 T14 59 CUT
U.S. Open CUT T5 T10 66 CUT T40
The Open Championship T3 CUT T52
PGA Championship T74 CUT CUT T61 CUT T37 T60 T47
  Top 10
  Did not play

LA = Low Amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 6
U.S. Open 0 0 0 1 3 5 14 10
The Open Championship 0 0 1 1 1 1 6 4
PGA Championship 0 0 0 1 2 3 18 13
Totals 0 0 1 3 6 11 50 33
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (three times)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (six times)

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Players Championship CUT CUT T73 T67 T52 CUT T18 CUT CUT T42 CUT
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
The Players Championship T17 T5 CUT CUT T58 CUT CUT 72 T32
Tournament 2010 2011 2012
The Players Championship CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Match Play R64 R32 R64
Championship NT1 T25 T77
Invitational
Champions

1Cancelled due to 9/11

  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. ^ "Week 26 1996 Ending 30 Jun 1996" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "PGA Tour Profile – Billy Mayfair". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d "PGA Tour Media Guide – Billy Mayfair". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
  4. ^ "Mayfair undergoes surgery for testicular cancer". ESPN. Associated Press. August 5, 2006.
  5. ^ Apstein, Stephanie (April 21, 2021). "Billy Mayfair Reveals Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
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