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6/2/2005
- Exempt Status:99th on 2004 money list
- Full Name: Hank Kuehne
- Height: 6-2
- Weight: 205
- Birthdate:September 11, 1975
- Birthplace:Dallas, TX
- Residence: Palm Beach Gardens, FL; plays out of Old Palm
- Family: Wife, Nicole
- Education: Southern Methodist University (1999, Communications)
- Special Interests: Fishing, meditation
- Turned Professional: 1999
- Joined Tour: 2003
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International Victories
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| (2): 2002 Texas Challenge [Can], TELUS Quebec Open [Can]. |
| Other Victories |
| (2): 2003 Franklin Templeton Shootout [with Jeff Sluman]. 2004 Franklin Templeton Shootout [with Jeff Sluman]. |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Money and Position |
| $139,159 (167) |
| Current Year Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| T21–Zurich Classic of New Orleans |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round |
| 66 at Round 1, Sony Open in Hawaii |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| T2–2003 Shell Houston Open. |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes |
| T34–2000 BUY.COM Virginia Beach Open. |
| Best 2004 PGA TOUR Finishes |
| 5–Nissan Open |
| 2004 Season PGA TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered–30; in money–15; Top 10 finishes–2 |
| 2004 Season Highlights |
| Followed up a strong rookie campaign with a successful second season, recorded two top-10s and finished inside the top-100 on the final season money list…First top-10 of the season was a solo fifth at the Nissan Open, in his first career start at Riveria. His best finish on PGA TOUR since he finished T5 at the 2003 B.C. Open…Next top-10 did not come until September, a T6 at the Deutsche Bank Championship…Managed to finish in the top-20 in four events in the second half of the season to help him secure his card for 2005-B.C. Open (T13), Buick Open (T18), Buick Championship (T13) and Chrysler Classic of Greensboro (T19). |
| Career Highlights |
| 2003: Earned TOUR card for 2004 with $872,139 in earnings as a non-member playing primarily on Sponsor Exemptions. Began the season with partial status on the Nationwide Tour…Topped TOUR in Driving Distance, averaging a record 321.4 yards, unseating John Daly, who had won eight consecutive Driving Distance titles…Playing in 24th career TOUR event as a Sponsor Exemption, finished T3 at the BellSouth Classic to earn a paycheck of $208,000. Carded hole-in-one during third round on the 131-yard second hole with a 52-degree wedge…Earned top-10 exemption into Shell Houston Open for his T3 finish at BellSouth. Posted a T2 in Houston ($356,657) and earned enough money to push him past the 150th player (Tom Scherrer) on the 2002 PGA TOUR money list and enabled him to become a Special Temporary Member of the TOUR. The top-10 finish also earned him entrance into the next week’s HP Classic of New Orleans…Posted third top-10 of season with a T9 at the FedEx St. Jude Classic…Recorded his fourth and final top-10 of the season with a T5 finish at the B.C. Open. 2002: Made the cut in four of six tournaments, including top-25 finishes at the B.C. Open (T19) and the Kemper Insurance Open (T23)…2002 Order of Merit champion on the Canadian Tour. Posted two victories, at the Texas Challenge and the TELUS Quebec Open…Earned International Rookie of the Year honors. 2000: Made the cut in two of six tournaments, with a T13 at the GTE Byron Nelson Classic, his best showing. 1999: Turned pro midway through the year and made two cuts in six starts, with a T29 at the Bell Canadian Open his best result. Amateur: Missed the cut at the 1999 Masters…1998 U.S. Amateur champion, defeating Tom McKnight, 2 and 1, in the finals at Oak Hill CC in Rochester, NY…Began college career at Oklahoma State but later transferred to Southern Methodist University. Second-team All-American as a junior at SMU…Winner of two individual titles during the 1996-97 season…Tied SMU’s all-time low 54-hole total of 208 at the Dr Pepper Intercollegiate and established a school record for low round, firing a 63 at the Golf World Invitational. |
| Personal |
| Lists playing in the 1999 Masters and winning the 1998 U.S. Amateur, with older brother Trip as his caddie, as his biggest thrills in golf…Credits his father for giving him his start in golf…Lists Fred Couples as his hero…Sister, Kelli, was a two-time U.S. Women’s Amateur champion and currently plays on the LPGA. Brother, Trip, a former All-American at Oklahoma State, was the U.S. Amateur runner-up to Tiger Woods in 1994 and remains an amateur. |
| National Teams |
| World Amateur Team Championship, 1998. |
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