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6/2/2005
- Exempt Status:16th on 2004 Nationwide Tour money list
- Full Name: Hunter Haas
- Height: 5-10
- Weight: 171
- Birthdate:December 1, 1976
- Birthplace:Fort Worth, TX
- Residence: Dallas, TX; plays out of Oak Cliff CC
- Family: Wife, Lorie
- Education: University of Oklahoma (2000, Sociology)
- Special Interests: Wood working, yard work, cooking on the barbecue grill
- Turned Professional: 2000
- Joined Tour: 2001
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Nationwide Tour Victories
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| (1) 2004 Knoxville Open. |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Money and Position |
| $212,605 (137) |
| Current Year Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| T10–BellSouth Classic |
| Current Year Best Nationwide Tour Finishes |
| T24–Chitimacha Louisiana Open Pres’d by First Health |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round |
| 67 at Round 3, BellSouth Classic, 67 at Round 2, Bank of America Colonial, 67 at Round 3, Bank of America Colonial, 67 at Round 1, FedEx St. Jude Classic |
| Current Year Nationwide Tour Best Round |
| 68 at Round 2, Chitimacha Louisiana Open Pres’d by First Health |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Highlights |
| Picked up his first top-10 of the season, a T10 at the weather-shortened, 54-hole BellSouth Classic, in his sixth start. It was his career-best finish on TOUR in 43 starts. |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| T10–2005 BellSouth Classic. |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes |
| 1–2004 Knoxville Open. |
| Best 2004 Nationwide Tour Finishes |
| 1–Knoxville Open |
| 2004 Season Nationwide Tour |
| Tournaments Entered–27; in money–22; Top 10 finishes–5 |
| 2004 Season Highlights |
| Made the cut in 22 of 27 appearances on the Nationwide Tour, including nine top-25 finishes. Ranked No. 16 on the final money list, with $212,065. Broke through for his first career win at the Knoxville Open. Rounds of 71-68-67-69 led to a four-day total of 13-under-par 275. Birdied the first extra hole to defeat Shane Bertsch and Justin Bolli for the $85,500 first-place check. Also posted top-10 finishes with a playoff loss to Bradley Hughes at the Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open, SAS Carolina Classic (T9), Virginia Beach Open (T9) and the Miccosukee Championship (T10). |
| Nationwide Tour Playoff Record |
| 1-1 |
| Other Information |
| Returning for his second stint on the PGA TOUR after spending the past three seasons on the Nationwide Tour. Posted five top-10s and finished 16th on the 2004 Nationwide Tour money list, with $212,065. Broke through for his first career win at the Knoxville Open. Birdied the first extra hole to defeat Shane Bertsch and Justin Bolli for the $85,500 first-place check. Also lost a playoff to Bradley Hughes at the Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open. Finished 54th on the Nationwide Tour in 2003, with four top-10s. Was 44th in 2002, with two top-10s including a second-place showing at the Lake Erie Charity Classic at Peek ‘n Peak Resort, one stroke behind winner Patrick Moore. Posted one of three double eagles on Tour in 2002 when his 3-iron from 234 yards found the bottom of the cup in the final round of the Gila River Golf Classic. Earned his PGA TOUR playing privileges with a T8 at the 2000 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament. Made the cut in eight of 30 TOUR events in 2001, with his only top-25 finish coming in his first event of season and seventh career start, a T15 at the Touchstone Energy Tucson Classic. Best round of the year was a 65 in the second round of the Invensys Classic at Las Vegas. Summer of 1999, shortly after finishing his college golf eligiblity, won the U.S. Public Links and the Porter Cup in back-to-back weeks. The Public Links victory gave him an automatic exemption to the U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach GL and the 2000 Masters. Was planning on playing professionally in 2000 while finishing up his degree, but could not pass up a guaranteed spot in the Masters, where he eventually missed the cut. Did manage to make a 35-foot putt on his final hole at the annual Masters Par-3 Contest to advance to four-person playoff. Chris Perry beat Haas, Jay Haas (no relation) and Steve Pate on the first playoff hole. Reached the semifinals at the 1999 U.S. Amateur. Member of the 1999 U.S. Walker Cup team. Has six bothers and sisters who all play competitive golf. |
| National Teams |
| Walker Cup, 1999. |
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