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 life In 1966, 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."
Amateur career Mayfair attended Arizona State University and was a member of the golf team. He won the 1986 U.S. Amateur Public Links and the 1987 U.S. Amateur, defeating University of Tennessee graduate Eric Rebmann 4&3. He won the 1987 Haskins Award for the nation's top collegiate golfer.
Professional career In 1988, Mayfair turned professional. 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).
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.
In April 2021 he announced that he had been diagnosed as being autistic in November 2019.
Amateur wins this list may be incomplete 1982 Junior PGA Championship 1986 U.S. Amateur Public Links 1987 Pacific Coast Amateur, U.S. Amateur 1988 Pacific Coast Amateur
Professional wins (5)
PGA Tour wins (5) Legend Tour Championships (1)Other PGA Tour (4) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up1Sep 5, 1993Greater Milwaukee Open−18 (67-66-69-68=270)Playoff Mark Calcavecchia, Ted Schulz2Jul 9, 1995Motorola Western Open−9 (73-70-69-67=279)1 stroke Jay Haas, Justin Leonard, Jeff Maggert, Scott Simpson3Oct 29, 1995The Tour ChampionshipE (68-70-69-73=280)3 strokes Steve Elkington, Corey Pavin4Mar 1, 1998Nissan Open−12 (65-71-69-67=272)Playoff Tiger Woods5Aug 9, 1998Buick Open−17 (70-69-65-67=271)2 strokes Scott Verplank
PGA Tour playoff record (2–5) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result11990Greater Milwaukee Open Ed Dougherty, Jim Gallagher Jr.Gallagher won with par on first extra hole 21990Nabisco Championship Jodie MuddLost to birdie on first extra hole31993Greater Milwaukee Open Mark Calcavecchia, Ted SchulzWon with birdie on fourth extra holeSchulz eliminated by par on first hole 41995Phoenix Open Vijay SinghLost to par on first extra hole 51995NEC World Series of Golf Greg Norman, Nick PriceNorman won with birdie on first extra hole61998Nissan Open Tiger WoodsWon with birdie on first extra hole72001WorldCom Classic - The Heritage of Golf José CóceresLost to par on fifth extra hole
Results in major championships Tournament19881989Masters TournamentCUTU.S. OpenT25LAT33The Open ChampionshipPGA Championship
Tournament1990199119921993199419951996199719981999Masters TournamentT12T42CUTCUTCUTCUTU.S. OpenCUTT37T23CUTT32T10The Open ChampionshipT45T52CUTPGA ChampionshipT5CUTCUTT28T39T23T52T53T7T34
Tournament2000200120022003200420052006200720082009Masters TournamentT32T37T1459CUTU.S. OpenCUTT5T1066CUTT40The Open ChampionshipT3CUTT52PGA ChampionshipT74CUTCUTT61CUTT37T60T47
LA = Low Amateur CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeMasters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 6U.S. Open 0 0 0 1 3 5 14 10The Open Championship 0 0 1 1 1 1 6 4PGA Championship 0 0 0 1 2 3 18 13Totals 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 Tournament19891990199119921993199419951996199719981999The Players ChampionshipCUTCUTT73T67T52CUTT18CUTCUTT42CUT Tournament2000200120022003200420052006200720082009The Players ChampionshipT17T5CUTCUTT58CUTCUT72T32 Tournament201020112012The Players ChampionshipCUT
CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships Tournament19992000200120022003200420052006200720082009Match PlayR64R32R64ChampionshipNT1T25T77InvitationalChampions 1Cancelled due to 9/11
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 Walker Cup: 1987 (winners)
Professional Four Tours World Championship: 1991
See also 1988 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates 2010 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
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