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Dudley Hart Personal information Full name Howard Dudley Hart Born August 4, 1968
Rochester, New YorkHeight 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 14 st) Nationality 
United StatesResidence Clarence, New York Career College University of Florida Turned professional 1990 Current tour(s) PGA Tour Professional wins 6 Number of wins by tour PGA Tour 2 Best results in Major Championships Masters Tournament T28: 2000 U.S. Open T12: 2002 The Open Championship T37: 1999, 2001 PGA Championship T6: 1993 Achievements and awards PGA Tour Comeback
Player of the Year2008 Howard Dudley Hart (born August 4, 1968) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.
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Early years
Hart was born in Rochester, New York.[1] He attended Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School in Miami, Florida.
College career
He received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he was a member of coach Lynn Blevin and coach Buddy Alexander's Florida Gators men's golf teams from 1987 to 1990.[2] He earned honors as the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Freshman of the Year (1987), a three-time first-team All-SEC selection, and a four-time All-American.[2][3] Hart was also a member of the Gators' 1989 SEC championship team.[2] He was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003.[4][5]
Professional career
Hat turned pro in 1990 and joined the PGA Tour in 1991.[1] He has won two tournaments on the PGA Tour. His first win came in 1996 at the Bell Canadian Open. His second win was at the 2000 Honda Classic. Hart also finished in a three-way tie for first in the 2004 EDS Byron Nelson Championship, which he and Robert Damron lost in a playoff to Sergio García.
Although Hart has only won two PGA tournaments, he is one of the most consistent players on the Tour. He has more than four dozen top-10 finishes including many second and third place finishes. His best finish in a major was sixth place tie at the 1993 PGA Championship.[6] He was injured in 2003 and had to limit his play to twenty-two starts due to a herniated disc in his back. In 2007, Hart had to take six months off from the Tour in order to care for his wife and children while his wife, Suzanne, had a softball-sized tumor removed from her lungs. He played on the Tour in 2008 using a major medical exemption. In what turned out to be his best year ever, Hart earned more than $2 million and was awarded the Tour's Comeback of the Year award.[7][8] He has featured in the top fifty of the Official World Golf Rankings.
Personal
Hart purchased Lake Shore Golf Club in Rochester, New York with his father and Jeff Sluman. Hart is the father of triplets: Ryan, Rachel and Abigail were born on December 6, 2001. He enjoys fishing and reading, and is a fan of professional hockey.[9] He currently lives in the Buffalo suburb of Clarence, New York.
Professional wins (6)
PGA Tour wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner(s)-up 1 Sep 7, 1996 Bell Canadian Open* -14 (68-64-70=202) 1 stroke David Duval2 Mar 11, 2000 Honda Classic -19 (65-69-70-65=269) 1 stroke J. P. Hayes, Kevin Wentworth*Note: the 1996 Bell Canadian Open was shortened to 54 holes due to inclement weather
Other wins (4)
- 1990 Florida Open, Louisiana Open
- 1998 Subaru Sarazen World Open (unofficial event in Georgia, USA)
- 2002 CVS Charity Classic (with Chris DiMarco)
Results in major championships
Tournament 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Masters Tournament DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP U.S. Open T23 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP WD T17 The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT 81 T37 PGA Championship CUT T6 T55 DNP DNP CUT T44 CUT Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Masters Tournament T28 T43 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T44 U.S. Open CUT T62 T12 CUT T53 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP The Open Championship WD T37 CUT CUT WD DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP PGA Championship WD T16 CUT DNP DNP T10 WD DNP DNP DNP DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10See also
- Florida Gators
- Golfers with most PGA Tour wins
- List of Florida Gators golfers
References
- ^ a b "Dudley Hart player profile". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/players/profile?playerId=188. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
- ^ a b c Florida Men's Golf 2011 Media Supplement, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 29, 34, 39, 41 (2010). Retrieved July 11, 2011.
- ^ 2008–09 Florida Gators Men's Golf Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 36 (2008). Retrieved July 14, 2011.
- ^ F Club, Hall of Fame, Gator Greats. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
- ^ "Nine Inducted Into UF Hall of Fame," GatorZone.com (April 11, 2003). Retrieved July 19, 2011.
- ^ "Golf Major Championships". http://golfmajorchampionships.com/players?player=355. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
- ^ "Pat Dooley, "Perspective mellows 'Mini-Volcano'," The Gainesville Sun (June 4, 2009). Retrieved July 19, 2011.
- ^ Bill Khan, "Dudley Hart, his PGA Tour status secure for now, ties for Buick Open," Flint Journal (June 26, 2008). Retrieved July 19, 2011.
- ^ "Dudley Hart media guide from PGA Tour's official site". http://www.pgatour.com/players/r/?/00/65/75/media. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
External links
- Dudley Hart at the PGA Tour official site
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