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Jeff Maggert
American professional golfer
Jeffrey Allan Maggert (born February 20, 1964) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour Champions.
| Jeff Maggert | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Full name | Jeffrey Allan Maggert | ||||
| Born | (1964-02-20) February 20, 1964 (age 60) Columbia, Missouri | ||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | ||||
| Sporting nationality |  United States | ||||
| Residence | The Woodlands, Texas | ||||
| Spouse | Michelle Austin Maggert | ||||
| Children | 4 | ||||
| Career | |||||
| College | Texas A&M University | ||||
| Turned professional | 1986 | ||||
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions | ||||
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Ben Hogan Tour | ||||
| Professional wins | 19 | ||||
| Highest ranking | 14 (May 30, 1999)[1] | ||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||
| PGA Tour | 3 | ||||
| European Tour | 1 | ||||
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 1 | ||||
| Korn Ferry Tour | 2 | ||||
| PGA Tour Champions | 6 | ||||
| Other | 7 | ||||
| Best results in major championships | |||||
| Masters Tournament | 5th: 2003 | ||||
| PGA Championship | 3rd/T3: 1995, 1997 | ||||
| U.S. Open | 3rd: 2002, 2004 | ||||
| The Open Championship | T5: 1996 | ||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||
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Maggert was born in Columbia, Missouri.[2] He was raised on a golf course in The Woodlands, Texas, where he attended McCullough High School.[3]
He attended Texas A&M University.[2] Maggert was an All-American member of the golf team.[2]
Maggert turned professional in 1986.[2] Early in his career he played overseas, especially on the Asia Golf Circuit and PGA Tour of Australia. He had some early success, winning the 1989 Malaysian Open on the AGC and the 1990 Vines Classic on the Australian Tour.
Early in 1990, he qualified for the Ben Hogan Tour, the PGA Tour's developmental tour. He was Player of the Year in 1990 where he won two tournaments. Maggert's good play on the Ben Hogan Tour ensured a promotion to the PGA Tour for 1991. He has won three times and finished runner-up 16 times on the PGA Tour.[2] He has represented the United States in the Ryder Cup three times and in the Presidents Cup once.[2]
In April 2003, Maggert was the 54-hole leader at The Masters, having shot a third round of 66 to charge through the field. He endured a disappointing final round, that included a triple bogey on the third hole, after the ball rebounded off the bunker lip and struck him, and then a quintuple bogey on the 12th after finding the water twice. Maggert would finish in solo fifth place, his career best finish at the Masters.
He withdrew from The Players Championship in 2008 after completing one round, when he learned that his older brother, Barry, had died in a single-engine airplane crash in Gilpin County, Colorado.[4]
He started the 2012 season on a medical exemption after shoulder surgery in June. His 2011 season was limited to 18 events, making six cuts. He went to Q School to back up the nine starts and $567,086 on his exemption. Maggert could not satisfy his medical exemption and played the remainder of the 2012 season in the Q School/Nationwide Tour graduate category. He still managed to barely retain a PGA Tour card, finishing 123rd on the money list.
Senior career
Maggert won on his Champions Tour debut in March 2014 at the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic, becoming the 17th player to do so.[5] He also became the seventh player to win on all the PGA Tour sponsored major tours (PGA Tour, Web.com Tour, and Champions Tour). He finished the three rounds at 11-under-par, two strokes ahead of Billy Andrade.
In May 2015, Maggert won his maiden senior major championship and second Champions Tour event at the Regions Tradition. After finishing in a tie at 14-under-par after regulation play, he defeated Kevin Sutherland in sudden-death playoff on the first extra hole with a birdie.
The following month, Maggert won his second senior major championship with a two stroke victory over Colin Montgomerie at the U.S. Senior Open. He began the final round tied for the lead with Bernhard Langer, but shot a five-under-par 65 to pull clear of the field and claim the win.
On November 10, 2019, Maggert won the season-ending event on the PGA Tour Champions, the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Maggert won the event in dramatic fashion by holing out a wedge from the fairway for eagle on the third playoff hole, defeating Retief Goosen.[6]
PGA Tour wins (3)
| Legend |
| World Golf Championships (1) |
| Other PGA Tour (2) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oct 10, 1993 | Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic | −23 (66-65-66-68=265) | 3 strokes |  Greg Kraft |
| 2 | Feb 28, 1999 | WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship | 38 holes | Andrew Magee | |
| 3 | May 16, 2006 | FedEx St. Jude Classic | −9 (72-66-68-65=271) | 3 strokes | Tom Pernice Jr. |
PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1996 | Shell Houston Open | Mark Brooks |
Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apr 2, 1989 | Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open | −5 (71-73-71-68=283) | 5 strokes | Greg Bruckner, Bob Lendzion, Craig McClellan, Casey Nakama |
Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1987 | Singapore Open |  Peter Fowler,  Hsu Sheng-san |
Fowler won with birdie on third extra hole |
PGA Tour of Australia wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 28, 1990 | Vines Classic | −7 (64-71-73-73=281) | 1 stroke | Brett Ogle |
Ben Hogan Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 13, 1990 | Ben Hogan Knoxville Open | −11 (70-66-66=202) | Playoff | Greg Ladehoff |
| 2 | Jul 22, 1990 | Ben Hogan Buffalo Open | −12 (67-69-68=204) | Playoff | Carl Cooper, Greg Ladehoff |
Ben Hogan Tour playoff record (2–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1990 | Ben Hogan Knoxville Open | Greg Ladehoff |
Won with eagle on first extra hole |
| 2 | 1990 | Ben Hogan Elizabethtown Open | Dicky Thompson |
Lost to par on second extra hole |
| 3 | 1990 | Ben Hogan Buffalo Open | Carl Cooper, Greg Ladehoff |
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
Other wins (6)
- 1988 Texas State Open, St. Louis Open
- 1990 Texas State Open
- 1994 Texas State Open, Diners Club Matches (with Jim McGovern)
- 1997 Diners Club Matches (with Steve Elkington)
PGA Tour Champions wins (6)
| Legend |
| PGA Tour Champions major championships (2) |
| Charles Schwab Cup playoff events (1) |
| Other PGA Tour Champions (3) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mar 23, 2014 | Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic | −11 (68-69-68=205) | 2 strokes | Billy Andrade |
| 2 | May 17, 2015 | Regions Tradition | −14 (67-67-68-72=274) | Playoff | Kevin Sutherland |
| 3 | Jun 28, 2015 | U.S. Senior Open | −10 (70-65-70-65=270) | 2 strokes |  Colin Montgomerie |
| 4 | Aug 9, 2015 | Shaw Charity Classic | −16 (67-63-64=194) | 4 strokes | Colin Montgomerie |
| 5 | Aug 30, 2015 | Dick's Sporting Goods Open | −14 (68-68-66=202) | 2 strokes | Paul Goydos |
| 6 | Nov 10, 2019 | Charles Schwab Cup Championship | −21 (63-65-69-66=263) | Playoff |  Retief Goosen |
PGA Tour Champions playoff record (2–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2015 | Regions Tradition | Kevin Sutherland |
Won with par on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2018 | Constellation Senior Players Championship |  Vijay Singh |
Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
| 3 | 2019 | Charles Schwab Cup Championship | Retief Goosen |
Won with eagle on third extra hole |
| Tournament | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | ||
| The Open Championship | ||||
| PGA Championship |
| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T21 | T50 | CUT | T7 | CUT | T23 | CUT | |||
| U.S. Open | T52 | T9 | T4 | T97 | 4 | T7 | T7 | |||
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | T24 | T68 | T5 | T51 | CUT | T30 | ||
| PGA Championship | 6 | T51 | CUT | T3 | T73 | 3 | T44 | CUT |
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | CUT | T20 | 5 | CUT | T20 | |||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | T44 | 3 | CUT | 3 | T78 | ||||
| The Open Championship | T41 | CUT | T47 | CUT | ||||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | T62 |
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |||||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | |||||
| The Open Championship | |||||||
| PGA Championship |
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 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 7 |
| U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 11 |
| The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 |
| PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 7 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 55 | 32 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (1995 U.S. Open – 1996 PGA)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1995 PGA – 1996 Masters)
| Tournament | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Players Championship | CUT | T54 | CUT | 3 | T18 | T53 | CUT | T51 | T46 |
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Players Championship | T3 | CUT | T14 | T11 | T33 | T46 | T45 | CUT | WD |
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Players Championship | T35 | T2 | T48 |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Wins (1)
| Year | Championship | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship | 38 holes | Andrew Magee | |
Results timeline
| Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match Play | 1 | R64 | R64 | |||||
| Championship | T48 | 39 | NT1 | |||||
| Invitational | T7 | T24 | T59 |
1Cancelled due to 9/11
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = No tournament
"T" = tied
Wins (2)
| Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Regions Tradition | 1 shot lead | −14 (67-67-68-72=274 ) | Playoff | Kevin Sutherland |
| 2015 | U.S. Senior Open | Tied for lead | −10 (70-65-70-65=270) | 2 strokes | Colin Montgomerie |
Results timeline
Results not in chronological order before 2022.
| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Tradition | 21 | 1 | T38 | T42 | T5 | T6 | NT | T19 | T40 | |
| Senior PGA Championship | T9 | T22 | T31 | T59 | CUT | T21 | NT | CUT | T39 | 76 |
| U.S. Senior Open | T55 | 1 | T30 | T23 | T49 | T47 | NT | T23 | CUT | T32 |
| Senior Players Championship | T12 | T36 | T35 | 2 | T39 | T52 | T32 | 65 | T13 | |
| Senior British Open Championship | T7 | T54 | T31 | T50 | NT | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
- "Week 22 1999 Ending 30 May 1999" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- "Jeff Maggert". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
- Bamberger, Michael (June 14, 1999). "Fresh Start". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
- "Maggert's brother dies in plane crash in Colorado". ESPN. Associated Press. May 9, 2008. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
- "Jeff Maggert wins Champions debut". ESPN. Associated Press. March 23, 2014.
- Strege, John (November 10, 2019). "Jeff Maggert's improbable hole-out eagle to win the Charles Schwab Cup Championship allows Scott McCarron to win the Schwab Cup". Golf Digest. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
- Jeff Maggert at the PGA Tour official site
- Jeff Maggert at the Official World Golf Ranking official site