Hudson Swafford
Height: 6'3" (1.91 m)
Weight: 200 (91 kg)
Age: 34 (September 09, 1987)
Birthplace: Tallahassee, Florida
Residence: St. Simons Island, Georgia
Family:
Wife, Katherine; James, Amelia
Education:
University of Georgia (2011, Consumer Economics)
Special Interests:
Hunting, fishing, University of Georgia football
Turned Professional:
2011
City plays from:
Sea Island, GA, United States
Exempt Status
PGA TOURTournament winner (thru 2023-24)
Career Victories
PGA TOUR Victories (3):
2017 (1) CareerBuilder Challenge. 2021 (1) Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship (2020). 2022 (1) The American Express.Korn Ferry Tour Victories (1):
2012 (1) Stadion Classic at UGA.Player Statistics
Career Low Round:
62 - 2017 Sony Open in Hawaii (Round 1)Career High FedExCup Rank:
#2 : 2021 Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship (2020)Career High Official World Golf Rank:
#61 : 2022 The American ExpressCareer Largest Paycheck:
$1,368,000 : 2022 The American Express (Finished 1)2021-22 Season Highlights
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PGA TOUR
The American Express - Carded a final-round 64 to win The American Express by two strokes, earning his third career PGA TOUR victory and second at The American Express (2017, 2022). Entered the final round trailing by three strokes and closed with an 8-under 64. Victory came in his 205th PGA TOUR start at the age of 34 years, 4 months, 14 days.
Career Records
| PGA TOUR (Playoff Record: 0 - 0) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Events | Rounds | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10 | Top 25 | Cuts Made | Cuts Missed | WD | FedExCup Rank | Earnings | |
| Total: | 217 | 663 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 36 | 123 | 94 | $9,650,377 | |||
| 2022 | 21 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 49 | $1,714,926 | ||||
| 2021 | 29 | 82 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 36 | $1,759,907 | |||
| 2020 | 10 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 167 | $314,285 | |||||
| 2019 | 20 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 162 | $545,191 | ||||
| 2018 | 22 | 67 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 156 | $569,391 | ||||||
| 2017 | 28 | 90 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 9 | 38 | $2,246,090 | ||||
| 2016 | 30 | 104 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 8 | 64 | $1,027,314 | |||||
| 2015 | 30 | 95 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 81 | $959,391 | |||||
| 2014 | 26 | 71 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 146 | $513,883 | |||||
| 2010 | 1 (A) | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| (A) - Amateur | |||||||||||||
Top Tournaments |
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| PGA TOUR | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE PLAYERS Championship | Masters Tournament | PGA Championship | U.S. Open | The Open Championship | WGC-HSBC Champions | WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play | WGC-FedEx St. Jude Inv | WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession | |
| 2022 | CUT | T30 | CUT | ||||||
| 2021 | CUT | CUT | |||||||
| 2018 | CUT | T50 | |||||||
| 2017 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T10 | |||||
| 2016 | T57 | ||||||||
| 2014 | CUT | ||||||||
| 2010 | CUT | ||||||||
| FedExCup Playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FedEx St. Jude Championship | Dell Technologies Championship | BMW Championship | TOUR Championship | |
| 2021 | T11 | T17 | ||
| 2017 | T43 | T13 | T40 | |
| 2016 | T41 | T15 | T56 | |
| 2015 | T50 | T33 | ||
Personal
- Huge University of Georgia fan, including football, basketball and baseball teams.
- Always marks his ball with a half-dollar.
- Favorite professional sports teams are the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta Braves, or following former UGA quarterback Matthew Stafford in his NFL career.
- Became a supporter of breast cancer research after his mother had the disease.
- Supports The First Tee where his wife Katherine is on the board of his local chapter.
- He and Katherine take a big trip each December.