Hayden Buckley
Height: 5'11" (1.8 m)
Weight: 180 (82 kg)
Age: 26 (March 01, 1996)
Birthplace: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Residence: Fort Myers, Florida
Education:
University of Missouri 2018, Health Science
Special Interests:
Music, playing guitar, baseball, Xbox
Turned Professional:
2018
City plays from:
Tupelo, MS, United States
Exempt Status
PGA TOURTop 125 in 2021-22 FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List (thru 2022-23)
Career Victories
Korn Ferry Tour Victories (1):
2020 (1) LECOM Suncoast Classic.Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada Victories (1):
2019 (1) ATB Financial Classic.Player Statistics
Career Low Round:
63 - 2022 Shriners Children's Open (Round 4)Career High FedExCup Rank:
#10 : 2022 Shriners Children's OpenCareer High Official World Golf Rank:
#157 : 2022 Sony Open in HawaiiCareer Largest Paycheck:
$280,000 : 2022 Sanderson Farms Championship (Finished 4)2021-22 Season Highlights
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Qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs in his rookie season, finishing No. 104 in the official FedExCup standings. Recorded two top-10s, which came in back-to-back starts in the fall portion of the schedule, and made 17 cuts in 30 starts.
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PGA TOUR
Sanderson Farms Championship - Finished T4 at the Sanderson Farms Championship in his fifth career start on TOUR, recording his first career top-10. Led the field in Par-4 Scoring Average (4.19). U.S. Open - Carded matching 68s in the first two rounds of the U.S. Open and stood T3 after 36 holes before going on to finish T14. Marked his second career start in a major championship.
Career Records
| PGA TOUR (Playoff Record: 0 - 0) | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Events | Rounds | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10 | Top 25 | Cuts Made | Cuts Missed | WD | FedExCup Rank | Earnings | |
| Total: | 34 | 103 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 1 | $1,326,766 | |||||
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2022 | 30 | 91 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 104 | $1,303,036 | ||||
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2020 | 1 | 4 | 1 | $14,490 | |||||||||
| 2019 | 1 | 4 | 1 | $9,240 | |||||||||
| (A) - Amateur | |||||||||||||
Top Tournaments |
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| PGA TOUR | |||||||||
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| 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 | T66 | T14 | |||||||
| FedExCup Playoffs | ||||
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| FedEx St. Jude Championship | Dell Technologies Championship | BMW Championship | TOUR Championship | |
| 2022 | T61 | |||
Personal
- Is interested in the Southeast Asian cultures after visiting the continent during college.
- His dad played baseball in college, but he says that after sitting on the bench for a year, he ended his baseball career to focus on attending medical school.
- His college roommate was a country music singer/songwriter who helped him fall in love with playing the guitar. Brings his guitar when he travels and uses it to relax after a long day.
- Favorite memory off the course was playing a pickup basketball game in front of over 200 kids at a school in China. Very few could speak English, but he says they all wanted autographs and pictures.
- Loves the Missouri Tigers and was named the Mizzou Male Athlete of the Year in 2018.
- Was not recruited much out of high school and loves taking advantage of opportunities when available.
- Earliest golf memory is hitting with plastic clubs in his grandfather's yard. He was swinging left handed and was promptly yelled at to turn around to the right side.
- Spent two weeks in China teaching kids English and sharing his passion for golf.