David Geoffrey Hearn (born June 17, 1979) is a Canadian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has also played on the Nationwide Tour, Canadian Tour and the Asian Tour.[1]

David Hearn
Personal information
Full nameDavid Geoffrey Hearn
Born (1979-06-17) June 17, 1979 (age 45)[1]
Brampton, Ontario, Canada[1]
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationality Canada
ResidenceBrantford, Ontario, Canada
Career
CollegeUniversity of Wyoming
Turned professional2001
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Nationwide Tour
Canadian Tour
Asian Tour
Professional wins2
Highest ranking88 (May 25, 2014)[2]
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT47: 2013
U.S. OpenT21: 2013
The Open ChampionshipT32: 2014

Hearn was born in Brampton, Ontario. He attended the University of Wyoming, where he played on the golf team.[1] He was a member of the winning Canadian team at the 2001 Four Nations Cup tournament, and played out of the Brantford Golf and Country Club as an amateur.

Hearn turned professional late in 2001.[1] He was named the Canadian Tour Rookie of the Year in 2002. Hearn made his first cut in a major championship at the 2013 U.S. Open, finishing tied for 21st.

In June 2013, Hearn finished in a tie for second at the John Deere Classic, after losing in a three-man playoff, which also included Zach Johnson and Jordan Spieth. After all three players had parred the first and second extra holes, Hearn had two opportunities at the third and fourth extra holes to seal the win, but could not hole either of the makeable putts. The playoff ended at the fifth extra hole when Spieth made par to Hearn and Johnson's bogeys. This was Hearn's best finish to date on the PGA Tour, beating his previous tie for fifth at the 2011 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

Hearn lost another sudden-death playoff in July 2015, at the Greenbrier Classic. He had a putt at the 72nd hole to win the tournament outright but left the 20-footer short of the cup. In the four-man playoff, Danny Lee and Hearn holed birdie putts at the first extra hole to eliminate Kevin Kisner and Robert Streb who both missed the green at the par three. Then on the second extra hole, Hearn found trouble off his drive and could only bogey the par five, allowing Lee to claim victory with a two-putt par. This was Hearn's second runner-up finish on the PGA Tour, losing both times in playoffs.

At the RBC Canadian Open in July 2015, Hearn held the 54-hole lead at 15-under-par, with a two-stroke advantage over Jason Day and Bubba Watson. He entered the final round with a chance to become the first home-winner of the event in 61 years and win his first PGA Tour event, but finished the day in solo third behind Day, the winner, and Watson after a level-par round of 72.

Professional wins (2)

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Nationwide Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 Aug 22, 2004 Alberta Classic 70-65-67-71=273 −15 1 stroke   David McKenzie

Canadian Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 Jun 27, 2004 Times Colonist Open 70-71-64-68=273 −15 3 strokes   James Lepp (a)

Playoff record

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PGA Tour playoff record (0–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2013 John Deere Classic   Zach Johnson,   Jordan Spieth Spieth won with par on fifth extra hole
2 2015 Greenbrier Classic   Kevin Kisner,   Danny Lee,
  Robert Streb
Lee won with par on second extra hole
Kisner and Streb eliminated by birdie on first hole

Results in major championships

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Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT CUT T21 CUT
The Open Championship T32 CUT
PGA Championship T47 CUT CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in The Players Championship

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Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
The Players Championship T68 T26 T6 T42 T28 T69
  Top 10

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

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Professional

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "David Hearn Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  2. ^ "Week 21 2014 Ending 25 May 2014" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
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