Bradley Hughes (golfer)

Bradley Hughes (born 10 February 1967) is an Australian professional golfer.

Bradley Hughes
Personal information
Born	(1967-02-10) 10 February 1967 Melbourne, Australia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb; 14.0 st)
Nationality	Australia
Residence	Simpsonville, South Carolina, U.S.
Career
Turned professional	1988
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Nationwide Tour Japan Golf Tour European Tour
Professional wins	7
Highest ranking	98 (6 June 1999)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour	1
PGA Tour of Australasia	4
Korn Ferry Tour	1
Other	2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	CUT: 1998
PGA Championship	CUT: 1999
U.S. Open	T16: 1997
The Open Championship	T45: 1996

Hughes was born in Melbourne. As an amateur golfer, he won the 1987 and 1988 Victorian Amateur Championship, the 1988 New Zealand Amateur and represented Australia in several competitions including the 1988 Eisenhower Trophy. He turned professional in October 1988 and finished 7th in his first event The Tasmanian Open, 12th in his second event the New South Wales Open and then took the title in his third event the Western Australian Open.

He has played on the PGA Tour of Australasia (1988–), European Tour (1990, 1996), Japan Golf Tour (1992–1994), PGA Tour (1997–2002, 2005) and Nationwide Tours (2003–2004, 2006). He has won six times in Australia and once in the United States. He was on the 1994 International Team for the inaugural Presidents Cup as a last-minute replacement for Greg Norman. Hughes remains the lowest-ranked player ever to compete in the Presidents Cup, 117th at the time of selection.[2]

In the 1993 Microsoft Australian Masters, Hughes hit every green in regulation in his final round 7-under-par 66 to catch Peter Senior and win in a playoff. Hughes set the tournament record of 268 (24 under par) in the 1998 Ericsson Masters which still stands today. He also holds the record for the largest winning margin on the Asian Omega Tour when he won the 1996 Players Championship by 12 strokes at Robina Woods GC.

Hughes quit playing competitive golf towards the end of 2008 and now teaches golf at Holly Tree CC in Greenville, South Carolina. He has been credited with helping the resurgence of Brendon Todd on the PGA Tour. He also coaches Brandt Snedeker, Harold Varner III, Cameron Percy, Greg Chalmers, Ben Martin, Robert Allenby and Ollie Schniederjans as well as a host of other mini-tour players.