Tom Hoge

Tom Hoge (born May 25, 1989) is an American professional golfer.

Tom Hoge
Personal information
Born (1989-05-25) May 25, 1989
Statesville, North Carolina
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Nationality United States
ResidenceFargo, North Dakota
Career
CollegeTexas Christian University
Turned professional2011
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Web.com Tour
Canadian Tour
Professional wins1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT58: 2020
U.S. OpenT43: 2019
The Open ChampionshipDNP

Amateur career

Hoge was born in Statesville, North Carolina and grew up and still resides in Fargo, North Dakota.[1] He played college golf at Texas Christian University where he won two events.[2][3][4] He placed tied for third in the individual portion of the 2009 NCAA Golf Championship.[2] He also won several North Dakota and Minnesota amateur titles.[2][5]

Professional career

Hoge turned professional after graduating from college in 2011. He started playing on the Canadian Tour and won the 2011 Canadian Tour Players Cup.[1] He played on the Web.com Tour from 2012 to 2014 and has played on the PGA Tour since 2015. His best finishes on the Web.com Tour were a pair second-place finishes at the 2013 BMW Charity Pro-Am and the 2015 Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship.

Hoge has played on the PGA Tour since 2015. Hoge held the lead after 36-holes along with Tiger Woods at the 2015 Wyndham Championship.[6] His first 54-hole lead was at the 2018 Sony Open in Hawaii where he climbed from second after 36 holes.[7][8] He eventually finished in third place.

Amateur wins

  • 2006 North Dakota Stroke Play Championship[2]
  • 2007 North Dakota Match Play Championship[2]
  • 2008 North Dakota Match Play Championship,[2] Columbia Invitational
  • 2009 Minnesota Amateur[5]
  • 2010 Minnesota Amateur[5]
  • 2011 Morris Williams Intercollegiate

Source:[9]

Professional wins (1)

Canadian Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 Jul 17, 2011 Canadian Tour Players Cup 66-67-69-66=268 −16 2 strokes Benjamín Alvarado

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2015201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament 20192020
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship T58
U.S. Open T43
The Open Championship NT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 20182019
The Players Championship T72 T30

"T" indicates a tie for a place

See also

References

  1. "Tom Hoge". PGA Tour. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  2. "Tom Hoge profile". TCU Athletics. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  3. Powers, Christopher (January 14, 2018). "Tom Hoge leads Brian Harman and Patton Kizzire by one stroke at the Sony Open in Hawaii". Golf Digest.
  4. "Golf: Sony Open leader Tom Hoge takes stock after Hawaii missile scare". The Straits Times. Reuters. January 14, 2018.
  5. "2017 Yearbook & Media Guide" (PDF). Minnesota Golf Association. p. 147. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  6. "Tom Hoge takes a 1-shot lead on wild day at Sony Open". ESPN. Associated Press. January 14, 2018.
  7. "Tom Hoge takes one-shot lead into final round at Waialae". Golf.com. Associated Press. January 13, 2018.
  8. Pisani, Sacha (January 14, 2018). "Sony Open: Tom Hoge hits the front after missile scare". Sporting News.
  9. "Tom Hoge". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
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