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William Fred Mayfair (born August 6, 1966) is an Americanprofessional golfer who plays on thePGA Tour Champions. He was previously a member of thePGA Tour, where he won five times, including at the 1995Tour Championship.

Early life

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In 1966, Mayfair was born inPhoenix, Arizona. Before his fifteenth birthday, he won numerous junior golf tournaments. In1981, he was on the cover ofBoys' Life magazine as "golf's junior hotshot."

Amateur career

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Mayfair attendedArizona State University and was a member of thegolf team.^[2] He won the 1986U.S. Amateur Public Links and the 1987U.S. Amateur,^[3] defeatingUniversity of Tennessee graduate Eric Rebmann 4&3. He won the 1987Haskins Award for the nation's top collegiate golfer.^[3]

Professional career

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In 1988, Mayfair turned professional.^[2] and has won five events on thePGA Tour, including the 1995Tour Championship. He has featured in the top 50 of theOfficial World Golf Rankings, going as high as 26th in 1996. He holds the distinction of being the only player to ever beatTiger Woods in a playoff on the PGA Tour (1998Nissan Open).^[3]

Mayfair was the medalist at the 2010 PGA Tour'sQualifying School. He finished 142nd on the Tour money list that year, which granted him conditional status for 2011. He finished the 2011 season 109th on the money list and retained his tour card for 2012. In 2013 and 2014 Mayfair split his playing time between the PGA Tour and theWeb.com Tour, playing mostly on the Web.com Tour in 2014.

During his PGA Tour career, Mayfair made 761 starts and earned over $20.3 million.

In 2016, he joinedPGA Tour Champions.

Personal life

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Mayfair lives inScottsdale, Arizona, where he plays out of Estrella Mountain Ranch Golf Club.

On July 31, 2006, he wasdiagnosed withtesticular cancer. He had surgery on August 3 of that year and it has been reported that the cancer was contained.^[3]^[4]

In April 2021 he announced that he had been diagnosed as havingautism spectrum disorder (ASD) in November 2019.^[5]

Amateur wins

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this list may be incomplete

Professional wins (5)

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PGA Tour wins (5)

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Legend
Tour Championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Sep 5,1993	Greater Milwaukee Open	−18 (67-66-69-68=270)	Playoff	Mark Calcavecchia,Ted Schulz
2	Jul 9,1995	Motorola Western Open	−9 (73-70-69-67=279)	1 stroke	Jay Haas,Justin Leonard, Jeff Maggert,Scott Simpson
3	Oct 29, 1995	The Tour Championship	E (68-70-69-73=280)	3 strokes	Steve Elkington,Corey Pavin
4	Mar 1,1998	Nissan Open	−12 (65-71-69-67=272)	Playoff	Tiger Woods
5	Aug 9, 1998	Buick Open	−17 (70-69-65-67=271)	2 strokes	Scott Verplank

PGA Tour playoff record (2–5)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1990	Greater Milwaukee Open	Ed Dougherty,Jim Gallagher Jr.	Gallagher won with par on first extra hole
2	1990	Nabisco Championship	Jodie Mudd	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
3	1993	Greater Milwaukee Open	Mark Calcavecchia,Ted Schulz	Won with birdie on fourth extra hole Schulz eliminated by par on first hole
4	1995	Phoenix Open	Vijay Singh	Lost to par on first extra hole
5	1995	NEC World Series of Golf	Greg Norman,Nick Price	Norman won with birdie on first extra hole
6	1998	Nissan Open	Tiger Woods	Won with birdie on first extra hole
7	2001	WorldCom Classic - The Heritage of Golf	José Cóceres	Lost to par on fifth extra hole

Results in major championships

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Tournament	1988	1989
Masters Tournament	CUT
U.S. Open	T25LA	T33
The Open Championship
PGA Championship

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament		T12	T42		CUT		CUT		CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT	T37	T23		CUT		T32			T10
The Open Championship							T45		T52	CUT
PGA Championship	T5	CUT	CUT	T28	T39	T23	T52	T53	T7	T34

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters Tournament			T32	T37			T14	59		CUT
U.S. Open	CUT		T5	T10	66		CUT			T40
The Open Championship		T3	CUT							T52
PGA Championship	T74	CUT	CUT	T61		CUT	T37	T60	T47

Top 10

Did not play

LA = Low Amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

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Tournament	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	2	12	6
U.S. Open	0	1	3	5	14	10
The Open Championship	1	1	1	1	6	4
PGA Championship	0	1	2	3	18	13
Totals	1	3	6	11	50	33

Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (three times)
Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (six times)

Results in The Players Championship

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Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Players Championship	CUT	CUT	T73	T67	T52	CUT	T18	CUT	CUT	T42	CUT

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
The Players Championship	T17	T5	CUT	CUT	T58		CUT	CUT	72	T32

Tournament	2010	2011	2012
The Players Championship			CUT

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2005	2009
Match Play	R64	R32		R64
Championship			NT¹		T25	T77
Invitational
Champions

¹Cancelled due to9/11

Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

U.S. national team appearances

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Amateur

Walker Cup:1987 (winners)

Professional

Four Tours World Championship: 1991

References

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^"Week 26 1996 Ending 30 Jun 1996"(pdf).OWGR. RetrievedOctober 3, 2019.
^^a ^b"PGA Tour Profile – Billy Mayfair". PGA Tour. RetrievedOctober 23, 2013.
^^a ^b ^c ^d"PGA Tour Media Guide – Billy Mayfair". PGA Tour. RetrievedOctober 23, 2013.
^"Mayfair undergoes surgery for testicular cancer".ESPN. Associated Press. August 5, 2006.
^Apstein, Stephanie (April 21, 2021)."Billy Mayfair Reveals Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis".Sports Illustrated. RetrievedMay 22, 2021.

External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related toBilly Mayfair.

Billy Mayfair at thePGA Tour official site
Billy Mayfair at theOfficial World Golf Ranking official site

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1895Charles B. Macdonald 1896H. J. Whigham 1897H. J. Whigham 1898Findlay S. Douglas 1899Herbert M. Harriman 1900Walter Travis 1901Walter Travis 1902Louis N. James 1903Walter Travis 1904Chandler Egan 1905Chandler Egan 1906Eben Byers 1907Jerome Travers 1908Jerome Travers 1909Robert Gardner 1910William C. Fownes Jr. 1911Harold Hilton† 1912Jerome Travers 1913Jerome Travers 1914Francis Ouimet 1915Robert Gardner 1916Chick Evans 1917–18 Cancelled due toWorld War I 1919Davidson Herron 1920Chick Evans 1921Jesse Guilford 1922Jess Sweetser 1923Max Marston† 1924Bobby Jones 1925Bobby Jones 1926George Von Elm 1927Bobby Jones 1928Bobby Jones 1929Jimmy Johnston 1930Bobby Jones 1931Francis Ouimet 1932Ross Somerville 1933George Dunlap 1934Lawson Little 1935Lawson Little 1936Johnny Fischer† 1937Johnny Goodman 1938Willie Turnesa 1939Bud Ward 1940Dick Chapman 1941Bud Ward 1942–1945 Cancelled due toWorld War II 1946Ted Bishop† 1947Skee Riegel 1948Willie Turnesa 1949Charles Coe 1950Sam Urzetta† 1951Billy Maxwell 1952Jack Westland 1953Gene Littler 1954Arnold Palmer 1955Harvie Ward 1956Harvie Ward 1957Hillman Robbins 1958Charles Coe 1959Jack Nicklaus 1960Deane Beman 1961Jack Nicklaus 1962Labron Harris Jr. 1963Deane Beman 1964William C. Campbell 1965Bob Murphy 1966Gary Cowan† 1967Bob Dickson 1968Bruce Fleisher 1969Steve Melnyk 1970Lanny Wadkins 1971Gary Cowan 1972Vinny Giles 1973Craig Stadler 1974Jerry Pate 1975Fred Ridley 1976Bill Sander 1977John Fought 1978John Cook 1979Mark O'Meara 1980Hal Sutton 1981Nathaniel Crosby 1982Jay Sigel 1983Jay Sigel 1984Scott Verplank 1985Sam Randolph 1986Buddy Alexander 1987Billy Mayfair 1988Eric Meeks 1989Chris Patton 1990Phil Mickelson 1991Mitch Voges 1992Justin Leonard 1993John Harris 1994Tiger Woods 1995Tiger Woods 1996Tiger Woods† 1997Matt Kuchar 1998Hank Kuehne 1999David Gossett 2000Jeff Quinney† 2001Bubba Dickerson 2002Ricky Barnes 2003Nick Flanagan† 2004Ryan Moore 2005Edoardo Molinari 2006Richie Ramsay 2007Colt Knost 2008Danny Lee 2009An Byeong-hun 2010Peter Uihlein 2011Kelly Kraft 2012Steven Fox† 2013Matt Fitzpatrick 2014Gunn Yang 2015Bryson DeChambeau 2016Curtis Luck 2017Doc Redman 2018Viktor Hovland 2019Andy Ogletree 2020Tyler Strafaci 2021James Piot 2022Sam Bennett 2023Nick Dunlap 2024José Luis Ballester 2025Mason Howell
† indicates the event was won in extra holes.

U.S. Amateur champions