44 Facts About Sean O'Hair

Sean M O'Hair was born on July 11,1982 and is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

Rather than play college golf, O'Hair turned professional in 1999 after his junior year at high school at Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix, Arizona, under the direction of his father, Marc O'Hair, who sold his share of the family shutter business in Lubbock for $2.

Sean O'Hair broke free in 2002 and has not spoken to his father since a perfunctory greeting at Sean O'Hair's wedding more than two years ago.

Sean O'Hair entered PGA Tour Qualifying School regularly from 1999, but was unsuccessful at his first five attempts.

Sean O'Hair played on various developmental tours: the PGA Tour's official second-level developmental Nationwide Tour, the third-level Gateway Tour and the Cleveland Golf Pro Tour.

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Sean O'Hair had limited success, making the cut in only four out of 18 starts at Nationwide Tour level.

In 2004, Sean O'Hair made it through all three stages of PGA Tour Qualifying School.

Sean O'Hair won his maiden PGA Tour event at the John Deere Classic and finished second at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship.

Sean O'Hair made 24 of 28 cuts for the season and finished with earnings of $2,461,482.

Sean O'Hair won PGA Tour Rookie of the Year honors of the 2005 season.

In March 2006, Sean O'Hair was the youngest man in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings but his 2006 season was less successful.

Sean O'Hair made 20 of 30 cuts and only made half the amount of prize money he had earned in his maiden year on tour.

Sean O'Hair dropped out of the top 50—finishing no higher than fourth at the Buick Open in Michigan—but returned to the list with a third place at the Canadian Open.

Sean O'Hair did however produce some solid play at the major championships, finishing in the top-15 at The Open Championship and the PGA Championship.

Sean O'Hair finished at +13, tied for 26th, at the 2006 US Open at Winged Foot.

In 2007, caddied by his father-in-law Steve Lucas, Sean O'Hair recorded his first top-10 of the year, a tie for seventh, at the Verizon Heritage.

On May 12,2007, at The Players Championship at the TPC at Sawgrass, Sean O'Hair led Phil Mickelson by a stroke after the 3rd round.

Sean O'Hair's third shot, from the drop area, ended up in the water and he finished the hole with a quadruple bogey seven.

Sean O'Hair went on to bogey the 18th, dropping him from second to 11th place, which cost Sean O'Hair approximately $747,000 in prize money.

Sean O'Hair did not have any more notable results until the fall season series of events where he recorded consecutive top-5 finishes at the Fry's Electronics Open and the Ginn sur Mer Classic.

On March 9,2008, Sean O'Hair came from three strokes back to win the PODS Championship by two strokes from six other players at Innisbrook with a final score of 4-under-par.

The following week, Sean O'Hair finished in a tie for 3rd at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill.

Sean O'Hair shot a 63 in the third round to shoot up the leaderboard, but on the final day he finished three back of the champion Tiger Woods.

Sean O'Hair made just over $2million on the season and finished 75th in the FedEx Cup standings.

At the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Sean O'Hair entered the final round with a five stroke lead but lost by one stroke to Tiger Woods as Woods birdied the 72nd hole to win the tournament for the second year in a row.

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On May 3,2009, after starting the final round three strokes behind Zach Johnson, Sean O'Hair won the Quail Hollow Championship by one stroke over Lucas Glover and Bubba Watson.

Sean O'Hair survived two late bogies during his final round of 69 to claim his third PGA Tour victory.

At East Lake, Sean O'Hair finished alone in third place, to earn over $500,000 and finish the year ranked 5th in the FedEx Cup standings.

Sean O'Hair finished the season ranked sixth on the money list and had reached the top 15 of the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time in his career.

Sean O'Hair again opened the season with a solid performance in Hawaii at the Mercedes-Benz Championship, achieving a fourth-place finish.

Sean O'Hair managed a top-5 result at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational helped by a third round 64.

Sean O'Hair did not make into the tour finale at East Lake and finished the season ranked 47th on the FedEx Cup standings.

However Sean O'Hair won the RBC Canadian Open, the first event after The Open Championship in a playoff over American Kris Blanks for his first PGA Tour title in over two years.

Only eight players finished under par for the week and Sean O'Hair was tied at -4 with Kris Blanks after regulation play.

Replaying the 18th, both players found trouble from the tee, Sean O'Hair decided to lay well back and in the fairway, whereas Blanks went for it and found the greenside bunker.

Sean O'Hair played his pitch safely onto the front of the green, but Blanks' bunker shot trickled off the back of the green and he then pitched up to six feet away.

Sean O'Hair two putted for his bogey but when Blanks missed his six footer coming back, Sean O'Hair was declared champion at the first extra hole.

Sean O'Hair made the cut 19 times in 24 events and finished 63rd in the FedEx Cup.

Sean O'Hair made 7 cuts in 22 events with only two top-25 finishes and three withdrawals.

Sean O'Hair played in 25 PGA Tour events, but only had one top 10 and finished 160th in the FedEx Cup, which meant a return to the Web.

Sean O'Hair was given a sponsor's exemption to the Valspar Championship in Tampa, Florida.

Sean O'Hair tied for the lead after shooting a final-round 4-under 67, which got him into a playoff with Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed at 10-under 274.

Sean O'Hair finished the season 58th on the money list to secure his card for 2016.

Sean O'Hair finished 59th on the money list and re-entering the top 100 in the World Rankings.