Zac Blair
| Zac Blair | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Zachary James Blair |
| Born | August 20, 1990 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Weight | 155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Residence | St. George, Utah, U.S.[1] |
| Spouse | Alicia Blair |
| Career | |
| College | Brigham Young University |
| Turned professional | 2014 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Korn Ferry Tour PGA Tour Latinoamérica |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Highest ranking | 92 (October 22, 2023)[2] (as of November 3, 2024) |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Korn Ferry Tour | 1 |
| Other | 2 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | T53: 2024 |
| U.S. Open | T26: 2024 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
Zachary James Blair (born August 20, 1990) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has previously played on the Korn Ferry Tour and PGA Tour Latinoamérica.[3]
Early life and amateur career
[edit]Blair was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was on the Brigham Young University's golf team from 2009 to 2013.[4] He was an All-American in 2012[5] and won four college events.[4] His father, James, played golf at Brigham Young University from 1974 to 1977.[4] Blair also won the 2011 Pacific Northwest Amateur.
Professional career
[edit]Blair competed in the 2013 Web.com Tour Qualifying School as an amateur, reaching Final Stage and earning limited status on the Web.com Tour.[3] After turning professional, Blair began playing on PGA Tour Latinoamérica in March 2014. He played in seven events, making the cut six times and finishing in the top-10 three times.[6] He played eight events on the Web.com Tour, making seven cuts including a T-2 finish at the Price Cutter Charity Championship and qualifying for the Web.com Tour Finals.[6] After missing the cut in the first three events, he finished second at the Web.com Tour Championship and earned his PGA Tour card for the 2014–15 season.[3]
On the PGA Tour, his best finish was a solo 3rd at the 2016 Sony Open in Hawaii until the Travelers Championship in 2023, where he finished T-2.[6] He has played in three majors, the 2014 U.S. Open, where he placed T-40 and the 2016 PGA Championship and 2019 U.S. Open, where he missed the cut.[4][6]
At the 2016 Wells Fargo Championship, Blair was disqualified for hitting himself in the head with a putter, and continuing to use it. He was disqualified for using a non-conforming club.[7]
In the 2018 PGA Tour season, Blair made only 11 cuts in 20 events. He won $330,507 and finished 170th in the season-long FedEx Cup. As a result, he lost his PGA Tour card.[3] Blair then attempted to get his card back via the 2018 Web.com Tour Finals, but was not successful. In October 2018, Blair missed the cut at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship to fall to 663rd in the world ranking.[8]
On August 4, 2019, Blair won the Ellie Mae Classic at TPC Stonebrae on the Korn Ferry Tour. This win guaranteed that Blair would regain his PGA Tour card for the 2019–20 season.[9]
Amateur wins
[edit]- 2009 Utah Amateur
- 2011 Pacific Northwest Amateur
Professional wins (3)
[edit]Korn Ferry Tour wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 4, 2019 | Ellie Mae Classic | −17 (66-65-65-67=263) | 1 stroke |  Brandon Crick
|
Other wins (1)
[edit]- 2018 Rockford Pro-Am[10]
- 2023 Utah Open
Playoff record
[edit]PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | ISCO Championship | Pierceson Coody,  Harry Hall, Rico Hoey, Matthew NeSmith
|
Hall won with birdie on third extra hole Blair and Hoey eliminated by par on first hole |
Results in major championships
[edit]| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |||||
| U.S. Open | T40 | ||||
| The Open Championship | |||||
| PGA Championship | CUT |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||||||
| PGA Championship | T53 | |||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | T26 | ||||
| The Open Championship | NT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Zac Blair". Golf Channel. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
- ^ "Week 42 2023 Ending 22 Oct 2023" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Zac Blair profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Zac Blair athlete profile". Brigham Young University. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
- ^ "BYU Men's Golf All-Americans". Brigham Young University. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Zac Blair – Season Results". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
- ^ Hoggard, Rex (May 6, 2016). "Blair hits himself in head with putter, gets DQ'd". Golf Channel.com. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
- ^ "Zac Blair". OWGR. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
- ^ Romine, Brentley (August 4, 2019). "Blair clinches PGA Tour return with Ellie Mae Classic victory". Golf Channel. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- ^ Kradle, Adam (July 16, 2018). "Late addition Zac Blair wins 42nd annual Rockford Pro-Am". Rockford Register Star.
External links
[edit]- Zac Blair at the PGA Tour official site
- Zac Blair at the Official World Golf Ranking official site