Mike Hulbert
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| Birth | April 14, 1958 Elmira, NY U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 175 lb (79.4 kg) |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Residence | Orlando, Florida U.S. |
| College | East Tennessee State University |
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| Turned Pro | 1981 |
| Joined PGA Tour | 1985 |
| Professional wins | 6 (PGA Tour: 3, other: 3) |
Michael Patrick "Mike" Hulbert (born April 14, 1958) is an American professional golfer and sportscaster.
Hulbert was born in Elmira, New York. He grew up in Horseheads, New York, and was a childhood friend and high school golf rival of fellow PGA Tour player Joey Sindelar. Hulbert attended East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee; he earned All-American honors as a member of the golf team in 1979 and 1980. He turned pro in 1981 and joined the PGA Tour in 1985.
Hulbert won three times on the PGA Tour; his last two wins came in playoffs. His first win came at the Federal Express St. Jude Classic in 1986 by one stroke over Joey Sindelar. His second victory was at the 1989 B.C. Open in a playoff over Bob Estes. In his third win at the 1991 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic, he defeated Kenny Knox on the first hole in a playoff. Hulbert's best finishes in major Championships were a T-6 at the 1992 U.S. Open, and a T-7 at the 1986 PGA Championship. He has had more than 45 top-10 finishes in his PGA career including more than a half-dozen 2nd or 3rd place finishes.
He had a knack for the Plantation Course at the Kapalua International, an event he won in 1991, and finished 2nd to Davis Love III in 1992. During the 3rd round of the 1993 event he was in the final group paired with Fred Couples. Freddie was blistering his own drives during this round, some 30 yards past Mike, and Hulbert wittingly went up to on-course commentator Steve Melnik and asked, "How come every time Fred Couples drives it's always down wind?"
During most of the 1995 PGA Tour season Hulbert putted one-handed, and almost won the Buick Invitational while doing so. When he switched back to a traditional two-handed putting grip in the late summer at The International he found himself on the first pages of the leaderboard as CBS Sports came on the air for weekend coverage, prompting announcer Jim Nantz to note: "Mike Hulbert, driving with two hands on the wheel this week!"
Hulbert has worked as a sports broadcaster for USA Network, CBS Sports, ESPN, and The Golf Channel. During the 2003 Buick Open he interviewed eventual champion Jim Furyk from what appeared to be a snack bar during a rain delay while covering the early rounds on USA Network. Other players (who were not visible, nor identified) were in the room at the time of Furyk's interview and proceeded to throw popcorn at them from off camera as the interview progressed. At one point Furyk even held up a golf towel to block the popcorn as it got worse, and he stated that: "It looks like it's pick on Hubby day!"
In 2002, he was inducted into the East Tennessee State University Athletic Hall of Fame. Hulbert has had more than 4.2 million dollars in career earnings. He lives in Orlando, Florida with his wife and two sons.
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[edit] Professional wins
[edit] PGA Tour
[edit] Other wins
- 1987 Chrysler Team Championship (with Bob Tway)
- 1991 Isuzu Kapalua International, JCPenney Classic (with Donna Andrews)
[edit] Trivia
- Nickname: "Hubby"
- Has a brother named John, a club professional who once qualified for the U.S. Open.
- Is an avid fisherman. Once he was shown in PGA Tour Partners magazine fishing with Nick Faldo.
- Briefly coined as "The One-Armed Bandit" when he putted one-handed during most of the 1995 PGA Tour season.
- Was featured in a 1993 Golf Magazine article about journeymen tour players. The article showed a picture of Hulbert loading his clubs into the trunk of a car, with the caption: "Another week over, it's time to hit the road for Mike Hulbert."
- Caddied for Davis Love III at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and the Northern Trust Open in 2008.
