John Huh

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John Huh
— Golfer —
Personal information
Born	(1990-05-21) May 21, 1990 New York City, New York
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 14 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Los Angeles, California
Career
College	California State University, Northridge
Turned professional	2008
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour
Former tour(s)	OneAsia Tour Korean Tour
Professional wins	2
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	T11: 2013
U.S. Open	T17: 2013
The Open Championship	CUT: 2012, 2013
PGA Championship	T68: 2012
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour Rookie of the Year	2012

John Huh (Korean: 허찬수, born May 21, 1990) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

Amateur career

Huh was born in New York City to Korean parents. He moved to South Korea shortly after his birth and he lived there for 12 years, then moved to Chicago, Illinois for three years, and then to Los Angeles, California.^[1] He attended California State University, Northridge for two weeks before turning professional in 2008. Huh left college due to the lack of core courses, preventing him from receiving a scholarship and being approved for NCAA competition.

Professional career

Early career

Huh played on the Korean Tour for three years. In 2010 he won the Shinhan Donghae Open and was named the 2010 Korean Tour Rookie of the Year. He also played on the OneAsia Tour in 2010 and 2011, finishing 46th^[2] and 15th^[3] on the Order of Merit, respectively. He earned his PGA Tour card for 2012 by finishing in a tie for 27th at qualifying school, making the cut on the number (two Nationwide Tour graduates were among the top 25, allowing Huh to earn a Tour card). Prior to qualifying school, Huh never played on a U.S.-based professional tour.

2012

In only his second PGA Tour event, Huh finished in a tie for 6th at the Farmers Insurance Open. He continued his strong play the following week when he finished in a tie for 12th at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. In only his fifth PGA Tour event, Huh picked up his first victory at the Mayakoba Golf Classic, defeating Robert Allenby in an eight-hole sudden death playoff.^[4] Allenby held a two stroke lead with one hole to play but double bogeyed after putting his tee shot in the trees, and a Huh par forced a playoff. The playoff tied the second longest playoff in PGA Tour history. Huh made the cut in his first six PGA Tour events. He was in contention at the Valero Texas Open, but fell two shots short of champion Ben Curtis and finished in a tie for second.^[5] Huh broke into the top-100 of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time, moving to 90th. In May, Huh finished in a tie for fifth at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. Huh played in his first major at the 2012 Open Championship, earning entry through FedEx Cup standings, where he missed the cut. He would also be the only rookie to advance to the 2012 Tour Championship, the fourth and final event of the FedEx Cup. Huh's performance was good enough for 28th on the money list, earning him entry into the 2013 Masters Tournament (top 30 money earners were given automatic entry). Huh won the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year for his 2012 season, the first person of Korean descent to win the honor.

2013

Huh was unable to repeat the success of 2012, but did well enough to go to the FedEx Cup. He finished T11 at the Masters and earned entry into the 2014 tournament. His best finish of the season was a T3 at the Wyndham Championship and reached a career high of 62nd in the OWGR.

Professional wins (2)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Feb 26, 2012	Mayakoba Golf Classic	–13 (67-70-71-63=271)	Playoff	Robert Allenby

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2012	Mayakoba Golf Classic	Robert Allenby	Won with par on eighth extra hole

Korean Tour wins (1)

2010 Shinhan Donghae Open

Results in major championships

Tournament	2012	2013
Masters Tournament	DNP	T11
U.S. Open	DNP	T17
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT
PGA Championship	T68	CUT

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10

Summary

Tournament	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	1	1	1
U.S. Open	1	1	1
The Open Championship	0	2	0
PGA Championship	0	2	1
Totals	2	6	3

Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2012 PGA – 2013 U.S. Open)
Longest streak of top-10s – 0

References

External links

John Huh at the PGA Tour official site
John Huh at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

v t e PGA Tour Rookies of the Year

1990 Robert Gamez 1991 John Daly‡ 1992 Mark Carnevale 1993 Vijay Singh† 1994 Ernie Els‡ 1995 Woody Austin 1996 Tiger Woods†∞ 1997 Stewart Cink† 1998 Steve Flesch 1999 Carlos Franco 2000 Michael Clark II 2001 Charles Howell III 2002 Jonathan Byrd 2003 Ben Curtis‡ 2004 Todd Hamilton‡ 2005 Sean O'Hair 2006 Trevor Immelman† 2007 Brandt Snedeker 2008 Andrés Romero 2009 Marc Leishman 2010 Rickie Fowler 2011 Keegan Bradley‡ 2012 John Huh 2013 Jordan Spieth

‡ indicates won major in the year the golfer won award † indicates won major sometime in their respective golfing careers ∞ indicates won all four majors in the golfers career

Persondata
Name	Huh, John
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	May 21, 1990
Place of birth	New York, New York
Date of death
Place of death

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