Scott Hend

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Scott Hend
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name Scott Robert Hend
Born 1973
Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st)
Nationality  Australia
Residence Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, U.S.
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Career
Turned professional 1997
Current tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia
Asian Tour
European Tour
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Canadian Tour
Professional wins 10
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour 5
Other 5
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open T32: 2006
The Open Championship CUT: 2005
PGA Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Von Nida Tour
Money List winner		 2003

Scott Robert Hend (born 1973)[1] is an Australian professional golfer, renowned as a long hitter.[2]

Hend turned professional in 1997 and joined the PGA Tour of Australasia. He has since played on most of the major golf tours around the world. He has won three times in Australia, and was the inaugural winner of the Von Nida Tour Order of Merit in 2003. He has also won on the Canadian Tour, at the 2002 Victoria Open.

Hend played on the United States based PGA Tour in 2004 and 2005, having gained his card at qualifying school for both seasons. In 2005, he was the first foreign player to win the 'Long Drive' statistic on the PGA Tour. Since 2007 he has played on the Asian Tour, winning for the first time in 2008 at the Indonesia President Invitational. He finished fourth on the Order of Merit in both 2007 and 2009, and in 2007 was named Rookie of the Year.

Professional wins (10)

Asian Tour wins (5)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 31 Aug 2008 Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational −16 (71-69-66-66=272) 3 strokes Taiwan Lin Wen-tang
2 8 Apr 2012 ISPS Handa Singapore Classic −11 (67-68-64=199) 1 stroke Spain Javi Colomo, United States David Lipsky,
Taiwan Lu Wei-chih, Sri Lanka Mithun Perera
3 31 Mar 2013 Chiangmai Golf Classic −20 (68-69-67-64=268) 3 strokes South Africa Bryce Easton
4 6 Oct 2013 Mercuries Taiwan Masters −3 (69-72-70-74=285) 4 strokes United States Sam Cyr
5 20 Oct 2013 Venetian Macau Open −16 (74-64-63-67=268) 3 strokes India Anirban Lahiri

Other wins (5)

  • 1999 South Australian PGA Championship (Foundation Tour)
  • 2000 Toyota Southern Classic (Development Tour)
  • 2002 Victoria Open (Canadian Tour)
  • 2003 Queensland Open, Toyota Southern Classic (both Von Nida Tour)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open CUT DNP T32 DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
The Open Championship DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Scott Hend player page". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 12 March 2011. 
  2. ↑ "Hend Carries Canadian Success onto PGA Tour". Golf Channel. 4 February 2005. Retrieved 2 September 2010. 

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