Zac Blair
Personal information
Full nameZachary James Blair
Born (1990-08-20) August 20, 1990
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceSt. George, Utah, U.S.[1]
SpouseAlicia Blair
Career
CollegeBrigham Young University
Turned professional2014
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Professional wins3
Highest ranking92 (October 22, 2023)[2]
(as of January 7, 2024)
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour1
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2016
U.S. OpenT40: 2014
The Open ChampionshipDNP

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

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

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

Professional wins (3)

Korn Ferry Tour wins (1)

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 United States Brandon Crick

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament20142015201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open T40
The Open Championship
PGA Championship CUT
Tournament 2019
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Zac Blair". Golf Channel. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Week 42 2023 Ending 22 Oct 2023" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Zac Blair profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Zac Blair athlete profile". Brigham Young University. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  5. ↑ "BYU Men's Golf All-Americans". Brigham Young University. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Zac Blair – Season Results". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  7. ↑ Hoggard, Rex (May 6, 2016). "Blair hits himself in head with putter, gets DQ'd". Golf Channel.com. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Zac Blair". OWGR. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
  9. ↑ Romine, Brentley (August 4, 2019). "Blair clinches PGA Tour return with Ellie Mae Classic victory". Golf Channel. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  10. ↑ Kradle, Adam (July 16, 2018). "Late addition Zac Blair wins 42nd annual Rockford Pro-Am". Rockford Register Star.
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