Jeff Maggert
Jeffrey Allan Maggert is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions.
Maggert was born in Columbia, Missouri and was raised on a golf course in The Woodlands, Texas, where he attended McCullough High School. He attended Texas A&M University, where he was an All-American member of the golf team.
Maggert turned professional in 1986. He was Player of the Year on the Ben Hogan Tour in 1990, winning two tournaments, and also played in Asia and Australia with some success. He won the 1989 Malaysian Open and the 1990 Vines Classic, an event on the Australasian Tour. He finished runner-up in the 1992 Vines Classic. Maggert's good play on the Ben Hogan Tour ensured a promotion to the PGA Tour for 1991. He has won three times and finished runner-up 16 times on the PGA Tour. He has represented the United States in the Ryder Cup three times and in the Presidents Cup once.
In April 2003, Maggert was the 54-hole leader at The Masters, having shot a third round of 66 to charge through the field. He endured a disappointing final round, that included a triple bogey on the third hole, after the ball rebounded off the bunker lip and struck him, and then a quintuple bogey on the 12th after finding the water twice. Maggert would finish in solo fifth place, his career best finish at the Masters.
Maggert withdrew from The Players Championship in 2008 after completing one round, when he learned that his older brother, Barry, had died in a single-engine airplane crash in Gilpin County, Colorado.
Maggert is the only golfer to have more than one double eagle in major championship play. He has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking, going as high as 13th in 1999.
Maggert started the 2012 season on a medical exemption after shoulder surgery in June. His 2011 season was limited to 18 events, making six cuts. He went to Q School to back up the nine starts and $567,086 on his exemption. Maggert could not satisfy his medical exemption and played the remainder of the 2012 season in the Q School/Nationwide Tour graduate category. He still managed to barely retain a PGA Tour card, finishing 123rd on the money list.
Maggert won on his Champions Tour debut in March 2014 at the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic, becoming the 17th player to do so. He also became the seventh player to win on all the PGA Tour sponsored major tours. He finished the three rounds at 11-under-par, two strokes ahead of Billy Andrade.
In May 2015, Maggert won his maiden senior major championship and second Champions Tour event at the Regions Tradition. After finishing in a tie at 14-under-par after regulation play, he defeated Kevin Sutherland in sudden-death playoff on the first extra hole with a birdie.
The following month, Maggert won his second senior major championship with a two stroke victory over Colin Montgomerie at the U.S. Senior Open. He began the final round tied for the lead with Bernhard Langer, but shot a five-under-par 65 to pull clear of the field and claim the win.
On November 10, 2019, Maggert won the season-ending event on the PGA Tour Champions, the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Maggert won the event in dramatic fashion by holing out a wedge from the fairway for eagle on the third playoff hole, defeating Retief Goosen.
Professional wins (19)
PGA Tour wins (3)
PGA Tour playoff record| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
| 1 | 1996 | Shell Houston Open |  Mark Brooks | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)
Ben Hogan Tour wins (2)
Ben Hogan Tour playoff record| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
| 1 | 1990 | Ben Hogan Knoxville Open | Greg Ladehoff | Won with eagle on first extra hole |
| 2 | 1990 | Ben Hogan Elizabethtown Open | Dicky Thompson | Lost to par on second extra hole |
| 3 | 1990 | Ben Hogan Buffalo Open | Carl Cooper, Greg Ladehoff | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)
Other wins (6)
- 1988 Texas State Open, St. Louis Open
- 1990 Texas State Open
- 1994 Texas State Open, Diners Club Matches
- 1997 Diners Club Matches
PGA Tour Champions wins (6)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
| 1 | Mar 23, 2014 | Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic | −11 | 2 strokes | Billy Andrade |
| 2 | May 17, 2015 | Regions Tradition | −14 | Playoff | Kevin Sutherland |
| 3 | Jun 28, 2015 | U.S. Senior Open | −10 | 2 strokes |  Colin Montgomerie |
| 4 | Aug 9, 2015 | Shaw Charity Classic | −16 | 4 strokes | Colin Montgomerie |
| 5 | Aug 30, 2015 | Dick's Sporting Goods Open | −14 | 2 strokes | Paul Goydos |
| 6 | Nov 10, 2019 | Charles Schwab Cup Championship | −21 | Playoff |  Retief Goosen |
PGA Tour Champions playoff record
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
| 1 | 2015 | Regions Tradition | Kevin Sutherland | Won with par on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2018 | Constellation Senior Players Championship |  Vijay Singh | Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
| 3 | 2019 | Charles Schwab Cup Championship | Retief Goosen | Won with eagle on third extra hole |
Results in major championships
CUT = missed the half-way cut"T" = tied
Summary
- Most consecutive cuts made – 7
- Longest streak of top-10s – 2
Results in The Players Championship
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
World Golf Championships
Wins (1)
Results timeline
1Cancelled due to 9/11QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = No tournament
"T" = tied
Senior major championships
Wins (2)
1 Defeated Kevin Sutherland in a sudden-death playoff: Maggert and Sutherland.Senior results timeline
Results are not in chronological order before 2017.CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place