Beau Hossler (born March 16, 1995) is an American

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from

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who has played on the PGA Tour and won the Haskins Award in college as the top collegiate golfer in the US. He qualified for the U.S. Open twice as a teen, finishing tied for 29th in the 2012 U.S. Open and had held the outright lead midway through the second round.

Early life

Hossler was born on March 16, 1995. He graduated from

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Amateur career

In 2013, Hossler started attending the

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on a golf scholarship. He won numerous awards and tournaments while playing for the Texas Longhorns men's golf. In his freshman year, he was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and an Honorable Mention All-American while coming in 3rd in the Big 12 and 35th at the NCAA Championship. In his sophomore year, he won the Johnny Hayt Collegiate Invitational, was an All-American, All-Big 12, the Big 12 Player of the year, made the Ben Hogan Award watch list, and the All-Nicklaus team while finishing tied for 2nd in the Big 12 and 5th at the NCAA Championship. In his junior year, he won five tournaments (3rd most single season wins in UT golf history): The Nike Golf Collegiate Invitational, The Arizona Intercollegiate, the John A. Burns Intercollegiate, the Lamkin Classic and the Augusta Invitational. He was again was an All-American, All-Big 12 and the Big 12 Player of the year. He won the Fred Haskins Award as the most outstanding collegiate golfer in the United States, was a Ben Hogan Award finalist, and a Jack Nicklaus Award semifinalist while finishing tied for 2nd in the Big 12 again and 5th at the NCAA Championship. During his time at Texas, they won the Big 12 Championship and made it to the NCAA Championship all three years, finishing in 13th and tied for 5th in his first two years. In his junior year, the Longhorns had the best score after the 54 hole round and made it to the Championship match where they were upset by Oregon. He also made both the

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and

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teams and qualified for the U.S. Open for the 3rd time, and tied for 58th place.

Professional career

Hossler turned professional in 2016 with one year of college eligibility left. In June 2017, Hossler secured one of twelve open qualifying places for the

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on the

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. He finished second, enabling him to play more

tournaments that season. He finished the regular season in 23rd place in the rankings, earning promotion to the

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. In April 2018, Hossler lost in a sudden-death playoff at the

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. He was co-leader after 54 holes and led the tournament by a stroke on the final hole, before Poulter birdied to force a playoff. On the first extra hole, Hossler hit his bunker shot into the water, resulting in a triple bogey to lose the playoff. This was still Hossler's best result on the PGA Tour to date.

Amateur wins

*2010 Trader Joe's Junior Championship, Stockton Sports Commission Junior *2011

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(boys 15–17) *2012 Winn Grips Heather Farr Classic *2013 Southern California Amateur *2014 Southern California Amateur,

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*2015 John Hayt Collegiate Invitational, Nike Collegiate Invite *2016 Arizona Intercollegiate,

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, John Burns Intercollegiate, Lamkin Grips SD Classic, 3M Augusta Invitational Source:

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–2)

Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order in 2020.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to

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Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Canceled after the first round due to the

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur * Junior Ryder Cup: 2012 (winners) *

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(winners) *

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