More Information About Mark Hensby

Mark Hensby
Personal information
Full name	Mark Adam Hensby
Born	29 June 1972 (1972-06-29) (age 37) Melbourne, Australia
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Nationality	Australia
Residence	Mesa, Arizona, U.S.
Career
Turned professional	1995
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	6
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	1
European Tour	1
Nationwide Tour	3
Best results in Major Championships
The Masters	T5: 2005
U.S. Open	T3: 2005
Open Championship	T15: 2005
PGA Championship	T59: 2005

Mark Adam Hensby (born 29 June 1972) is an Australian professional golfer.

Hensby was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He grew up in Tamworth, New South Wales and attended Tamworth High School, leaving at the age of 16 to work as a postie while spending most of his time on the golf course. He moved to the United States in 1994, and having initially stayed with family friends, for a time slept in his car parked at the Cog Hill Golf & Country Club near Chicago, Illinois.^[1] He won the Illinois State Amateur Championship in 1994 before turning professional the following year. He now lives in Mesa, Arizona.

Hensby played on what is now the Nationwide Tour (formerly the Nike Tour and Buy.com Tour) for several years from 1997 before he graduated to the PGA Tour for the 2001 season. He gained his place on the elite tour by virtue of his 2nd place finish on the Buy.com Tour money list in 2000. In his rookie season, Hensby did not earn enough money to retain his card and was forced to return to the second tier for 2002, after failing to regain his place at the end of season qualifying school. In 2003, he picked up his third win on the Nationwide Tour and finished 7th on the money list, to graduate directly to the PGA Tour for the second time.

2004 was a breakthrough season for Hensby as he sought to establish himself on the PGA Tour. He collected his first win at the 2004 John Deere Classic, where he defeated John E. Morgan in a sudden-death playoff,^[1] and also had several other top 10 finishes on his way to 15th place on the end of season money list. The following season, he made an impact in the majors, finishing tied for 5th at the Masters, tied for 3rd in the U.S. Open, and tied for 15th in the British Open.^[2]

A car accident early in 2006 severely limited Hensby's ability to compete that year,^[3] but he came back in 2007 to finish just outside the top 100 on the PGA Tour money list and secure his card for following season.^[4] His struggles were not over however and in 2008, he slipped outside the top 150 to lose his fully exempt status.

Hensby won the Scandinavian Masters on the European Tour in 2005, and has also featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.^[5]

Amateur wins

• 1994 Illinois State Amateur Championship

Professional wins (6)

PGA Tour wins (1)

• 2004 John Deere Classic

European Tour wins (1)

• 2005 Scandinavian Masters by Carlsberg

Nationwide Tour wins (3)

• 1998 NIKE Fort Smith Classic
• 2000 BUY.COM Carolina Classic
• 2003 Henrico County Open

Other wins (1)

• 1996 Illinois Open Championship

Results in major championships

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

Team appearances

• Presidents Cup (International Team): 2005
• WGC-World Cup (representing Australia): 2005

References

External links

• Mark Hensby – profile on the PGA Tour's official site
• Mark Hensby – profile on the European Tour's official site
• Mark Hensby – profile on the PGA Tour of Australasia's official site

v â€¢ d â€¢ e International Presidents Cup team – 2005 Stuart Appleby â€¢ Ã�ngel Cabrera â€¢ Michael Campbell â€¢ Tim Clark â€¢ Retief Goosen â€¢ Mark Hensby â€¢ Trevor Immelman â€¢ Peter Lonard â€¢ Nick O'Hern â€¢ Adam Scott â€¢ Vijay Singh â€¢ Mike Weir â€¢ Gary Player (non-playing captain)