Dudley Hart
| Dudley Hart | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Howard Dudley Hart |
| Born |
August 4, 1968 Rochester, New York |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 14 st) |
| Nationality |
 United States
|
| Residence | Clarence, New York |
| Career | |
| College | University of Florida |
| Turned professional | 1990 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 6 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 2 |
| Other | 4 |
| Best results in major championships |
|
| Masters Tournament | T28: 2000 |
| U.S. Open | T12: 2002 |
| The Open Championship | T37: 1999, 2001 |
| PGA Championship | T6: 1993 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| PGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year |
2008 |
Howard Dudley Hart (born August 4, 1968) is an American professional golfer with two PGA Tour wins in an injury-riddled career.
Hart was born in Rochester, New York. He attended Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School in Miami, Florida.
He accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he was a member of coach Lynn Blevin and coach Buddy Alexander's Florida Gators men's golf teams from 1987 to 1990. He earned honors as the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Freshman of the Year (1987), a three-time first-team All-SEC selection, and a four-time All-American. Hart was also a member of the Gators' 1989 SEC championship team. He was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2003.
Hart turned pro in 1990 and joined the PGA Tour in 1991. His first win came in 1996 at the rain-shortened Bell Canadian Open. His second win was at the 2000 Honda Classic. Hart also finished in a three-way tie for first in the 2004 EDS Byron Nelson Championship, which he and Robert Damron lost in a playoff to Sergio García.
Although Hart has only won two PGA tournaments, he was one of the most consistent players on the Tour. From 1991 to 2009, Hart had 55 top-10 finishes, including four runner-up finishes. His best finish in a major was sixth place tie at the 1993 PGA Championship. He was injured in 2003 and had to limit his play to twenty-two starts due to a herniated disc in his back. In 2007, Hart had to take six months off from the Tour in order to care for his wife and children while his wife, Suzanne, had a softball-sized tumor removed from her lungs. He played on the Tour in 2008 using a major medical exemption. In what turned out to be his best year ever, Hart earned more than $2 million and was awarded the Tour's Comeback of the Year award. His career high Official World Golf Ranking is 21st, achieved in April 2000.
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