Billy Mayfair

William Fred Mayfair is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He was previously a member of the PGA Tour, where he won five times, including at the 1995 Tour Championship.

Early life

In 1966, Mayfair was born in Phoenix, Arizona. Before his fifteenth birthday, he won numerous junior golf tournaments. In 1981, he was on the cover of Boys' Life magazine as "golf's junior hotshot."

Amateur career

Mayfair attended Arizona State University and was a member of the golf team. He won the 1986 U.S. Amateur Public Links and the 1987 U.S. Amateur, defeating University of Tennessee graduate Eric Rebmann 4&3. He won the 1987 Haskins Award for the nation's top collegiate golfer.

Professional career

In 1988, Mayfair turned professional. and has won five events on the PGA Tour, including the 1995 Tour Championship. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings, going as high as 26th in 1996. He holds the distinction of being the only player to ever beat Tiger Woods in a playoff on the PGA Tour.
Mayfair was the medalist at the 2010 PGA Tour's Qualifying School. He finished 142nd on the Tour money list that year, which granted him conditional status for 2011. He finished the 2011 season 109th on the money list and retained his tour card for 2012. In 2013 and 2014 Mayfair split his playing time between the PGA Tour and the Web.com Tour, playing mostly on the Web.com Tour in 2014.
During his PGA Tour career, Mayfair made 761 starts and earned over $20.3 million.
In 2016, he joined PGA Tour Champions.

Personal life

Mayfair lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he plays out of Estrella Mountain Ranch Golf Club.
On July 31, 2006, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He had surgery on August 3 of that year and it has been reported that the cancer was contained.
In April 2021 he announced that he had been diagnosed as having autism spectrum disorder in November 2019.

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

1982 Junior PGA Championship
1986 U.S. Amateur Public Links
1987 Pacific Coast Amateur, U.S. Amateur
1988 Pacific Coast Amateur
Professional wins (5)

PGA Tour wins (5)

No.

Date

Tournament

Winning score

Margin of
victory

Runner-up

Sep 5, 1993

Greater Milwaukee Open

−18

Playoff

Results in major championships

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament		T12	T42		CUT		CUT		CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT	T37	T23		CUT		T32			T10
The Open Championship							T45		T52	CUT
PGA Championship	T5	CUT	CUT	T28	T39	T23	T52	T53	T7	T34

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters Tournament			T32	T37			T14	59		CUT
U.S. Open	CUT		T5	T10	66		CUT			T40
The Open Championship		T3	CUT							T52
PGA Championship	T74	CUT	CUT	T61		CUT	T37	T60	T47

LA = Low Amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

Most consecutive cuts made – 4
Longest streak of top-10s – 1
Results in The Players Championship

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
The Players Championship	T17	T5	CUT	CUT	T58		CUT	CUT	72	T32

CUT = missed the halfway cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

¹Cancelled due to 9/11
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Walker Cup: 1987

Professional

Four Tours World Championship: 1991