Player of the Week - Charley Hoffman
2000–05: Nationwide Tour
Hoffman struggled in his first year on the
Buy.com Tour in
2000, only making four of 19 cuts. He had a better year in
2001, making 12 of 23 cuts including a top-10 finish. He only played in three events on tour in
2002, making one cut. He also played in three events on the
European Tour where he finished tied for 5th at the
Madeira Island Open and tied for 12th at the
Qatar Masters.
Hoffman did not play on the renamed Nationwide Tour in
2003 but returned in
2004 and won his first professional event at the
Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic.
In 2004, Hoffman made 13 of 15 cuts and recorded two top-10 finishes
and 10 top-25 finishes. Hoffman's breakthrough year on tour was
2005,
making 18 of 26 cuts while recording a runner up finish, 8 top-10s and
12 top-25s. He earned $212,322 on the year and finished 19th on the
money list, earning him his PGA Tour card for 2006. Hoffman also won the
2005
Straight Down Fall Classic with
Ed Cuff, Jr.
2006–09: Early PGA Tour career and first win
Hoffman made 21 of 29 cuts and recorded five top-10s and 10 top-25s. He finished tied for 46th at the
2006 U.S. Open, his first major. His best finish came at the
Frys.com Open where he finished tied for fifth. Hoffmann earned $1,115,193 and finished 82nd on the money list.
Hoffman won his first event of the
2007 season at the
Bob Hope Chrysler Classic in January. This victory lifted Hoffman into the top 100 of the
Official World Golf Rankings.
[2] Hoffman won his first PGA tour event by defeating
John Rollins
after he birdied the first hole in a playoff. The rest of 2007 was
mediocre for Hoffman though, on the year he made 18 of 30 cuts and
recorded two top-10s and 7 top-25s. He earned $1,689,366 and finished
50th on the money list and the FedEx Cup standings. He finished tied for
35th in his first
Open Championship and was cut from his first
PGA Championship. He also finished tied for 7th at the
Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe on the European Tour.
Hoffman made 19 of 29 cuts in
2008 and recorded three top-10 finishes and 6 top-25 finishes. His best finish came at the
Shell Houston Open
where he finished tied for 6th. He had his least successful year on
tour, earning $945,702 and finishing 110th on the money list.
The following year, Hoffman almost picked up his second win on Tour at the
FBR Open in
2009 but he lost in a playoff to
Kenny Perry. Hoffman recorded four top-10s and 11 top-25s in the 2009 season and finished a career high 41st on the money list.
2010–13
Hoffman won his second
PGA Tour event at the
Deutsche Bank Championship in
Boston.
[3] This victory helped Hoffman to finish 25th on the money list, the first time he finished inside the top 30.
Hoffman came close to his third PGA Tour win at the
Valero Texas Open finishing tied for 2nd with
Kevin Chappell behind tour rookie
Brendan Steele.
Hoffman best finish was T2 at the
Travelers Championship, one stroke behind
Marc Leishman.
Hoffman's best
2013 finish was a T3 at the
Valero Texas Open.
2014–16
Hoffman captured his third career PGA Tour win on November 16, 2014 at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba.
[4] He shot rounds of 66-68-67-66 for a 17-under one-shot victory over
Shawn Stefani and earned $1.098 million. In January 2015 he was runner-up at the
Humana Challenge. In the spring, he finished ninth at the
Masters Tournament. In May he finished tenth at the
Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial and was runner-up at the
AT&T Byron Nelson, and in July he finished seventh at the
RBC Canadian Open.
Hoffman won the
Valero Texas Open in April
2016, shooting a 3-under-par 69 in the final round.
Best Major Results
Masters Tournament: T9 - 2015
U.S. Open: T37 - 2016
The Open Championship: T35 - 2007
PGA Championship: T40 - 2013
United States
