Mark Hubbard

Golf has been a part of Mark's life as long as he can remember. His parents let him nap in a baby carrier when they took lessons at The Club at Rolling Hills in Golden, Colorado. Then Mark remembers riding along in the golf cart and then taking golf lessons. He was born with natural athleticism and played everything from soccer to football to basketball to swimming to skiing. These sports helped him within golf getting better balance, body movement, and hand-eye coordination.
Hubbard went to prep school at Colorado Academy were he starred in both basketball and golf. But he was clearly the best amateur golfer in Colorado, winning both the state stroke and match play events in 2007. Only four people have ever done that. Then Hubbard went to San Jose State where he was an All-American pick for three years. He won twice during his college career including at the 2011 Western Athletic Conference Championship. He turned pro after graduating with a business management degree in 2012. After turning pro, Hubbard played on a few different mini Tours in the United States while also playing on his first professional tour, the developmental Mackenzie Tour Canada. He found himself sleeping in billet homes, on people's floors, on couches, and even in his 2001 Volvo as he traveled from British Columbia to Nova Scotia. He was fine with it, hence his nickname and Twitter handle: "Homeless Hubbs." In 2012 he played in 8 Mackenzie Tour events making the cut in seven of them with four top-ten finishes the best being a T-6th at the Players Cup. He made Canadain$18,787 which placed him 15th on the money list.
2013 Notes: He played in 9 Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada events making 8 cuts with three top-ten finishes. Was T-10th at the Great Waterway Classic, won the Wildfire Invitational and T-7th at the Tour Championship Canada. He won Canadian$40,696 which placed him 3rd in the order of merit which got him a spot on the Korn Ferry Tour for 2014. Also got to play in his first PGA Tour event missing the cut at the Reno-Tahoe Open.
2014 Korn Ferry Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 24; Rounds Played - 85; In Money - 19; Top-10 Finishes - 6; Scoring Average - 69.89 (Rank 23rd); Regular Season Money - $187,448 (Rank 18th); Finals Money - $11,315 (Rank 75th); Priority Rank - 34; Best Finish - T-2nd United Leasing Championship. Was able to secure a PGA Tour card for 2015 with an 18th place finish on the money list.
2015 Notes: Had a rough season, with 25 PGA Tour starts making 15 cuts and two top-25 finishes. Got his first top-20 at the Humana Challenge finishing T-20th and his next best finish was T-24th at the John Deere Classic. Finished 164th in the FedExCup standings. In the Korn Ferry Finals had a T-5th at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship, three back of winner Andrew Loupe and it helped him to earnings of $43,381 which ranked 24th and his 36th Priority rank got his PGA Tour card for 2016. Had one memorable moment on the first day of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-am after finishing his round at Pebble Beach, he walked off the green toward his girlfriend Meghan as the leaderboard on the big scoreboard behind the green read the words "Meghan, will you marry me?"
2016 Notes: Played in 30 PGA Tour starts making 21 cuts with five top-25 finishes. Finished 115th in the FedExCup standings. His best finish of the year was T-15th at the Puerto Rico Open. In the FedExCup playoffs missed the cut in the Northern Trust.
2017 Notes: Would be a really tough year. Played in 27 PGA Tour events and made 14 cuts with two top-25 finishes, both coming in his last two starts T-18th at the Barracuda Championship and T-24th at the Wyndham Championship. Finished 184th in the FedExCup standings and in the Korn Ferry Finals his best finish was T-46th at the Albertsons Boise Open. So he not only lost his PGA Tour card, but had to return to Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying and finished T-7th, just to get on the Korn Ferry Tour for 2018.
2018 Korn Ferry Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 26; Rounds Played - 82; In Money - 15; Top-10 Finishes - 2; Scoring Average - 70.22 (Rank 51st); Regular Season Money - $73,192 (Rank 72nd); Finals Money - $10,205 (Rank 75th); Priority Rank - 91; Best Finish - T-6th Mexico Championship & T-10th Bahamas Great Abaco.
2018 Korn Ferry Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 23; Rounds Played - 77; In Money - 16; Top-10 Finishes - 4; Scoring Average - 69.61 (Rank 5th); Regular Season Money - $265,892 (Rank 10th); Finals Points - 288.500 (Rank 14th); Priority Rank - 10; Best Finish - Winner LECOM Suncoast Classic, T-3rd Knoxville Open, 4th Albertsons Boise Open, T-6th Evans Scholars Invitational. Earned PGA Tour membership for 2020 by finishing 9th on the Korn Ferry Tour Regular Season points list.
2020 Notes: Played in 24 PGA Tour events making 19 cuts with three top-ten finishes. Was 44th in the FedExCup rankings. Got his first top-ten finish on the PGA Tour with T-10th at the Military Tribute at The Greenbrier. Was T-2nd at the Houston Open, a shot back of winner Lanto Griffin. T-9th at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. In the FedExCup playoffs was T-29th at the Northern Trust and T-51st at the BMW Championship.
2021 Notes: Played in 32 PGA Tour events making 19 cuts. Was 143rd in the FedExCup rankings. He missed the cut in two of the three Korn Ferry Tour finals.
2022 Notes: Played in 22 PGA Tour events making 16 cuts with two top-ten finishes. Was 100th in the FedExCup rankings. Both of his top-tens were back-to-back, was 3rd at the Barbasol Championship, three shots back of winner Trey Mullinax. Was 4th at the Barracuda Championship, six points back of winner Chez Reavie. In the FedExCup playoffs missed the cut at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. Played in five Korn Ferry Tour events and was T-6th at the LECOM Suncoast Classic, T-5th at the Chitimacha Louisiana Open, T-9th at the Club Car Championship, T-12th at the Veritex Bank Championship, and T-29th at the Rex Hospital Open.
2023 Notes: Held a one-shot lead after the third round of the Sanderson Farms Championship, shot 74 in the final round to finish T-5th, three back of the Mackenzie Hughes/Sepp Straka playoff. Marked the first 54-hole lead/co-lead of his career. Was T-11th at the RBC Heritage.