MJ Maguire

Exempt status

• Korn Ferry Tour: Finishers 76-100 on 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Points List / Additional Qualifying Tournament Finalist (thru 2023)

JOINED TOUR

• PGA TOUR Latinoamérica: 2017
• Korn Ferry Tour: 2019

PGA TOUR Latinoamérica Victories (1)

2020-21 Season

• Shell Open

Personal

• Learned to play golf through the First Tee of St. Petersburg.
• Younger brother, Jack, is also a professional golfer who played on the Korn Ferry Tour.
• Loves dogs and tries to volunteer at local animal shelters when he has time.
• Has made four holes-in-one, two of which came at PGA TOUR venues: Torrey Pines, and TPC Sawgrass, home of THE PLAYERS.
• Tiger Woods, John Daly and Phil Mickelson would round out his dream foursome. Arnold Palmer is the most famous person he has met.
• Favorite athlete is Tom Brady.
• Favorite course is Jockey Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• First tee entrance song would be Young Jeezy's "Put On".

Special Interests

• Boating, fishing, biking

Career Highlights

2022 Season

• Live and Work in Maine Open: Played the weekend at 9-under par with rounds of 65 and 68 as he totaled a 10-under 274 for T10, his second consecutive top-10, at the Live and Work in Maine Open.
• Wichita Open Benefitting KU Wichita Pediatrics: Totaled 16-under 264, highlighted by a career-low Korn Ferry Tour round of 8-under 62 in the third round, and finished T8 at the Wichita Open Benefitting KU Wichita Pediatrics.

2021 Season

Played in eight PGA TOUR Latinoamérica tournaments and made eight cuts to end the season fifth on the Points List. His three top-10s in addition to his win helped him earn 2022 Korn Ferry Tour membership.

• Bupa Championship presented by Volvo: Opened with a 1-over 73 and shot a 75 in the third round, while posting a pair of 71s in the second and final rounds in July at PGA Riviera Maya to T8 with Rafael Becker, Rodolfo Cazaubòn and Sam Stevens.
• The Club at Weston Hills Open: Held the 54-hole lead at The Club at Weston Hills but struggled to a 1-over 73 on the final day. His undoing occurred midway through his front nine. At 2-under for the day and 20-under overall, made a double bogey at No. 6 and a bogey at No. 7. Never recovered, making 11 consecutive pars to finish the tournament, ultimately landing in a T5 with Graysen Huff.

2020 Season

Played the inaugural LOCALiQ Series, appearing in eight tournaments, making seven cuts and posting two top-10s. Finished the season 16th on the points list.

• Puerto Plata Open: Kept his momentum going in the Dominican Republic, opening with a 64 at Playa Dorada GC and posting three additional rounds in the 60s to T7 with Leandro Marelli.
• Shell Open: Shot four rounds in the 60s at Trump National Doral’s Golden Palm Course to win his first PGA TOUR Latinoamerica title. As the Tour played its first event since March, began the final round in mid-December with a three-stroke and immediately made three birdies and a par. Never faltered and eventually saw his lead balloon to five shots before Andres Gallegos went on a run narrowed his advantage to one shot. Responded with a birdie at the par-5 16th and coasted from there, defeating Gallegos by two shots.
• Classic at The Club at Weston Hills (LOCALiQ Series): Rebounded from an even-par, opening-round 72 to shoot 65-67 over his final 36 holes at The Club at Weston Hills to finish at 12-under, good for a T3 with Camilo Aguado, Brendon Doyle and Brian Carlson.
• Jacksonville Championship (LOCALiQ Series): Opened with a 7-under 64 at Hidden Hills GC in late-September. Responded with a second-round 70. Two double bogeys—at No. 12 in the second round and on No. 3 early in his final round—held him back. Finished T4 with five others, a shot out of the three-man playoff.

2019 Season

Finished the PGA TOUR Latinoamerica year 42nd on the Order of Merit, recording three top-10s in eight tournaments.

• Shell Championship: Waited for the final event of the season to post his first top-five of the year, a solo fourth at Trump National Doral’s Golden Palm Course in Miami. Used four under-par rounds, including an opening, 4-under 67 to finish four shots behind winner Augusto Núñez.
• Neuquen Argentina Classic: Began the final round at Chapelco GC only four shots off the leaders’ advantage but could only muster a Sunday, even-par 72 to fall four spots, into a T6 with five others.
• 66 JHSF Aberto do Brasil: A second-round 64 and a closing 66 helped him to a T10 with Steven Fox, Tano Goya, Jose Toledo and Jared Wolfe in Porto Feliz.

2017 Season

Played in four PGA TOUR Latinoamerica tournaments after earning conditional status at the Argentina Qualifying Tournament. Made three cuts and finished 125th on the Order of Merit.

• 112 VISA Open de Argentina presentado por Macro: In his final start of the year, opened with a 67 and closed with a 68 to T17 at the 112th edition of the tournament.
• PTLA Qualifying Tournament-Argentina: Earned conditional status on PGA TOUR Latinoamérica with a T29 finish in January.

2015 Season

• Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard: Competing as an amateur he missed the cut in first career PGA TOUR start.

Amateur Highlights

• Played college golf at the University of North Florida, where he was a two-time All-American and tallied three collegiate wins.
• Won the 108th Southern Amateur Championship in 2014 with a 4-under 284 total to defeat Australian Geoff Drakeford and Victor Perez of Albuquerque, N.M., by three shots at The Honors Course in Chattanooga, Tenn.
• 2007 Florida State team champions at Nease High School. Also won the 2007 Bobby Chapman Junior Invitational.

Q SCHOOL GRADUATE

• PGA TOUR Latinoamérica: 2017
• Korn Ferry Tour: 2018