Richard Hoey

Exempt status

• Korn Ferry Tour: Finishers 76-100 on Regular Season points list and additional Qualifying Tournament finishers (thru 2020)

Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada Victories (1)

• 2017 Freedom 55 Financial Championship

Additional Victories (1)

• 2017 Freedom 55 Financial Championship

National Teams

• 2017 Aruba Cup

Personal

• Both sisters played golf for Long Beach State.
• First tee walk-up song would be "Centuries" by Fall Out Boy.
• Aspirations outside of golf including writing a book someday.
• Earliest golf memory is watching Tiger Woods at the Farmers Insurance tournament.

Special Interests

CURRENT YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

• Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Aetna: Carded rounds of 69-67-68-72 to finish T9 at 8-under 276 at the Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Aetna.

Career Highlights

2020 Season

• Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Aetna: Carded rounds of 69-67-68-72 to finish T9 at 8-under 276 at the Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Aetna.

2019 Season

Finished the season at No. 97 on the Regular Season points list. Recorded four top-25s in 24 starts, including a season-best T12 at the Savannah Golf Championship.

2018 Season

Finished the season at No. 71 on the Regular Season money list. Recorded three top-10 finishes in 19 starts, highlighted by a T4 at the Ellie Mae Classic at TPC Stonebrae. Finished at No. 46 in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals.

• DAP Championship presented by NewBrick: Finished T9 at 8-under 272 at the DAP Championship presented by NewBrick, his third top-10 finish of the year.
• Ellie Mae Classic at TPC Stonebrae: Carded four sub-70 rounds at the Ellie Mae Classic at TPC Stonebrae to finish the week T4.
• KC Golf Classic: Finished T9 at the KC Golf Classic to pick up his first top-10 on Tour.

2017 Season

On the strength of a dramatic win at the season-ending Freedom 55 Financial Championship, finished fifth on the Order of Merit to earn conditional status on the Korn Ferry Tour for 2018.

• Cape Breton Open: Managed weekend rounds of 67-69 to finish T10 at the Cape Breton Open.
• Mackenzie Investments Open presented by Jaguar Laval: Produced a T2 finish at the Mackenzie Investments Open, shooting a final round 5-under-par 65 to finish tied with Jonathan Garrick and Daniel Kim, eight strokes behind winner Hank Lebioda.
• Staal Foundation Open presented by Tbaytel: Shot a final round 4-under-par 68 to finish T7 at the Staal Foundation Open.
• Players Cup: Entered the final round one shot off the lead at the Players Cup, eventually finishing in a tie for sixth.
• Bayview Place Cardtronics Open presented by Times Colonist: Embarked on his professional career with a T8 finish at the Bayview Place Cardtronics Open.
• Freedom 55 Financial Open: Broke through for his first professional victory at the Freedom 55 Financial Championship. Needing at least a second-place finish to move inside The Five and earn Korn Ferry Tour status, he opened with rounds of 66-66 to sit five strokes behind through 36 holes. Took control of the tournament with an 8-under-par 62 in round three, including birdies on his final two holes to take a three-stroke advantage. After his lead dwindled to one over Jordan Niebrugge with two holes to go, Hoey holed a 12-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole to give himself a cushion, eventually winning by one and moving to fifth on the Order of Merit.
• Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada Q-School-Santee, CA: Earned status for 2018 with a T6 finish at the USA West #1 Q-School.

Amateur Highlights

• Four-time Baseline League Player of the Year in high school.
• Four-time All American Honors, Pac 12 Freshman of the Year, two-time Participant Palmer Cup.