Mackenzie Hughes

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Dundas, Ontario
High School:
Highland Secondary

What's in The Bag?

Driver:
PING G15 9°

Fairway wood:
Titleist 906F2 3W 15°

Irons:
PING i10’s 4-PW

Wedges:
PING Tour W 52°, 56°, 60°

Putter:
Odyssey Whitehot #2

Ball:
Titleist Pro V1X

Mackenzie Off the Course

Nickname:
Knife

Dream Foursome:
Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Ben Hogan

Favorite TV show(s):
Entourage, Family Guy, Seinfield

Favorite music artist:
Eminem, Drake, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Rascal Flatts

Favorite food:
Homemade Apple Pie

Favorite movie quote:
"If you ain't first, you're last!"
Ricky Bobby - Talladega Nights

Favorite activity away from the golf course:
Playing sports or working out

Funniest player on the team:
Associate Head Coach Rob Wakeling

Talent outside of golf:
Eating

Favorite course:
Chambers Bay
(University Place, Wash.)

Most memorable golf moment:
My first U.S. Amateur

I chose Kent State because:
The coaches and the great practice facility

The best thing about Coach Page:
His intensity and high expectations

• Is a member of Team Canada’s National Squad
• Owns a career 73.8 stroke average in 41 events

2011-12 Junior Season
• GCAA Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar
• GCAA All-Midwest Region
• First Team All-MAC
• MAC All-Tournament Team
• Academic All-MAC
• KSU Academic Athletic Excellence Award
• MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week for May 5
• Averaging 73.98 shots per round and owns a .661 finish percentage
• Rated 158th in the nation in the final Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings
• Was the individual medalist at the 2011 MAC Championship (Apr. 29-1) with a four-under 284 (70-67-73-74)
• Won the Bank Of Tennessee (Oct. 15-17) by seven strokes with a 13-under 203 (72-66-65). His final round 65 was the lowest score in his career and tied for the fourth lowest round in school history.
• His 203 total is the lowest 54-hole score by a Kent State golfer in 10 years. Only two other times in school history (Ben Curtis; 200, 1999 Red River Classic & Jon Mills; 202, 2000 NCAA Central Regional) has a Golden Flash shot lower than 203 in a 54-hole tournament.
• Tied for 13th at the Jack Nicklaus Invitational (Oct. 11-12) where eight of the 10 teams qualified for the 2010 NCAA Championship

2009-10 Sophomore Season
• GCAA All-Midwest Region

• First Team All-MAC

• MAC All-Tournament Team

• Academic All-MAC

• KSU Academic Athletic Excellence Award

• MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week for April 2

• His 72.86 scoring average ranked as the 12th best season average at Kent State since 1993-94

• Won one event and had a team–high four top five finished in all

• All 43 rounds played counted towards the KSU team score

• His 43 counters are tied for the second most in school history (Ben Curtis; 44, 1999-00)

• Is the first KSU player since Ben Curtis in 1999-00 to have every round count

• Had 18 rounds of par or better and a .696 finish percentage

• Won the 2010 Fireline Towson Invitational for his first collegiate win

• Shot a final round 66 to finish with a three-under 213 (73-74-66)

• Was tied for 10th and six strokes off the leaders as the day began

• Also claimed top five finishes at the Windon Memorial (t-fifth), David Toms Classic (fifth) and MAC Championship (third).

2008-09 Freshman Season
• MAC Freshman of the Year

• Second Team All-MAC

• MAC All-Tournament Team

• Played in all 13 events as a true freshman

• Averaged 75.1 per round on the year

• Had a 74.1 per round average in the eight spring events

• Played his best golf towards the end of the season, with 11 of his 12 rounds of par or better in the last eight events (24 rounds)

• He finished third at the MAC Championship and had four top 20 finishes

• Shot a two-under at the MAC Championship (72-71-69-74=286)

• Had a season best 54-hole score of 212 (73-69-70) at the Administaff ASU Invitational to tied for 18th overall

• Was runner-up at the Towson Invitational with a three-under 213 (73-70-70)

• Shot a one-over 143 (72-71) at the Maryland Intercollegiate to finish tied for 17th in his first collegiate event

• Was also the top KSU performer at the tournament.

Amateur
• Won the Kinnear Glencoe Invitational Title Calgary, Alberta in June of 2011 and also qualified for the Canadian Tour's ATB Financial Classic in late June of 2011
• Won a 2011 U.S. Open local qualifier with a two-under 69 at Beechmont Country Club (Ohio) on May 10
• Participated in the 2010 U.S. Amateur after carding a 13-under 130 (64-66) that included four eagles to win the qualifier by six strokes
• Shot a five-under 283 (69-74-71-69) to tied for fifth at the 2010 Canadian Amateur
• Tied for 10th at the 2010 Porter Cup scoring a four-under 276 (70-68-70-68)
• Wrapped up his 2009 summer with by tying for third at the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship

• Also had two runner-up finishes at the Canadian Junior and the Ontario Junior

• Tied for seventh at the Ontario Men’s Amateur

• Finished fourth on the 2009 CN Future Links Boys National Orders of Merit

• One of just eight players in Canada named to the Under-22 Canadian National Team

• Named to the team when he was only 16 years old

• Tied for 17th at the 2008 CN Future Links Ontario Championship

• Was fifth at the 2007 Ontario Men’s Amateur Championship

• Took fourth in the East Aurora International Junior Master’s in Buffalo, N.Y.

• Claimed four other top-10 finishes including the Ontario Junior Tournament of Champions (fourth), the U.S. Junior Qualifier (fourth), the Ping Eastern Canadian Junior (fourth) and the Ontario Junior (seventh).

Prior to Kent State
• Was a three-time team MVP award winner in high school

• Also lettered in volleyball and badminton

• Was a leadership mentor and a member of the Math Enrichment organization.

Personal
• Born Nov. 23, 1990

• Son to Jeff and Sandra

• Youngest of three children he has an two sisters (Alex and Jessica)

• Majoring in business administration

• Earned the highest grade point average on the team in the 2008-09 academic year.

HUGHES, Mackenzie

			Low Tour	Low	Par/-	Finish Top
Season	Rounds	Strokes	54-holes	Round	Rounds	Events	5	10	20	W-L%	Average
2008-09	38	2855	212	69	12	13	2	2	4	.522	75.1
2009-10	43	3133	208	66	18	14	4	5	7	.696	72.9
2010-11	43	3181	203	65	10	14	3	3	6	.662	74.0
Totals	124	9169	203	65	40	41	9	10	17	.631	73.9