Wes Heffernan
Wes Heffernan (born 7 March 1977) is a Canadian professional golfer.
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Personal information | |
Born | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | 7 March 1977
Height | 6 ft 01 in (1.85 m) |
Weight | 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st) |
Nationality | |
Residence | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Career | |
College | Mount Royal College<be>University of Calgary |
Turned professional | 2000 |
Current tour(s) | Canadian Tour |
Professional wins | 11 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | 71: 2011 |
The Open Championship | DNP |
Heffernan was born in Calgary, Alberta and attended Mount Royal College and the University of Calgary.
During his time at Mount Royal College, Heffernan dominated golf in Western Canada. He racked up four wins in six tournaments between 1997 and 1998. In September 1997 he, along with teammate Scott Baird, led the Cougars to a 26-shot, team victory in the Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference Championship. Heffernan won the silver medal finishing just behind Baird. Later that fall, he put together one of his finest efforts as a Cougar, leading Mount Royal to a Western Canadian Championship at the Kamloops Golf and Country Club. He also won the individual tournament. Heffernan won his next three starts in early 1998, defeating some stiff competition from schools in the United States. In each of his three individual wins, he led Mount Royal to the overall team title each time.
He won the 2000 Alberta Amateur Championship a year after he finished runner-up in the Canadian Amateur Championship. He turned professional in 2000.
His first victory on the Canadian Tour came in 2006 at the Casino de Montreal Open for the Players Championship and he would add three more wins after that between 2007 and 2008.
Heffernan won the Alberta Open in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2018.
Heffernan has played in two major championships on the PGA Tour, the 2001 and 2011 U.S. Opens. In 2011, Heffernan's back nine in the second round of 5 under par (31) allowed him to make his first cut in a major.
Amateur wins
- 2000 Alberta Amateur Championship
Professional wins (11)
Canadian Tour wins (4)
- 2006 Casino de Montreal Open for the Players Championship
- 2007 Northern California Classic, River Nayarit Classic
- 2008 Canadian Tour Players Cup
Other wins (7)
- 2006 Alberta Open
- 2007 Alberta Open
- 2008 Alberta Open
- 2011 Alberta Open
- 2012 Alberta Open
- 2018 Alberta Open
- 2019 PGA Assistants' Championship of Canada
Results in major championships
Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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Masters Tournament | |||||||||||
U.S. Open | CUT | 71 | |||||||||
The Open Championship | |||||||||||
PGA Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Canada): 2000
Professional
- World Cup (representing Canada): 2007, 2008
External links
- Wes Heffernan at the PGA Tour official site
- Wes Heffernan at the Official World Golf Ranking official site