Early years and amateur career

Mayfair was born in Phoenix, Arizona. Before his fifteenth birthday, he won numerous junior golf tournaments. In 1981, he was on the cover of Boys' Life magazine as "golf's junior hotshot". He attended Arizona State University and was a member of the golf team. He won the 1986 U.S. Amateur Public Links and the 1987 U.S. Amateur, defeating University of Tennessee graduate Eric Rebmann 4&3. He won the 1987 Haskins Award for the nation's top collegiate golfer.

Professional career

Mayfair turned professional in 1988 and has won five events on the PGA Tour, including the 1995 Tour Championship. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings, going as high as 26th in 1996. He holds the distinction of being the only player to ever beat Tiger Woods in a playoff on the PGA Tour (1998 Nissan Open).

Mayfair was the medalist at the 2010 PGA Tour's Qualifying School. He finished 142nd on the Tour money list that year, which granted him conditional status for 2011. He finished the 2011 season 109th on the money list and retained his tour card for 2012. In 2013 and 2014 Mayfair split his playing time between the PGA Tour and the Web.com Tour, playing mostly on the Web.com Tour in 2014.

Personal

Mayfair lives in Scottsdale, Arizona where he plays out of Estrella Mountain Ranch Golf Club. On July 31, 2006, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He had surgery on August 3 of that year and it has been reported that the cancer was contained.

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

• 1986 U.S. Amateur Public Links
• 1987 Pacific Coast Amateur, U.S. Amateur
• 1988 Pacific Coast Amateur

Professional wins

PGA Tour wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Aug 7, 1993	Greater Milwaukee Open	−18 (67-66-69-68=270)	Playoff	Mark Calcavecchia, Ted Schulz
2	Jul 9, 1995	Motorola Western Open	−9 (73-70-69-67=279)	1 stroke	Jay Haas, Justin Leonard, Scott Simpson
3	Oct 29, 1995	The Tour Championship	E (68-70-69-73=280)	3 strokes	Steve Elkington, Corey Pavin
4	Mar 1, 1998	Nissan Open	−12 (65-71-69-67=272)	Playoff	Tiger Woods
5	Aug 9, 1998	Buick Open	−17 (70-69-65-67=271)	2 strokes	Scott Verplank

PGA Tour playoff record (2-5)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1990	Greater Milwaukee Open	Ed Dougherty, Jim Gallagher, Jr.	Gallagher won with par on first extra hole
2	1990	Nabisco Championship	Jodie Mudd	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
3	1993	Greater Milwaukee Open	Mark Calcavecchia, Ted Schulz	Won with birdie on fourth extra hole Schulz eliminated with par on first hole
4	1995	Phoenix Open	Vijay Singh	Lost to par on first extra hole
5	1995	NEC World Series of Golf	Greg Norman, Nick Price	Norman won with birdie on first extra hole
6	1998	Nissan Open	Tiger Woods	Won with birdie on first extra hole
7	2001	WorldCom Classic - The Heritage of Golf	José Cóceres	Lost to par on fifth extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament	1988	1989
Masters Tournament	CUT	DNP
U.S. Open	T25 LA	T33
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	DNP	T12	T42	DNP	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT	T37	T23	DNP	CUT	DNP	T32	DNP	DNP	T10
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T44	DNP	T50	CUT
PGA Championship	T5	CUT	CUT	T28	T39	T23	T52	T53	T7	T34

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	T32	T37	DNP	DNP	T14	59	DNP	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	T5	T10	66	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	T40
The Open Championship	DNP	T3	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T52
PGA Championship	T74	CUT	CUT	T61	DNP	CUT	T37	T60	T47	DNP

LA = Low Amateur
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	6
U.S. Open	0	0	0	1	3	5	14	10
The Open Championship	0	0	1	1	1	1	6	4
PGA Championship	0	0	0	1	2	3	18	13
Totals	0	0	1	3	6	11	50	33

• Most consecutive cuts made - 4 (three times)
• Longest streak of top-10s - 1 (six times)

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

• Walker Cup: 1987 (winners)

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