Daniel Summerhays

Daniel Summerhays
Summerhays at the 2014 Players Championship
Personal information
Born (1983-12-02) December 2, 1983 (age 40)
Farmington, Utah, U.S.
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceFarmington, Utah, U.S.
Career
CollegeBrigham Young University
Turned professional2007
Current tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins1
Highest ranking53 (July 31, 2016)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT46: 2017
PGA Championship3rd: 2016
U.S. OpenT8: 2016
The Open ChampionshipT59: 2016

Daniel Summerhays (born December 2, 1983) is an American professional golfer. His brother Boyd Summerhays played on the Canadian Tour as well as the PGA Tour, and is currently the coach of the PGA Tour's Tony Finau.[2] He is the nephew of Champions Tour player Bruce Summerhays and cousin of former LPGA Tour golfer Carrie Roberts and her brothers Joe Summerhays and Bruce Summerhays Jr., who are both PGA Club Professionals.[3]

In June 2020, Summerhays announced that he was ending his professional golf play, to teach and be the golf coach at Davis High School in Kaysville, Utah, from which he had graduated.[4]

  1. ^ "Week 31 2016 Ending 31 Jul 2016" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  2. ^ "Uncover Lessons with Tony Finau". Golf Digest. January 13, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
  3. ^ "Joe Summerhays Player Profile". Professional Golfers' Association of America. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
  4. ^ Myers, Alex (June 24, 2020). "After racking up $9 million in PGA Tour earnings, this 36-year-old golfer is quitting to become a high school teacher". Golf Digest. Retrieved June 25, 2020.