fullname open pga usopen birth_place weight pgawins height nwidewins article_title prowins birth_date yearpro residence masters college name tour
john patrick hayes t64 : 2003 t19 : 2000 t64 : 2003 appleton , wisconsin 185 lb kg st on 2 6 0 1 j. p. hayes
 3 2 august 1965 1989 el paso , texas cut : 1999 utep j. p. hayes pga tour
j. p. hayes

john patrick `` j.p. '' hayes -lrb- born august 2 , 1965 -rrb- is an american professional golfer .
hayes was born and raised in appleton , wisconsin .
he attended the university of texas at el paso , where he was a member of the golf team .
he majored in marketing and graduated in 1988 .
in 1989 , he turned professional .
hayes began play on the pga tour in 1992 after earning his tour card at qualifying school -lrb- q school -rrb- .
he failed to finish high enough on the money list to retain his card and played on the nike tour -lrb- now nationwide tour -rrb- in 1993 and 1994 .
he again gained a pga tour card for the 1995 season through q school but failed to keep it .
playing the nike tour again in 1996 , he won the nike miami valley open and finished 14th on the money list .
he finished 13th at q school to earn his 1997 pga tour card .
he has played that tour ever since , returning to q school in 1997 and 2004 .
hayes has won twice on the pga tour : the 1998 buick classic and the 2002 john deere classic .
hayes became somewhat well known after disqualifying himself in a q-school qualifying event in november 2008 for mistakenly using a non-regulation ball for two strokes .
he returned to the pga tour in 2010 after finishing tied for 8th in the 2009 q school .
he retained his tour card after finishing 113th on the tour .
a knee injury halted hayes ' career in 2012 .
he was a ` motivation speaker ' for the cedarburg high school boys golf team that won the 2013 wisconsin division i state title , led by jeff van straten , a high school teammate of hayes .
hayes plans to return to competitive golf in 2014 to prepare for the champions tour .
