Background
Hoey was born in Ballymoney but played much of his early golf at Shandon Park Golf Club in East Belfast.
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Michael Hoey
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He finished 8th on the end of season rankings in 2005, which gave him automatic promotion to the European Tour.
Career
He turned professional later that year. He played his collegiate golf in the United States. at Clemson University. Until 2009, Hoey had struggled to secure his place on the main European Tour and had mostly competed the second tier Challenge Tour where he has three tournament victories, the 2005 Bachelor-California Golf Open, the 2007 Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata, and the 2008 Banque Populaire Moroccan Classic.
Following a largely unsuccessful début season in 2006, he returned to the Challenge Tour the following year.
He regained his playing privileges on the European Tour for the 2009 season at final qualifying school. Early in 2009, Hoey finished runner-up to Retief Goosen in the Africa Open on the Sunshine Tour.
Then in April, he claimed his first European Tour title, at the Estoril Open de Portugal where he defeated Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño on the third hole of a sudden death playoff. He picked up his fourth victory on the European Tour in 2012 at the Trophée Hassan World War II His victory was set up by a third round score of 65, which took him into the lead heading into the final round.
Hoey represented Ireland, alongside Gareth Maybin at the 2007 Omega Mission Hills World Cup where they finished in 24th position.
1998 Irish Amateur Open Championship European Tour wins (5) Challenge Tour wins (4) DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut DQ = disqualified World Development = withdrew "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10. Amateur Palmer Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1999 Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2001 (winners) Professional World Cup (representing Ireland): 2007.
