Background
O'Hern was born in Perth, Western Australia. His father was a three-handicap golfer who played baseball for Australia, and he followed him by playing baseball for Western Australia.
O'Hern was born in Perth, Western Australia. His father was a three-handicap golfer who played baseball for Australia, and he followed him by playing baseball for Western Australia.
He was also a talented tennis player, but he chose to concentrate on golf.
O'Hern has played on both of the world's premier professional golf tours, the European Tour, and the United States based PGA Tour. In 2009, he was named the Number 1 Ticket Holder for the Fremantle Football Club. O'Hern took up golf at the age of nine and plays left-handed.
He turned professional in 1994. He was successful at the European Tour qualifying school at his first attempt in 1998 and played regularly on the European Tour from 1999 through 2007. In 2005, O'Hern began to play quite regularly in the United States.
O'Hern has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings, and he is the only player who has beaten Tiger Woods in matchplay more than once. He is coached by Neil Simpson, Peter Thomson and Lewis Freiberg of the Mount Lawley Golf Club in Perth, Western Australia. Knee surgery ended O'Hern's 2010 season after 11 events.
He started the 2011 season on a medical exemption. O'Hern satisfied his medical exemption in May 2011 with four events remaining to retain his PGA Tour status. On 6 June, O'Hern went through sectional qualifying and secured a spot in the 2011 U.S. Open.
Ball marking O'Hern's ball marking has become famous because of its originality. In an ode to his native Australia, O'Hern marks his Titleist Pro V1 with a drawn-on kangaroo. The marking has been featured in Titleist advertisements.
1991 Mount Lawley Championship PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2) Other wins (3) DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10. Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2004 PGA – 2005 Open Championship) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Australia): 2000 World Cup (representing Australia): 2004, 2007 Presidents Cup (International team): 2005, 2007.
In 2006 he became a member of the PGA Tour on the basis of his membership of the International Team at the 2005 Presidents Cup, and has since played mostly on that tour.