| James McLean | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | James H. McLean |
| Born | 16 September 1978 Sydney, Australia |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Australia |
| Residence | Melbourne, Australia Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Career | |
| College | University of Minnesota |
| Turned professional | 2000 |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour |
| Professional wins | 1 |
James H. McLean (born 16 September 1978) is an Australian professional golfer that spent 2003 on the PGA Tour.
As a freshman, McLean was the individual champion at the 1998 NCAA Division I Championship for the University of Minnesota and was an All-American in both 1998 and 1999.[1] Also in 1998, McLean won the Minnesota State Open and Minnesota State Amateur.[2]
McLean played seven events on the European Tour in 2001,[1] where his best finish was T-10 at the Novotel Perrier Open de France.
McLean was a member of the Buy.com Tour in 2002 where he finished 84th on the money list. McLean then when to Q School where he earned his PGA Tour card.[3]
McLean was a member of the PGA Tour in 2003 where he had 19 starts. That season he became ill and received a medical exemption that enabled him to enter various PGA Tour events from 2004 to 2006.[4]
McLean played sparingly on the Japan Golf Tour in 2012 and 2013 with a best finish of T-10 at the 2012 Toshin Golf Tournament.
His father, Graeme McLean, was a footballer who played in five games for St Kilda Football Club of the Australian Football League (then known as the Victorian Football League).[4]