Scott Hend

Scott Robert Hend (born 1973) is an Australian professional golfer, renowned as a long hitter.

Hend turned professional in 1997 and joined the PGA Tour of Australasia. He has since played on most of the major golf tours around the world. He has won three times in Australia, and was the inaugural winner of the Von Nida Tour Order of Merit in 2003. He has also won on the Canadian Tour, at the 2002 Victoria Open.

Hend played on the United States-based PGA Tour in 2004 and 2005, having gained his card at qualifying school for both seasons. In 2005, he was the first foreign player to win the 'Long Drive' statistic on the PGA Tour. Since 2007 he has played on the Asian Tour, winning for the first time in 2008 at the Indonesia President Invitational. He finished fourth on the Order of Merit in both 2007 and 2009, and in 2007 was named Rookie of the Year.

In June 2016, Hend won the Queen's Cup in Thailand by one stroke, for his ninth victory on the Asian Tour. This moved him up into a tie for third place on the all-time winners list, behind only Prayad Marksaeng and Thongchai Jaidee. He went on the win the 2016 Asian Tour Order of Merit.

European Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	19 Oct 2014	Hong Kong Open1	−13 (67-66-67-67=267)	Playoff	Angelo Que
2	13 Mar 2016	True Thailand Classic1	−18 (68-64-70-68=270)	1 stroke	Piya Swangarunporn

¹ Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour

European Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2014	Hong Kong Open	Angelo Que	Won with par on first extra hole
2	2016	Omega European Masters	Alexander Norén	Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Asian Tour wins (9)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	31 Aug 2008	Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational	−16 (71-69-66-66=272)	3 strokes	Lin Wen-tang
2	8 Apr 2012	ISPS Handa Singapore Classic	−11 (67-68-64=199)	1 stroke	Javier Colomo, David Lipsky, Lu Wei-chih, Mithun Perera
3	31 Mar 2013	Chiangmai Golf Classic	−20 (68-69-67-64=268)	3 strokes	Bryce Easton
4	6 Oct 2013	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	−3 (69-72-70-74=285)	4 strokes	Sam Cyr
5	20 Oct 2013	Venetian Macau Open	−16 (74-64-63-67=268)	3 strokes	Anirban Lahiri
6	19 Oct 2014	Hong Kong Open1	−13 (67-66-67-67=267)	Playoff	Angelo Que
7	18 Oct 2015	Venetian Macao Open (2)	−20 (66-68-64-66=268)	3 strokes	Anirban Lahiri, Chiragh Kumar
8	13 Mar 2016	True Thailand Classic1	−18 (68-64-70-68=270)	1 stroke	Piya Swangarunporn
9	19 Jun 2016	Queen's Cup	−15 (69-69-64-67=269)	1 stroke	Gunn Charoenkul

¹ Co-sanctioned with the European Tour

Other wins (5)

• 1999 South Australian PGA Championship (Foundation Tour)
• 2000 Toyota Southern Classic (Development Tour)
• 2002 Victoria Open (Canadian Tour)
• 2003 Queensland Open, Toyota Southern Classic (both Von Nida Tour)

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

DNP = Did not play
"T" = tied