James Oliver Hallet (born March 30, 1960)[1] is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour.

He would finish low amateur, however, and be interviewed with champion Seve Ballesteros at the end of the tournament on CBS' telecast.

[5] Hallet turned professional in 1984[1] and participated at PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament that fall but narrowly failed in earning a card.

Competing against roughly "1,000 upper echelon pros"[4] he performed extremely well, finishing runner-up behind John Huston.

[1] This circuitous journey to the PGA Tour earned him a full-length profile in The New York Times.

In the fall, at the Buick Southern Open, he had a 12-foot putt to defeat his playing partner Kenny Knox but missed.

In 1992 he did not record a top-10[7] and barely retained his PGA Tour card with a #118 spot on the money list.

[14] The 1993 season would be even more of a struggle as he missed the cut in the majority of tournaments he entered[7] and did not finish within the top 150 of the money list.

[16] He has also informally taught the girls' golf team at Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School.