Hubert Green

Hubert Green
Personal information
Full name	Hubert Myatt Green
Nickname	Hubie
Born	(1946-12-28) December 28, 1946 Birmingham, Alabama
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Mountain Brook, Alabama
Spouse	Becky Blair
Career
College	Florida State University
Turned professional	1969
Retired	2009
Current tour(s)	Champions Tour
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	28
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	19
European Tour	1
Japan Golf Tour	2
Champions Tour	4
Best results in Major Championships (Wins: 2)
Masters Tournament	T2: 1978
U.S. Open	Won: 1977
The Open Championship	3rd: 1977
PGA Championship	Won: 1985
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	2007 (member page)

Hubert Myatt Green (born December 28, 1946) is a former American professional golfer who won 23 professional golf tournaments on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour.

Green was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He grew up playing at the Birmingham Country Club, where his parents were members. Green played on the golf team at Florida State University, graduated in 1968 with a degree in marketing, and turned pro in 1969. He won the Houston Champions International and was the PGA Tour's Rookie of the Year in 1971. Green is among the top 38 all-time PGA Tour winners with 19 victories during his 26 years on the PGA Tour. He won two major championships: the 1977 U.S. Open which was held at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the 1985 PGA Championship which was held at the Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado. He played on three Ryder Cup teams: 1977, 1979, and 1985. In 1977, Green finished third in The Open Championship at Turnberry, that became known as the "Duel in the Sun", as Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus finished respectively 11 and 10 shots clear of Green in third place; fittingly, perhaps, Green also finished the year ranked third in Mark McCormack's world golf rankings that year.

In the 1978 Masters, Green reached the final hole about 30 minutes after Gary Player had finished a round of 64. Player had a 1-shot lead over Green, who hit a good drive and then a great approach to within three feet of the cup. Green had to back away from the putt when he overheard radio announcer Jim Kelly say something. When Green took the stroke, he pushed it a little to the right and the putt slid by. Green never blamed Kelly, however, telling Golf Digest, "Only an amateur would have been put off by the interruption — or would try to make excuses about it."

In his second season on the Senior PGA Tour in 1998, Green won the Bruno's Memorial Classic in his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. He has four career victories on the Champions Tour, which was known as the Senior PGA Tour until 2002. He retired from professional golf in 2009.

Green is active in golf course design having designed the TPC at Southwind, the site for the PGA Tour's St. Jude Classic. He also designed Greystone, the site of his victory in the Bruno's Classic, and Reynolds Plantation in Georgia.

In the spring of 2003, Green was diagnosed with oral cancer after his dentist noticed an unusual swelling on the back of his tongue after a routine cleaning and referred him to a medical specialist for evaluation. Green underwent a very difficult and painful regimen of radiation and chemotherapy treatments during the summer of 2003. By the end of 2003, however, his cancer was in remission; his weight crept up to 165 pounds from a low of 143 pounds.

In April 2007, Green was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in the Veteran's category; he was inducted in November 2007.

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

• 1966 Southern Amateur
• 1967 Alabama Amateur
• 1968 Alabama Amateur
• 1969 Southern Amateur

Professional wins (28)

PGA Tour wins (19)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	May 16, 1971	Houston Champions International	–4 (68-69-72-71=280)	Playoff	Don January
2	Apr 22, 1973	Tallahassee Open	–11 (69-67-70-71=277)	1 stroke	Jim Simons
3	Sep 23, 1973	B.C. Open	–18 (69-65-65-67=266)	6 strokes	Dwight Nevil
4	Feb 10, 1974	Bob Hope Desert Classic	–19 (72-69-66-69-65=341)	2 strokes	Bert Yancey
5	Mar 17, 1974	Greater Jacksonville Open	–12 (70-67-68-71=276)	3 strokes	John Mahaffey
6	Jun 9, 1974	IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic	–17 (70-67-66-68=271)	4 strokes	Hale Irwin
7	Nov 3, 1974	Walt Disney World National Team Championship (with Mac McLendon)	–33 (64-64-63-64=255)	1 stroke	Sam Snead & J. C. Snead, Ed Sneed & Bert Yancey
8	Sep 7, 1975	Southern Open	–16 (68-66-66-64=264)	3 strokes	John Schroeder
9	Mar 14, 1976	Doral-Eastern Open	–18 (66-70-65-69=270)	5 strokes	Mark Hayes, Jack Nicklaus
10	Mar 21, 1976	Greater Jacksonville Open	–12 (70-67-68-71=276)	2 strokes	Miller Barber
11	Mar 28, 1976	Sea Pines Heritage Classic	–10 (68-67-66-73=274)	5 strokes	Jerry McGee
12	Jun 19, 1977	U.S. Open	–2 (69-67-72-70=278)	1 strokes	Lou Graham
13	Feb 5, 1978	Hawaiian Open	–14 (69-66-68-71=274)	Playoff	Billy Kratzert
14	Mar 26, 1978	Heritage Classic	–7 (70-70-70-67=277)	3 strokes	Hale Irwin
15	Feb 11, 1979	Hawaiian Open	–21 (68-67-63-69=267)	3 strokes	Fuzzy Zoeller
16	Apr 29, 1979	First NBC New Orleans Open	–15 (69-67-69-68=273)	1 stroke	Frank Conner, Bruce Lietzke, Steve Melnyk, Lee Trevino
17	Aug 16, 1981	Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open	–20 (68-65-67-64=264)	1 stroke	Bobby Clampett, Fred Couples, Roger Maltbie
18	Oct 14, 1984	Southern Open	–15 (65-66-67-67=265)	6 strokes	Rex Caldwell, Scott Hoch, Corey Pavin
19	Aug 11, 1985	PGA Championship	–6 (67-69-70-72=278)	2 strokes	Lee Trevino

PGA Tour playoff record (2–3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1971	Houston Champions International	Don January	Won with par on fifth extra hole
2	1975	Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open	Don Bies	Lost to birdie on second extra hole
3	1978	Hawaiian Open	Bill Kratzert	Won with par on second extra hole
4	1978	World Series of Golf	Gil Morgan	Lost to par on first extra hole
5	1986	Doral-Eastern Open	Andy Bean	Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole

European Tour wins (1)

• 1977 Carroll's Irish Open

Japan Golf Tour wins (2)

• 1975 Dunlop Phoenix
• 1985 Casio World Open

Other wins (1)

• 1980 Jerry Ford Invitational (co-winner)

Champions Tour wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	May 3, 1998	Bruno's Memorial Classic	–13 (70-69-64=203)	1 stroke	Hale Irwin
2	Mar 12, 2000	Audi Senior Classic	–19 (65-70-62=197)	5 strokes	Jim Colbert, Dean Overtuff, Doug Tewell
3	Sep 17, 2000	Kroger Senior Classic	–10 (66-70-64=200)	1 stroke	Larry Nelson
4	Aug 4, 2002	Lightpath Long Island Classic	–14 (67-64-68=199)	Playoff	Hale Irwin

Champions Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2000	Home Depot Invitational	Bruce Fleisher	Lost to birdie on third extra hole
2	2002	Lightpath Long Island Classic	Hale Irwin	Won with birdie on seventh extra hole

Other senior wins (1)

• 1999 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Gil Morgan)

Major championships

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	54 Holes	Winning Score	Margin	Runner-up
1977	U.S. Open	1 shot lead	-2 (69-67-72-70=278)	1 stroke	Lou Graham
1985	PGA Championship	3 shot lead	-6 (67-69-70-72=278)	2 strokes	Lee Trevino

Results timeline

Tournament	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
The Masters	CUT	DNP	DNP	T22	T14	T9	T8	T19	T8	T2	T10
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	T55	CUT	T26	T18	6	1	CUT	24
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	4	T32	T5	3	T29	T41
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	T16	DQ	T3	DNP	T30	T62	T26	T16

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Masters	4	T11	T43	DNP	DNP	CUT	T36	T35	T19	T34
U.S. Open	T32	T37	CUT	T60	T30	CUT	T55	CUT	CUT	T9
The Open Championship	T6	T23	CUT	T19	CUT	DNP	WD	DNP	T52	DNP
PGA Championship	T68	T27	CUT	CUT	T14	1	T41	T56	WD	66

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
The Masters	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	CUT	CUT	T51	CUT	CUT	CUT

DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
DQ = Disqualified
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

U.S. national team appearances

Professional

• Ryder Cup: 1977 (winners), 1979 (winners), 1985
• World Cup: 1977

See also

• List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins
• Longest PGA Tour win streaks

External links

• Hubert Green at the PGA Tour official site
• Hubert Green at the European Tour official site
• Hubert Green at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• World Golf Hall of Fame profile