Tom Weiskopf
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| Tom Weiskopf | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Thomas Daniel Weiskopf |
| Born | November 9, 1942 Massillon, Ohio |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Career | |
| College | Ohio State University |
| Turned professional | 1964 |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions Tour |
| Professional wins | 28 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 16 |
| Champions Tour | 4 |
| Best results in Major Championships |
|
| The Masters | T2: 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975 |
| U.S. Open | T2: 1976 |
| Open Championship | Won: 1973 |
| PGA Championship | 3rd: 1975 |
Thomas Daniel Weiskopf (born November 9, 1942) is an American professional golfer who was most successful in the 1970s.
Weiskopf was born in Massillon, Ohio. He attended Benedictine High School and The Ohio State University and turned professional in 1964. His first win on the PGA Tour came at the Andy-Williams-San Diego Open in 1968, and fifteen more followed by 1982. His career season was 1973 when he won seven tournaments around the world, including British Open at Royal Troon, and he would finish that year ranked second in the world according to Mark McCormack's world golf rankings.
This was to remain his only major championship victory, but he was a four time runner up at The Masters and also came second at the 1976 U.S. Open. He was a member of the United States team in the 1973 and 1975 Ryder Cups. Weiskopf was known for skipping the 1977 Ryder Cup competition in order to go hunting.
Weiskopf joined the Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour) in 1993 and won several senior tournaments, including one senior major, the 1995 U.S. Senior Open.
Weiskopf has established a golf course design practice, with at least forty courses to his credit in many parts of the world, including Loch Lomond, the current venue of the Scottish Open. Many of the courses have received considerable praise. He has also worked as a golf analyst for CBS Sports, covering the 1981 and 1985 to 1995 Masters. He rejoined the golf analyst ranks in 2008 and 2009, contributing to ABC's coverage of The Open Championship.
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[edit] Amateur wins (1)
- 1963 Western Amateur
[edit] Professional wins (28)
[edit] PGA Tour wins (16)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feb 11, 1968 | Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational | -15 (66-68-71-68=273) | 1 stroke | Al Geiberger |
| 2 | Jul 7, 1968 | Buick Open Invitational | -8 (73-67-71-69=280) | 1 strokes | Mike Hill |
| 3 | Jun 13, 1971 | Kemper Open | -11 (66-72-70-69=277) | Playoff | Dale Douglass,  Gary Player, Lee Trevino |
| 4 | Aug 22, 1971 | IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic | -14 (67-71-66-70=274) | 1 stroke | Dave Hill |
| 5 | Feb 27, 1972 | Jackie Gleason's Inverrary Classic | -10 (69-72-69-68=278) | 1 stroke | Jack Nicklaus |
| 6 | May 13, 1973 | Colonial National Invitation | -4 (69-68-70-69=276) | 1 stroke |  Bruce Crampton, Jerry Heard |
| 7 | Jun 3, 1973 | Kemper Open | -17 (65-70-68-68=271) | 3 strokes | Lanny Wadkins |
| 8 | Jun 10, 1973 | IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic | -14 (67-71-65-71=274) | 4 strokes | Jim Barber |
| 9 | Jul 14, 1973 | British Open | -12 (68-67-71-70=276) | 3 strokes |  Neil Coles, Johnny Miller |
| 10 | Jul 29, 1973 | Canadian Open | -10 (67-73-68-70=278) | 2 strokes | Forrest Fezler |
| 11 | Apr 6, 1975 | Greater Greensboro Open | -9 (64-71-72-68=275) | 3 strokes | Al Geiberger |
| 12 | Jul 27, 1975 | Canadian Open | -6 (65-74-68-67=274) | Playoff | Jack Nicklaus |
| 13 | Jun 5, 1977 | Kemper Open | -11 (67-71-69-70=277) | 2 strokes | George Burns, Bill Rogers |
| 14 | Mar 12, 1978 | Doral-Eastern Open | -16 (67-70-67-68=272) | 1 stroke | Jack Nicklaus |
| 15 | Sep 20, 1981 | LaJet Classic | -10 (73-67-70-68=278) | 2 strokes | Gil Morgan |
| 16 | Jul 4, 1982 | Western Open | -12 (69-67-70-70=276) | 1 stroke | Larry Nelson |
Major championship is shown in bold. Weiskopf's British Open did not count as a PGA Tour win at the time, but all British Open's have now been retrospectively classified as PGA Tour events.
[edit] Other wins (8)
- 1965 Ohio Open
- 1972 Piccadilly World Match Play Championship (England, unofficial event)
- 1973 World Series of Golf (not yet a PGA Tour event), South African PGA Championship
- 1979 Argentine Open
- 1981 Benson & Hedges International Open (European Tour)
- 1982 Jerry Ford Invitational
- 1993 Chrysler Cup
[edit] Senior PGA Tour wins (4)
- 1994 Franklin Quest Championship
- 1995 U.S. Senior Open
- 1996 SBC Dominion Seniors, Pittsburgh Senior Classic
Senior major championship is shown in bold.
[edit] Major championships
[edit] Wins (1)
| Year | Championship | 54 Holes | Winning Score | Margin | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | The Open Championship | 1 shot lead | -12 (68-67-71-70=276) | 3 strokes | Neil Coles Johnny Miller |
[edit] Results timeline
| Tournament | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | T16 | T2 |
| U.S. Open | T40 | DNP | 15 | T24 | T22 |
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP | T72 | DNP | CUT | T44 |
| Tournament | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | T23 | T6 | T2 | T34 | T2 | T2 | T9 | T14 | T11 | T41 |
| U.S. Open | T30 | CUT | 8 | 3 | T15 | T29 | T2 | 3 | T4 | T4 |
| The Open Championship | T22 | T40 | T7 | 1 | T7 | 15 | T17 | T22 | T17 | CUT |
| PGA Championship | CUT | T22 | T62 | T6 | WD | 3 | T8 | T58 | T4 | CUT |
| Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | CUT | DNP | T10 | T20 | T35 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | 37 | DNP | T39 | T24 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T16 | DNP | CUT | T45 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT |
| PGA Championship | T10 | T27 | CUT | T30 | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT | T101 | CUT | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Profile on PGA Tour's official site
- Profile on sporting-heroes.net
- Profile on golfweb.com
- An article about Weiskopf's golf course design work
- A 285-acre Tom Weiskopf-designed golf course
