Shelley Mayfield
| Shelley Mayfield | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | June 19, 1924 Liberty Hill, Texas |
| Died | March 22, 2010 (aged 85) San Antonio, Texas |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1948 |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 5 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 3 |
| Other | 2 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | T8: 1956 |
| PGA Championship | T3: 1955 |
| U.S. Open | T6: 1954 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
Shelley Mayfield (June 19, 1924 – March 22, 2010) was an American golf course architect and professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s.
Mayfield was born in Liberty Hill, Texas around Austin and grew up in Seguin near San Antonio. He was a star athlete in several sports at Seguin High School including golf, which he began playing at age 14. His team won several state championships under coach W.A. "Lefty" Stackhouse. Mayfield became a golf professional at the age of 24. Like most professional golfers of his generation, he earned his living primarily as a club pro. His first job was as an assistant for Claude Harmon at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, a position he held for two years. The two later worked together at Seminole Golf Club in Florida for one year. He served as the head professional at Rockaway Hunting Club in Cedarhurst, New York from 1950 to 1952. In 1955, Mayfield went to work at the exclusive Meadowbrook Golf and Polo Club on Long Island, where he stayed until 1963. He then became the head club pro at Brook Hollow Country Club in Dallas until 1982 when he retired.[1]
Mayfield won three PGA Tour events during his career. His best finishes in major championships (stroke play tournaments) were T6 at the 1954 U.S.Open and T8 at the 1956 Masters.[2][3] Courses that Mayfield helped design, most as a partner with famed course architect Dick Wilson, included the Doral Country Club and Pine Tree Golf Club in Florida and California's Bay Hill Golf Club and La Costa Country Club.[1] Giving back to the town where he learned to play the game, he designed the back-nine added to the course at Max Starcke Park in Seguin, Texas.
In 1992 Mayfield was elected to the Texas Golf Hall of Fame.[4]
Mayfield retired to his ranch in Carrizo Springs, Texas.[1] He died in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 85.[5]
Professional wins
PGA Tour (3)
- 1953 St. Paul Open
- 1955 Thunderbird Invitational
- 1956 Baton Rouge Open
Other
this list is probably incomplete
- 1954 San Francisco Open
- 1957 Long Island Open
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | DNP | DNP | T36 | T8 | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | T33 | T6 | T12 | T29 | CUT | DNP | T35 | CUT | DNP | CUT | DNP | DNP | WD |
| PGA Championship | DNP | QF | SF | R32 | R64 | DNP | DNP | T32 | T22 | T30 | T53 | DNP | DNP |
Note: Mayfield never played in The Open Championship.
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10
References
- ^ a b c Chiapek, Jason (May 29, 2007). "Mayfield, Stackhouse receive recognition". The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
- ^ "Tournament Results: 1956". The official site of the Masters Tournament. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
- ^ "Golf Major Championships". Retrieved 2008-02-05.
- ^ http://texasgolfhof.org/index.php/component/zoo/item/shelley-mayfield
- ^ USGA Obituary: Mayfield Dies At 85