Dave Stockton
| Personal Information | |
|---|---|
| Birth | November 2, 1941 San Bernardino, California, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Nationality |  United States
|
| College | University of Southern California |
| Career | |
| Turned Pro | 1964 |
| Current tour | Champions Tour |
| Professional wins | 25 (PGA Tour: 10, Champions Tour: 14, Other: 1) |
| Best Results in Major Championships Wins: 2 | |
| Masters | T2: 1974 |
| U.S. Open | T2: 1978 |
| British Open | T11: 1971 |
| PGA Championship | Won 1970, 1976 |
David Knapp Stockton (born November 2, 1941) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.
Stockton was born in San Bernardino, California. He attended University of Southern California and turned professional in 1964. His first PGA Tour win came at the 1967 Colonial National Invitation. His career year was 1974, when he won three times, but his two majors, both of which were PGA Championships, came in 1970 and 1976. In 1970 he played the final round with Arnold Palmer, shooting an erratic seventy-three which included an eagle and a double-bogey back to back on the seventh and the eighth, and making only a bogey on the thirteenth despite putting a ball in the water. In the end, this effort was good enough for a two stroke victory over Palmer and Bob Murphy. Due to rain at the 1976 PGA Championship, which was held at the Congressional Country Club, the final round had to be delayed until Monday for the first time in the tournament's history. Stockton sank a ten foot birdie putt at the seventy-second hole to avoid a three-man playoff with Raymond Floyd and Don January.
Stockton joined the Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour) in 1991 and enjoyed continued success, topping the Senior Tour money list in 1993 and 1994. His fourteen senior titles include three senior majors, the 1992 and 1994 Senior Players Championships and the 1996 U.S. Senior Open. He remains competitive in his sixties, finishing in the Top 50 on the Champions Tour money list for a thiteenth consecutive season in 2004.
Stockton played for the U.S. team in the Ryder Cup in 1971 and 1977. He was the U.S.'s victorious non-playing captain in the 1991 Ryder Cup at Kiawah Island.
Stockton is married to former Orange Show beauty queen Catherine Hales. They have two children, Dave Jr. and Ron. They both play professional golf.
PGA Tour wins (10)
- 1967 (1) Colonial National Invitation
- 1968 (2) Cleveland Open Invitational, Greater Milwaukee Open
- 1970 (1) PGA Championship
- 1971 (1) Massachusetts Classic
- 1973 (1) Greater Milwaukee Open
- 1974 (3) Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open, Quad Cities Open, Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open
- 1976 (1) PGA Championship
Major championships are shown in bold.
Other wins
- 1967 Haig Scotch Foursome Invitational (with Laurie Hammer)
Champions Tour wins (14)
- 1992 (1) Mazda Presents The Senior Players Championship
- 1993 (5) Muratec Reunion Pro-Am, Southwestern Bell Classic, Franklin Quest Championship, GTE Northwest Classic, The Transamerica
- 1994 (3) Nationwide Championship, Ford Senior Players Championship, Burnet Senior Classic
- 1995 (2) GTE Suncoast Classic, Quicksilver Classic
- 1996 (2) U.S. Senior Open, First of America Classic
- 1997 (1) Franklin Quest Championship
Senior major championships are shown in bold.
Major Championships
Wins (2)
| Year | Championship | Winning Score | Margin | Runners Up |
| 1970 | PGA Championship | -1 (70-70-66-73=279) | 2 strokes |  Bob Murphy, Arnold Palmer
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| 1976 | PGA Championship (2) | +1 (70-72-69-70=281) | 1 stroke | Raymond Floyd, Don January
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Results timeline
| Tournament | 1968 | 1969 |
|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | 18 |
| U.S. Open | T9 | T25 |
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP |
| PGA Championship | T17 | T35 |
| Tournament | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | T5 | T9 | T10 | T14 | T2 | T26 | DNP | T39 | CUT | CUT |
| U.S. Open | DNP | CUT | CUT | T39 | T40 | T43 | CUT | CUT | T2 | T36 |
| The Open Championship | DNP | T11 | T31 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PGA Championship | 1 | T40 | T40 | T12 | T26 | CUT | 1 | T31 | T19 | T35 |
| Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | T26 | T31 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | T51 | CUT | T45 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP |
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PGA Championship | CUT | T43 | CUT | CUT | T39 | T59 | T53 | CUT | T48 | T68 |
| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT |
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10