Scott Hoch

Scott Hoch
Scott Hoch
Personal information
Full name	Scott Mabon Hoch
Born	November 24, 1955 (age 68); Raleigh, North Carolina
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Residence	Orlando, Florida
Career
College	Wake Forest University
Turned professional	1979
Current tour(s)	Champions Tour
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	22
Highest ranking	11 (April 6, 1997)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	11
European Tour	1
Japan Golf Tour	3
PGA Tour Champions	3
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	2nd: 1989
PGA Championship	T3: 1987
U.S. Open	T5: 1993, 2002
The Open Championship	T8: 2002
Achievements and awards
Vardon Trophy
Vardon Trophy	1986
Byron Nelson Award	1986

Scott Mabon Hoch (born November 24, 1955) is an American professional golfer, who represented his country in the Ryder Cup in 1997 and 2002.

Hoch was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. While attending Needham B. Broughton High School, he won the 1973 NCHSAA Men's Golf State Championship. was a member of the golf team at Wake Forest University before graduating in 1978. He also played on the winning U.S. team in the Eisenhower Trophy. He turned professional in 1979.

Hoch has won several tournaments, including the Western Open, the Ford Championship at Doral, the Heineken Dutch Open and the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. He also won the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average in 1986. He has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

Hoch is widely known for missing a two-foot-long putt that would have won the 1989 Masters Tournament on the first playoff hole, which he lost to Nick Faldo on the next hole.^[2] At the 1987 PGA Championship, Hoch three-putted the 18th hole on Sunday from inside of ten feet. A two-putt would have secured a playoff spot for him.

Hoch is also well known for his infamous quote regarding playing in The Open Championship at the "home of golf" at St Andrews. Hoch referred to this course, considered hallowed ground by most golfers around the world, as "the worst piece of mess" he had ever seen.^[3]

In 1982, Hoch said that he feared he was going to die after an intruder came into his hotel room in Tucson, Arizona, held him and his wife, Sally, at gunpoint, and tied them up for an hour.^[4]

In 1989, Hoch said that he was "really hurt" after being named "Least Popular Golfer" in a poll of Tour players conducted by the Dallas Times Herald.^[4]

In May 2007, Hoch won his first Champions Tour event, the FedEx Kinko's Classic. In February 2008, he won his second and third events in consecutive weeks.

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

1977 Northeast Amateur

Professional wins (22)

PGA Tour wins (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Jul 20, 1980	Quad Cities Open	−14 (63-66-68-69=266)	3 strokes	Curtis Strange
2	Apr 25, 1982	USF&G Classic	−10 (67-69-70=206)	2 strokes	Bob Shearer, Tom Watson
3	Jul 22, 1984	Miller High Life QCO	−14 (67-67-66-66=266)	5 strokes	George Archer, Vance Heafner, Dave Stockton
4	Apr 30, 1989	Las Vegas Invitational	−24 (69-64-68-65-70=336)	Playoff	Robert Wrenn
5	Feb 20, 1994	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic	−26 (66-62-70-66-70=334)	3 strokes	Lennie Clements, Jim Gallagher, Jr., Fuzzy Zoeller
6	Sep 3, 1995	Greater Milwaukee Open	−15 (68-71-65-65=269)	3 strokes	Marco Dawson
7	Jul 14, 1996	Michelob Championship at Kingsmill	−19 (64-68-66-67=265)	4 strokes	Tom Purtzer
8	Aug 31, 1997	Greater Milwaukee Open	−16 (70-66-66-66=268)	1 stroke	Loren Roberts, David Sutherland
9	Apr 29, 2001	Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic	−16 (68-68-67-69=272)	1 stroke	Brett Quigley, Scott Simpson
10	Jul 8, 2001	Advil Western Open	−21 (69-68-66-64=267)	1 stroke	Davis Love III
11	Mar 9, 2003	Ford Championship at Doral	−17 (66-70-66-69=271)	Playoff	Jim Furyk

PGA Tour playoff record (2–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1989	Masters Tournament	Nick Faldo	Lost to birdie on second extra hole
2	1989	Las Vegas Invitational	Robert Wrenn	Won with birdie on fifth extra hole
3	1995	Shell Houston Open	Payne Stewart	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
4	2003	Ford Championship at Doral	Jim Furyk	Won with birdie on third extra hole

Champions Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	May 6, 2007	FedEx Kinko's Classic	−15 (67-66-68=201)	2 strokes	D. A. Weibring
2	Feb 10, 2008	Allianz Championship	−14 (67-67-68=202)	1 stroke	Brad Bryant, Bruce Lietzke
3	Feb 17, 2008	The ACE Group Classic	−14 (68-66-68=202)	Playoff	Brad Bryant, Tom Jenkins, Tom Kite

Champions Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2008	The ACE Group Classic	Brad Bryant, Tom Jenkins, Tom Kite	Won with birdie on first extra hole
2	2011	Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Kenny Perry)	David Eger & Mark McNulty	Lost to par on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T34
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament	DNP	T37	DNP	T27	DNP	T53	DNP	DNP	CUT	2
U.S. Open	DNP	CUT	WD	T48	DNP	T34	DNP	T36	T21	T13
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	CUT	DNP	T61	T48	T12	T41	T3	T25	T7

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	T14	T35	DNP	DNP	CUT	T7	T5	38	T16	T44
U.S. Open	T8	6	CUT	T5	T13	T56	T7	T10	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T68	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP
PGA Championship	T49	T43	CUT	T6	CUT	CUT	T61	T6	T29	T21

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Masters Tournament	CUT	T37	CUT	CUT	DNP
U.S. Open	T16	T16	T5	CUT	T53
The Open Championship	DNP	CUT	T8	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T74	T7	CUT	T57	WD

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

Summary

Tournament	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	1	0	2	3	5	18	13
U.S. Open	0	0	2	6	11	23	16
The Open Championship	0	0	0	1	1	5	2
PGA Championship	0	1	1	5	8	24	17
Totals	1	1	5	15	25	70	48

Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (1983 Masters – 1987 PGA)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (4 times)

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Eisenhower Trophy: 1978 (winners)
Walker Cup: 1979 (winners)

Professional

Presidents Cup: 1994 (winners), 1996 (winners), 1998
Ryder Cup: 1997, 2002
UBS Cup: 2001 (winners), 2002 (winners), 2003 (tie), 2004 (winners)

References

^ "Week 14 1997 Ending 6 Apr 1997" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
^ Gregory, Sean (April 9, 2008). "Hoch the Choke, 1989". Time.
^ Morfit, Cameron (January 17, 2007). "Scott Hoch Speaks Candidly About Tiger, CBS and Frank Chirkinian". Golf Magazine.
^ ^a ^b Reilly, Rick (June 12, 1989). "Hoch As...in Choke". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved September 17, 2012.

External links

Scott Hoch at the PGA Tour official site
Scott Hoch at the European Tour official site
Scott Hoch at the Japan Golf Tour official site

[w199714-1] "Week 14 1997 Ending 6 Apr 1997" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved September 25, 2019.

[2] Gregory, Sean (April 9, 2008). "Hoch the Choke, 1989". Time.

[3] Morfit, Cameron (January 17, 2007). "Scott Hoch Speaks Candidly About Tiger, CBS and Frank Chirkinian". Golf Magazine.

[choke-4] Reilly, Rick (June 12, 1989). "Hoch As...in Choke". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved September 17, 2012.

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Amateur wins

Professional wins (22)

PGA Tour wins (11)

European Tour wins (1)

Japan Golf Tour wins (3)

Other wins (4)