Hal Sutton

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Hal Sutton
Personal information
Full name	Hal Evan Sutton
Born	(1958-04-28) April 28, 1958 (age 54) Shreveport, Louisiana
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	210 lb (95 kg; 15 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Bossier City, Louisiana
Career
College	Centenary College
Turned professional	1981
Current tour(s)	Champions Tour
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	15
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	14
Best results in Major Championships (Wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	10th: 2000
U.S. Open	T4: 1986
The Open Championship	T10: 1999
PGA Championship	Won: 1983
Achievements and awards
PGA Player of the Year	1983
PGA Tour leading money winner	1983
PGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year	1994
Payne Stewart Award	2007

Hal Evan Sutton (born April 28, 1958) is an American professional golfer who has had fourteen victories on the PGA Tour, including one major: the PGA Championship in 1983.

1 Professional career
2 Amateur wins (5)
3 Professional wins (15)
- 3.1 PGA Tour wins (14)
- 3.2 Other wins (1)
4 Major championships
- 4.1 Wins (1)
- 4.2 Results timeline
5 U.S. national team appearances
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Professional career

Sutton was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. A promising golfer at the Centenary College of Louisiana, he was named Golf Magazine's 1980 College Player of the Year. He quickly established himself as one of the PGA Tour's top young stars in the early 1980s; his first win was at the 1982 Walt Disney World Golf Classic in a playoff with Bill Britton after the two had tied at 19-under-par 269 after 72 holes.^[1]

The biggest win of Sutton's career—and his only win in a major championship—came a year later at the 1983 PGA Championship.^[2] He entered into a long drought shortly thereafter, going from 1986 to 1995 without a PGA Tour victory; he nearly lost his tour card late in the string, maintaining it only by using a one-time-only exemption for players in the top 50 of the all-time PGA Tour career money list. After this disappointing stint of play for eight years, Sutton rejuvenated his career in 1995 with a win at the B.C. Open.

In 1998, Sutton won the Valero Texas Open and the prestigious Tour Championship to finish fifth on the PGA Tour money list. Other than his spectacular 1983 season, Sutton had his best year to date in 2000 by beating Tiger Woods in the final group of The Players Championship to win. He also had an additional win to that—the Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic two starts later. He would go on to finish fourth on the PGA Tour money list. In 2001, Sutton made the cut in 22 of 26 events with one victory at the Shell Houston Open at TPC at The Woodlands and a season winnings total of $1.7 million.

Sutton ranked in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for over 50 weeks from their debut in 1986 to 1987 and then again for over 50 weeks between 1999 and 2001.^[3] He has reached the top 5 of the rankings.

After playing on four U.S. Ryder Cup teams (1985, 1987, 1999, 2002), he was named non-playing captain of the team for 2004. The competition, played at Oakland Hills Country Club, saw Europe beat the USA by 18.5 points to 9.5 points. Inevitably, Sutton came in for some criticism of his performance as captain, especially for his decision to pair Tiger Woods with Phil Mickelson on the first day of play.^[4]

In 2007 he received the Payne Stewart Award. He won it for his charitable efforts which include the establishment of the Christus Schumpert Sutton Children's Hospital in his hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana. He also teamed up with Louisianans Kelly Gibson and David Toms to raise more than $2 million in aid to Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita victims. Sutton was also awarded the Omar N. Bradley Spirit of Independence Award in 2004 and the Golf Writers Association of America's 2006 Charlie Bartlett Award with Gibson and Toms for their relief efforts. He became eligible to play on the Champions Tour in April 2008.

[edit] Amateur wins (5)

1979 Western Amateur
1980 North and South Amateur, U.S. Amateur, Western Amateur, Northeast Amateur, Eisenhower Trophy medalist

[edit] Professional wins (15)

[edit] PGA Tour wins (14)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Oct 31, 1982	Walt Disney World Golf Classic	–19 (71-63-68-67=269)	Playoff	Bill Britton
2	Mar 28, 1983	Tournament Players Championship	–5 (73-71-70-69=283)	1 stroke	Bob Eastwood
3	Aug 7, 1983	PGA Championship	–10 (65-66-72-71=274)	1 stroke	Jack Nicklaus
4	Jun 30, 1985	St. Jude Memphis Classic	–9 (65-76-73-65=279)	Playoff	David Ogrin
5	Sep 22, 1985	Southwest Golf Classic	–15 (68-67-67-71=273)	Playoff	Mike Reid
6	Jan 26, 1986	Phoenix Open	–17 (64-64-68-71=267)	2 strokes	Calvin Peete, Tony Sills
7	May 25, 1986	Memorial Tournament	–17 (68-69-66-68=271)	4 strokes	Don Pooley
8	Sep 17, 1995	B.C. Open	–15 (71-69-68-61=269)	1 stroke	Jim McGovern
9	Sep 27, 1998	Westin Texas Open	–18 (67-68-67-68=270)	1 stroke	Justin Leonard
10	Nov 1, 1998	The Tour Championship	–6 (69-67-68-70=274)	Playoff	Vijay Singh
11	Sep 12, 1999	Bell Canadian Open	–13 (69-67-70-69=275)	3 strokes	Dennis Paulson
12	Mar 27, 2000	The Players Championship	–10 (69-69-69-71=278)	1 stroke	Tiger Woods
13	Apr 23, 2000	Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic	–14 (67-64-72-71=274)	3 strokes	Andrew Magee
14	Apr 22, 2001	Shell Houston Open	–10 (70-68-71-69=278)	3 strokes	Joe Durant, Lee Janzen

PGA Tour playoff record (4–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1982	Walt Disney World Golf Classic	Bill Britton	Won with birdie on fourth extra hole
2	1985	St. Jude Memphis Classic	David Ogrin	Won with birdie on first extra hole
3	1985	Southwest Golf Classic	Mike Reid	Won with birdie on first extra hole
4	1989	Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic	Mike Donald, Tim Simpson	Donald won with birdie on fourth extra hole Sutton eliminated with par on third hole
5	1994	Federal Express St. Jude Classic	Dicky Pride, Gene Sauers	Pride won with birdie on first extra hole
6	1998	The Tour Championship	Vijay Singh	Won with birdie on first extra hole

[edit] Other wins (1)

1985 Chrysler Team Championship (with Raymond Floyd)

[edit] Major championships

[edit] Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 Holes	Winning Score	Margin	Runner-up
1983	PGA Championship	2 shot lead	-10 (65-66-72-71=274)	1 stroke	Jack Nicklaus

[edit] Results timeline

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Masters	52	CUT	DNP	T27	CUT	T31	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT	CUT	T19	6	T16	T23	T4	T31	64	T29
The Open Championship	DNP	T47 LA	CUT	T29	CUT	DNP	DNP	T11	CUT	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T29	1	T6	T65	T21	T28	T66	CUT

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	T36	DNP	T19	DNP	T7
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T10
PGA Championship	T49	T7	CUT	T31	T55	CUT	CUT	CUT	T27	T26

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
The Masters	10	36	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	T23	T24	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	T44	T60	T39	CUT	79

LA = Low Amateur
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

[edit] U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Walker Cup: 1979 (winners), 1981 (winners)
Eisenhower Trophy: 1980 (team winners and individual winner)

Professional

USA vs. Japan: 1983
Ryder Cup: 1985, 1987, 1999 (winners), 2002, 2004 (captain)
Nissan Cup: 1986
Presidents Cup: 1998 (withdrew), 2000 (winners)
UBS Cup: 2003

[edit] See also

Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

[edit] References

^ "Today in Golf History: October 31". Golfonline. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved November 30, 2007.
^ "Golf Major Championships".
^ 69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking
^ Hack, Damon (September 18, 2006). "U.S. Turns Its Focus to Playing Like a Team". The New York Times. Retrieved March 7, 2012.

[edit] External links

Hal Sutton at the PGA Tour official site

v t e PGA Championship champions

Match play era	1916 Jim Barnes 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 Jim Barnes 1920 Jock Hutchison 1921 Walter Hagen 1922 Gene Sarazen 1923 Gene Sarazen 1924 Walter Hagen 1925 Walter Hagen 1926 Walter Hagen 1927 Walter Hagen 1928 Leo Diegel 1929 Leo Diegel 1930 Tommy Armour 1931 Tom Creavy 1932 Olin Dutra 1933 Gene Sarazen 1934 Paul Runyan 1935 Johnny Revolta 1936 Denny Shute 1937 Denny Shute 1938 Paul Runyan 1939 Henry Picard 1940 Byron Nelson 1941 Vic Ghezzi 1942 Sam Snead 1943 Cancelled due to World War II 1944 Bob Hamilton 1945 Byron Nelson 1946 Ben Hogan 1947 Jim Ferrier 1948 Ben Hogan 1949 Sam Snead 1950 Chandler Harper 1951 Sam Snead 1952 Jim Turnesa 1953 Walter Burkemo 1954 Chick Harbert 1955 Doug Ford 1956 Jack Burke, Jr. 1957 Lionel Hebert

Stroke play era	1958 Dow Finsterwald 1959 Bob Rosburg 1960 Jay Hebert 1961 Jerry Barber† 1962 Gary Player 1963 Jack Nicklaus 1964‡ Bobby Nichols 1965 Dave Marr 1966 Al Geiberger 1967 Don January† 1968 Julius Boros 1969‡ Raymond Floyd 1970 Dave Stockton 1971 Jack Nicklaus 1972 Gary Player 1973 Jack Nicklaus 1974 Lee Trevino 1975 Jack Nicklaus 1976 Dave Stockton 1977 Lanny Wadkins† 1978 John Mahaffey† 1979 David Graham† 1980 Jack Nicklaus 1981 Larry Nelson 1982‡ Raymond Floyd 1983‡ Hal Sutton 1984 Lee Trevino 1985 Hubert Green 1986 Bob Tway 1987 Larry Nelson† 1988 Jeff Sluman 1989 Payne Stewart 1990 Wayne Grady 1991 John Daly 1992 Nick Price 1993 Paul Azinger† 1994 Nick Price 1995 Steve Elkington† 1996 Mark Brooks† 1997 Davis Love III 1998 Vijay Singh 1999 Tiger Woods 2000‡ Tiger Woods† 2001 David Toms 2002 Rich Beem 2003 Shaun Micheel 2004 Vijay Singh† 2005 Phil Mickelson 2006 Tiger Woods 2007 Tiger Woods 2008 Pádraig Harrington 2009 Y. E. Yang 2010 Martin Kaymer† 2011 Keegan Bradley† 2012 Rory McIlroy

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire

v t e PGA and PGA Tour Players of the Year

PGA Players of the Year 1948 Ben Hogan‡ 1949 Sam Snead‡ 1950 Ben Hogan† 1951 Ben Hogan‡ 1952 Julius Boros 1953 Ben Hogan#∞ 1954 Ed Furgol† 1955 Doug Ford† 1956 Jack Burke, Jr.‡ 1957 Dick Mayer† 1958 Dow Finsterwald† 1959 Art Wall, Jr.† 1960 Arnold Palmer‡ 1961 Jerry Barber† 1962 Arnold Palmer‡ 1963 Julius Boros† 1964 Ken Venturi† 1965 Dave Marr† 1966 Billy Casper† 1967 Jack Nicklaus† 1968 No award 1969 Orville Moody† 1970 Billy Casper† 1971 Lee Trevino‡ 1972 Jack Nicklaus‡∞∞ 1973 Jack Nicklaus† 1974 Johnny Miller† 1975 Jack Nicklaus‡ 1976 Jack Nicklaus 1977 Tom Watson‡ 1978 Tom Watson 1979 Tom Watson 1980 Tom Watson† 1981 Bill Rogers† 1982 Tom Watson‡ 1983 Hal Sutton† 1984 Tom Watson 1985 Lanny Wadkins 1986 Bob Tway† 1987 Paul Azinger 1988 Curtis Strange† 1989 Tom Kite 1990 Nick Faldo‡ 1991 Corey Pavin 1992 Fred Couples† 1993 Nick Price 1994 Nick Price‡ 1995 Greg Norman 1996 Tom Lehman† 1997 Tiger Woods† 1998 Mark O'Meara‡ 1999 Tiger Woods† 2000 Tiger Woods#∞ 2001 Tiger Woods† 2002 Tiger Woods‡ 2003 Tiger Woods 2004 Vijay Singh† 2005 Tiger Woods‡∞∞ 2006 Tiger Woods‡ 2007 Tiger Woods† 2008 Pádraig Harrington‡ 2009 Tiger Woods 2010 Jim Furyk 2011 Luke Donald 2012 Rory McIlroy‡ PGA Tour Players of the Year 1990 Wayne Levi 1991 Fred Couples 1992 Fred Couples† 1993 Nick Price 1994 Nick Price‡ 1995 Greg Norman 1996 Tom Lehman† 1997 Tiger Woods† 1998 Mark O'Meara‡ 1999 Tiger Woods† 2000 Tiger Woods#∞ 2001 Tiger Woods† 2002 Tiger Woods‡ 2003 Tiger Woods 2004 Vijay Singh† 2005 Tiger Woods‡∞∞ 2006 Tiger Woods‡ 2007 Tiger Woods† 2008 Pádraig Harrington‡ 2009 Tiger Woods 2010 Jim Furyk 2011 Luke Donald 2012 Rory McIlroy‡

† One major ‡ Two majors # Three majors ∞ One career grand slam ∞∞ Two career grand slams All of these are in the year of the award

Hal Sutton in the Ryder Cup

United States Ryder Cup captains

v t e United States Ryder Cup team – 1985

Raymond Floyd Hubert Green Peter Jacobsen Tom Kite Andy North Mark O'Meara Calvin Peete Craig Stadler Curtis Strange Hal Sutton Lanny Wadkins Fuzzy Zoeller Lee Trevino (non-playing captain)

Lost: 11.5 – 16.5

v t e United States Ryder Cup team – 1987

Andy Bean Mark Calcavecchia Ben Crenshaw Tom Kite Larry Mize Larry Nelson Dan Pohl Scott Simpson Payne Stewart Curtis Strange Hal Sutton Lanny Wadkins Jack Nicklaus (non-playing captain)

Lost: 13 – 15

v t e United States Ryder Cup team – 1999

David Duval Jim Furyk Tom Lehman Justin Leonard Davis Love III Jeff Maggert Phil Mickelson Mark O'Meara Steve Pate Payne Stewart Hal Sutton Tiger Woods Ben Crenshaw (non-playing captain)

Won: 14.5 – 13.5

v t e United States Ryder Cup team – 2002

Paul Azinger Mark Calcavecchia Stewart Cink David Duval Jim Furyk Scott Hoch Davis Love III Phil Mickelson Hal Sutton David Toms Scott Verplank Tiger Woods Curtis Strange (non-playing captain)

Lost: 12.5 – 15.5

v t e United States Ryder Cup team – 2004

Chad Campbell Stewart Cink Chris DiMarco Fred Funk Jim Furyk Jay Haas Davis Love III Phil Mickelson Kenny Perry Chris Riley David Toms Tiger Woods Hal Sutton (non-playing captain)

Lost: 9.5 – 18.5

v t e United States Presidents Cup team – 2000

Paul Azinger Notah Begay III Stewart Cink David Duval Jim Furyk Tom Lehman Davis Love III Phil Mickelson Loren Roberts Hal Sutton Kirk Triplett Tiger Woods Ken Venturi (non-playing captain)

Won: 21.5 – 10.5

v t e Players Championship champions

1974 Jack Nicklaus 1975 Al Geiberger 1976 Jack Nicklaus 1977 Mark Hayes 1978 Jack Nicklaus 1979 Lanny Wadkins 1980 Lee Trevino 1981 Raymond Floyd† 1982 Jerry Pate 1983 Hal Sutton 1984 Fred Couples 1985 Calvin Peete 1986 John Mahaffey 1987 Sandy Lyle† 1988 Mark McCumber 1989 Tom Kite 1990 Jodie Mudd 1991 Steve Elkington 1992 Davis Love III 1993 Nick Price 1994 Greg Norman 1995 Lee Janzen 1996 Fred Couples 1997 Steve Elkington 1998 Justin Leonard 1999 David Duval 2000 Hal Sutton 2001 Tiger Woods 2002 Craig Perks 2003 Davis Love III 2004 Adam Scott 2005 Fred Funk 2006 Stephen Ames 2007 Phil Mickelson 2008 Sergio García† 2009 Henrik Stenson 2010 Tim Clark 2011 K.J. Choi† 2012 Matt Kuchar

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

Persondata
Name	Sutton, Hal
Alternative names	Sutton, Hal Evan
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	April 28, 1958
Place of birth	Shreveport, Louisiana
Date of death
Place of death

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