Dave Stockton
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David Knapp Stockton is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 professional golfer
Professional golfer
In golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose his or her amateur status. A golfer who has lost his or her amateur status may not play in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated;...

 who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...

 and the Champions Tour
Champions Tour
The Champions Tour, a golf tour run by the PGA Tour, hosts a series of events annually in the United States and the United Kingdom for golfers 50 years of age and older. Many of the PGA Tour's most successful golfers have gone on to play on the Champions Tour.The Senior PGA Championship, founded in...

.

Stockton was born in San Bernardino, California
San Bernardino, California
San Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area , and serves as the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States...

. He attended the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...

 and turned professional in 1964. His first PGA Tour win came at the 1967 Colonial National Invitation. He was selected by former Colonial champions as one of two Champion's Choice invitations; he is the only Champion's Choice invitee to win the Colonial in the year of the invitation. His career year was 1974, when he won three times, but his two majors
Men's major golf championships
The men's major golf championships, commonly known as the Major Championships, and often referred to simply as the majors, are the four most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf...

, both of which were PGA Championship
PGA Championship
The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...

s, came in 1970 and 1976. In 1970 he played the final round with Arnold Palmer
Arnold Palmer
Arnold Daniel Palmer is an American professional golfer, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955...

, 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
Bob Murphy (golfer)
Robert Joseph Murphy, Jr. is an American professional golfer who was formerly a member of the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour. Murphy has won 21 tournaments as a professional.-Early years:...

. Due to rain at the 1976 PGA Championship, which was held at the Congressional Country Club
Congressional Country Club
The Congressional Country Club is a country club and golf course in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Congressional opened in 1924 and has hosted three U.S. Opens and a PGA Championship, and is an annual stop on the PGA Tour, with the AT&T National, hosted by Tiger Woods. The tournament was first...

, the final round had to be delayed until Monday. Stockton sank a fifteen-foot par putt at the seventy-second hole to avoid a three-man playoff with Raymond Floyd
Raymond Floyd
Raymond Loran "Ray" Floyd is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour....

 and Don January
Don January
Donald Ray January is an American professional golfer.January was born in Plainview, Texas, and graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas...

.

Stockton joined the Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour
Champions Tour
The Champions Tour, a golf tour run by the PGA Tour, hosts a series of events annually in the United States and the United Kingdom for golfers 50 years of age and older. Many of the PGA Tour's most successful golfers have gone on to play on the Champions Tour.The Senior PGA Championship, founded in...

) in 1991 and enjoyed continued success, topping the Senior Tour money list in 1993 and 1994. His fourteen senior titles include three senior majors
Senior major golf championships
Men's professional senior golf is for players aged 50 and above. Golf differs from all other sports in having lucrative competitions for this age group. The leading senior tour is the U.S. based Champions Tour, which was established in 1980 . It has established a roster of five major championships...

, the 1992 and 1994 Senior Players Championship
Senior Players Championship
The Senior Players Championship is one of the five major championships on golf's Champions Tour. Unlike the U.S. Senior Open, the Senior PGA Championship and the Senior British Open, it is not recognized as a major by the European Seniors Tour, and is not part of that tour's schedule. The inaugural...

s 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
Ryder Cup
The Ryder Cup is a biennial golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. The competition is jointly administered by the PGA of America and the PGA European Tour, and is contested every two years, the venue alternating between courses in the United States and Europe...

 in 1971
1971 Ryder Cup
The 19th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Old Warson Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 13½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point...

 and 1977
1977 Ryder Cup
The 22nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 12½ to 7½ points. The event was the last time that a Great Britain and Ireland team would compete for the Ryder Cup...

. He was the American's victorious non-playing captain in the 1991 Ryder Cup
1991 Ryder Cup
The 29th Ryder Cup Matches were held on The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, South Carolina.The United States team won the competition by 14½ to 13½ points, winning back the Cup when Germany's Bernhard Langer missed a six foot putt on the 18th hole of the final match, a...

 at Kiawah Island
Kiawah Island Golf Resort
The Kiawah Island Golf Resort is a resort located in Kiawah Island, South Carolina, United States, near the city of Charleston. The resort opened in May, 1976...

.

Stockton is married to former Orange Show beauty queen Catherine Hales. They have two children, Dave Jr.
Dave Stockton, Jr.
Dave Stockton, Jr. is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Stockton joined the Nationwide Tour in 1993 and won two events in his rookie year, the NIKE Connecticut Open and the NIKE Hawkeye Open. He went through qualifying school and earned his PGA Tour...

 and Ron, who both play professional golf.

When he was an active PGA Tour player, Stockton had the reputation of being one of the best putters. He wrote an excellent guide to putting called "Dave Stockton's Putt to Win", and it is still in print. In 2009, Stockton was credited with aiding the world's second-ranked golfer, Phil Mickelson
Phil Mickelson
Philip Alfred Mickelson is an American professional golfer. He has won four major championships and a total of 39 events on the PGA Tour. He has reached a career high world ranking of 2nd in multiple years. He is nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed...

 with his putting, which helped him win the 2009 Tour Championship
The Tour Championship
The Tour Championship was historically the final event of golf's PGA Tour season. Since 2007, it has been the final event of the FedEx Cup, the competition for the first official championship trophy for the PGA Tour season. From 1987 to 1996, several courses hosted the event...

.

PGA Tour wins (10)

No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner(s)-up
1 May 21, 1967 Colonial National Invitation -2 (65-66-74-73=278) 2 strokes   Charles Coody
Charles Coody
Billy Charles Coody is an American professional golfer, best known for winning the 1971 Masters Tournament.Coody was born in Stamford, Texas and raised in Abilene, Texas...

2 Jun 30, 1968 Cleveland Open Invitational -8 (69-68-67-72=276) 2 strokes   Bob Dickson
Bob Dickson
Robert B. Dickson is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.Dickson was born in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was introduced to golf at the age of five by his father, Ben, a club pro/manager at the McAlester Country Club, and later club pro at the Muskogee...

3 Jul 14, 1968 Greater Milwaukee Open -13 (68-67-71-69=275) 4 strokes   Sam Snead
Sam Snead
Samuel Jackson Snead was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of four decades. Snead won a record 82 PGA Tour events including seven majors. He failed to win a U.S...

4 Aug 16, 1970
1970 PGA Tour
The 1970 PGA Tour season was played from January 8 to December 13. The season consisted of 45 official money events. Billy Casper won the most tournaments, four, and there were six first-time winners. The tournament results and award winners are listed below....

PGA Championship
PGA Championship
The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...

-1 (70-70-66-73=279) 2 strokes   Bob Murphy
Bob Murphy (golfer)
Robert Joseph Murphy, Jr. is an American professional golfer who was formerly a member of the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour. Murphy has won 21 tournaments as a professional.-Early years:...

,   Arnold Palmer
Arnold Palmer
Arnold Daniel Palmer is an American professional golfer, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955...

5 Aug 15, 1971
1971 PGA Tour
The 1971 PGA Tour season was played from January 7 to December 12. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Lee Trevino won the most tournaments, six, and there were 10 first-time winners. The tournament results and award winners are listed below....

Massachusetts Classic -13 (71-69-69-66=275) 1 stroke   Raymond Floyd
Raymond Floyd
Raymond Loran "Ray" Floyd is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour....

6 Jul 8, 1973
1973 PGA Tour
The 1973 PGA Tour season was played from January 4 to December 1. The season consisted of 48 official money events. Jack Nicklaus won the most tournaments, seven, and there were seven first-time winners. The tournament results and award winners are listed below.-Tournament results:The following...

Greater Milwaukee Open -12 (69-63-71-73=276) 1 stroke   Homero Blancas
Homero Blancas
Homero Blancas, Jr. is an American professional golfer who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour ....

,   Hubert Green
Hubert Green
Hubert Myatt Green is an American professional golfer who has won numerous professional golf tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level....

7 Feb 17, 1974
1974 PGA Tour
The 1974 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to November 3. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Johnny Miller won the most tournaments, eight, including the first three events. There were 10 first-time winners. The tournament results and award winners are listed...

Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open -8 (68-68-71-69=276) 2 strokes   John Mahaffey
John Mahaffey
John Drayton Mahaffey, Jr. is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments including 10 PGA Tour events....

,   Sam Snead
Sam Snead
Samuel Jackson Snead was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of four decades. Snead won a record 82 PGA Tour events including seven majors. He failed to win a U.S...

8 Jul 14, 1974
1974 PGA Tour
The 1974 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to November 3. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Johnny Miller won the most tournaments, eight, including the first three events. There were 10 first-time winners. The tournament results and award winners are listed...

Quad Cities Open -13 (68-68-71-64=271) 1 stroke   Bruce Fleisher
Bruce Fleisher
-Early years and amateur career:Fleisher was born in Union City, Tennessee. He became involved in golf at age 7 by working as a caddie with his two brothers. Fleisher attended Miami-Dade Junior College and Furman University. In 1968 at age 19, he became the third youngest player to win the U.S....

9 Aug 18, 1974
1974 PGA Tour
The 1974 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to November 3. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Johnny Miller won the most tournaments, eight, including the first three events. There were 10 first-time winners. The tournament results and award winners are listed...

Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open -12 (65-65-69-69=268) 4 strokes   Raymond Floyd
Raymond Floyd
Raymond Loran "Ray" Floyd is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour....

10 Aug 15, 1976
1976 PGA Tour
The 1976 PGA Tour season was played from January 8 to November 7. The season consisted of 45 official money events. Ben Crenshaw and Hubert Green won the most tournaments, three, and there were eight first-time winners. Hubert Green's wins were in three consecutive weeks in March. Johnny Miller won...

PGA Championship
PGA Championship
The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...

+1 (70-72-69-70=281) 1 stroke   Raymond Floyd
Raymond Floyd
Raymond Loran "Ray" Floyd is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour....

,   Don January
Don January
Donald Ray January is an American professional golfer.January was born in Plainview, Texas, and graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas...



PGA Tour playoff record (0-1)
No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 1977
1977 PGA Tour
The 1977 PGA Tour season was played from January 6 to November 6. The season consisted of 45 official money events. Tom Watson won the most tournaments, five, and there were 10 first-time winners. The tournament results and award winners are listed below....

Phoenix Open   Jerry Pate
Jerry Pate
Jerome Kendrick "Jerry" Pate is an American golfer.Jerry Pate was born in Macon, Georgia. He attended the University of Alabama, where he played on the golf team. Pate had a distinguished amateur career. He won the U.S. Amateur in 1974, and the following year he was a member of victorious U.S....

Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Champions Tour wins (14)

  • 1992
    1992 Senior PGA Tour
    The 1992 Senior PGA Tour was the 13th season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 . The season consisted of 37 official money events with purses totalling $20,600,000, including four majors. Lee Trevino won the most tournaments, five...

     (1) Mazda Presents The Senior Players Championship
  • 1993
    1993 Senior PGA Tour
    The 1993 Senior PGA Tour was the 14th season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 . The season consisted of 38 official money events with purses totalling $26,500,000, including four majors. Dave Stockton won the most tournaments, five...

     (5) Muratec Reunion Pro-Am, Southwestern Bell Classic, Franklin Quest Championship, GTE Northwest Classic
    GTE Northwest Classic
    The GTE Northwest Classic was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1986 to 1995. It was played in Redmond, Washington at the Sahalee Country Club and in Kenmore, Washington at the Inglewood Country Club ....

    , The Transamerica
  • 1994
    1994 Senior PGA Tour
    The 1994 Senior PGA Tour was the 15th season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 . The season consisted of 37 official money events with purses totalling $29,150,000, including four majors. Lee Trevino won the most tournaments, six...

     (3) Nationwide Championship
    Nationwide Championship
    The Nationwide Championship was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1991 to 2000. It was played in Alpharetta, Georgia, United States, at the Country Club of the South and at the Golf Club of Georgia ....

    , Ford Senior Players Championship, Burnet Senior Classic
  • 1995
    1995 Senior PGA Tour
    The 1995 Senior PGA Tour was the 16th season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 . The season consisted of 38 official money events with purses totalling $33,650,000, including four majors. Jim Colbert and Bob Murphy won the most tournaments, four...

     (2) GTE Suncoast Classic, Quicksilver Classic
  • 1996
    1996 Senior PGA Tour
    The 1996 Senior PGA Tour was the 17th season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 . The season consisted of 39 official money events with purses totalling $37,400,000, including four majors. Jim Colbert won the most tournaments, five...

     (2) U.S. Senior Open, First of America Classic
  • 1997
    1997 Senior PGA Tour
    The 1997 Senior PGA Tour was the 18th season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 . The season consisted of 38 official money events with purses totalling $41,750,000, including four majors. Hale Irwin won the most tournaments, nine...

     (1) Franklin Quest Championship


Senior major championships
Senior major golf championships
Men's professional senior golf is for players aged 50 and above. Golf differs from all other sports in having lucrative competitions for this age group. The leading senior tour is the U.S. based Champions Tour, which was established in 1980 . It has established a roster of five major championships...

 are shown in bold.

Wins (2)

YearChampionship54 HolesWinning ScoreMarginRunners-up
1970
1970 PGA Championship
The 1970 PGA Championship was the 52nd PGA Championship played August 13-16 at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Dave Stockton won the championship and $40,000 out of the total purse of $200,000.-Final leaderboard:-External links:...

 
PGA Championship
PGA Championship
The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...

 
3 shot lead -1 (70-70-66-73=279) 2 strokes   Bob Murphy
Bob Murphy (golfer)
Robert Joseph Murphy, Jr. is an American professional golfer who was formerly a member of the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour. Murphy has won 21 tournaments as a professional.-Early years:...

,   Arnold Palmer
Arnold Palmer
Arnold Daniel Palmer is an American professional golfer, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955...

1976
1976 PGA Championship
The 1976 PGA Championship was the 58th PGA Championship played August 12–16 at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland. Dave Stockton won the championship.-Final leaderboard:-External links:* - at www.golfobserver.com...

 
PGA Championship
PGA Championship
The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...

 (2)
4 shot deficit +1 (70-72-69-70=281) 1 stroke   Raymond Floyd
Raymond Floyd
Raymond Loran "Ray" Floyd is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour....

,   Don January
Don January
Donald Ray January is an American professional golfer.January was born in Plainview, Texas, and graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas...


Results timeline

Tournament 1968 1969
The Masters DNP 18
U.S. Open
U.S. Open (golf)
The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...

T9 T25
The Open Championship
The Open Championship
The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...

DNP DNP
PGA Championship
PGA Championship
The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open 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
U.S. Open (golf)
The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...

DNP CUT CUT T39 T40 T43 CUT CUT T2 T36
The Open Championship
The Open Championship
The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...

DNP T11 T31 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship
PGA Championship
The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open 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
U.S. Open (golf)
The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...

T51 CUT T45 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP
The Open Championship
The Open Championship
The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...

DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship
PGA Championship
The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open 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
U.S. Open (golf)
The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...

DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
The Open Championship
The Open Championship
The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...

DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship
PGA Championship
The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open 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

Wins (3)

YearChampionshipWinning ScoreMarginRunner(s)-up
1992 Mazda Presents The Senior Players Championship  −11 (71−67−70−69-277) 1 stroke   J. C. Snead   Lee Trevino
Lee Trevino
Lee Buck Trevino is an American professional golfer. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex". He won six major championships over the course of his career.-Early life:...

1994 Ford Senior Players Championship (2) −17 (66−66−71−68=271) 6 strokes   Jim Albus
Jim Albus
James Christian Albus is an American golfer.Albus was born in Staten Island, New York. He attended first New Dorp High School, and went on to Bucknell University, where he was a successful baseball player. It was while he was at college that he took up golf, which was unusually late for a future...

1996 U.S. Senior Open
United States Senior Open
The U.S. Senior Open is one of the major championships in men's senior golf. It was first played in 1980 and is administered by the United States Golf Association and is recognized as a major championship by both the Champions Tour and the European Seniors Tour...

 
−11 (70−67−67−73=277) 2 strokes   DeWitt Weaver
DeWitt Weaver (golfer)
DeWitt Thompson Weaver, Jr. is an American golf consultant and former professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour....


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