Al Watrous

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1 PGA Tour wins
2 Senior PGA Tour wins
3 Other wins
4 Results in major championships

Albert Andrew Watrous (1899 – December 3, 1983) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour in the early to mid-part of the Twentieth Century.

Watrous played on the 1927 and 1929 Ryder Cup teams. He was the club pro at Oakland Hills CC (Michigan) for 37 years. He became a General Motors executive after his days as a player and club pro were over. In 1979, he was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. In 1982, he was inducted with the charter class at the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame.

[edit] PGA Tour wins

1922 Canadian Open
1925 South Central Open
1932 Mid-South Open (tie with Henry Picard and Al Houghton), Mid-South Bestball (with Tommy Armour)

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[edit] Senior PGA Tour wins

[edit] Other wins

Six Michigan Opens (the last one in 1949)
Nine Michigan PGA Championships
Five Michigan PGA Senior Championships
Three Michigan Pro-Ams

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929
The Masters	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF
U.S. Open	32	37	T8	WD	T13	WD	T18	T41	T32
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	2	DNP	DNP	T7
PGA Championship	DNP	T17	T33	T9	T17	T17	DNP	T9	T3

Tournament	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
The Masters	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	T11	34	T29	7	T27	25
U.S. Open	T17	T15	T35	T13	T14	T33	T32	CUT	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T9	DNP	T17	DNP	T5	T3	DNP	T17	DNP	T9

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
The Masters	T21	32	DNP	NT	NT	NT	T32	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	52	NT	NT	NT	NT	T43	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T17	DNP	DNP	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	T33	T33	DNP

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	T35	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T42	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T17	DNP	DNP	T33	DNP	T33	DNP	T33	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1960	1961
The Masters	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	CUT
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	CUT

NYF = Tournament not yet founded
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10