Scott Simpson (golfer)

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Contents 1 PGA Tour wins 2 Champions Tour wins 3 Other professional wins 4 Results in major championships 5 External links

Scott William Simpson (born September 17, 1955) is an American golfer.

Simpson was born in San Diego, California. He attended the University of Southern California, where he was two-time medalist at the NCAA Championship (1976, 1977). He turned professional in 1977 and graduated in 1978. He played on the PGA Tour from 1979, and won seven PGA Tour events between 1980 and 1998.

The highlight of Simpson's career was his victory at the 1987 U.S. Open Championship, his only win in one of golf's four majors. He birdied the 14th, 15th and 16th holes of the final round to overtake Tom Watson, and win the title at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, by one stroke with a three under par total of 277.

In 2005 Simpson turned fifty and became eligible to play senior golf. He won his first Champions Tour title in 2006.

Simpson played for the United States in the Walker Cup in 1977 and the Ryder Cup in 1987. He lists bible study among his interests and attributes his success to it.

[edit] PGA Tour wins

• 1980 (1) Western Open
• 1984 (1) Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic
• 1987 (2) Greater Greensboro Open, U.S. Open
• 1989 (1) BellSouth Atlanta Golf Classic
• 1993 (1) GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic
• 1998 (1) Buick Invitational

Major championship is shown in bold.

[edit] Champions Tour wins

• 2006 (1) Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach

[edit] Other professional wins

• 1984 Chunichi Crowns (Japan Golf Tour), Dunlop Phoenix (Japan Golf Tour)
• 1988 Chunichi Crowns (Japan Golf Tour)
• 1990 Perrier Invitational (Europe, but not a European Tour event)

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Masters	DNP	CUT	DNP	11	40	T41	T25	T27	CUT	T38
U.S. Open	T45	T23	T15	T13	T25	T15	CUT	1	T6	T6
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T65	T62	DNP	T26
PGA Championship	T30	CUT	T32	T9	T6	T12	T41	T47	CUT	T53

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
The Masters	T7	T22	T13	T11	T27	DNP	T29	DNP	CUT
U.S. Open	T14	2	T64	T46	T55	T28	T40	CUT	58
The Open Championship	T39	T57	DNP	T9	CUT	CUT	T33	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T66	CUT	DNP	T6	CUT	T54	CUT	DNP	CUT

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] External links

• Profile on the PGA Tour's official site
• Golf Stars Online - links to features and profiles