Tom Lehman

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Thomas Edward Lehman (born March 7, 1959) is an American professional golfer.

Lehman was born in Austin, Minnesota but Alexandria, Minnesota is credited as his official Minnesota hometown. He attended the University of Minnesota, graduating with a degree in Business/Accounting and turned professional in 1982. It took him many years to become a leading tour professional. He played on the PGA Tour with little success from 1983 to 1985, and was then obliged to play elsewhere for the following six seasons. This included time in Asia and South Africa and on the second tier Ben Hogan Tour in the United States. He regained his PGA Tour card by topping the Ben Hogan Tour's 1991 money list, and has enjoyed unbroken membership of the PGA Tour since 1992. He was named PGA Tour Player of the Year in 1996.

The highlight of Lehman's career is his victory in The Open of 1996. Given that he once spent a week at Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings, and as of August 2006 is 14th on the PGA Tour career money list, it is perhaps surprising that he has only won five times on the PGA Tour, but in addition to his Open win these wins have included the prestigious Tour Championship and Memorial Tournament, and he has won at least eighteen professional events in total.

Lehman was captain of the United States 2006 Ryder Cup team.

Another defining characteristic of Lehman's career is the fact that for three years in a row (1995-97) he held the 54-hole lead at the U.S. Open, but each time failed to win.

[edit] PGA Tour wins (5)

Major championship is shown in bold.

[edit] Other professional wins (14)

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open CUT CUT DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters DNP DNP DNP T3 2 40 T18 T12 CUT T31
U.S. Open CUT DNP T6 T19 T33 3 T2 3 T5 T28
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP T59 T24 DNP 1 T24 CUT CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP CUT T39 CUT T14 T10 T29 T34
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
The Masters 6 T18 CUT CUT DNP T13 CUT
U.S. Open T23 T24 T45 DNP DNP CUT CUT
The Open Championship T4 CUT CUT T46 CUT T23 CUT
PGA Championship WD CUT T29 CUT DNP CUT CUT

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

[edit] International Teams

[edit] External links


Official World Golf Rankings | World No. 1's in Men's Golf
Severiano Ballesteros | Fred Couples | David Duval | Ernie Els | Nick Faldo | Bernhard Langer | Tom Lehman | Greg Norman | Nick Price | Vijay Singh | Tiger Woods | Ian Woosnam
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