Ben Crenshaw

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Ben Daniel Crenshaw (born January 11, 1952) is an American golfer. He was born in Austin, Texas. He attended and played golf at Austin High School and the University of Texas before turning professional in 1973.

Crenshaw won his first event in his rookie season on the PGA Tour, and picked up a win more seasons than not from then on. In 1984 he won The Masters, one of golf's four major championships. In the mid-1980s he suffered from Graves' disease, a disease of the thyroid, but he continued to accumulate victories, finishing with 19 on the PGA Tour, including a second Masters in 1995.

Crenshaw won several further professional events outside the PGA Tour, including individual and team titles in the World Cup of Golf in 1988.

Crenshaw is widely regarded as one of the best putters in golf history. His instructor growing up, Harvey Penick, taught Ben a smooth, effortless stroke on the greens, which allowed him to master even the speediest of greens -- including those at Augusta National Golf Club. In winning the Masters in 1995 (a victory that came a week after Penick's death), "Gentle Ben" did not record a single three-putt during the tournament.

Since 1986, Crenshaw has been a partner with Bill Coore in Coore & Crenshaw, a golf course design firm.

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[edit] PGA Tour wins (19)

Major championships are shown in bold.

[edit] Other wins (8)

[edit] Amateur wins

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
The Masters DNP DNP T19 LA T24 LA T22 T30 2 T8 T37 CUT
U.S. Open T36 LA T27 CUT CUT DNP T3 T8 T49 CUT T11
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T28 DNP DNP T5 T2 T2
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T63 T10 T8 DNP T16 2
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Masters T6 T8 T24 T2 1 T57 T16 T4 4 T3
U.S. Open T32 T11 T19 CUT CUT CUT T6 T4 T12 CUT
The Open Championship 3 T8 T15 CUT T22 T35 T21 T4 T16 T52
PGA Championship T41 CUT CUT T9 CUT T59 T11 T7 T17 T17
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters T14 T3 46 CUT T18 1 CUT 45 CUT CUT
U.S. Open CUT DNP DNP DNP T33 T71 CUT T65 CUT CUT
The Open Championship T31 T80 DNP CUT T77 T15 T27 DNP CUT DNP
PGA Championship T31 WD T73 T61 T9 T44 T69 CUT CUT CUT
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
The Masters CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT 47
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship WD DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

LA = Low Amateur
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] Notable

  • He played on four Ryder Cup teams (1981, 1983, 1987, 1995) and captained the 1999 team.
  • In 1991, Ben Crenshaw was given the Bob Jones Award, the highest honor bestowed by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf.
  • He is now a noted golf course designer, working in partnership with Bill Coore.
  • He is the 2006 Kappa Alpha Order Sportsman of the Year.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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