Charles Coody

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Billy Charles Coody (born July 13, 1937) is an American golfer.

Coody was born in Stamford, Texas. He graduated from Texas Christian University in 1960 and made his pro debut in 1963. He is mainly known for winning the Masters Tournament in 1971, but he had two other wins on the PGA Tour and three wins off Tour in his regular career. He played on the 1971 U.S. Ryder Cup team.

As a senior, he played on the Senior PGA Tour/Champions Tour, winning five times. He was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2000. Coody played his final Masters Tournament in 2006, then retired from active competition.

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[edit] PGA Tour wins

Major championship is shown in bold.

[edit] Other regular career wins

  • 1971 World Series of Golf
  • 1973 John Player Classic, W.B. & H.O. Wills Masters

[edit] Champions Tour wins

  • 1989 General Tire Las Vegas Classic
  • 1990 Vantage Championship
  • 1991 NYNEX Commemorative, Transamerica Senior Golf Championship
  • 1996 du Maurier Champions

[edit] Other senior career wins

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
The Masters DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP CUT DNP T30 T5
U.S. Open CUT CUT DNP CUT CUT CUT T52 T28 T16 T13
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP T8 T7
Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
The Masters T12 1 T12 T29 T29 T40 T5 CUT CUT T34
U.S. Open T64 T63 CUT T29 CUT CUT T38 DNP T30 DNP
The Open Championship DNP T5 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship T35 CUT 15 T35 DNP CUT T8 4 CUT CUT
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Masters T38 T40 CUT T36 CUT T44 CUT CUT CUT T38
U.S. Open T47 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship T41 74 DNP T55 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters CUT CUT DNP T57 CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
The Masters CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP 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

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