Hal Sutton

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Hal Evan Sutton (born April 28, 1958) is an American golfer and captain of the 2004 American Ryder Cup team.

Sutton was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He was a promising golfer at the Centenary College of Louisiana, named GOLF magazine's 1980 College Player of the Year. He established himself as one of the PGA Tour's top young stars in the early 1980s, winning the PGA Championship in 1983. However, he then entered into a long drought, going from 1986 to 1995 without a PGA Tour victory; he nearly lost his tour card late in the string, maintaining it only by using a one-time-only exemption for players in the top 50 of the all-time PGA Tour career money list. In 2001, however, Sutton had one of his best years, making the cut in 22 of 26 events with one victory at the Shell Houston Open at TPC at The Woodlands and a season winnings total of $1.7 million USD. He has featured in the top 5 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

After playing on four U.S. Ryder Cup teams (1985, 1987, 1999, 2002), he was named non-playing captain of the team for 2004. The competition, played at Oakland Hills Country Club, saw Europe beat the USA by 18.5 points to 9.5 points. Inevitably, Sutton came in for some criticism of his performance as captain, especially for his decision to pair Tiger Woods with Phil Mickelson on the first day of play.

He will become eligible to play the Champions Tour in April 2008.

Starting in 1999 University of Dayton students started "HAL YES" which was the biggest party of the year for 3 years until the organizers graduated. The party celebrated Hal and his life.

1 PGA Tour wins (14)
2 Results in major championships
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] PGA Tour wins (14)

1982 (1) Walt Disney World Golf Classic
1983 (2) Tournament Players Championship, PGA Championship
1985 (2) St. Jude Memphis Classic, Southwest Golf Classic
1986 (2) Phoenix Open, Memorial Tournament
1995 (1) B.C. Open
1998 (2) Westin Texas Open, The Tour Championship
1999 (1) Bell Canadian Open
2000 (2) The PLAYERS Championship, Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic
2001 (1) Shell Houston Open

Major championship is shown in bold.

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Masters	52	CUT	DNP	T27	CUT	T31	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT	CUT	T19	6	T16	T23	T4	T31	64	T29
The Open Championship	DNP	T47 LA	CUT	T29	CUT	DNP	DNP	T11	CUT	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T29	1	T6	T65	T21	T28	T66	CUT

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	T36	DNP	T19	DNP	T7
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T10
PGA Championship	T49	T7	CUT	T31	T55	CUT	CUT	CUT	T27	T26

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
The Masters	10	36	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	T23	T24	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	T44	T60	T39	CUT	79

LA = Low Amateur
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