Tom Weiskopf

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Thomas Daniel Weiskopf (born November 9, 1942) is an American golfer who was most successful in the 1970s.

Weiskopf was born in Massillon, Ohio. He attended Benedictine High School and The Ohio State University and turned professional in 1964. His first win on the PGA Tour came at the Andy-Williams-San Diego Open in 1968, and fifteen more followed by 1982. His career season was 1973 when he won seven tournaments around the world, including British Open at Royal Troon. This was to remain his only major championship victory, but he was a four time runner up at The Masters and also came second at the 1976 U.S. Open. He was a member of the United States team in the 1973 and 1975 Ryder Cups. During this time he was acknowledged as having one of the best golf swings of any professional golfer.

Weiskopf joined the Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour) in 1993 and won several senior tournaments, including one senior major, the 1995 U.S. Senior Open.

Weiskopf has established a golf course design practice, with at least forty courses to his credit in many parts of the world, including Loch Lomond, the current venue of the Scottish Open. Many of the courses have received considerable praise. He has also worked as a golf analyst for CBS Sports.

1 PGA Tour wins (16)
2 Champions Tour wins (5)
3 Other wins (7)
4 Results in major championships
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] PGA Tour wins (16)

1968 (2) Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational, Buick Open Invitational
1971 (2) Kemper Open, IVB-Philadelphia Classic
1972 (1) Jackie Gleason's Inverrary Classic
1973 (5) Colonial National Invitation, Kemper Open, IVB-Philadelphia Classic, British Open, Canadian Open
1975 (2) Greater Greensboro Open, Canadian Open
1977 (1) Kemper Open
1978 (1) Doral - Eastern Open Invitational
1981 (1) LaJet Classic
1982 (1) Western Open

Major championship is shown in bold. Weiskopf's British Open did not count as a PGA Tour win at the time, but all British Open's have now been retrospectively classified as PGA Tour events.

[edit] Champions Tour wins (5)

1993 Chrysler Cup
1994 Franklin Quest Championship
1995 U.S. Senior Open
1996 SBC Dominion Seniors, Pittsburgh Senior Classic

Senior major championship is shown in bold.

[edit] Other wins (7)

1963 Western Amateur
1972 Piccadilly World Match Play (England, unofficial event)
1973 World Series of Golf (not yet a PGA Tour event), South African PGA Championship
1979 Argentine Open
1981 Benson & Hedges International Open (European Tour)
1982 Jerry Ford Invitational

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	T16	T2
U.S. Open	T40	DNP	15	T24	T22
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	T72	DNP	CUT	T44

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
The Masters	T23	T6	T2	T34	T2	T2	T9	T14	T11	T41
U.S. Open	T30	CUT	8	3	T15	T29	T2	3	T4	T4
The Open Championship	T22	T40	T7	1	T7	15	T17	T22	T17	CUT
PGA Championship	CUT	T22	T62	T6	WD	3	T8	T58	T4	CUT

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Masters	CUT	DNP	T10	T20	T35	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	37	DNP	T39	T24	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T16	DNP	CUT	T45	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
PGA Championship	T10	T27	CUT	T30	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	T101	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

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