Don January

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Donald Ray January (born November 20, 1929) is an American professional golfer.

January was born in Plainview, Texas, and graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas. He was a member of the North Texas State (Denton, Texas) golf team that won four consecutive NCAA Division I titles.^[1]

January won 10 PGA Tour titles in his career (though never more than one in a year), with his most notable victory coming at the 1967 PGA Championship. He won the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average in 1976. He was chosen to play on the U.S. Ryder Cup team in both 1965 and 1977.

January is perhaps better known for his success on the Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour), winning 23 events including two PGA Seniors' Championships.

1 Professional wins (43)
2 Major Championships
- 2.1 Wins (1)
- 2.2 Results timeline
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Professional wins (43)

[edit] PGA Tour wins (10)

Major championship is shown in bold.

[edit] Senior PGA Tour wins (23)

Senior major championship is shown in bold.

[edit] Other senior wins (10)

1979 PGA Seniors' Championship
1982 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Sam Snead)
1984 Shootout at Jeremy Ranch (with Mike Sullivan)
1985 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Gene Littler)
1986 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Gene Littler)
1993 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Legendary Division
1994 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Legendary Division (with Gene Littler)
1997 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Legendary Division (with Gene Littler)
2001 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Demaret Division (with Gene Littler)
2004 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Demaret Division (with Gene Littler)

[edit] Major Championships

[edit] Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Margin	Runner Up
1967	PGA Championship	-7 (71-72-70-68=281)	Playoff¹	Don Massengale

¹Defeated Don Massengale in a 18 hole playoff (January 69, Massengale 71).

[edit] Results timeline

Tournament	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	36
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	T7	T19
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T49

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
The Masters	T20	T4	T20	T9	T18	CUT	T6	T26	T14	T5
U.S. Open	DNP	CUT	CUT	11	T11	CUT	T17	3	T24	WD
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	5	2	T27	T40	CUT	DNP	T12	1	T51	T15

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
The Masters	T12	T4	CUT	T10	DNP	DNP	T33	T8	T11	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	T27	T11	DNP	DNP	T29	T14	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T12	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	T10	T2	T6	T19	T7

Tournament	1980	1981	1982
The Masters	CUT	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	T19	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