Tommy Aaron

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This article is about the golfer. For the baseball player who was the brother of Hank Aaron, see Tommie Aaron.

Tommy Aaron

Personal Information
Birth	February 22, 1937 (1937-02-22) (age 71) Gainesville, Georgia, U.S.
Nationality	United States
College	University of Florida
Career
Turned Pro	1960
Professional wins	8 (PGA Tour: 3, Champions Tour: 1, Other: 4)
Best Results in Major Championships Wins: 1
Masters	Won 1973
U.S. Open	T29: 1975
British Open	T50: 1970
PGA Championship	T2: 1972

Thomas Dean "Tommy" Aaron (born February 22, 1937) is an American professional golfer who is best known for winning The Masters Tournament in 1973.

Contents 1 Background 2 Amateur wins (4) 3 Professional wins (8) 3.1 PGA Tour wins (3) 3.2 Other wins (4) 3.3 Senior PGA Tour wins (1) 4 Major Championships 4.1 Wins (1) 4.2 Results timeline 5 External links

[edit] Background

Aaron was born in Gainesville, Georgia. He began playing golf at age 12 and won two Georgia State Amateur titles, two Southeastern Amateur events and two Georgia Open crowns in the late 1950s despite not having a golf course in his hometown. He attended the University of Florida, where he was a member of the Beta Zeta Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order, and was a member of the 1959 U.S. Walker Cup team. He won the Western Amateur in 1960.

Aaron turned professional in 1960. His first professional victory came at the 1969 Canadian Open, which was not a PGA Tour at that time. The following year he gained his first PGA Tour victory at the Atlanta Classic. In 1972, he won the Trophée Lancôme in France. Aaron's best year on tour in monetary terms was 1972 when he finished in ninth place on the PGA Tour money list.

Aaron won The Masters Tournament in 1973, which was his one major championship. He also finished in the top ten at The Masters in 1967–1970. His only other top ten major championship finishes came at the PGA Championship in 1965 and 1972. In 2000 he made the cut at The Masters at the age of 63, breaking a record previously held by Gary Player.

Aaron played for the U.S. in the Ryder Cup in 1969, 1973 and had a record of one win, one tie and four losses.

In the 1980s and 1990s Aaron played on the Senior PGA Tour, winning $3,646,302. The 1992 Kaanapali Classic on that tour was his last professional win.

[edit] Amateur wins (4)

• 1957 SEC Championship (individual)
• 1958 SEC Championship (individual)
• 1959 Sunnehanna Amateur
• 1960 Western Amateur

[edit] Professional wins (8)

[edit] PGA Tour wins (3)

• 1969 Canadian Open
• 1970 Atlanta Classic
• 1973 The Masters

Major championship is shown in bold.

[edit] Other wins (4)

• 1957 Georgia Open (as an amateur)
• 1960 Georgia Open
• 1975 Georgia Open
• 1972 Trophée Lancôme

[edit] Senior PGA Tour wins (1)

• 1992 Kaanapali Classic

[edit] Major Championships

[edit] Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Margin	Runner Up
1973	The Masters	-5 (68-73-74-68=283)	1 stroke	J. C. Snead

[edit] Results timeline

Tournament	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
The Masters	CUT	T25	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T11	T13	T8	T7	T8
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T30	DNP	DNP	T40
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T21	T8	T22	T20	T26	T57

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
The Masters	T5	T22	CUT	1	CUT	T38	42	T35	36	T28
U.S. Open	T46	DNP	T55	T45	CUT	T29	T47	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T50	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T45	CUT	T2	T44	T55	CUT	T38	CUT	DNP	T46

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Masters	CUT	48	T36	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	T50	CUT	T38
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	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters	CUT	T49	T54	CUT	CUT	DNP	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
The Masters	57	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	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.

[edit] External links

• Profile on PGA Tour's official site

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