Tommy Bolt

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**Tommy Bolt**
Personal Information
Birth	March 31, 1918 (1918-03-31) (age 90) Haworth, Oklahoma, U.S.
Nationality	United States
College	None
Career
Professional wins	18 (PGA Tour: 15, Other: 3)
Best Results in Major Championships Wins: 1
Masters	T3: 1952
U.S. Open	Won 1958
British Open	DNP
PGA Championship	3rd/T3: 1954, 1955, 1971
Awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	2002

Thomas Henry "Tommy" Bolt (born March 31, 1918) is an American golfer.

Bolt was born in Haworth, Oklahoma. He served in the United States Army during World War II and afterwards worked as a caddie and club professional in Shreveport, Louisiana. He didn't join the PGA Tour until he was in his thirties, but he went on to win fifteen PGA Tour titles, including one major championship, the 1958 U.S. Open.

Bolt was a member of the United States Ryder Cup teams of 1955 and 1957. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2002.

1 On Ben Hogan
2 PGA Tour wins (15)
3 Senior wins
4 Results in major championships
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] On Ben Hogan

"He's the only player I have ever known to get an ovation from the fans on the practice tee. I've seen him playing practice rounds before a tournament and half the gallery was made up of other professionals. Somebody asked me once, Who's better? Jack Nicklaus or Ben Hogan? Well, my answer was, I saw Nicklaus watch Hogan practice. But I never saw Hogan watch Nicklaus."^[1]

[edit] PGA Tour wins (15)

1951 (1) North and South Open
1952 (1) Los Angeles Open
1953 (2) San Diego Open, Tucson Open
1954 (3) Miami Beach International Four-Ball (with Dick Mayer), Insurance City Open, Rubber City Open
1955 (3) Convair-San Diego Open, Tucson Open, St. Paul Open
1957 (1) Eastern Open Invitational
1958 (2) Colonial National Invitation, U.S. Open
1960 (1) Memphis Open Invitational
1961 (1) Pensacola Open Invitational

Major championship is shown in bold.

[edit] Senior wins

1969 PGA Seniors' Championship
1980 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Art Wall)
1995 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Demaret Division (with Jack Fleck)

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
The Masters	DNP	DNP	T3	T5	T12	T22	T8	CUT	T32	T30
U.S. Open	CUT	T29	T7	CUT	T6	T3	T22	WD	1	T38
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	T17	T3	T3	T65	T9	T5	T17

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
The Masters	T20	T4	CUT	T37	CUT	T8	T17	T26	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	WD	T22	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T57	WD	T30	DNP	WD	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977
The Masters	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	3	WD	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