D. A. Weibring

D.A. Weibring
Personal information
Full name Donald Albert Weibring, Jr.
Born May 25, 1953 (1953-05-25) (age 58)
Quincy, Illinois
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st)
Nationality  United States
Residence Rancho Santa Fe, California
Career
College Illinois State University
Turned professional 1975
Current tour(s) Champions Tour
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Professional wins 13
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 5
Japan Golf Tour 1
Champions Tour 5
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament T7: 1987
U.S. Open T3: 1988
The Open Championship T8: 1985
PGA Championship T3: 1987
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour Comeback
Player of the Year		 1991

Donald Albert "D.A." Weibring, Jr. (born May 25, 1953) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments including several on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour.

Weibring was born in Quincy, Illinois. His father started him playing golf at a young age. In 1975, Weibring graduated from Illinois State University with a Bachelor of Business Administration and turned pro later that year.[1]

Weibring won five PGA Tour events. His first was in 1979 at Quad Cities — an event he would win three times. His last Tour victory was at the Canon Greater Hartford Open in 1996. Weibring had five top-10 finishes in major championships — twice at the PGA Championship, and one in each of the others.[2]

Weibring joined the Champions Tour after turning 50 in May 2003, and has won five times thus far. In 2004, he led the Champions Tour with 15 top-10 finishes in 25 appearances including a wire-to-wire win at the Allianz Championship.

Weibring was inducted into the Illinois PGA Hall of Fame in 2001. He has his own golf course design and management company. He has three children: two daughters (Allison & Katy) and one son (Matt). His son was a two-time All American golfer at Georgia Tech and current player on the Nationwide Tour.[3]

Contents

Professional wins (13)

PGA Tour wins (5)

No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner-up
1 Jul 22, 1979 Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad Cities Open -14 (67-65-69-65=266) 2 strokes Calvin Peete
2 Aug 23, 1987 Beatrice Western Open -9 (70-69-68=207) 1 stroke Larry Nelson, Greg Norman
3 Sep 15, 1991 Hardee's Golf Classic -13 (68-67-68-64=267) 1 stroke Paul Azinger, Peter Jacobsen
4 Sep 24, 1995 Quad City Classic -13 (64-65-68=197) 1 stroke Jonathan Kaye
5 Jun 30, 1996 Canon Greater Hartford Open -10 (68-65-70-67=270) 4 strokes Tom Kite

PGA Tour playoff record (0-2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1980 Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational Tom Watson Lost to par on first extra hole
2 1991 Las Vegas Invitational Andrew Magee Lost to par on second extra hole

Other wins (3)

Champions Tour wins (5)

Legend
Champions Tour Major Championships (1)
Other Champions Tour (4)
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of
Victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 Sep 21, 2003 SAS Championship -13 (65-72-66=203) 1 stroke Tom Kite, Bobby Wadkins
2 May 23, 2004 Allianz Championship -9 (65-68-71=204) 3 strokes Tom Jenkins
3 May 22, 2005 Bruno's Memorial Classic -15 (67-65-69=201) 2 strokes Tom Jenkins, Tom Kite
4 Aug 5, 2007 3M Championship -18 (65-66-67=198) 1 stroke Jay Haas
5 Oct 12, 2008 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship -9 (67-70-66-68=271) 1 stroke Fred Funk

Results in major championships

Tournament 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Masters DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T7 CUT T46
U.S. Open DNP CUT T43 DNP T20 T38 CUT DNP CUT T3 T21
The Open Championship T19 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T8 T30 DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship CUT T46 T39 CUT CUT 69 T65 4 T3 T52 DNP
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters DNP DNP T25 DNP DNP DNP CUT CUT DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP T11 CUT CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP T25 T23
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP T59 DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP CUT T44 T47 T31 T17 DNP DNP DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Champions Tour major championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship Winning Score Margin Runner(s)-up
2008 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship −9 (67−70−66−68=271) 1 stroke Fred Funk

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2011.

Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
The Tradition T10 T4 T9 T29 3 T7 DNP T21 T41
Senior PGA Championship T48 T17 T31 10 T12 T53 DNP CUT T18
Senior British Open Championship 5 T61 DNP T6 T19 DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Senior Open DNP 6 T2 T8 T5 T34 DNP WD T37
Senior Players Championship DNP T13 T5 T22 T5 1 WD T20 T51

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew from tournament
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Profile on PGA Tour's official site". http://www.pgatour.com/players/00/22/67. 
  2. ^ "Golf Major Championships". http://golfmajorchampionships.com/players?player=573. 
  3. ^ "Matt Weibring's Profile on PGA Tour's official site". http://www.pgatour.com/players/02/64/98/. 

External links

1983 Miller Barber • 1984 Arnold Palmer • 1985 Arnold Palmer • 1986 Chi-Chi Rodríguez • 1987 Gary Player • 1988 Billy Casper • 1989 Orville Moody • 1990 Jack Nicklaus • 1991 Jim Albus • 1992 Dave Stockton • 1993 Jim Colbert • 1994 Dave Stockton • 1995 J. C. Snead† • 1996 Raymond Floyd • 1997 Larry Gilbert • 1998 Gil Morgan • 1999 Hale Irwin • 2000 Raymond Floyd • 2001 Allen Doyle† • 2002 Stewart Ginn • 2003 Craig Stadler • 2004 Mark James • 2005 Peter Jacobsen • 2006 Bobby Wadkins • 2007 Loren Roberts • 2008 D. A. Weibring • 2009 Jay Haas • 2010 Mark O'Meara† • 2011 Fred Couples†
† indicates the event was won in a playoff