Shelley Mayfield

Shelley Mayfield
Personal information
Born June 19, 1924(1924-06-19)
Liberty, Texas
Died March 22, 2010(2010-03-22) (aged 85)
San Antonio, Texas
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Nationality  United States
Career
Turned professional 1948
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Professional wins 5
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 3
Other 2
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament T8: 1956
U.S. Open T6: 1954
The Open Championship DNP
PGA Championship T3: 1955

Shelley Mayfield (June 19, 1924 – March 22, 2010) was an American golf course architect and professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s.

Mayfield was born in Liberty, Texas in the greater Houston area and grew up in Seguin near San Antonio. He was a star athlete in several sports at Seguin High School including golf, which he began playing at age 14. His team won several state championships under coach W.A. "Lefty" Stackhouse. Mayfield became a golf professional at the age of 24. Like most professional golfers of his generation, he earned his living primarily as a club pro. His first job was as an assistant for Claude Harmon at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, a position he held for two years. The two later worked together at Seminole Golf Club in Florida for one year. He served as the head professional at Rockaway Hunting Club in Cedarhurst, New York from 1950–1952. In 1955, Mayfield went to work at the exclusive Meadowbrook Golf and Polo Club on Long Island, where he stayed until 1963. He then became the head club pro at Brook Hollow Country Club in Dallas until 1982 when he retired.[1]

Mayfield won three PGA Tour events during his career. His best finishes in major championships (stroke play tournaments) were T6 at the 1954 U.S.Open and T8 at the 1956 Masters.[2][3] Courses that Mayfield helped design included the back-nine at Starcke Park in Texas, Doral Country Club in Florida and California's Bay Hill Golf Club and La Costa Country Club.[1]

Mayfield lived in Carrizo Springs, Texas.[1] He died in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 85.[4]

Contents

Professional wins

PGA Tour (3)

Other

this list is probably incomplete

Results in major championships

Tournament 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965
Masters Tournament DNP DNP T36 T8 CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open T33 T6 T12 T29 CUT DNP T35 CUT DNP CUT DNP DNP WD
PGA Championship DNP QF SF R32 R64 DNP DNP T32 T22 T30 T53 DNP DNP

Note: Mayfield never played in The Open Championship.
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10

References

  1. ^ a b c Chiapek, Jason (May 29, 2007). "Mayfield, Stackhouse receive recognition". The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise. http://www.seguingazette.com/story.lasso?ewcd=f738882c684ae680. Retrieved 2007-11-21. 
  2. ^ "Tournament Results: 1956". The official site of the Masters Tournament. http://www.masters.org/en_US/history/results/1956.html. Retrieved 2007-11-21. 
  3. ^ "Golf Major Championships". http://golfmajorchampionships.com/players?player=647. Retrieved 2008-02-05. 
  4. ^ USGA Obituary: Mayfield Dies At 85