Dan Pohl

Dan Pohl
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Danny Joe Pohl
Born	(1955-04-01) April 1, 1955 Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Phoenix, Arizona
Career
College	University of Arizona
Turned professional	1977
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins	3
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	2
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	2nd: 1982
U.S. Open	T3: 1982
The Open Championship	CUT: 1986
PGA Championship	3rd: 1981
Achievements and awards
Vardon Trophy	1987

Danny Joe Pohl (born April 1, 1955) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.

Born in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, Pohl attended the University of Arizona in Tucson, and played for the Wildcats' golf team. He turned pro in 1977 and joined the PGA Tour in 1978.

Pohl won two tournaments on the PGA Tour during his career both of which came in 1986: the Colonial National Invitation and the NEC World Series of Golf. Although Pohl never became famous for winning a lot of tournaments on tour, he had 70 top-10 finishes including more than a dozen second or third place finishes.

Pohl has seven top-10 finishes in major tournaments. His best finish in a major was 2nd at the 1982 Masters Tournament which he lost to Craig Stadler in a playoff. He also had a third place finish at the 1981 PGA Championship and a T-3 at the 1982 U.S. Open.^[1]

In 1980, Pohl led the tour in driving average at 274.1 yards, and again in 1981 with a 280.1 yard average. He was a member of the 1987 Ryder Cup Team. He won the Vardon Trophy in 1987 and was inducted into the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame in May 2004.

Since turning 50 in April 2005, Pohl has played on the Champions Tour. His best finish at this level has been a T-3 at the 2005 Commerce Bank Long Island Classic. He has done some course design work including the PohlCat course in the town where he was born. He lives in Phoenix, Arizona, and enjoys hunting, fishing and spending time with his children Michelle, Joshua, and Taylor.

Amateur wins

• 1975 Michigan Amateur
• 1977 Michigan Amateur

PGA Tour wins

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	May 18, 1986	Colonial National Invitation	−5 (68-69-68=205)	Playoff	Payne Stewart
2	Aug 24, 1986	NEC World Series of Golf	−10 (69-66-71-71=277)	1 stroke	Lanny Wadkins

PGA Tour playoff record (1–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1982	Masters Tournament	Craig Stadler	Lost to par on first extra hole
2	1985	Canon Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open	Phil Blackmar, Jodie Mudd	Blackmar won with birdie on first extra hole
3	1986	Colonial National Invitation	Payne Stewart	Won with birdie on first extra hole

Major championship is shown in bold.

Other wins

• 1988 Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Championship (with Dan Marino)

Results in major championships

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10

Summary

• Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (1987 U.S. Open – 1989 PGA)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (1981 PGA – 1982 U.S. Open)

References

External links

• Dan Pohl at the PGA Tour official site

v t e United States Ryder Cup team – 1987 Andy Bean Mark Calcavecchia Ben Crenshaw Tom Kite Larry Mize Larry Nelson Dan Pohl Scott Simpson Payne Stewart Curtis Strange Hal Sutton Lanny Wadkins Jack Nicklaus (non-playing captain) Lost: 13 – 15