Craig Stadler

Craig Stadler
— Golfer —
Stadler at the 2009 JELD-WEN Tradition.
Personal information
Full name	Craig Robert Stadler
Nickname	The Walrus
Born	(1953-06-02) June 2, 1953 San Diego, California
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	250 lb (110 kg; 18 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Denver, Colorado
Spouse	Jan Zumbrunnen
Children	Kevin, Chris
Career
College	University of Southern California
Turned professional	1976
Current tour(s)	Champions Tour
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	31
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	13
European Tour	2
Japan Golf Tour	1
Champions Tour	9
Other	6
Best results in major championships (Wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	Won: 1982
U.S. Open	T8: 1990
The Open Championship	T6: 1980
PGA Championship	6th: 1978
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour leading money winner	1982

Craig Robert Stadler (born June 2, 1953) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.

Stadler was born in San Diego^[1] His father started him in golf at age four,^[2] and he displayed a talent for golf early in life. Stadler attended La Jolla High School. He won the 1973 U.S. Amateur, while attending the University of Southern California, where he was a teammate of future PGA Tour winners Mark Pfeil and Scott Simpson. Stadler was an All-American all four years – first-team his sophomore and junior years; second-team his freshman and senior years.^[3] Stadler finished college in 1975 and turned professional in 1976.^[1]

Stadler won his first two PGA Tour events in 1980, at the Bob Hope Desert Classic and the Greater Greensboro Open. His career year was 1982 when he won four PGA Tour events including The Masters after a playoff with Dan Pohl. Stadler won the B.C. Open in 2003, becoming the first player over age 50 to win a PGA Tour event in 28 years. He won 13 PGA Tour events in all, and played on the 1983 and 1985 Ryder Cup teams.^[2]

Stadler began playing on the Champions Tour upon becoming eligible in June 2003. His greatest successes came during his first two years of eligibility; he was the leading money winner in his first full year on that tour in 2004. Stadler underwent total left-hip-replacement surgery in Los Angeles on September 15, 2010, which limited his playing time going forward.^[2]

Very popular with the galleries, Stadler is affectionately called "The Walrus" for his portly build and ample mustache. He currently lives in Denver, Colorado. His son Kevin is also a PGA Tour champion.^[2] His brother Gary Stadler is a Billboard-charting recording artist.^[4]

Stadler announced that the 2014 Masters Tournament, his 38th and in which he played with Kevin, was his last.

Amateur wins

1973 U.S. Amateur
1975 Southwestern Amateur

Professional wins (31)

PGA Tour wins (13)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Jan 13, 1980	Bob Hope Desert Classic	−17 (69-68-70-69-67=343)	2 strokes	Tom Purtzer, Mike Sullivan
2	Apr 6, 1980	Greater Greensboro Open	−13 (67-69-71-68=275)	6 strokes	George Burns, Billy Kratzert, Jack Newton
3	May 31, 1981	Kemper Open	−18 (67-69-66-68=270)	6 strokes	Tom Watson, Tom Weiskopf
4	Jan 10, 1982	Joe Garagiola-Tucson Open	−14 (65-64-66-71=266)	3 strokes	Vance Heafner
5	Apr 11, 1982	Masters Tournament	−4 (75-69-67-73=284)	Playoff	Dan Pohl
6	Jun 6, 1982	Kemper Open	−13 (72-67-67-69=275)	7 strokes	Seve Ballesteros
7	Aug 29, 1982	World Series of Golf	−2 (70-68-75-65=278)	Playoff	Raymond Floyd
8	May 13, 1984	Byron Nelson Golf Classic	−8 (70-71-64-71=276)	1 stroke	David Edwards
9	Nov 3, 1991	The Tour Championship	−7 (66-68-72-71=277)	Playoff	Russ Cochran
10	Aug 30, 1992	NEC World Series of Golf	−7 (69-65-69-70=273)	1 stroke	Corey Pavin
11	Feb 27, 1994	Buick Invitational of California	−20 (67-67-68-66=268)	1 stroke	Steve Lowery
12	Feb 25, 1996	Nissan Open	−6 (67-70-73-68=278)	1 stroke	Mark Brooks, Fred Couples, Scott Simpson, Mark Wiebe
13	Jul 20, 2003	B.C. Open	−21 (67-69-68-63=267)	1 stroke	Alex Čejka, Steve Lowery

Stadler at the 2011 Principal Charity Classic.

PGA Tour playoff record (3–3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1982	Masters Tournament	Dan Pohl	Won with par on first extra hole
2	1982	World Series of Golf	Raymond Floyd	Won with par on fourth extra hole
3	1985	Bob Hope Classic	Lanny Wadkins	Lost to birdie on fifth extra hole
4	1987	Hawaiian Open	Corey Pavin	Lost to birdie on second extra hole
5	1991	The Tour Championship	Russ Cochran	Won with birdie on second extra hole
6	2000	Shell Houston Open	Robert Allenby	Lost to par on fourth extra hole

Champions Tour wins (9)

Legend
Champions Tour major championships (2)
Other Champions Tour (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Jul 13, 2003	Ford Senior Players Championship	−17 (67-73-65-66=271)	3 strokes	Tom Kite, Jim Thorpe, Tom Watson
2	Sep 28, 2003	Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn	−15 (66-69-66=201)	2 strokes	Larry Nelson
3	Oct 19, 2003	SBC Championship	−15 (67-64-67=198)	4 strokes	Bob Gilder
4	Feb 15, 2004	The ACE Group Classic	−10 (67-67-72=206)	Playoff	Gary Koch, Tom Watson
5	Jun 27, 2004	Bank of America Championship	−15 (68-69-64=201)	4 strokes	Tom Kite, Tom Purtzer, D. A. Weibring
6	Aug 29, 2004	JELD-WEN Tradition	−13 (70-70-68-67=275)	1 stroke	Allen Doyle, Jerry Pate
7	Sep 5, 2004	The First Tee Open at Pebble Beach	−15 (72-63-66=201)	3 strokes	Jay Haas
8	Sep 26, 2004	SAS Championship	−17 (65-68-66=199)	6 strokes	Tom Jenkins
9	Jun 23, 2013	Encompass Championship	−13 (67-65-71=203)	1 stroke	Fred Couples

Champions Tour playoff record (1–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2004	The ACE Group Classic	Gary Koch, Tom Watson	Won with birdie on first extra hole
2	2007	Boeing Classic	R. W. Eaks, David Eger Gil Morgan, Joe Ozaki Dana Quigley, Denis Watson	Watson won with eagle on second extra hole Eger, Morgan, Ozaki, and Quigley eliminated with birdie on first hole
3	2009	Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Jeff Sluman)	Tom Lehman and Bernhard Langer	Lost to par on second extra hole

Other senior wins (1)

2005 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Jay Haas and Hale Irwin)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1982	Masters Tournament	3 shot lead	−4 (75-69-67-73=284)	Playoff¹	Dan Pohl

¹Defeated Pohl with par on first extra hole.

Results timeline

Tournament	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Masters Tournament	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	T7
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	6	CUT

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament	T26	T43	1	T6	T35	T6	CUT	T17	3	CUT
U.S. Open	T16	T26	T22	T10	WD	CUT	T15	T24	T25	DNP
The Open Championship	T6	CUT	T35	T12	T28	CUT	WD	T8	T60	T13
PGA Championship	T55	CUT	T16	T63	T18	T18	T30	T28	T15	T7

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	T14	T12	T25	T34	CUT	CUT	T29	T26	T41	T38
U.S. Open	T8	T19	T33	T33	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	T101	T64	DNP	T24	CUT	T45	CUT	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T57	T7	T48	CUT	T19	T8	CUT	T53	T38	CUT

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters Tournament	CUT	CUT	T32	49	CUT	50	CUT	T49	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	T18	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T64	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Masters Tournament	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	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

Summary

Tournament	Wins	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	1	1	2	5	9	38	21
U.S. Open	0	0	0	2	9	18	12
The Open Championship	0	0	0	2	5	17	11
PGA Championship	0	0	0	4	9	23	18
Totals	1	1	2	13	32	96	62

Most consecutive cuts made – 11 (1990 PGA – 1993 U.S. Open)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice)

Senior major championships

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runners-up
2003	Ford Senior Players Championship	−17 (67-73-65-66=271)	3 strokes	Tom Kite, Jim Thorpe, Tom Watson
2004	JELD-WEN Tradition	−13 (70-70-68-67=275)	1 stroke	Allen Doyle, Jerry Pate

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Walker Cup: 1975 (winners)

Professional

Ryder Cup: 1983 (winners), 1985

References

1 2 "PGA Tour Profile – Crag Stadler". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
1 2 3 4 "PGA Tour Media Guide – Crag Stadler". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
↑ "Men's Golf All-Americans". USC Trojans Athletics official site. Retrieved December 8, 2007.
↑ Billboard Magazine, April 28, 2001 through May 17, 2001 - Fairy HeartMagic by Gary Stadler on Sequoia Records, chart position # 24 on Top 25 New Age Albums

External links

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Craig Stadler at the European Tour official site
Craig Stadler at the Japan Golf Tour official site

Masters Tournament champions

1934 Horton Smith 1935 Gene Sarazen† 1936 Horton Smith 1937 Byron Nelson 1938 Henry Picard 1939 Ralph Guldahl 1940 Jimmy Demaret 1941‡ Craig Wood 1942 Byron Nelson† 1943-45 Cancelled due to World War II 1946 Herman Keiser 1947 Jimmy Demaret 1948 Claude Harmon 1949 Sam Snead 1950 Jimmy Demaret 1951 Ben Hogan 1952 Sam Snead 1953 Ben Hogan 1954 Sam Snead† 1955 Cary Middlecoff 1956 Jack Burke, Jr. 1957 Doug Ford 1958 Arnold Palmer 1959 Art Wall, Jr. 1960‡ Arnold Palmer 1961 Gary Player 1962 Arnold Palmer† 1963 Jack Nicklaus 1964 Arnold Palmer 1965 Jack Nicklaus 1966 Jack Nicklaus† 1967 Gay Brewer 1968 Bob Goalby 1969 George Archer 1970 Billy Casper† 1971 Charles Coody 1972‡ Jack Nicklaus 1973 Tommy Aaron 1974 Gary Player 1975 Jack Nicklaus 1976‡ Raymond Floyd 1977 Tom Watson 1978 Gary Player 1979 Fuzzy Zoeller† 1980 Seve Ballesteros 1981 Tom Watson 1982 Craig Stadler† 1983 Seve Ballesteros 1984 Ben Crenshaw 1985 Bernhard Langer 1986 Jack Nicklaus 1987 Larry Mize† 1988 Sandy Lyle 1989 Nick Faldo† 1990 Nick Faldo† 1991 Ian Woosnam 1992 Fred Couples 1993 Bernhard Langer 1994 José María Olazábal 1995 Ben Crenshaw 1996 Nick Faldo 1997 Tiger Woods 1998 Mark O'Meara 1999 José María Olazábal 2000 Vijay Singh 2001 Tiger Woods 2002 Tiger Woods 2003 Mike Weir† 2004 Phil Mickelson 2005 Tiger Woods† 2006 Phil Mickelson 2007 Zach Johnson 2008 Trevor Immelman 2009 Ángel Cabrera† 2010 Phil Mickelson 2011 Charl Schwartzel 2012 Bubba Watson† 2013 Adam Scott† 2014 Bubba Watson 2015‡ Jordan Spieth

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire

Craig Stadler in the senior major championships

The Tradition champions

1989 Don Bies 1990 Jack Nicklaus 1991 Jack Nicklaus 1992 Lee Trevino 1993 Tom Shaw 1994 Raymond Floyd† 1995 Jack Nicklaus† 1996 Jack Nicklaus 1997 Gil Morgan 1998 Gil Morgan 1999 Graham Marsh 2000 Tom Kite† 2001 Doug Tewell 2002 Jim Thorpe† 2003 Tom Watson 2004 Craig Stadler 2005 Loren Roberts† 2006 Eduardo Romero† 2007 Mark McNulty 2008 Fred Funk 2009 Mike Reid† 2010 Fred Funk 2011 Tom Lehman† 2012 Tom Lehman 2013 David Frost 2014 Kenny Perry 2015 Jeff Maggert†

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

Senior Players Championship champions

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† 2012 Joe Daley 2013 Kenny Perry 2014 Bernhard Langer 2015 Bernhard Langer

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

United States Ryder Cup team – 1983

Ben Crenshaw Raymond Floyd Bob Gilder Jay Haas Tom Kite Gil Morgan Calvin Peete Craig Stadler Curtis Strange Lanny Wadkins Tom Watson Fuzzy Zoeller Jack Nicklaus (non-playing captain)

Won: 14.5 – 13.5

United States Ryder Cup team – 1985

Raymond Floyd Hubert Green Peter Jacobsen Tom Kite Andy North Mark O'Meara Calvin Peete Craig Stadler Curtis Strange Hal Sutton Lanny Wadkins Fuzzy Zoeller Lee Trevino (non-playing captain)

Lost: 11.5 – 16.5

U.S. Amateur champions

1895 Charles B. Macdonald 1896 H. J. Whigham 1897 H. J. Whigham 1898 Findlay S. Douglas 1899 Herbert M. Harriman 1900 Walter Travis 1901 Walter Travis 1902 Louis N. James 1903 Walter Travis 1904 Chandler Egan 1905 Chandler Egan 1906 Eben Byers 1907 Jerome Travers 1908 Jerome Travers 1909 Robert A. Gardner 1910 William C. Fownes Jr. 1911 Harold Hilton† 1912 Jerome Travers 1913 Jerome Travers 1914 Francis Ouimet 1915 Robert A. Gardner 1916 Chick Evans 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 S. Davidson Herron 1920 Chick Evans 1921 Jesse P. Guilford 1922 Jess Sweetser 1923 Max R. Marston† 1924 Bobby Jones 1925 Bobby Jones 1926 George Von Elm 1927 Bobby Jones 1928 Bobby Jones 1929 Harrison R. Johnston 1930 Bobby Jones 1931 Francis Ouimet 1932 Ross Somerville 1933 George Dunlap 1934 Lawson Little 1935 Lawson Little 1936 John Fischer† 1937 Johnny Goodman 1938 Willie Turnesa 1939 Bud Ward 1940 Dick Chapman 1941 Bud Ward 1942–45 Cancelled due to World War II 1946 Ted Bishop† 1947 Skee Riegel 1948 Willie Turnesa 1949 Charles Coe 1950 Sam Urzetta† 1951 Billy Maxwell 1952 Jack Westland 1953 Gene Littler 1954 Arnold Palmer 1955 Harvie Ward 1956 Harvie Ward 1957 Hillman Robbins 1958 Charles Coe 1959 Jack Nicklaus 1960 Deane Beman 1961 Jack Nicklaus 1962 Labron Harris, Jr. 1963 Deane Beman 1964 William C. Campbell 1965 Bob Murphy 1966 Gary Cowan† 1967 Bob Dickson 1968 Bruce Fleisher 1969 Steve Melnyk 1970 Lanny Wadkins 1971 Gary Cowan 1972 Vinny Giles 1973 Craig Stadler 1974 Jerry Pate 1975 Fred Ridley 1976 Bill Sander 1977 John Fought 1978 John Cook 1979 Mark O'Meara 1980 Hal Sutton 1981 Nathaniel Crosby 1982 Jay Sigel 1983 Jay Sigel 1984 Scott Verplank 1985 Sam Randolph 1986 Buddy Alexander 1987 Billy Mayfair 1988 Eric Meeks 1989 Chris Patton 1990 Phil Mickelson 1991 Mitch Voges 1992 Justin Leonard 1993 John Harris 1994 Tiger Woods 1995 Tiger Woods 1996 Tiger Woods† 1997 Matt Kuchar 1998 Hank Kuehne 1999 David Gossett 2000 Jeff Quinney† 2001 Bubba Dickerson 2002 Ricky Barnes 2003 Nick Flanagan† 2004 Ryan Moore 2005 Edoardo Molinari 2006 Richie Ramsay 2007 Colt Knost 2008 Danny Lee 2009 An Byeong-hun 2010 Peter Uihlein 2011 Kelly Kraft 2012 Steven Fox† 2013 Matthew Fitzpatrick 2014 Gunn Yang 2015 Bryson DeChambeau

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

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