Jay Haas

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Jay Haas
Personal Information
Birth December 2, 1953 (1953-12-02) (age 54)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg)
Nationality Flag of the United States United States
Residence Greer, South Carolina, U.S.
College Wake Forest University
Career
Turned Pro 1976
Current tour Champions Tour
Professional wins 25 (PGA Tour: 9, Other: 4, Champions Tour: 12)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters T3: 1995
U.S. Open T4: 1995
British Open T19: 1983
PGA Championship T3: 1999
Awards
Payne Stewart Award 2004
Jim Murray Award 2005
Champions Tour Rookie of the Year 2005
Bob Jones Award
(Champions Tour)		 2006
Jack Nicklaus Trophy
(Champions Tour)		 2006
Arnold Palmer Award
(Champions Tour)		 2006

Jay Dean Haas (born December 2, 1953) is an American professional golfer.

Haas was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Wake Forest University and was a member of the NCAA Championship team of the middle 1970s with Curtis Strange and Bob Byman that Golf World has called "the greatest college team of all time". [1] He won the individual championship in 1975. He turned professional in 1976.

Haas has had a solid career on the PGA Tour, winning nine times between 1978 and 1993. He had a resurgence in 2003, when he finished in the top 30 on the money list for the first time since 1995 and made the United States Presidents Cup team. The following year he was one of Hal Sutton's two captain's picks for the Ryder Cup, and made his third appearance in that event.

Haas was eligible to play in Champions Tour events from the start of the 2004 season and he lost to Hale Irwin by one stroke at the Senior PGA Championship in his first appearance at that level. He has still featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings after his 50th birthday. In 2005, he won twice on the Champions Tour, while also continuing to play regularly on the PGA Tour. In April 2006, he won back to back events on the Champions Tour and the following month he won a playoff at the Oak Tree Golf Club with Brad Bryant at the Senior PGA Championship to claim his first senior major and he went on to top the 2006 Champions Tour money list. He was named the Champions Tour Player of the Year in 2006 as well.

Haas comes from a distinguished family of golfers. He is a nephew of 1968 Masters winner Bob Goalby, and has several other relations in golf including his second son Bill who was a PGA Tour rookie in 2006. His oldest son Jay Jr., brother Jerry Haas, and brother-in-law Dillard Pruitt also played on the PGA Tour.

He was voted the 2006 Bob Jones Award, the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. In February 2005, he received the Payne Stewart Award, and in April 2005, he received the Murray Award for his cooperation with the media. He has made the cut 592 times in the PGA Tour, more than any other player.[2]

Haas currently resides in Greer, South Carolina, a suburb of his wife's (Jan Haas) hometown, Greenville.

Contents

[edit] Professional wins (25)

[edit] PGA Tour wins (9)

[edit] Other wins (4)

[edit] Champions Tour wins (12)

Senior major championship is shown in bold.

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
The Masters DNP DNP CUT DNP T47 DNP
U.S. Open T54 LA T18 LA DNP T5 CUT DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T58 T7
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Masters T17 T31 44 T27 T21 5 T6 T7 CUT T46
U.S. Open T26 CUT T6 T43 T11 T15 CUT DNP T25 CUT
The Open Championship DNP DNP T27 T19 T36 DNP DNP T35 T38 DNP
PGA Championship T50 T19 T5 T9 T39 T38 T53 T28 T38 CUT
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters DNP DNP DNP 38 T5 T3 T36 DNP T12 T44
U.S. Open CUT DNP T23 T77 CUT T4 T90 T5 CUT T17
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T79 T22 T24 DNP DNP
PGA Championship CUT DNP T62 T20 14 T8 T31 T61 T40 T3
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
The Masters T37 DNP DNP CUT T17 48 DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP T12 CUT T9 CUT T37
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP CUT CUT DNP DNP
PGA Championship T64 DNP CUT T5 T37 CUT T68

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

[edit] United States national team appearances

[edit] Amateur

[edit] Professional

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Golfdigest.com, My Shot - Interview with Curtis Strange
  2. ^ Career Cuts Made on the PGA TOUR, 27 July 2007, pgatour.com

[edit] External links

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