Lionel Hebert

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Lionel P. Hebert (January 20, 1928December 30, 2000) was an American golfer. He won five times on the PGA Tour including the 1957 PGA Championship, the last to be held at match play. His older brother Jay would win the same event at stroke play in 1960. Lionel also played on the 1957 Ryder Cup team. An ethnic Cajun, he was born and died in Lafayette, Louisiana.

[edit] PGA Tour wins (5)

Major championship is shown in bold.

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP T61 DNP T32 39
U.S. Open CUT T33 39 DNP CUT DNP CUT T28
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP R32 R16 1 T16 T31
Tournament 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
The Masters T9 T30 T20 T39 T32 CUT WD T8 T7 T8
U.S. Open T27 CUT T23 T14 T21 CUT CUT DNP DNP T52
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship T18 CUT CUT CUT CUT T49 T64 T14 T30 CUT
Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
The Masters CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open CUT DNP DNP CUT CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship CUT WD T74 CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT DNP DNP
Tournament 1980 1981
The Masters DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP CUT

DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
R## — Round of 16, 32, etc. The PGA Championship was conducted at match play before 1958.
QF — Quarterfinal
SF — Semifinal
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

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