Scott Hoch

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Scott Hoch
Personal Information
Birth November 24, 1955 (1955-11-24) (age 52)
Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg)
Nationality Flag of the United States United States
College Wake Forest University
Career
Turned Pro 1979
Current tour Champions Tour
Professional wins 21 (PGA Tour: 11, Other: 7, Champions Tour: 3)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters 2nd: 1989
U.S. Open T5: 1993, 2002
British Open T8: 2002
PGA Championship T3: 1987

Scott Mabon Hoch (born November 24, 1955) is an American golfer, who represented his country in the Ryder Cup in 1997 and 2002.

Hoch was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He graduated from Wake Forest University in 1978, and was part of a winning Eisenhower Trophy team before turning pro in 1979.

He has won several prestigious tournaments, including the Western Open, the Ford Championship at Doral, the Heineken Dutch Open and the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. He also won the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average in 1986. He has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

Hoch is widely known for missing a two foot long putt that would have won the 1989 Masters on the first playoff hole, after which he lost to Nick Faldo on the next hole. Hoch is also known for his famous quote regarding playing in the British Open at the "home of golf" at Saint Andrews. Hoch referred to this course, considered hallowed ground by most golfers around the world, as "the worst piece of mess" he had ever seen.

In May 2007, Hoch won his first Champions Tour event, the FedEx Kinko's Classic. In February 2008, he won his second and third events in consecutive weeks.

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[edit] Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

[edit] Professional wins (21)

[edit] PGA Tour wins (11)

[edit] European Tour wins (1)

[edit] Japan Golf Tour wins (3)

[edit] Other wins (3)

[edit] Champions Tour wins (3)

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP T34
U.S. Open CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Masters DNP T37 DNP T27 DNP T53 DNP DNP CUT 2
U.S. Open DNP CUT WD T48 DNP T34 DNP T36 T21 T13
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship CUT CUT DNP 61 T48 T12 T41 T3 T25 T7
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters T14 T35 DNP DNP CUT T7 T5 38 T16 T44
U.S. Open T8 6 CUT T5 T13 T56 T7 T10 CUT CU
The Open Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP T68 DNP DNP CUT DNP
PGA Championship T49 T43 CUT T6 CUT CUT T61 T6 T29 T21
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
The Masters CUT T37 CUT CUT DNP
U.S. Open T16 T16 T5 CUT T53
The Open Championship DNP CUT T8 DNP DNP
PGA Championship T74 T7 CUT T57 WD

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

[edit] Team appearances

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[edit] Professional

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