Jay Haas
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| Birth: | December 2, 1953, St. Louis, Missouri |
| Height: | 5 feet, 10.5 inches |
| Nationality: |  United States |
| Residence: | Greer, South Carolina |
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| College: | Wake Forest University |
| Turned Professional: | 1976 |
| Current Tour: | Champions Tour (joined 2004) |
| Professional wins: | 20 (Champions Tour 7; PGA Tour 9; others 4) |
| Majors: | Senior PGA Championship 2004 |
| Awards: | Payne Stewart Award (2004) Jim Murray Award (2005) Bob Jones Award (2005) Champions Tour Rookie of the Year (2005) Jack Nicklaus Trophy (2006) |
Jay Dean Haas (born December 2, 1953) is an American 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. and brother Jerry Haas 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.
Haas currently resides in Greer, South Carolina, a suburb of Greenville.
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[edit] PGA Tour wins (9)
- 1978 (1) Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational
- 1981 (2) Greater Milwaukee Open, B.C. Open
- 1982 (2) Hall Of Fame, Texas Open
- 1987 (1) Big "I" Houston Open
- 1988 (1) Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
- 1992 (1) Federal Express St. Jude Classic
- 1993 (1) H.E.B. Texas Open
[edit] Other wins (4)
- 1991 Mexican Open
- 1996 Franklin Templeton Shark Shootout (with Tom Kite)
- 2004 CVS Charity Classic (with son Bill Haas)
- 2005 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Hale Irwin and Craig Stadler)
[edit] Champions Tour wins (7)
- 2005 (2) Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn, SBC Championship
- 2006 (4) Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, FedEx Kinko's Classic, Senior PGA Championship, Administaff Small Business Classic
- 2007 (1) Toshiba Classic
Senior major championship is shown in bold.
[edit] National teams
- Walker Cup: 1975
- Ryder Cup: 1983, 1995, 2004
- The Presidents Cup: 1994, 2003
[edit] Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| The Masters | T37 | DNP | DNP | CUT | T17 | 48 | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | T12 | CUT | T9 | CUT | DNP |
| 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] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- PGATour.com profile
- Golf Stars Online - links to features and profiles
