Dan Pohl

Dan Pohl
Personal information
Full name	Danny Joe Pohl
Born	April 1, 1955 (1955-04-01) (age 56) Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Phoenix, Arizona
Career
College	University of Arizona
Turned professional	1977
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins	3
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	2
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	2nd: 1982
U.S. Open	T3: 1982
The Open Championship	CUT: 1986
PGA Championship	3rd: 1981
Achievements and awards
Vardon Trophy	1987

Danny Joe Pohl (born April 1, 1955) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.

Pohl was born in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. He attended the University of Arizona in Tucson, where he was a member of the school's golf team. He turned pro in 1977 and joined the PGA Tour in 1978.

Pohl won two tournaments on the PGA Tour during his career both of which came in 1986: the Colonial National Invitation and the NEC World Series of Golf. Although Pohl never became famous for winning a lot of tournaments on the Tour, he had 70 top-10 finishes including more than a dozen second or third place finishes.

Pohl has seven top-10 finishes in major tournaments. His best finish in a major was 2nd at the 1982 Masters Tournament which he lost to Craig Stadler in a playoff. He also had a third place finish at the 1981 PGA Championship and a T-3 at the 1982 U.S. Open.^[1]

In 1980, Pohl led the tour in driving average at 274.1 yards. He was a member of the 1987 Ryder Cup Team. He won the Vardon Trophy in 1987 and was inducted into the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame in May 2004.

Since turning 50 in April 2005, Pohl has played on the Champions Tour. His best finish at this level has been a T-3 at the 2005 Commerce Bank Long Island Classic. He has done some course design work including the PohlCat course in the town where he was born. He lives in Phoenix, Arizona, and enjoys hunting and fishing in his spare time.

Amateur wins

• 1975 Michigan Amateur
• 1977 Michigan Amateur

PGA Tour wins

• 1986 (2) Colonial National Invitation, NEC World Series of Golf

Other wins

• 1988 Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Championship (with Dan Marino)

Results in major championships

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Masters	DNP	DNP	2	T8	T35	DNP	T31	CUT	T16	42
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	T3	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT	T9	T12	T29
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	3	T70	8	T39	T12	T26	T14	8	T24

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

References

1. ^ "Golf Major Championships". http://golfmajorchampionships.com/players?player=490. 

External links

• Dan Pohl at the PGA Tour official site

Persondata
Name	Pohl, Dan
Alternative names	Pohl, Danny Joe
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	April 1, 1955
Place of birth	Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Date of death
Place of death