Dave Stockton

Dave Stockton
Dave Stockton
Personal information
Full name David Knapp Stockton
Born November 2, 1941 (1941-11-02) (age 70)
San Bernardino, California
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Nationality  United States
Career
College University of Southern California
Turned professional 1964
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Champions Tour
Professional wins 25
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 10
Champions Tour 14
Best results in Major Championships
(Wins: 2)
Masters Tournament T2: 1974
U.S. Open T2: 1978
The Open Championship T11: 1971
PGA Championship Won: 1970, 1976
Achievements and awards
Champions Tour
leading money winner
1993, 1994
Champions Tour
Player of the Year
1993
Champions Tour
Rookie of the Year
1992

David Knapp Stockton (born November 2, 1941) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.

Stockton was born in San Bernardino, California. He attended the University of Southern California and turned professional in 1964. His first PGA Tour win came at the 1967 Colonial National Invitation. He was selected by former Colonial champions as one of two Champion's Choice invitations; he is the only Champion's Choice invitee to win the Colonial in the year of the invitation. His career year was 1974, when he won three times, but his two majors, both of which were PGA Championships, came in 1970 and 1976. In 1970 he played the final round with Arnold Palmer, shooting an erratic seventy-three which included an eagle and a double-bogey back to back on the seventh and the eighth, and making only a bogey on the thirteenth despite putting a ball in the water. In the end, this effort was good enough for a two stroke victory over Palmer and Bob Murphy. Due to rain at the 1976 PGA Championship, which was held at the Congressional Country Club, the final round had to be delayed until Monday. Stockton sank a fifteen-foot par putt at the seventy-second hole to avoid a three-man playoff with Raymond Floyd and Don January.

Stockton joined the Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour) in 1991 and enjoyed continued success, topping the Senior Tour money list in 1993 and 1994. His fourteen senior titles include three senior majors, the 1992 and 1994 Senior Players Championships and the 1996 U.S. Senior Open. He remains competitive in his sixties, finishing in the Top 50 on the Champions Tour money list for a thiteenth consecutive season in 2004.

Stockton played for the U.S. team in the Ryder Cup in 1971 and 1977. He was the American's victorious non-playing captain in the 1991 Ryder Cup at Kiawah Island.

Stockton is married to former Orange Show beauty queen Catherine Hales. They have two children, Dave Jr. and Ron, who both play professional golf.

When he was an active PGA Tour player, Stockton had the reputation of being one of the best putters. He wrote an excellent guide to putting called "Dave Stockton's Putt to Win", and it is still in print. In 2009, Stockton was credited with aiding the world's second-ranked golfer, Phil Mickelson with his putting, which helped him win the 2009 Tour Championship.

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PGA Tour wins (10)

No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner(s)-up
1 May 21, 1967 Colonial National Invitation -2 (65-66-74-73=278) 2 strokes United States Charles Coody
2 Jun 30, 1968 Cleveland Open Invitational -8 (69-68-67-72=276) 2 strokes United States Bob Dickson
3 Jul 14, 1968 Greater Milwaukee Open -13 (68-67-71-69=275) 4 strokes United States Sam Snead
4 Aug 16, 1970 PGA Championship -1 (70-70-66-73=279) 2 strokes United States Bob Murphy, United States Arnold Palmer
5 Aug 15, 1971 Massachusetts Classic -13 (71-69-69-66=275) 1 stroke United States Raymond Floyd
6 Jul 8, 1973 Greater Milwaukee Open -12 (69-63-71-73=276) 1 stroke United States Homero Blancas, United States Hubert Green
7 Feb 17, 1974 Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open -8 (68-68-71-69=276) 2 strokes United States John Mahaffey, United States Sam Snead
8 Jul 14, 1974 Quad Cities Open -13 (68-68-71-64=271) 1 stroke United States Bruce Fleisher
9 Aug 18, 1974 Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open -12 (65-65-69-69=268) 4 strokes United States Raymond Floyd
10 Aug 15, 1976 PGA Championship +1 (70-72-69-70=281) 1 stroke United States Raymond Floyd, United States Don January

PGA Tour playoff record (0-1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1977 Phoenix Open United States Jerry Pate Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Other wins

  • 1967 Haig & Haig Scotch Foursome (with Laurie Hammer)

Champions Tour wins (14)

  • 1992 (1) Mazda Presents The Senior Players Championship
  • 1993 (5) Muratec Reunion Pro-Am, Southwestern Bell Classic, Franklin Quest Championship, GTE Northwest Classic, The Transamerica
  • 1994 (3) Nationwide Championship, Ford Senior Players Championship, Burnet Senior Classic
  • 1995 (2) GTE Suncoast Classic, Quicksilver Classic
  • 1996 (2) U.S. Senior Open, First of America Classic
  • 1997 (1) Franklin Quest Championship

Senior major championships are shown in bold.

Major championships

Wins (2)

Year Championship 54 Holes Winning Score Margin Runners-up
1970 PGA Championship 3 shot lead -1 (70-70-66-73=279) 2 strokes United States Bob Murphy, United States Arnold Palmer
1976 PGA Championship (2) 4 shot deficit +1 (70-72-69-70=281) 1 stroke United States Raymond Floyd, United States Don January

Results timeline

Tournament 1968 1969
The Masters DNP 18
U.S. Open T9 T25
The Open Championship DNP DNP
PGA Championship T17 T35
Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
The Masters T5 T9 T10 T14 T2 T26 DNP T39 CUT CUT
U.S. Open DNP CUT CUT T39 T40 T43 CUT CUT T2 T36
The Open Championship DNP T11 T31 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship 1 T40 T40 T12 T26 CUT 1 T31 T19 T35
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Masters T26 T31 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open T51 CUT T45 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship CUT T43 CUT CUT T39 T59 T53 CUT T48 T68
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship CUT CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

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

Champions Tour major championships

Wins (3)

Year Championship Winning Score Margin Runner(s)-up
1992 Mazda Presents The Senior Players Championship −11 (71−67−70−69-277) 1 stroke United States J. C. Snead United States Lee Trevino
1994 Ford Senior Players Championship (2) −17 (66−66−71−68=271) 6 strokes United States Jim Albus
1996 U.S. Senior Open −11 (70−67−67−73=277) 2 strokes United States DeWitt Weaver

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