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<span style="font-size:87%;">LA</span> = Low amateur<br> |
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NYF = Tournament not yet founded<br> |
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NT = No tournament<br> |
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DNP = Did not play<br> |
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R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play<br> |
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Sources: Masters,<ref>[http://www.masters.com/en_US/tournament/past_winners.html www.masters.com]</ref> U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur,<ref>[http://champsdatabase.usga.org/ USGA Championship Database]</ref> British Amateur: 1955,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19550604&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Second Englishman In Final Since War |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |date=June 4, 1955 |page=9}}</ref> 1959<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19590527&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Two More Walker Cup Players Beaten |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |date=May 27, 1959 |page=9}}</ref> |
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Source for The Masters: [http://www.masters.com/en_US/history/past_winners.html www.masters.com] |
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Source for U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur: [http://champsdatabase.usga.org/ USGA Championship Database] |
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Source for 1955 British Amateur: [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19500525&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow Herald, June 4, 1955, pg. 9.] |
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Source for 1959 British Amateur: [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19590527&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow Herald, May 27, 1959, pg. 9.] |
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==U.S. national team appearances== |
==U.S. national team appearances== |
Revision as of 22:00, 27 October 2015
Billy Joe Patton | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | William Joseph Patton | ||
Born | Morganton, North Carolina | April 19, 1922||
Died | January 1, 2011 | (aged 88)||
Sporting nationality | United States | ||
Career | |||
Status | Amateur | ||
Professional wins | 2 | ||
Best results in major championships | |||
Masters Tournament | 3rd: 1954 | ||
PGA Championship | DNP | ||
U.S. Open | T6: 1954 | ||
The Open Championship | DNP | ||
U.S. Amateur | T3: 1962 | ||
British Amateur | T5: 1955 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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William Joseph Patton (April 19, 1922[1] – January 1, 2011[2]) was an American amateur golfer best known for almost winning the 1954 Masters Tournament.
Patton was born in Morganton, North Carolina. He graduated from Wake Forest University in 1943.
In 1954, Patton came within one stroke of being in a three-man playoff with Ben Hogan and Sam Snead for the championship. His final round 71 included a hole-in-one on the par-3 6th hole and a double bogey on the par-5 13th hole, when he tried to reach the green in two and put his ball into Rae's Creek.
Patton won several amateur tournaments including the North and South Amateur three times and the Southern Amateur twice. He also won the Carolinas Open twice.
Patton played on five Walker Cup teams; 1955, 1957, 1959, 1963, and 1965 and was captain of the 1969 team. He played on the Eisenhower Trophy team in 1958 and 1962.
Patton was awarded the Bob Jones Award by the United States Golf Association in 1982.
Patton was inducted into several Halls of Fame:
- North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 1967[3]
- Wake Forest University's Sports Hall of Fame in 1974[4]
- Southern Golf Association Hall of Fame in 1975[5]
- Carolinas Golf Reporters Association Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame in 1981[6]
Tournament wins
- 1947 Carolinas Amateur
- 1951 Carolinas Open
- 1952 Carolinas Open (tied with Bobby Locke)
- 1954 North and South Amateur
- 1958 Carolinas Amateur
- 1961 Southern Amateur, Azalea Invitational, Carolinas Amateur
- 1962 North and South Amateur
- 1963 North and South Amateur
- 1964 North Carolina Amateur
- 1965 Southern Amateur
- 1979 Carolinas Senior Amateur
- 1981 Carolinas Senior Amateur
Results in major championships
Tournament | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
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Masters Tournament | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 3 LA | T49 | T12 | CUT | 8 LA | T8 |
U.S. Open | DNP | CUT | DNP | T36 | T54 | T6 LA | DNP | 13 | T8 LA | CUT | DNP |
U.S. Amateur | R64 | DNP | R32 | R64 | DNP | R64 | R256 | R32 | R128 | R64 | R32 |
The Amateur Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | QF | DNP | DNP | DNP | R128 |
Tournament | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 |
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Masters Tournament | T13 LA | CUT | CUT | 48 | T37 | CUT | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
U.S. Amateur | R64 | R32 | SF | R64 | R16 | T19 | T26 | DNP | T8 | CUT | DNP | DNP | T23 |
The Amateur Championship | DNP | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
LA = Low amateur
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play
Yellow background for top-10
Sources: Masters,[7] U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur,[8] British Amateur: 1955,[9] 1959[10]
U.S. national team appearances
- Walker Cup: 1955 (winners), 1957 (winners), 1959 (winners), 1963 (winners), 1965 (winners), 1969 (non-playing captain, winners)
- Eisenhower Trophy: 1958, 1962 (winners)
References
- ^ William Joseph "Billy Joe" Patton obituary - Winston-Salem Journal
- ^ Patton, nearly the 1954 Masters champion, dies
- ^ North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame profile
- ^ Wake Forest University's Sports Hall of Fame members
- ^ Southern Golf Association's Hall of Fame profile
- ^ Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame members.
- ^ www.masters.com
- ^ USGA Championship Database
- ^ "Second Englishman In Final Since War". Glasgow Herald. June 4, 1955. p. 9.
- ^ "Two More Walker Cup Players Beaten". Glasgow Herald. May 27, 1959. p. 9.
External links
- Seventy Years of Great Golf with Billy Joe
- Let's Smile Again - Sports Illustrated, August 23, 1954