Jay Haas
| Jay Haas | |
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| Nation: |
 United States
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| Career data | |
| Professional since: | 1976 |
| Current tour: | Champions Tour |
| Tournament wins: | 35 |
| Major wins : | 3 senior majors (2006, 2008, 2009) |
| Awards: | Bob Jones Award (2006) |
Jay Haas (born December 2, 1953 in St. Louis , Missouri ) is an American professional golfer on the Champions Tour .
Career
After attending Wake Forest University , he became a professional golfer in 1976 and had a solid career with nine tournament wins on the PGA TOUR between 1978 and 1993.
In the 2003 season, Haas experienced a kind of rebirth, placed in the top 30 of the money list for the first time since 1995, was considered in the US team of the Presidents Cup and was called up to the Ryder Cup team for 2004 by Captain Hal Sutton .
As of 2004, Haas was eligible to play for the Champions Tour and missed his first senior major by just one stroke against Hale Irwin . The following year he won two tournaments there, but continued to play on the PGA TOUR . In April 2006 Haas managed to win two tournaments in a row on the senior tour and in May he won his first senior major , the Senior PGA Championship , in the jump-off against Brad Bryant . In both 2006 and 2007, Haas won the annual Champions Tour and the Arnold Palmer Award . In 2008 he won the Charles Schwab Cup , the equivalent of the FedEx Cup for seniors.
Jay Haas is the nephew of the 1968 Masters winner, Bob Goalby , and his second oldest son, Bill , has played on the PGA TOUR since 2006 . He is based in Greenville , South Carolina .
Awards
- 2004 Payne Stewart Award ( upholding the traditions of golf )
- 2005 Jim Murray Award (Golf Writers Association of America)
- 2006 Bob Jones Award ( USGA's highest honor )
PGA Tour victories
- 1978 Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational
- 1981 Greater Milwaukee Open , BC Open
- 1982 Hall of Fame , Texas Open
- 1987 Big "I" Houston Open
- 1988 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
- 1992 Federal Express St. Jude Classic
- 1993 HEB Texas Open
Champions Tour victories
- 2005 Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn, SBC Championship
- 2006 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, FedEx Kinko's Classic, Senior PGA Championship , Administaff Small Business Classic
- 2007 Toshiba Classic, Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, The Principal Charity Classic, Bank of America Championship
- 2008 Senior PGA Championship , The Principal Charity Classic
- 2009 Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn, Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship
- 2011 3M Championship
- 2012 The Principal Charity Classic
- 2014 Greater Hickory Kia Classic at Rock Barn
Senior majors are in bold .
Other tournament victories
- 1976 Missouri Open
- 1982 Spalding Invitational
- 1991 Mexican Open
- 1996 Franklin Templeton Shootout (with Tom Kite )
- 2004 CVS Charity Classic (with son Bill )
- 2005 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Hale Irwin and Craig Stadler )
- 2007 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Hale Irwin and Craig Stadler)
- 2009 Wendy's 3 Tour Challenge (with Fred Funk and Nick Price )
- 2012 CVS Caremark Charity Classic (with Morgan Pressel )
Participation in team competitions
- Ryder Cup : 1983 (winner), 1995, 2004
- Presidents Cup : 1994 (winner), 2003 (winner), 2015 (winner, as non-playing captain)
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Haas, Jay |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American golfer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd December 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis , Missouri , USA |