Tom Lehman

Tom Lehman
Personnel
Nation:	United States
Career data
Professional since:	1982
Current tour:	PGA TOUR , Champions Tour
Tournament wins:	31
Major wins :	1 (1996), 3 Senior Majors (2010, 2011, 2012)

Thomas Edward Lehman (born March 7, 1959 in Austin , Minnesota ) is an American professional golfer of the PGA TOUR . He belongs to the circle of major winners and took first place in the world rankings for a week in April 1997 .

Career

Lehman became a professional golfer after attending the University of Minnesota in 1982 . From 1983 to 1985 he played with little success on the PGA TOUR and had to switch to smaller tournament series in Asia, South Africa and the second-rate American Ben Hogan Tour for the next six seasons . In 1991, however, he topped the money list there and qualified for the PGA TOUR, of which Lehman has been a member since 1992.

His career highlight was 1996 when he won the Open Championship . His other four victories on the PGA TOUR include prominent titles such as the Tour Championship , the Memorial Tournament and the Colonial National Invitational .

So far, Lehman has won a total of 28 tournaments worldwide, he was three times in the Ryder Cup and three times in the Presidents Cup Team of the USA and represented his country twice in the Dunhill Cup and once in the World Cup . In 2006 he was the captain ( non-playing captain ) of the US team at the Ryder Cup.

Lehman has been eligible to play on the Champions Tour since March 2009 and was victorious when he first competed in April 2009. In 2011 and 2012 he won the Charles Schwab Cup and in 2011 the Champions Tour money list.

Tom Lehman has been married to his wife Melissa since 1990. The couple have four children and live in Scottsdale , Arizona .

PGA Tour victories

1994 Memorial Tournament
1995 Colonial National Invitational
1996 The Open Championship , Tour Championship
2000 Phoenix Open

Champions Tour victories

2009 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Bernhard Langer )
2010 Senior PGA Championship
2011 Allianz Championship, Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic, Regions Tradition
2012 Regions Tradition , Charles Schwab Cup Championship

Major championships are in bold .

Other tournament victories

1986 Waterloo Open Golf Classic
1989 Minnesota State Open
1990 Minnesota State Open, Ben Hogan Reflection Ridge ( Ben Hogan Tour )
1991 Ben Hogan Gulf Coast Classic, Ben Hogan South Carolina Classic, Ben Hogan Santa Rosa Open (all Ben Hogan Tour)
1993 Casio World Open ( Japan Golf Tour )
1995 Hyundai Team Matches (with Duffy Waldorf )
1996 Hyundai Team Matches (with Duffy Waldorf), PGA Grand Slam of Golf , Skins Game
1997 Loch Lomond World Invitational ( European Tour ), Skins Game , Wendy's Three-Tour Challenge
1999 Target World Challenge presented by Williams (USA - unofficial event)
2000 Hyundai Team Matches (with Duffy Waldorf)
2010 Argentine Masters
2011 MCB Tour Championship ( European Seniors Tour )

Participation in team competitions

Ryder Cup : 1995, 1997, 1999 (winner); 2006 ( non-playing captain )
Presidents Cup : 1994 (winner), 1996 (winner), 2000 (winner)
Alfred Dunhill Cup: 1999, 2000
World Cup : 1996

Results at major championships

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989
Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
US Open	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	T3	2	40	T18	T12	CUT	T31
US Open	CUT	DNP	T6	T19	T33	3	T2	3	T5	T28
Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	T59	T24	DNP	1	T24	CUT	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	T39	CUT	T14	T10	T29	T34

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters	6th	T18	CUT	CUT	DNP	T13	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
US Open	T23	T24	T45	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	T47
Open Championship	T4	CUT	CUT	T46	CUT	T23	CUT	T51	T32	T60
PGA Championship	WD	CUT	T29	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT	T69	T42	T60

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
US Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Open Championship	T14	T22	CUT	T58	DNP	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT
PGA Championship	T55	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = not participated
CUT = Cut not made
"T" split placement
Green background for victories
Yellow background for top 10

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personal data
SURNAME	Lehman, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lehman, Thomas Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American golfer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 7, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH	Austin , Minnesota