Dale Hayes

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Dale Hayes
Personal information
Born (1952-07-01) 1 July 1952 (age 71)
Pretoria, Union of South Africa
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight276 lb (125 kg; 19.7 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Residence Sandton, South Africa
Career
Turned professional1970
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Southern Africa Tour
Professional wins23
Number of wins by tour
European Tour4
Sunshine Tour14
Other5
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T19: 1976
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T11: 1978
Achievements and awards
Southern Africa Tour
Order of Merit winner
1972–73
European Tour
Order of Merit winner
1975

Dale Hayes (born 1 July 1952) is a South African professional golfer.

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Amateur career

Hayes won the 15–17 Boys category at the Junior World Golf Championships in 1969.

Professional career

Hayes turned professional in 1970. He won more than a dozen events in South Africa, leading the South African Tour Order of Merit in 1972/73. [1] He also finished as runner up on the Order of Merit in 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1979. In 1974, he won the World Cup of Golf for South Africa in partnership with Bobby Cole.

In 1971, Hayes won the Spanish Open at the age of 18 years. In 1973, he was fourth on the European Tour Order of Merit, improving to second in 1974 and first in 1975. He played on the PGA Tour in 1976 and 1977, with a best finish of tied for second at the 1977 Florida Citrus Open. [2] He also finished in the top four on the European Tour's Order of Merit in 1978 and 1979, but played little professional golf after his late twenties.

Since he stopped playing tour golf, Hayes has remained involved in the sport in a variety of ways. He has worked as a broadcaster in South Africa and for the Golf Channel, started and edited a golf magazine and helped to found an internet golf shopping business. He is involved in golf course design through a company called Matkovich & Hayes, although he deals only with marketing and public relations, while the actual design is handled by his business partner Peter Matkovic, a professional golfer. Hayes also works as a public speaker and gives golf clinics.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (23)

European Tour wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
120 Jul 1975 Swiss Open −7 (68-69-66-70=273)1 stroke Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Tienie Britz, Flag of Scotland.svg Bernard Gallacher,
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Gary Player
27 May 1978 Italian Open +5 (74-72-68-79=293)3 strokes Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Vin Baker, Flag of England.svg Tommy Horton
315 May 1978 French Open −19 (66-69-67-67=269)11 strokes Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg Seve Ballesteros
422 Apr 1979 Spanish Open −10 (70-75-67-66=278)2 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Brian Barnes

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1979 Italian Open Flag of Scotland.svg Brian Barnes Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole

Southern Africa Tour wins (14)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
14 Dec 1971 Bert Hagerman Invitational −22 (66-66-66-68=266)5 strokes Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Hugh Baiocchi
27 Jan 1973 Holiday Inns Open −8 (69-67=136)1 stroke Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Trevor Wilkes
317 Feb 1973 Corlett Drive Classic −14 (68-72-69-65=274)2 strokes Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Comrie du Toit
424 Feb 1973 Schoeman Park Open −10 (72-71-66-69=278)5 strokes Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Dave Wren
59 Dec 1973 Rhodesian Dunlop Masters −13 (69-68-68-70=275)2 strokes Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Allan Henning
615 Dec 1973 Rolux Open −21 (64-67-68-68=267)7 strokes Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Harold Henning
723 Feb 1974 Holiday Inns Open −19 (64-68-67-70=269)2 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Bob Charles
816 Nov 1974 Beck's PGA Championship −9 (68-65-69-69=271)1 stroke Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Gary Player
929 Nov 1975 Beck's PGA Championship (2)−14 (66-71-62-67=266)6 strokes Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Allan Henning
106 Dec 1975 Holiday Inns Open (2)−13 (69-75-66-65=275)Playoff Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg John Fourie
1131 Jan 1976 BP South African Open −1 (75-69-71-72=287)Playoff Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg John Fourie
1220 Nov 1976 Sportsman Lager PGA Championship (3)−14 (68-66-66-66=266)1 stroke Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Gary Player
1318 Nov 1978 ICL International −15 (65-65-66-69=265)Playoff Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Hugh Baiocchi
1415 Dec 1978 Kronenbrau Masters −13 (67-72-66-70=275)Playoff Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Tienie Britz

Southern Africa Tour playoff record (3–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1973 General Motors International Classic Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Hugh Baiocchi Lost to par on second extra hole
2 1975 Holiday Inns Open Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg John Fourie Won with par on fourth extra hole
3 1976 BP South African Open Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg John Fourie Won 18-hole playoff;
Hayes: −3 (69),
Fourie: E (72)
4 1976 Holiday Inns Invitational Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Hugh Baiocchi Lost to par on fourth extra hole
5 1978 ICL International Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Hugh Baiocchi Won with par on third extra hole
61978 Kronenbrau Masters Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Tienie Britz Won with birdie on third extra hole

Other wins (5)

This list is incomplete.

Results in major championships

Tournament1969197019711972197319741975197619771978197919801981
Masters Tournament CUTT19CUT
The Open Championship CUT17CUTT39CUTT32T48T11CUTT38CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1972 Open Championship)
"T" = tied
Note: Hayes never played in the U.S. Open or the PGA Championship.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

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