Hal Underwood

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Hal Underwood
Personal information
Full nameHal Mac Underwood
Born (1945-11-09) November 9, 1945 (age 78)
Ballinger, Texas, U.S.
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Career
College University of Houston
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia2

Hal Mac Underwood (born November 9, 1945) [1] is an American professional golfer.

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Amateur career

Underwood played college golf at the University of Houston. He played on two NCAA Championship teams (1966 and 1967), was an All-American in 1966 and 1967, and won several college tournaments. [2] [3]

Professional career

Underwood never won on the PGA Tour but finished runner-up to Gary Player in the 1971 Greater Jacksonville Open. [4] He had a little more success internationally, winning the 1975 Portuguese Open on the European Tour and the two events on the Australian/New Zealand circuit. He also recorded a runner-up at the 1977 Malaysian Dunlop Masters. [5]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
1Apr 11, 1975 Portuguese Open E (73-72-71-76=292)3 strokes Flag of Argentina.svg Vicente Fernández

PGA Tour of Australia wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
1Oct 2, 1977 Queensland Open −7 (71-69-71-70=281)2 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mike Ferguson, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Headland

New Zealand Golf Circuit wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
1Nov 30, 1975 Otago Charity Classic −6 (67-73-72-70=282)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Bob Clark

New Zealand Golf Circuit playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1975 Otago Charity Classic Flag of the United States.svg Bob Clark Won with par on first extra hole

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1971 Greater Jacksonville Open Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Gary Player Lost to par on second extra hole

Awards and honors

See also

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