Jay Don Blake | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Jay Don Blake |
Born | St. George, Utah | October 28, 1958
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 14 st) |
Sporting nationality | United States |
Residence | St. George, Utah |
Career | |
College | Utah State University |
Turned professional | 1981 |
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions |
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Professional wins | 7 |
Highest ranking | 63 (June 28, 1992) [1] |
Number of wins by tour | |
PGA Tour | 1 |
PGA Tour Champions | 3 |
Other | 3 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | T27: 1991 |
PGA Championship | T13: 1991 |
U.S. Open | T6: 1992 |
The Open Championship | T64: 1991 |
Jay Don Blake (born October 28, 1958) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions.
Blake was born and raised in St. George, Utah, where he attended Dixie High School, graduating in 1977. Blake learned the game of golf on the public Dixie Red Hills Golf Course. [2] He attended Utah State University in Logan and was a member of the golf team. He won the 1980 NCAA Championship and was named NCAA Player of the Year in 1981. He turned pro in 1981 and joined the PGA Tour in 1987.
Although Blake has only one victory on the PGA Tour, he earned a spot in the top-125 for 15 consecutive years after joining the tour in 1987. Blake has more than 3 dozen top-10 finishes in official PGA Tour events, including more than a half-dozen seconds and thirds. Blake's best career year was 1991 when he had six top-10 finishes, including one Tour win, $563,854 in earnings and finished 21st on the final money list; [3] he also had a win in international competition that year. His best finish in a major championship is T6 at the 1992 U.S. Open. [4]
In his late 40s, Blake played mostly in Nationwide Tour events. He began playing on the Champions Tour in 2009. He earned his first win in September 2011 at the Songdo IBD Championship in South Korea then picked up his second victory of the year at the season ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship.
Blake lives in St. George, Utah.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | Feb 17, 1991 | Shearson Lehman Brothers Open | −20 (69-65-67-67=268) | 2 strokes | Bill Sander |
Legend |
Tour Championships (1) |
Other Champions Tour (2) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Sep 18, 2011 | Songdo IBD Championship | −13 (68-67-68=203) | Playoff | John Cook, Mark O'Meara, Peter Senior |
2 | Nov 6, 2011 | Charles Schwab Cup Championship | −8 (71-68-66-71=276) | 2 strokes | Michael Allen, Mark Calcavecchia, Jay Haas, Loren Roberts |
3 | Aug 26, 2012 | Boeing Classic | −10 (68-70-68=206) | Playoff | Mark O'Meara |
Champions Tour playoff record (2–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2011 | Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am | John Cook | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 2011 | Songdo IBD Championship | John Cook, Mark O'Meara, Peter Senior | Won with birdie on fifth extra hole O'Meara and Senior eliminated by par on third hole |
3 | 2012 | Boeing Classic | Mark O'Meara | Won with birdie on second extra hole |
PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 1991 | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | Isao Aoki, Seve Ballesteros, Larry Nelson | Nelson won with par on fourth extra hole Ballesteros eliminated by birdie on third hole Blake eliminated by par on first hole |
Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
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Masters Tournament | ||||||||||
U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | T24 | T18 | ||||||
The Open Championship | ||||||||||
PGA Championship | T25 | CUT |
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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Masters Tournament | T27 | CUT | T45 | |||||||
U.S. Open | CUT | T6 | T62 | CUT | CUT | |||||
The Open Championship | T64 | |||||||||
PGA Championship | WD | T13 | T76 | T66 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T56 |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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Masters Tournament | ||||||||||
U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | T64 | |||||||
The Open Championship | ||||||||||
PGA Championship | CUT |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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Masters Tournament | ||||
U.S. Open | CUT | |||
The Open Championship | ||||
PGA Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 5 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 13 |
Results not in chronological order prior to 2021.
Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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The Tradition | T47 | T18 | T21 | T34 | T72 | T20 | T53 | NT | |||||
Senior PGA Championship | T28 | T8 | T27 | T29 | T66 | CUT | T59 | 75 | NT | ||||
Senior Players Championship | T15 | T33 | T13 | T20 | T36 | T54 | T9 | T23 | 74 | 76 | |||
U.S. Senior Open | T22 | T35 | NT | ||||||||||
Senior British Open Championship | CUT | T3 | CUT | T10 | CUT | T40 | NT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
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