Jay Haas

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Jay Haas
Personal information
Full nameJay Dean Haas
NicknameJaybird [1]
Born (1953-12-02) December 2, 1953 (age 71)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.
SpouseJan Pruitt
Children2, including Bill
Career
College Wake Forest University
Turned professional1976
Current tour(s) PGA Tour Champions
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Professional wins33
Highest ranking 17 (September 14, 2003) [2]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour9
PGA Tour Champions18
Other6
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T3: 1995
PGA Championship T3: 1999
U.S. Open T4: 1995
The Open Championship T19: 1983
Achievements and awards
Haskins Award 1975
Payne Stewart Award 2004
Jim Murray Award 2005
Champions Tour
Rookie of the Year 		2005
Bob Jones Award 2006
Champions Tour
Charles Schwab Cup winner 		2006, 2008
Champions Tour
money list winner 		2006, 2007
Champions Tour
Player of the Year 		2006, 2007

Jay Dean Haas (born December 2, 1953) is an American professional golfer formerly of the PGA Tour who now plays on the PGA Tour Champions.

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Early life and amateur career

Haas was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Belleville, Illinois. He attended Wake Forest University and was a member of the NCAA Championship team of the middle 1970s with Curtis Strange and Bob Byman that Golf World has called "the greatest college team of all time". [3] He won the individual championship in 1975.

Professional career

Haas turned professional in 1976 and had a solid career on the PGA Tour, winning nine times between 1978 and 1993. He had a resurgence in 2003, when he finished in the top 30 on the money list for the first time since 1995 and made the United States Presidents Cup team. The following year he was one of Hal Sutton's two captain's picks for the Ryder Cup, and made his third appearance in that event.

Haas was known for being one of the most consistent players on the PGA Tour over the course of his career and ended up playing 799 events. [4] He is only four starts off Mark Brooks' record. [5] He has made the cut 593 times on the PGA Tour, more than any other player. [6] Haas has the distinction of playing in 87 majors without a win, a record until 2021.

Haas was eligible to play in Champions Tour (now PGA Tour Champions) events from the start of the 2004 season and he lost to Hale Irwin by one stroke at the Senior PGA Championship in his first appearance at that level. He was still featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking after his 50th birthday. In 2005, he won twice on the Champions Tour, while also continuing to play regularly on the PGA Tour. In April 2006, he won back to back events on the Champions Tour and the following month he won a playoff at the Oak Tree Golf Club with Brad Bryant at the Senior PGA Championship to claim his first senior major and he went on to top the 2006 Champions Tour money list. He was named the Champions Tour Player of the Year in 2006 as well. Haas won the 2008 Charles Schwab Cup to win two out of the last three cups.

After winning the Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn in September 2009, Haas won his third senior major and 14th Champions Tour event in October at the Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship. He came from 5 strokes behind with a final-round 6-under-par 64 to win by 1 over 54-hole leader Tom Watson. In June 2012, Haas won his 16th title on the Champions Tour, cruising to a five-stroke victory over Larry Mize and Kirk Triplett at the Principal Charity Classic. In October 2016, Haas won the Toshiba Classic in a playoff with Bart Bryant. He became the second-oldest player to win a PGA Tour Champions event at age 62 years, 312 days; the oldest being then Mike Fetchick at 63 years. [7]

At the 2022 Zurich Classic, at the age of 68, he teamed up with his son Bill and became the oldest golfer ever to make the cut. [8]

Haas comes from a distinguished family of golfers. He is a nephew of 1968 Masters winner Bob Goalby, and has several other relations in golf including his second son Bill who has played on the PGA Tour since 2006. His oldest son Jay Jr., brother Jerry Haas, and brother-in-law Dillard Pruitt also played on the PGA Tour.

He was voted the 2006 Bob Jones Award, the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. In February 2005, he received the Payne Stewart Award, and in April 2005, he received the Murray Award for his cooperation with the media.

Haas currently resides in Greenville, South Carolina.

Professional wins (33)

PGA Tour wins (9)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1Jan 29, 1978 Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational −10 (72-64-72-70=278)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Andy Bean, Flag of the United States.svg Gene Littler,
Flag of the United States.svg John Schroeder
2Jul 12, 1981 Greater Milwaukee Open −14 (68-66-67-73=274)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Chi-Chi Rodríguez
3Sep 6, 1981 B.C. Open −14 (67-65-69-69=270)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Tom Kite
4Sep 19, 1982 Hall of Fame −8 (70-70-70-66=276)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg John Adams
5Oct 3, 1982 Texas Open −18 (63-67-67-65=262)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Curtis Strange
6Apr 26, 1987 Big "I" Houston Open −12 (69-69-71-67=276)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Gardner
7Jan 24, 1988 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic −22 (63-68-69-68-70=338)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg David Edwards
8Jun 14, 1992 Federal Express St. Jude Classic −21 (68-67-64-64=263)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Dan Forsman, Flag of the United States.svg Robert Gamez
9Oct 17, 1993 H.E.B. Texas Open (2)−21 (68-65-66-64=263)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Bob Lohr

PGA Tour playoff record (3–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1982 Hall of Fame Flag of the United States.svg John Adams Won with par on second extra hole
2 1987 Big "I" Houston Open Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Gardner Won with par on first extra hole
3 1993 H.E.B. Texas Open Flag of the United States.svg Bob Lohr Won with birdie on second extra hole

Other wins (6)

PGA Tour Champions wins (18)

Legend
PGA Tour Champions major championships (3)
Other PGA Tour Champions (15)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1Oct 9, 2005 Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn −16 (68-67-65=200)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Dana Quigley
2Oct 23, 2005 SBC Championship −14 (67-66-66=199)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Tom Purtzer
3Apr 23, 2006 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf −15 (66-68-67=201)5 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Peter Jacobsen, Flag of the United States.svg Craig Stadler
4Apr 30, 2006 FedEx Kinko's Classic −11 (68-72-65=205)2 strokes Flag of England.svg Mark James, Flag of the United States.svg Tom Kite
5May 28, 2006 Senior PGA Championship −5 (68-70-73-68=279)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Brad Bryant
6Oct 15, 2006 Administaff Small Business Classic −17 (65-63-71=199)5 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Lietzke
7Mar 11, 2007 Toshiba Classic −19 (65-64-65=194)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg R. W. Eaks
8Apr 22, 2007 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (2)−9 (68-69-70=207)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Tom Kite
9Jun 10, 2007 Principal Charity Classic −12 (65-67-69=201)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Brad Bryant, Flag of the United States.svg R. W. Eaks
10Jun 24, 2007 Bank of America Championship −13 (71-66-66=203)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Brad Bryant, Flag of the United States.svg Leonard Thompson
11May 25, 2008 Senior PGA Championship (2)+7 (69-72-72-74=287)1 stroke Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer
12Jun 1, 2008 Principal Charity Classic (2)−10 (70-68-65=203)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Andy Bean
13Sep 20, 2009 Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn (2)−18 (62-71-65=198)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Andy Bean, Flag of the United States.svg Russ Cochran
14Oct 4, 2009 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship −13 (66-70-67-64=267)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Tom Watson
15Aug 7, 2011 3M Championship −15 (64-69-68=201)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Tom Lehman, Flag of the United States.svg Kenny Perry,
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Senior
16Jun 3, 2012 Principal Charity Classic (3)−16 (66-65-66=197)5 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Larry Mize, Flag of the United States.svg Kirk Triplett
17Oct 19, 2014 Greater Hickory Kia Classic at Rock Barn (3)−17 (63-67-66=196)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Joe Durant, Flag of the United States.svg Kirk Triplett
18Oct 9, 2016 Toshiba Classic (2)−16 (64-63-70=197)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Bart Bryant

PGA Tour Champions playoff record (3–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2006 Senior PGA Championship Flag of the United States.svg Brad Bryant Won with par on third extra hole
2 2007 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf Flag of the United States.svg Tom Kite Won with par on first extra hole
3 2008 Toshiba Classic Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer Lost to birdie on seventh extra hole
4 2014 Charles Schwab Cup Championship Flag of the United States.svg Tom Pernice Jr. Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole
5 2016 Toshiba Classic Flag of the United States.svg Bart Bryant Won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament197419751976197719781979
Masters Tournament CUTT47
U.S. Open T54LAT18LAT5CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship T58T7
Tournament1980198119821983198419851986198719881989
Masters Tournament T17T3144T27T215T6T7CUTT46
U.S. Open T26CUTT6T43T11T15CUTT25CUT
The Open Championship T27T19T36T35T38
PGA Championship T50T19T5T9T39T38T53T28T38CUT
Tournament1990199119921993199419951996199719981999
Masters Tournament 38T5T3T36T12T44
U.S. Open CUTT23T77CUTT4T90T5CUTT17
The Open Championship T79T22T24
PGA Championship CUTT62T2014T8T31T61T40T3
Tournament200020012002200320042005200620072008
Masters Tournament T37CUTT1748
U.S. Open T12CUTT9CUTT37
The Open Championship CUTCUT
PGA Championship T64CUTT5T37CUTT68CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament 0013592219
U.S. Open 00035122718
The Open Championship 000003108
PGA Championship 0013692823
Totals002916338768

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament197719781979
The Players Championship CUTT57T9
Tournament1980198119821983198419851986198719881989
The Players Championship T8T29T27WDT29T55T7T50DQCUT
Tournament1990199119921993199419951996199719981999
The Players Championship CUTCUTCUTT20T55CUTT8T43CUTCUT
Tournament20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010
The Players Championship CUTT49T2T6T24CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
DQ = disqualified
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament200320042005
Match Play QFR64R16
Championship T54T43
Invitational T17T41T19
  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied

Senior major championships

Wins (3)

YearChampionshipWinning scoreMarginRunner-up
2006 Senior PGA Championship −5 (68-70-73-68=279)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Brad Bryant
2008 Senior PGA Championship (2)+7 (69-72-72-74=287)1 stroke Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer
2009 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship −13 (66-70-67-64=267)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Tom Watson

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2022.

Tournament200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
The Tradition T23T20T14T3T17T10T5T13T31T3T52T5463NT
Senior PGA Championship 2CUT1T91T9T23T34T29T2T3T50T38CUTT63NT75T64CUT
U.S. Senior Open T3T22T8T5T9T13T20T13T9T35T38T14T42T14T17NTT40T7T22
Senior Players Championship T18T3T1761T20T32T20T27T6T54T14T32T227T5264
Senior British Open Championship T6T4T19T8T28T40NT
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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