Mike Hill | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Full name | Michael Joseph Hill | ||||
Born | Jackson, Michigan | January 27, 1939||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||
Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 13 st) | ||||
Sporting nationality | United States | ||||
Residence | Brooklyn, Michigan | ||||
Career | |||||
College | Arizona State University | ||||
Turned professional | 1967 | ||||
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions Tour | ||||
Professional wins | 27 | ||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||
PGA Tour | 3 | ||||
PGA Tour Champions | 18 | ||||
Best results in major championships | |||||
Masters Tournament | T37: 1978 | ||||
PGA Championship | T11: 1974 | ||||
U.S. Open | T55: 1972 | ||||
The Open Championship | DNP | ||||
Achievements and awards | |||||
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Michael Joseph Hill (born January 27, 1939) is an American professional golfer.
Born in Jackson, Michigan, Hill attended Arizona State University in Tempe and turned professional in 1967. Hill had three PGA Tour wins and his best finish in a major was a tie for eleventh at the PGA Championship in 1974.
Hill won 18 times on the Senior PGA Tour (now PGA Tour Champions) and topped the money list in 1991. He is the brother of PGA Tour player Dave Hill.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | Mar 1, 1970 | Doral-Eastern Open Invitational | −9 (70-69-69-71=279) | 4 strokes | Jim Colbert |
2 | Nov 5, 1972 | San Antonio Texas Open | −15 (67-68-69-69=273) | 2 strokes | Lee Trevino |
3 | Sep 25, 1977 | Ohio Kings Island Open | −11 (68-65-72-64=269) | 1 stroke | Tom Kite |
Legend |
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Tour Championships (2) |
Other Senior PGA Tour (16) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Feb 11, 1990 | GTE Suncoast Classic | −9 (68-69-70=207) | 2 strokes | Lee Trevino |
2 | Sep 2, 1990 | GTE North Classic | −15 (66-67-68=201) | Playoff | Bruce Crampton |
3 | Sep 30, 1990 | Fairfield Barnett Space Coast Classic | −16 (66-70-64=200) | Playoff | Dale Douglass |
4 | Nov 4, 1990 | Security Pacific Senior Classic | −15 (70-68-63=201) | 1 stroke | Gary Player |
5 | Dec 16, 1990 | New York Life Champions | −15 (69-64-68=201) | Playoff | Dale Douglass, Lee Trevino |
6 | Apr 28, 1991 | Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity Classic | −13 (66-66-71=203) | 1 stroke | George Archer |
7 | Jul 21, 1991 | Ameritech Senior Open | −16 (67-66-67=200) | 2 strokes | Bob Charles |
8 | Aug 18, 1991 | GTE Northwest Classic | −18 (68-66-64=198) | 2 strokes | Chi-Chi Rodríguez |
9 | Sep 22, 1991 | Nationwide Championship | −4 (70-71-71=212) | 1 stroke | Tom Shaw |
10 | Dec 15, 1991 | New York Life Champions (2) | −14 (70-65-67=202) | 2 strokes | Jim Colbert |
11 | Mar 22, 1992 | Vintage ARCO Invitational | −13 (67-66-70=203) | Playoff | Tommy Aaron, Jim Colbert |
12 | May 17, 1992 | Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity Classic (2) | −10 (70-64=134)* | 2 strokes | Gibby Gilbert, Larry Mowry |
13 | Aug 9 1992 | Digital Seniors Classic | −8 (69-67=136)* | Playoff | Walt Zembriski |
14 | Feb 14, 1993 | Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate Challenge | −14 (67-65-70=202) | 2 strokes | Dave Stockton |
15 | May 16, 1993 | PaineWebber Invitational | −12 (69-67-68=204) | 2 strokes | Tom Weiskopf |
16 | Feb 20, 1994 | IntelliNet Challenge (2) | −15 (69-69-63=201) | 3 strokes | Tom Wargo |
17 | Jul 9, 1995 | Kroger Senior Classic | −17 (64-66-66=196) | 3 strokes | Isao Aoki |
18 | Sep 15, 1996 | Bank One Classic | −9 (70-69-68=207) | 1 stroke | Isao Aoki, Gibby Gilbert |
*Note: Tournament shortened to 36 holes due to weather.
Senior PGA Tour playoff record (5–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 1990 | GTE North Classic | Bruce Crampton | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 1990 | Fairfield Barnett Space Coast Classic | Dale Douglass | Won with par on first extra hole |
3 | 1990 | New York Life Champions | Dale Douglass, Lee Trevino | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
4 | 1992 | Vintage ARCO Invitational | Tommy Aaron, Jim Colbert | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
5 | 1992 | Digital Seniors Classic | Walt Zembriski | Won with par on second extra hole |
6 | 1996 | Emerald Coast Classic | Bob Eastwood, David Graham, Dave Stockton, Lee Trevino | Trevino won with birdie on first extra hole |
Tournament | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | T37 | |||||||||
U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | T55 | ||||||||
PGA Championship | T16 | T46 | T40 | T24 | T11 | T17 | T15 | CUT | CUT |
Note: Hill never played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
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