Rod Spittle

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Rod Spittle
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Spittle in 2013
Personal information
Born (1955-07-18) 18 July 1955 (age 70)
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight230 lb (100 kg; 16 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Career
College Ohio State University
Turned professional2004
Current tour(s) Champions Tour
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour Champions1
Achievements and awards
Canadian Golf Hall of Fame 2019

Rod Spittle (born 18 July 1955) is a Canadian professional golfer.

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Amateur career

Spittle was born in St. Catharines, Ontario. He played college golf at Ohio State University where his teammates included John Cook and Joey Sindelar. [1] Spittle won the Canadian Amateur in 1977 and 1978. In 1978, Spittle graduated Ohio State with a degree in Business Administration.

After graduating, Spittle did not turn professional in golf, instead choosing to sell insurance, which he did for 25 years. [1] He moved to Ohio, and played amateur golf at a high standard during this period.

Professional career

In 2004, Spittle turned professional, shortly before turning 50. He began playing on the Champions Tour in 2005. His best finish in his first four years was a T-2 at the 2007 Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn. He did not play the Champions Tour at all in 2009. [1] In 2010, he Monday-qualified into the AT&T Championship, and won the event in a one-hole sudden-death playoff over Jeff Sluman. [2]

Award and honors

In 2019, Spittle was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame [3]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (1)

Champions Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
131 Oct 2010 AT&T Championship −12 (66-68-67=201)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Sluman

Champions Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2010 AT&T Championship Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Sluman Won with par on first extra hole

References

  1. 1 2 3 Champions Tour Media Guide entry
  2. Spittle beats Sluman in Champions Tour playoff
  3. "Rod Spittle – Canadian Golf Hall of Fame". Golf Canada.
  4. Ohio Mid-Amateur, Past Champions