Walter Hall (golfer)

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Walter Hall
Personal information
Full nameWalter Houston Hall
Born (1947-06-12) June 12, 1947 (age 76)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight200 lb (91 kg; 14 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Residence Clemmons, North Carolina
Career
College University of Maryland
Turned professional1971, [lower-alpha 1] 1973, [lower-alpha 2] 1994
Former tour(s) Asia Golf Circuit
NGA Hooters Tour
Champions Tour
European Seniors Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour Champions1
European Senior Tour1
Other2

Walter Houston Hall (born June 12, 1947) is an American professional golfer.

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Early life

Hall was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He played collegiately at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Career

Hall turned professional in 1971, his amateur status having been forfeited when he entered the qualifying tournament for the PGA Tour. [1] After failing to qualify for the tour, regained his amateur status in September 1972. He turned professional again in July 1973, and played on several mini-tours after missing out on the PGA Tour for a second time. After being professionally inactive for five years, in May 1980, he regained his amateur status once more. [2] He turned professional for a third time in his late 40s, in preparation for the over-50s senior tours, and played on the Asia Golf Circuit in 1994 and 1995 and mini-tours in the United States, including the NGA Hooters Tour. [3] His first professional win came at the Mid Pines Open on the Coastal Carolina Tour (later the Hurricane Tour) in 1993. [4] In 1996, he won the season ending Naturally Fresh Cup on the Hooters Tour. [5]

Hall joined the Senior PGA Tour in 1997 and has won once, the 2001 AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship. He also won the PGA Seniors Championship on the European Seniors Tour in 1997.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (4)

Mini-tour wins (2)

Senior PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Aug 26, 2001 AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship −15 (68-66-65-70=269)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Ed Dougherty

Senior PGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2000 ACE Group Classic Flag of Spain.svg José María Cañizares, Flag of the United States.svg Lanny Wadkins,
Flag of the United States.svg Tom Watson 		Wadkins won with par on third extra hole
Hall and Watson eliminated by par on first hole
2 2001 AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship Flag of the United States.svg Ed Dougherty Won with par on first extra hole

European Seniors Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Aug 25, 1997 The Belfry PGA Seniors Championship −11 (69-69-69-70=277)3 strokes Flag of England.svg Tommy Horton

Notes

  1. ↑ Amateur status reinstated in September 1972.
  2. ↑ Amateur status reinstated in May 1980.

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References

  1. ↑ Norwood, Bev (August 22, 1971). "Walter Hall Disqualified from Forsyth Golf" . The Sentinel. Winston-Salem, North Carolina. p. B1. Retrieved January 3, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Kibler, Dan (June 7, 1980). "Hall's Return Will Affect Amateur Ranks" . Sunday Journal and Sentinel. Winston-Salem, North Carolina. p. 4. Retrieved January 3, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Linker, Mason (August 10, 1995). "After 20-year postponement, golfer goes for dream" . Winston-Salem Journal. pp. C1, C4. Retrieved January 3, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. 1 2 "Hall notches first victory" . The Evening Telegram. Rocky Mount, North Carolina. AP. August 26, 1993. p. 2D. Retrieved January 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. 1 2 "Golf | Hooters Tour" . San Francisco Examiner. September 30, 1996. p. C-16. Retrieved January 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Dell, John (August 16, 2023). "The 76th Forsyth Championship will tee off on Friday at Maple Chase Golf & Country Club". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  7. ↑ "CGA Mid-Amateur Champions" (PDF). Carolinas Golf Association. Retrieved January 4, 2024.


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