Hubert Green
Name:
Hubert Myatt GreenCountry:
USALived:
[1946-2018]. Born on Dec 28, 1946 in Birmingham, Alabama. Died on June 19, 2018 in Birmingham, AL (aged 71).Original/Home Club:
CC of BirminghamOccupation:
Professional golferTurned Pro:
1970America
Lightpath
Played as the Lightpath Long Island Classic (Aug 2-4). Green (USA) beat Hale Irwin (USA) with a birdie at the seventh sudden-death playoff hole. [Meadow Brook Club, Jericho, Long Island, NY].
America
Kroger
Played as the Kroger Senior Classic (Sept 15-17). Second-placed Larry Nelson (USA) finished 1 shot behind Green (USA). [Grizzly course, Golf Ctr at Kings Island, Mason, Ohio].
America
Audi
Played as the inaugural Audi Senior Classic (March 10-12). Second-placed Jim Colbert (USA), Doug Tewell (USA) and Dean Overturf (USA) finished 5 shots behind Green (USA), who shot a final round 10-under-par 62. [La Vista CC, Puebla, Mexico].
America
Liberty Mutual
Played as the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (March 18-21; unofficial two-man better-ball team event). Second-placed John Mahaffey (USA) & Tom Wargo (USA) finished 3 shots behind Hubert Green (USA) & Gil Morgan (USA). [Slammer & Squire course, World Golf Village, St Augustine, FL].
America
Bruno's
Played as Bruno's Memorial Classic (Apr 30-May 3). Second-placed Hale Irwin (USA) finished 1 shot behind first-time Snr PGA Tour winner Green (USA). [Greystone G&CC, Birmingham, Alabama].
Japan
Casio
Played as the Casio World Open (Nov 28-Dec 1; Japan Tr event). Green (USA) beat Scott Hoch (USA) with a par at the second playoff hole (par-3 17th). Nobumitsu Yuhara (Jpn) and Wayne Grady (Aus) were eliminated after bogeying the first playoff hole (par-4 16th). Green recorded the second of his two Japan Tour wins, and collected prize money equating to US$72,000. [Kaimon course, Ibusuki GC, Ibusuki, Kagoshima, Japan].
Majors
PGA of America
The US PGA Championship (67th) (Aug 8-11). Second-placed and defending champion Lee Trevino (USA) finished 2 shots behind 38-year-old Green (USA), who claimed his second major championship win and the last of his 19 PGA Tour wins. [Cherry Hills CC, Englewood, nr Denver, CO].
America
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Played as the Southern Open (Oct 11-14). Second-placed Rex Caldwell (USA), Scott Hoch (USA) and tour rookie Corey Pavin (USA) finished 6 shots behind 37-year-old Green (USA). [Green Island CC, Columbus, Georgia].
America
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Played as the Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open (Aug 13-16). Second-placed Fred Couples (USA), Bobby Clampett (USA) and Roger Maltbie (USA) finished 1 shot behind Hubert Green (USA). [Wethersfield CC, nr Hartford, CT].
America
First NBC
Played as the First NBC New Orleans Open (April 26-29). Second-placed Lee Trevino (USA), Bruce Lietzke (USA), Steve Melnyk (USA) and Frank Conner (USA) finished 1 shot behind Hubert Green (USA). [Lakewood GC, New Orleans, LA].
America
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Played as the Hawaiian Open (Feb 8-11). Second-placed Fuzzy Zoeller (USA) finished 3 shots behind defending champion Hubert Green (USA). [Waialae CC, Honolulu, Hawaii].
America
Sea Pines
Played as the Sea Pines Heritage Classic (March 23-26). Second-placed Hale Irwin (USA) finished 3 shots behind Green (USA), who won this event for the second time in three years. [Harbour Town Links, Sea Pines Resort, Hilton Head, SC].
America
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Played as the Hawaiian Open (Feb 2-5). Hubert Green (USA) beat Bill Kratzert (USA) with a par at the second playoff hole. [Waialae CC, Honolulu, Hawaii].
Majors
USGA
The US Open (77th) (Jun 16-19). Second-placed Lou Graham (USA) finished 1 shot behind 30-year-old Hubert Green (USA), who recorded the first of his two major championship wins. [Southern Hills CC, Tulsa, Oklahoma].
Europe
Carroll & Co.
Played as Carroll's Irish Open (Aug 25-28). Second-placed and defending champion Ben Crenshaw (USA) finished 1 shot behind Green (USA). [Portmarnock GC, nr Dublin, Ireland].
Played as the Doral-Eastern Open (March 11-14). Second-placed Jack Nicklaus (USA) and Mark Hayes (USA) finished 6 shots behind Hubert Green (USA). [Blue Monster course, Doral Resort, Miami, FL].
America
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Played as the Greater Jacksonville Open (March 18-21). Second-placed Miller Barber (USA) finished 2 shots behind Green (USA), who recorded his tenth PGA Tour win, and second in as many weeks. [Deerwood CC, Jacksonville, FL].
America
Sea Pines
Played as the Sea Pines Heritage Classic (March 25-28). Second-placed Jerry McGee (USA) finished 5 shots behind Green (USA). [Harbour Town Links, Sea Pines Resort, Hilton Head, SC].
Japan
Dunlop
Played as the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament (Nov 27-30; Japan Tr season-ending event). Takashi Murakami (Jpn) finished 6 shots behind wire-to-wire winner Green (USA), who claimed his first win in Japan. Green's first prize equated to US$40,000. [Phoenix CC, Miyazaki, Japan].
America
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Played as the Southern Open (Sept 4-7). Second-placed John Schroeder (USA) finished 3 shots behind Hubert Green (USA), whose final round six-under-par 64 clinched the win. [Green Island CC, Columbus, Georgia].
America
Disney World
Played as the Walt Disney World National Team Championship (Oct 31-Nov 3; two-man team event; formerly the Walt Disney World Classic). Second-placed uncle/nephew pairing of Sam Snead (USA) & J.C. Snead (USA), and Ed Sneed (USA) & Bert Yancey (USA) finished 1 shot behind Hubert Green (USA) & Mac McLendon (USA). [Magnolia course, Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL. Earlier rounds also played on the Palm course].
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Played as the Bob Hope Desert Classic (Feb 7-10). Second-placed Bert Yancey (USA) finished 2 shots behind Green (USA). [Indian Wells CC, Coachella Valley, CA. Earlier rounds also at: Bermuda Dunes CC; Eldorado CC; La Quinta CC].
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Played as the Greater Jacksonville Open (March 14-17). Second-placed John Mahaffey (USA) finished 3 shots behind Green (USA). [Deerwood CC, Jacksonville, FL].
America
IVB
Played as the IVB Philadelphia Classic (June 6-9). Second-placed Hale Irwin (USA) finished 4 shots behind Hubert Green (USA). [Whitemarsh Valley CC, Lafayette Hill, nr Philadelphia, PA].
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Played as the Tallahassee Open (April 19-22). Second-placed Jim Simons (USA) finished 1 shot behind Green (USA), who recorded his second PGA Tour win. [Killearn CC, Tallahassee, Florida].
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Played as the B.C. Open (Sept 20-23; first year as a full PGA Tour event). Second-placed Dwight Nevil (USA) finished 6 shots behind Green (USA). [En-Joie GC, Endicott, NY].
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Played as the Houston Champions International (May 13-16). 24-year-old Tour rookie Hubert Green (USA) beat Don January (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole, to record his first PGA Tour win. [Cypress Creek course, Champions GC, Houston, TX].
Tournaments:
PGA Championship: the year’s second men’s major championship is hosted by Southern Hills CC, Tulsa, Oklahoma, amidst doubt as to whether reigning champion Phil Mickelson will defend his title (May 19-22).
Soudal Open: Belgium’s return to European Tour golf sees 36-hole Rinkven International GC host the Soudal Open, the country’s national open championship (May 12-15).
Who's Who:
Scottie Scheffler: bags the 2022 Masters Tournament title, and with it a fourth win in six starts on the PGA Tour and his first major championship victory.
Stephen Dodd: took the European Senior Tour’s 2021 Order of Merit honours following the abandonment due to rain of the season’s final event, the MCB Tour Championship – Mauritius (April 1-3, 2022).
Golf World Top 100: Best Golf Courses in Europe. From France to Spain to the Netherlands and Norway, the Golf World Top 100 panel reveals the places you have to play (published 20 October 2021).
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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