Mike Hill
Name:
Michael Joseph "Mike" HillCountry:
USABorn:
Jan 27, 1939 in Jackson, Michigan.Original/Home Club:
Occupation:
Professional golferTurned Pro:
1967Total professional wins (27), including PGA Tour wins (3) and Senior PGA Tour wins (18).
Mike Hill is the younger brother of 13-time PGA Tour winner and six-time Senior PGA Tour winner Dave Hill (1937-2011).
America
Georgia-Pacific
Played as the Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions Championship (Oct 21-23; unofficial Champions Tr event for 60+ age group; played as part of the Champions Tour season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship). Second-placed Raymond Floyd (USA) finished 5 shots behind Hill (USA). [Sonoma GC, Sonoma, California].
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Georgia-Pacific
Played as the Georgia-Pacific Super Seniors Championship (Nov 5-7; unofficial Snr PGA Tour event for 60+ age group; played as part of the season-ending Senior Tour Championship). Second-placed Jim Dent (USA) finished 5 shots behind Hill (USA). [The Dunes G&BC, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina].
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Bank One
Played as the Bank One Classic (Sept 13-15). Second-placed Gibby Gilbert (USA) and Isao Aoki (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind Hill (USA), who recorded the last of his 18 Snr PGA Tour wins. [Kearney Hill Links, Lexington, Kentucky].
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Liberty Mutual
Played as the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (March 22-24; unofficial two-man better-ball team event). Second-placed Orville Moody (USA) & Jimmy Powell (USA), Jack Nicklaus (USA) & Gary Player (RSA) and Harold Henning (RSA) & Chi Chi Rodriguez (PR/USA) finished 2 shots behind defending champions Lee Trevino (USA) & Mike Hill (USA). [Stadium (resort) course, PGA West, La Quinta, CA].
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Liberty Mutual
Played as the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (April 21-23; unofficial two-man better-ball team event). Second-placed Gibby Gilbert (USA) & J.C. Snead (USA) finished 2 shots behind Lee Trevino (USA) & Mike Hill (USA). [Stadium (resort) course, PGA West, La Quinta, CA].
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Kroger
Played as the Kroger Senior Classic (July 7-9). Second-placed Isao Aoki (Jpn) finished 3 shots behind Hill (USA). [Golf Ctr at Kings Island, Mason, Ohio].
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IntelliNet
Played as the IntelliNet Challenge (Feb 18-20). Second-placed Tom Wargo (USA) finished 3 shots behind defending champion Mike Hill (USA). [South course, Vineyards CC, Naples, FL].
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PaineWebber
Played as the PaineWebber Invitational. Second-placed Tom Weiskopf (USA) finished 2 shots behind Hill (USA). [TPC Piper Glen, Charlotte, North Carolina].
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BH&G Real Estate
Played as the Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate Challenge (Feb 12-14). Second-placed Dave Stockton (USA) finished 2 shots behind Mike Hill (USA). [South course, Vineyards CC, Naples, FL].
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ARCO
Played as the Vintage ARCO Invitational. Hill (USA) beat Tommy Aaron (USA) and Jim Colbert (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole. [Vintage Club, Palm Desert, California].
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Digital
Played as the Digital Seniors Classic. Hill (USA) beat Walt Zembriski (USA) with a par at the second playoff hole, in a rain shortened event. [Nashawtuc CC, Concord, Massachusetts].
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Doug Sanders
Played as the Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity Classic. Second-placed Gibby Gilbert (USA) and Larry Mowry (USA) finished 2 shots behind Hill (USA). [Deerwood Course, Clubs of Kingswood, Houston, Texas].
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Liberty Mutual
Played as the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (unofficial two-man better-ball team event). Second-placed Jim Colbert (USA) & Tommy Aaron (USA) finished 3 shots behind defending champions Lee Trevino (USA) & Mike Hill (USA). [Fazio Foothills course, Barton Creek Resort, Austin, Texas].
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Liberty Mutual
Played as the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (unofficial two-man better-ball team event). Second-placed Al Geiberger (USA) & Harold Henning (RSA) finished 2 shots behind Lee Trevino (USA) & Mike Hill (USA). [Fazio Foothills course, Barton Creek Resort, Austin, Texas].
George Archer (USA) and Mike Hill (USA) jointly won the Jack Nicklaus Award as the Senior PGA Tour Player of the Year, based on the votes of his peers.
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Nationwide
Played as the inaugural Nationwide Championship (Sept 20-22). Second-placed Tom Shaw (USA) finished 1 shot behind Hill (USA). [CC of the South, Alpharetta, nr Atlanta, Georgia].
Awards
Snr PGA Tr
Hill (USA) won the Arnold Palmer Award as the Senior PGA Tour 1991 leading money winner, with earnings of $1,065,657 on the Tour. George Archer (USA) was second with $963,455; Jim Colbert (USA) was third with $880,749.
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Doug Sanders
Played as the Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity Classic. Second-placed George Archer (USA) finished 1 shot behind Hill (USA). [Deerwood Course, Clubs of Kingswood, Houston, Texas].
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GTE
Played as the GTE Northwest Classic. Second-placed Chi Chi Rodriguez (PR/USA) finished 2 shots behind Hill (USA). [Inglewood GC, Kenmore, nr Seattle, Washington].
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Ameritech
Played as the Ameritech Senior Open (July 18-21). Second-placed Bob Charles (NZ) finished 2 shots behind Hill (USA). [Stonebridge CC, Aurora, nr Chicago, Illinois].
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New York Life
Played as the New York Life Champions (Dec 13-15; Senior PGA Tour season-ending event). Second-placed Jim Colbert (USA) finished 2 shots behind defending champion Mike Hill (USA), who recorded his tenth Senior PGA Tour win. [East course, TPC Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico; at the time known as Dorado Beach Resort].
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New York Life
Played as the inaugural New York Life Champions (Dec 14-16; Senior PGA Tour season-ending event). Mike Hill (USA) beat Dale Douglass (USA) and Lee Trevino (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole, to record his fifth Senior PGA Tour win. [East course, TPC Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico; at the time known as Dorado Beach Resort].
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Security Pacific
Played as the inaugural Security Pacific Senior Classic (Nov 2-4). Second-placed Gary Player (RSA) finished 1 shot behind Hill (USA). [Rancho Park GC, Los Angeles, CA].
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GTE
Played as the GTE North Classic (Aug 31-Sep 2). Hill (USA) beat Bruce Crampton (Aus) with a birdie at the first playoff hole. [Broadmoor CC, Indianapolis, IN].
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Fairfield Barnett
Played as the Fairfield Barnett Space Coast Classic. Hill (USA) beat Dale Douglass (USA) with a par at the first playoff hole. [Suntree CC, Melbourne, Florida].
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GTE
Played as the GTE Suncoast Classic. Second-placed Lee Trevino (USA) finished 2 shots behind first-time US Snr Tr winner Hill (USA). [TPC Tampa Bay, Lutz, nr Tampa, FL].
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Mazda
Played as the Mazda Champions (Dec 15-17; unofficial 54-hole better-ball team event; the 12 teams each comprised an LPGA Tr and Snr PGA Tr player). Second-placed team of Tammie Green (USA) & Don Bies (USA) and Sherri Turner (USA) & Charles Coody (USA) finished 1 shot behind Patti Rizzo (USA) & Mike Hill (USA). [East course, TPC Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico; at the time known as Dorado Beach Resort].].
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Played as the Ohio Kings Island Open (Sept 22-25). Second-placed Tom Kite (USA) finished 1 shot behind Mike Hill (USA), who recorded the last of his three PGA Tour wins. ["The Grizzly" course, City of Mason Golf Ctr, Mason, OH; at the time called Nicklaus Golf Ctr].
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Played as the San Antonio Texas Open (Nov 2-5). Second-placed Lee Trevino (USA) finished 2 shots behind Mike Hill (USA), who shot four rounds in the 60s to clinch the second of his three PGA Tour wins. [Woodlake GC, San Antonio, Texas].
Played as the Doral-Eastern Open (Feb 26-Mar 1). Second-placed Jim Colbert (USA) finished 4 shots behind 31-year-old Mike Hill (USA), who recorded the first of his three PGA Tour wins. [Blue Monster course, Doral Resort, Miami, FL].
Sony Open in Hawaii: played at Waialae Country Club near Honolulu, the Sony Open takes over the spotlight from The Sentry as the PGA Tour’s calendar-year opening event (Jan 15-18). The Sentry (not being played in 2026) was formerly known as the Tournament of Champions, with a field typically restricted to golfers who won a PGA Tour event in the previous calendar year.
Dubai Desert Classic: the DP World Tour’s first Rolex Series event of 2026, is contested for the 37th time (Jan 22-25). First won by Englishman Mark James in 1989, it now boasts a four-time winner, Rory McIlroy. Played on the Emirates Golf Club’s Majlis course, this once desert-surrounded course is the long-time flagship for Golf in Dubai.
Our visit last month included two rounds at Golf de Chantilly, one of France’s most prestigious clubs.
It offers two superb layouts: Le Vineuil, a five-star championship course with a rich history, and Longères, an excellent four-star course that provides a strong and enjoyable test.
The wider Paris region offers plenty more. Courses such as Fontainebleau, Golf de Saint-Germain, and several other top-rated layouts make this area one of Europe’s most rewarding golf destinations, offering a mix of woodland, heathland, and parkland designs.
The Dutch: "It's no' just a game", as they say in Scotland, and that's certainly true at The Dutch. With 5-star services throughout, a lavishly comfortable Loch Lomond-inspired clubhouse, and a superbly designed and presented golf course, one could not ask for more from this top-end private club.
Join us at The Dutch from August 21–24 for the Festival of Golf, featuring the HotelPlanner Tour. Experience four days of top-tier sport, live music, incredible food, and unexpected surprises. Explore the grounds, connect with others, embrace new challenges, and dive into an unforgettable celebration. Click here to buy tickets.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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