Mike Hill
Name:
Michael Joseph "Mike" HillCountry:
USABorn:
Jan 27, 1939 in Jackson, Michigan.Original/Home Club:
Occupation:
Professional golferTurned Pro:
1967America
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].
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