Wayne Levi
Name:
Wayne John LeviCountry:
USABorn:
Feb 22, 1952 in Little Falls, New York.Original/Home Club:
Occupation:
Professional golferTurned Pro:
1973Multiple PGA Tour and Champions Tour winner. PGA Tour wins (12).
Former PGA Tour and PGA Champions Tour player.
America
Constellation Energy
Played as the Constellation Energy Classic (Oct 1-3). Second-placed Hale Irwin (USA) finished 2 shots behind Levi (USA). [Hayfields CC, Cockeysville, nr Baltimore, MD].
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3M
Played as the 3M Championship (Aug 8-10). Second-placed Morris Hatalsky (USA) and Gil Morgan (USA) finished 1 shot behind first-time Champions Tour winner Levi (USA). [TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, nr Minneapolis, Minn.].
Levi (USA) won the inaugural Jack Nicklaus Award as the PGA Tour Player of the Year, based on the votes of his peers.
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BellSouth
Played as the BellSouth Atlanta Golf Classic (May 24-27). Second-placed Nick Price (Zim), Larry Mize (USA) and Keith Clearwater (USA) finished 1 shot behind Levi (USA). [Atlanta CC, Marietta, Georgia].
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Canon
Played as the Canon Greater Hartford Open (Jun 28-Jul 1). Second-placed Mark Calcavecchia (USA), Chris Perry (USA), Rocco Mediate (USA) and Brad Fabel (USA) finished 2 shots behind Wayne Levi (USA). [TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, CT. at the time known as TPC of Connecticut].
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Centel
Played as the Centel Western Open (June 7-10). Second-placed Payne Stewart (USA) finished 4 shots behind Wayne Levi (USA), who recorded his tenth PGA Tour win. [Butler National GC, Oak Brook, IL].
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Played as the Canadian Open (Sept 13-16). Second-placed Ian Baker-Finch (Aus) and Jim Woodward (USA) finished 1 shot behind Wayne Levi (USA), who recorded the last of his 12 PGA Tour wins. [Glen Abbey GC, Oakville, nr Toronto, Ont.].
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Chrysler
Played as the Chrysler Team Championship (Dec 8-11; PGA Tr post-season two-man better-ball unofficial money event). Winning team of Wayne Levi & George Burns beat defending champions Mike Hulbert & Bob Tway with a 38-foot birdie putt (made by Levi) at the first playoff hole. [Cypress course, Palm Beach Polo G&CC Wellington, FL. Earlier rounds also on the Dunes course, and at the Wellington Club (now closed)].
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Georgia-Pacific
Played as the Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf Classic (June 20-23). Levi (USA) beat Steve Pate (USA) with a birdie at the second playoff hole. [Atlanta CC, Marietta, Georgia].
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Played as the B.C. Open (Aug 30-Sept 2). Second-placed Russ Cochran (USA) and Hal Sutton (USA) finished 1 shot behind Levi (USA). [En-Joie GC, Endicott, NY].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Aug 11-14). Second-placed Calvin Peete (USA) and Isao Aoki (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind Wayne Levi (USA). [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Played as the Hawaiian Open (Feb 11-14). Second-placed Scott Simpson (USA) finished 1 shot behind Wayne Levi (USA). [Waialae CC, Honolulu, Hawaii].
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LaJet
Played as the LaJet Classic (Oct 7-10). Second-placed Thomas Gray (USA) finished 6 shots behind Levi (USA), who recorded his fifth PGA Tour win. [Fairway Oaks CC, Abilene, TX. Now known as the Fairway course, Abilene CC].
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Played as the Pleasant Valley Jimmy Fund Classic (Sept 4-7). Wayne Levi (USA) beat Gil Morgan (USA) with a par at the fourth playoff hole. [Pleasant Valley CC, Sutton, MA].
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Played as the Houston Open (May 3-6). Second-placed Mike Brannan (USA) finished 2 shots behind Levi (USA), who recorded his second PGA Tour win. [The Woodlands CC, nr Houston, TX].
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Disney World
Played as the Walt Disney World National Team Championship (Nov 2-5; two-man team event). Second-placed Bobby & Lanny Wadkins (USA, brothers) finished 3 shots behind Wayne Levi (USA) & Bob Mann (USA). This was the first of 12 PGA Tour wins for 26-year-old Levi, and the first and only PGA Tour win for 26-year-old Mann. [Magnolia course, Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL. Earlier rounds also played on the Palm course].
The Masters: The 88th Masters Tournament at Augusta National sees LIV golfer Jon Rahm defend his title against the world’s best. Pressing hard will be world No.1 and 2022 champion Scottie Scheffler and world No.2 Rory McIlroy (April 11-14).
Chevron Championship: the women’s major championship season gets underway for the second year at its new Carlton Woods home outside Houston, Texas. World No.2 Lilia Vu defends (April 18-21).
Nelly Korda: records a perfect start to 2024 with four wins out of her last four appearances on the LPGA Tour, a feat last achieved by Lorena Ochoa in 2008. Korda's win at the T-Mobile Match Play brought up her 12th LPGA Tour victory.
Scottie Scheffler: narrowly missed out on matching Nelly Korda’s three-in-three, when he placed second at the Houston Open. This followed back-to-back wins at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and The Players. Like Korda, he remains comfortably ahead in the official world golf rankings.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
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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