Wayne Levi
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Wayne John LeviCountry:
USABorn:
Feb 22, 1952 in Little Falls, New York.Original/Home Club:
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Professional golferTurned Pro:
1973America
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].
FedEx Cup playoffs: the PGA Tour’s season finale starts in Memphis (TPC Southwind; Aug 11-14) and culminates in Atlanta (East Lake; Aug 25-28) … for the winner, the biggest prize in world golf … $18 million.
British Women’s Open: the year’s final women’s major championship heads for mighty Muirfield in East Lothian, Scotland, with Anna Nordqvist defending (Aug 4-7).
Anna Nordqvist: major championships aside, Solheim Cup stalwart Nordqvist notched up her first official Ladies European Tour win at the 2022 Ladies Dutch Open (aka Big Green Egg Open).
Cameron Smith: the Aussie PGA Tour player shot a blistering final round 64 to record his first major championship win at the home of golf in the 150th Open Championship.
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.
Golf Son Gual is home to a course frequently rated the No.1 layout on the holiday island of Mallorca. Opening for play in 2007, this Thomas Himmel design combines the openness of a links-style layout with the stylish bunkering and not infrequent water hazards more typically associated with parkland courses.
Son Gual is located just a few kilometres from Palma (Mallorca). Palma's Old City shows clear influences from the city's Arab past.
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