Dale Hayes

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Dale Hayes
Personal information
Born (1952-07-01) 1 July 1952 (age 71)
Southern Africa Tour
Order of Merit winner
1972–73
European Tour
Order of Merit winner		1975

Dale Hayes (born 1 July 1952) is a South African professional golfer.

Amateur career

Hayes won the 15–17 Boys category at the Junior World Golf Championships in 1969.

Professional career

Hayes turned professional in 1970. He won more than a dozen events in South Africa, leading the

World Cup of Golf for South Africa in partnership with Bobby Cole
.

In 1971, Hayes won the

Florida Citrus Open.[2]
He also finished in the top four on the European Tour's Order of Merit in 1978 and 1979, but played little professional golf after his late twenties.

Since he stopped playing tour golf, Hayes has remained involved in the sport in a variety of ways. He has worked as a broadcaster in South Africa and for the Golf Channel, started and edited a golf magazine and helped to found an internet golf shopping business. He is involved in golf course design through a company called Matkovich & Hayes, although he deals only with marketing and public relations, while the actual design is handled by his business partner Peter Matkovic, a professional golfer. Hayes also works as a public speaker and gives golf clinics.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (23)

European Tour wins (4)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 20 Jul 1975
Swiss Open
 −7 (68-69-66-70=273) 1 stroke South Africa Tienie Britz, Scotland Bernard Gallacher,
South Africa Gary Player
2 7 May 1978 Italian Open +5 (74-72-68-79=293) 3 strokes South Africa Vin Baker, England Tommy Horton
3 15 May 1978
French Open
 −19 (66-69-67-67=269) 11 strokes Spain Seve Ballesteros
4 22 Apr 1979
Spanish Open
 −10 (70-75-67-66=278) 2 strokes Scotland Brian Barnes

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1979 Italian Open Scotland Brian Barnes Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole

Southern Africa Tour wins (14)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 4 Dec 1971 Bert Hagerman Invitational −22 (66-66-66-68=266) 5 strokes South Africa Hugh Baiocchi
2 7 Jan 1973
Holiday Inns Open
 −8 (69-67=136) 1 stroke South Africa Trevor Wilkes
3 17 Feb 1973 Corlett Drive Classic −14 (68-72-69-65=274) 2 strokes South Africa Comrie du Toit
4 24 Feb 1973 Schoeman Park Open −10 (72-71-66-69=278) 5 strokes South Africa Dave Wren
5 9 Dec 1973 Rhodesian Dunlop Masters −13 (69-68-68-70=275) 2 strokes South Africa Allan Henning
6 15 Dec 1973 Rolux Open −21 (64-67-68-68=267) 7 strokes South Africa Harold Henning
7 23 Feb 1974
Holiday Inns Open
 −19 (64-68-67-70=269) 2 strokes New Zealand Bob Charles
8 16 Nov 1974
Beck's PGA Championship
 −9 (68-65-69-69=271) 1 stroke South Africa Gary Player
9 29 Nov 1975
Beck's PGA Championship
(2) 		−14 (66-71-62-67=266) 6 strokes South Africa Allan Henning
10 6 Dec 1975
Holiday Inns Open
(2) 		−13 (69-75-66-65=275) Playoff South Africa John Fourie
11 31 Jan 1976
BP South African Open
 −1 (75-69-71-72=287) Playoff South Africa John Fourie
12 20 Nov 1976
Sportsman Lager PGA Championship
(3) 		−14 (68-66-66-66=266) 1 stroke South Africa Gary Player
13 18 Nov 1978 ICL International −15 (65-65-66-69=265) Playoff South Africa Hugh Baiocchi
14 15 Dec 1978
Kronenbrau Masters
 −13 (67-72-66-70=275) Playoff South Africa Tienie Britz

Southern Africa Tour playoff record (3–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1973
General Motors International Classic
 South Africa Hugh Baiocchi Lost to par on second extra hole
2 1975
Holiday Inns Open
 South Africa John Fourie Won with par on fourth extra hole
3 1976
BP South African Open
 South Africa John Fourie Won 18-hole playoff;
Hayes: −3 (69),
Fourie: E (72)
4 1976
Holiday Inns Invitational
 South Africa Hugh Baiocchi Lost to par on fourth extra hole
5 1978 ICL International South Africa Hugh Baiocchi Won with par on third extra hole
6 1978
Kronenbrau Masters
 South Africa Tienie Britz Won with birdie on third extra hole

Other wins (5)

This list is incomplete.

Results in major championships

Tournament 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
Masters Tournament CUT T19 CUT
The Open Championship CUT 17 CUT T39 CUT T32 T48 T11 CUT T38 CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1972 Open Championship)
"T" = tied
Note: Hayes never played in the U.S. Open or the PGA Championship.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

  • World Cup (representing South Africa): 1974 (winners), 1976
  • Datsun International (representing South Africa): 1976 (winners)[3]

See also

References

  1. ISBN 1868061019
    .
  2. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8
    .
  3. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 25 September 2023.

External links

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