Hal Underwood

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Hal Underwood
Personal information
Full nameHal Mac Underwood
Born (1945-11-09) November 9, 1945 (age 78)
European Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia2

Hal Mac Underwood (born November 9, 1945)[1] is an American professional golfer.

Amateur career

Underwood played college golf at the

All-American in 1966 and 1967, and won several college tournaments.[2][3]

Professional career

Underwood never won on the PGA Tour but finished runner-up to

European Tour and the two events on the Australian/New Zealand circuit. He also recorded a runner-up at the 1977 Malaysian Dunlop Masters.[5]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 Apr 11, 1975
Portuguese Open
E (73-72-71-76=292) 3 strokes Argentina Vicente Fernández

PGA Tour of Australia wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 Oct 2, 1977 Queensland Open −7 (71-69-71-70=281) 2 strokes Australia Mike Ferguson, Australia Peter Headland

New Zealand Golf Circuit wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 Nov 30, 1975 Otago Charity Classic −6 (67-73-72-70=282) Playoff United States Bob Clark

New Zealand Golf Circuit playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1975 Otago Charity Classic United States Bob Clark Won with par on first extra hole

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1971 Greater Jacksonville Open South Africa Gary Player Lost to par on second extra hole

Awards and honors

  • Underwood was inducted into the Texas Golf Hall of Fame in 1991.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "FamilySearch.org". Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b "National Golf Champions – University of Houston". p. 27.
  3. ^ "University of Houston Media Almanac: 2015–16 Men's Golf" (PDF). Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  4. Gettysburg Times
    . Associated Press. p. 5.
  5. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  6. ^ "Hal Underwood". Texas Golf Hall of Fame.

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