Dick Hart (golfer)

{{Short description|American golfer (1935–2013)}}

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| birth_place = Salem, Massachusetts

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| death_place = Covington, Louisiana

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| usopen = T44: 1965

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Richard Byrd Hart (October 20, 1935 – April 10, 2013) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s.

At the 1963 PGA Championship,{{cite web|title=Tournament info for the 1963 PGA Championship|url=http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=390&date=1963|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906105339/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=390&date=1963|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-09-06|accessdate=2011-02-20}} Hart led after both 18 and 36 holes (66 & 72) but faded in the third and fourth rounds (76 & 74) to finish the tournament at T-17 — his best finish in a major championship.{{cite web| title=Golf Major Championships | url=http://golfmajorchampionships.com/players?player=1584 | accessdate=2008-01-16}}

Hart's one tour victory came at the 1965 Azalea Open Invitational. He defeated Phil Rodgers on the eighth hole of a sudden death playoff.{{Cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iNojAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nCcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3252,5987620&dq=dick+hart+phil+rodgers&hl=en |title=Hart beats Rodgers in long golf playoff |access-date=2015-10-10 |archive-date=2016-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508193337/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iNojAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nCcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3252,5987620&dq=dick+hart+phil+rodgers&hl=en |url-status=dead }} The playoff remains one of the longest in PGA Tour history.{{Cite web |url=http://golf.about.com/od/progolftours/qt/longestplaym.htm |title=Longest Sudden-Death Playoffs |access-date=2011-09-03 |archive-date=2011-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016005944/http://golf.about.com/od/progolftours/qt/longestplaym.htm |url-status=dead }}

A 43-year club pro at Hinsdale Golf Club in Hinsdale, Illinois, Hart was inducted into the Illinois Golf Hall of Fame in 1990.[http://www.illinoisgolfhof.org/members/member.aspx?id=ad7f9fa8-6902-45e0-a60f-86e65e3f7248 Illinois Golf Hall of Fame - Dick Hart] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501201249/http://www.illinoisgolfhof.org/members/member.aspx?id=ad7f9fa8-6902-45e0-a60f-86e65e3f7248 |date=2012-05-01 }}

Hart died in Covington, Louisiana in 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/news/2013/04/18/dick-hart-obituary.html |title=Hart, winner of 1965 Azalea Open, dies at 77 |publisher=PGA Tour |first=Laury |last=Livsey |date=April 19, 2013 |accessdate=April 19, 2013}}