Hal Underwood

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| college = University of Houston

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Hal Mac Underwood (born November 9, 1945){{Cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VD9V-QBP|title=FamilySearch.org|accessdate=25 June 2023}} is an American professional golfer.

Amateur career

Underwood played college golf at the University of Houston. He played on two NCAA Championship teams (1966 and 1967), was an All-American in 1966 and 1967, and won several college tournaments.{{Cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/hou/sports/m-golf/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/mgolf_1516Almanac_Complete.pdf|title=University of Houston Media Almanac: 2015–16 Men's Golf|accessdate=25 June 2023|archive-date=8 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208035734/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/hou/sports/m-golf/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/mgolf_1516Almanac_Complete.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Professional career

Underwood never won on the PGA Tour but finished runner-up to Gary Player in the 1971 Greater Jacksonville Open.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wYUlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1vIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4768%2C3623380|title=Gary Player wins in two hole playoff|last=Macfeely|first=F.T.|date=March 22, 1971|newspaper=Gettysburg Times|agency=Associated Press|page=5}} He had a little more success internationally, winning the 1975 Portuguese Open on the European Tour and the two events on the Australian/New Zealand circuit. He also recorded a runner-up at the 1977 Malaysian Dunlop Masters.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/04/archives/suzuki-is-golf-victor.html|title=Suzuki Is Golf Victor|date=1976-04-04|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-24|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}

Amateur wins

1967 Eastern Amateur, Trans-Mississippi Amateur{{cite web |url=http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/champ/item/984/show/971 |title=National Golf Champions – University of Houston |page=27}}

Professional wins (3)

=European Tour wins (1)=

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!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of
victory!!Runner-up

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|Apr 11, 1975

|Portuguese Open

|E (73-72-71-76=292)

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Vicente Fernández

=PGA Tour of Australia wins (1)=

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!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!Margin of
victory

!Runners-up

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|align=right|Oct 2, 1977

|Queensland Open

|−7 (71-69-71-70=281)

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Mike Ferguson, {{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Headland

=New Zealand Golf Circuit wins (1)=

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!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of
victory!!Runner-up

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|align=right|Nov 30, 1975

|Otago Charity Classic

|−6 (67-73-72-70=282)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Clark

New Zealand Golf Circuit playoff record (1–0)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result

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|1975

|Otago Charity Classic

|{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Clark

|Won with par on first extra hole

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result

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|1971

|Greater Jacksonville Open

|{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} Gary Player

|Lost to par on second extra hole

Awards and honors

Underwood was inducted into the Texas Golf Hall of Fame in 1991.{{cite web |title=Hal Underwood |url=http://texasgolfhof.org/texas-golf/hal-underwood |publisher=Texas Golf Hall of Fame}}