Lee Trevino

{{short description|American professional golfer}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2011}}

{{Infobox golfer

| name = Lee Trevino

| image = Lee Trevino.jpg

| caption = Trevino in April 2010

| fullname = Lee Buck Trevino

| nickname = The Merry Mex, Supermex

| birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|mf=yes|1939|12|1}}}}

| birth_place = Garland, Texas, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 5 ft 7 in

| weight = {{convert|180|lb|kg st|abbr=on}}

| nationality = {{USA}}

| residence = Jupiter Island, Florida, U.S.

| spouse = {{marriage|Claudia Fenley|end=div}}
{{marriage|Claudia Bove|1983}}

| children = 6

| college =

| yearpro = 1960

| retired =

| tour =

| extour = PGA Tour
Champions Tour

| prowins = 92

| pgawins = 29

| eurowins = 5

| japwins = 1

| sunwins = 1

| auswins = 1

| champwins = 29 (3rd all-time)

| otherwins = 19 (regular)
10 (senior)

| majorwins = 6

| masters = T10: 1975, 1985

| usopen = Won: 1968, 1971

| open = Won: 1971, 1972

| pga = Won: 1974, 1984

| wghofid = lee-trevino

| wghofyear = 1981

| award1 = PGA Tour
money list winner

| year1 = 1970

| award2 = Vardon Trophy

| year2 = 1970, 1971, 1972,
1974, 1980

| award3 = PGA Player of the Year

| year3 = 1971

| award4 = Sports Illustrated
Sportsman of the Year

| year4 = 1971

| award5 = Associated Press
Male Athlete of the Year

| year5 = 1971

| award6 = Byron Nelson Award

| year6 = 1980

| award7 = Senior PGA Tour
money list winner

| year7 = 1990, 1992

| award8 = Senior PGA Tour
Player of the Year

| year8 = 1990, 1992, 1994

| award9 = Senior PGA Tour
Rookie of the Year

| year9 = 1990

| award10 = Senior PGA Tour
Byron Nelson Award

| year10 = 1990, 1991, 1992

}}

Lee Buck Trevino (born December 1, 1939) is an American retired professional golfer who is regarded as one of the greatest players in golf history.{{cite web |url=http://athlonsports.com/golf/greatest-golfers-all-time |title=20 Greatest Golfers of All Time (Updated) |publisher=Athlon Sports |date=June 11, 2013 |access-date=January 1, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://golf.about.com/cs/historyofgolf/a/top5men.htm |title=Ranking Golf's Greatest Players Ever |publisher=Golf.about.com |date=August 29, 2014 |access-date=January 1, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1364871-ranking-the-25-best-american-golfers-of-all-time |title=Ranking the 25 Best American Golfers of All Time |website=Bleacher Report |date=October 9, 2012 |access-date=January 1, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.mademan.com/mm/5-great-hispanic-golfers.html |title=5 Great Hispanic Golfers |website=Bleacher Report |date=September 15, 2010 |access-date=January 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224044614/http://www.mademan.com/mm/5-great-hispanic-golfers.html |archive-date=February 24, 2015 |url-status=dead}} He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1981. Trevino won six major championships and 29 PGA Tour events over the course of his career. He is one of only four players to twice win the U.S. Open, The Open Championship and the PGA Championship. The Masters Tournament was the only major that eluded him. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "the Merry Mex" and "Supermex," both affectionate nicknames given to him by other golfers.{{cite web |url=http://www.golflegends.org/lee-trevino.php |title=Lee Trevino profile |publisher=Golf Legends |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204173158/http://www.golflegends.org/lee-trevino.php |archive-date=February 4, 2012}}

Early life

Trevino was born in Garland, Texas,{{Cite web |last1=Trevino |first1=Lee |title=Lee Trevino ~ Interview With A Champion - YouTube |url=https://www.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwBdWEacr-g | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422073021/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9OZWNo3Cr4| archive-date=2021-04-22 | url-status=dead|access-date=2020-12-01 |website=www.youtube.com |quote=(@1:02) I was born in Garland. I was born in the house.}} into a family of Mexican ancestry. He was raised by his mother, Juanita Trevino, and his grandfather, Joe Trevino, a gravedigger. Trevino never knew his father, Joseph Trevino, who left when his son was small. During his childhood, Trevino occasionally attended school and worked to earn money for the family. At age 5, he started working in the cotton fields.{{cite web|url=http://www.lycos.com/info/lee-trevino--golf.html |title=Lee Trevino: Golf |access-date=November 14, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618072635/http://www.lycos.com/info/lee-trevino--golf.html |archive-date=June 18, 2009 }}

Trevino was introduced to golf when his uncle gave him a few golf balls and an old golf club. He then spent his free time sneaking into nearby country clubs to practice and began as a caddie at the Dallas Athletic Club, near his home. He soon began caddying full-time. Trevino left school at age 14 to go to work. He earned $30 a week as a caddie and shoe shiner.{{citation needed|date=February 2013}} He was also able to practice golf since the caddies had three short holes behind their shack. After work, he would hit at least 300 balls.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} Many of these practice shots were struck from the bare ground with very little grass (known locally as 'Texas hardpan') and often in very windy conditions. It is this that is widely believed to be the reason Trevino developed his extremely distinct, unique (many would say unorthodox), and compact swing method, which he went on to develop with tremendous effect.{{cite web |url=https://members.wayned.com/lee-trevino-golf-swing-analysis/ |title=Lee Trevino: Golf Swing Analysis | Wayne DeFrancesco |publisher=Members.wayned.com |date=2011-05-23 |access-date=2018-05-01}} A very pronounced controlled "fade" was his signature shot, although he had many other shot types in his repertoire and he is, still to this day, remembered as one of the very finest shot-makers of all time.

When Trevino turned 17 in December 1956, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, and served four years as a machine gunner and was discharged in December 1960 as a corporal with the 3rd Marine Division. He spent part of his time playing golf with Marine Corps officers. He played successfully in Armed Forces golf events in Asia, where one rival was Orville Moody, who would follow Trevino to the PGA Tour in the late 1960s.{{cite web |url=http://www.usga.org/articles/2011/08/part-i-golf-and-the-military-21474842287.html |title=Golf and the military |publisher=USGA |date=August 30, 2011 | access-date=August 4, 2017 |first=Hunki |last=Yun}}

Professional career

After Trevino was discharged from the Marines, he went to work as a club professional in El Paso, Texas. He made extra money by gambling for stakes in head-to-head matches. He qualified for the U.S. Open in 1966, made the cut, and tied for 54th, earning $600. He qualified again in 1967 and shot 283 (+3), eight shots behind champion Jack Nicklaus, and only four behind runner-up Arnold Palmer. Trevino earned $6,000 for finishing fifth, which earned him Tour privileges for the rest of the 1967 season. He won $26,472 as a rookie, 45th on the PGA Tour money list, and was named Rookie of the Year by Golf Digest. The fifth-place finish at the U.S. Open also earned him an exemption into the following year's event.

In 1968, his second year on the circuit, Trevino won the U.S. Open at Oak Hill Country Club, in Rochester, New York, four strokes ahead of runner-up Nicklaus, the defending champion. His rounds of 69-68-69-69 was the first time 70 was broken in all 4 rounds of a U.S. Open. During his career, Trevino won 29 times on the PGA Tour, including six majors. He was at his best in the early 1970s, when he was Jack Nicklaus's chief rival. He won the money list title in 1970, and had six wins in 1971 and four wins in 1972.

Trevino had a remarkable string of victories during a 20-day span in the summer of 1971. He defeated Nicklaus in an 18-hole playoff to win the 1971 U.S. Open. Two weeks later, he won the Canadian Open (the first of three), and the following week won The Open Championship (British Open), becoming the first player to win those three titles in the same year. Trevino was awarded the Hickok Belt as the top professional athlete of 1971. He also won Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsman of the Year"{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1971/12/20/667758/a-common-man-with-an-uncommon-touch |magazine=Sports Illustrated|title=Sportsman of the year: a common man with an uncommon touch|last=Kirkpatrick|first=Curry|date=December 20, 1971|page=34}} and was named ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year.

In 1972 at Muirfield in Scotland, Trevino became the first player to successfully defend The Open Championship since Arnold Palmer in 1962. In a remarkable third round at Muirfield, Trevino had five consecutive birdies from the 14th through the 18th, holing a bunker shot on the 16th and sinking a 30–foot chip on the 18th for a round of 66. In the final round, Trevino was tied for the lead on the 17th tee with Tony Jacklin. Trevino chipped in from rough on the back of the green for a par on the 17th. A shaken Jacklin three-putted the same hole from 15 feet for a bogey. Trevino parred the 18th hole for a final round of 71, winning him the Open by a stroke over Nicklaus, with Jacklin finishing third. Trevino holed out four times from off the greens during the tournament. Nicklaus had won the first two majors of the year (Masters, U.S. Open) and fell just short in the third leg of the grand slam.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1972/07/24/612574/slamming-the-door-on-jack|magazine=Sports Illustrated|last=Jenkins|first=Dan|author-link=Dan Jenkins|title=Slamming The Door On Jack|date=July 24, 1972}} After holing his chip shot on the 17th in the final round, Trevino said: "I'm the greatest chipper in the world."{{cite news|title=Nicklaus Misses Slam As Trevino Wins Open|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BXNJAAAAIBAJ&pg=732,3088140&dq=trevino+wins+open&hl=en|access-date=February 15, 2013|newspaper=The News and Courier|date=July 16, 1972}}

In 1974, Trevino won the Greater New Orleans Open without scoring any bogeys, the only time it had happened in a PGA Tour individual event until J. T. Poston accomplished the feat at the 2019 Wyndham Championship.{{cite web |url=https://www.pga.com/archive/winning-pga-tour-no-bogeys-over-72-holes-well-rare |title=Winning on the PGA Tour with no bogeys over 72 holes is, well, rare |first=T.J. |last=Auclair |publisher=PGA of America |date=February 6, 2018}}{{Cite web |title=J.T. Poston delivers bogey-free performance in winning Wyndham title |url=https://www.golfchannel.com/news/jt-poston-delivers-bogey-free-performance-winning-wyndham-title |work=Golf Channel |agency=Associated Press |date=August 4, 2019 |access-date=2020-05-02}} At the PGA Championship he won the fifth of his six major championships. He won the title by a stroke, again over Nicklaus, the fourth and final time Nicklaus was a runner-up in a major to Trevino. At the Western Open near Chicago in 1975, Trevino was struck by lightning,{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1975/06/28/page/1/article/trevino-2-other-golfers-burned|work=Chicago Tribune|last1=Husar|first1=John|last2=Jauss|first2=Bill|title=Lightning fells 3 at Western Open|date=June 28, 1975|page=1, sec. 1}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UrBEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6265%2C7365646|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|location=Oregon|agency=Associated Press|title=Trevino, two others survive lightning bolts|date=June 28, 1975|page=1B}}{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1975/06/29/page/70/article/heard-may-still-play-in-western|work=Chicago Tribune|last=Husar|first=John|title=Heard may still play in Western|date=June 29, 1975|page=6, sec. 3}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U7BEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6253%2C7537261|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|location=Oregon|agency=Associated Press|title=Trevino's survival a minor miracle|date=June 29, 1975|page=1B}} and suffered injuries to his spine. He underwent surgery to remove a damaged spinal disk, but back problems continued to hamper his play. Nevertheless, he was ranked second in McCormack's World Golf Rankings in 1980 behind Tom Watson. Trevino had 3 PGA Tour wins in 1980 and finished runner-up to Tom Watson in the 1980 Open Championship. At the age of 44, Trevino won his sixth and final major at the PGA Championship in 1984, with a 15-under-par score of 273, becoming the first player to shoot all four rounds under 70 in the PGA Championship.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1984/08/27/620199/its-an-old-mans-game-after-all|magazine=Sports Illustrated|last=McDermott|first=Barry|title=It's an old man's game after all|date=August 27, 1984|page=28}} He was the runner-up the following year in 1985, attempting to become the first repeat champion since Denny Shute in 1937.

File:President Ronald Reagan Playing Golf with Golf Pros Lee Trevino and Tom Watson at The Annenberg Estate in Rancho Mirage California C51345-9.jpg (left) with President Ronald Reagan and Trevino in 1988.|Tom Watson (left) with President Ronald Reagan and Trevino in 1988.]]

In the early 1980s, Trevino was second on the PGA Tour's career money list, behind only Nicklaus.{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/stats/stat.110.html#1981 |title=Career Money Leaders – 1981|publisher=PGA Tour|access-date=January 15, 2014}} From 1968 to 1981 inclusive, Trevino won at least one PGA Tour event a year, a streak of 14 seasons. He also won more than 20 international and unofficial professional tournaments. He was one of the charismatic stars who was instrumental in making the Senior PGA Tour (now the PGA Tour Champions) an early success. He claimed 29 senior wins, including four senior majors. He topped the seniors' money list in 1990 and 1992.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

Like many American stars of the era, Trevino played a considerable amount overseas. Early in his career he played sporadically on the Australasian Tour. He finished runner-up in the 1969 and 1970 Dunlop International and ultimately won down under at the 1973 Chrysler Classic.{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19731106&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Trevino wins... then upsets PGA |date=November 5, 1973 |page=28 |first=Peter |last=Stone |newspaper=The Age |access-date=2020-01-03}} He also won an event on the Japan Golf Tour, the Casio World Open in 1981. Trevino also had a great deal of success in Europe. Among his greatest triumphs were at the 1971 Open Championship and 1972 Open Championship. Trevino was also invited to play at the very prestigious (though unofficial) Piccadilly World Match Play Championship three times (1968, 1970, 1972). He reached the finals twice. His most notable performance probably came in 1970 when he defeated defending Masters champion Billy Casper in the quarterfinals and defending PGA champion Dave Stockton in the semifinals. He also won two regular European Tour events late in his career at 1978 Benson & Hedges International Open and 1985 Dunhill British Masters. In fact, his last regular tour win was at the British Masters. Additionally, he finished runner-up at three European Tour events: the 1980 Bob Hope British Classic, 1980 Open Championship, and the 1986 Benson & Hedges International Open.

From 1983 to 1989, he worked as a color analyst for PGA Tour coverage on NBC television. In 2014 Trevino was named "Golf Professional Emeritus" at The Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, a position previously held by Sam Snead and Tom Watson.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

=Masters Tournament=

At the Masters Tournament in 1989, 49-year-old Trevino opened with a bogey-free five-under-par 67 to become the oldest to lead the field after a round in the tournament.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GLBRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_W0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1491%2C1736899 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazettte |last=Parascenzo |first=Marino |title=Trevino leads Masters by one shot |date=April 7, 1989 |page=13}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H0snAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yOEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6153%2C1632107 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=(Baltimore Sun) |last=Hyman |first=Mark |title=Invitation looks inviting now |date=April 7, 1989 |page=1B}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UFFPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FgMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6422%2C4662091 |work=Toledo Blade |location=(Ohio) |last=Hackenberg |first=Dave |title=Augusta National suits Trevino to a tee, finally |date=April 7, 1989 |page=11}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nllWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xO8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6493%2C4263932 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=(Fort Lauderdale News & Sun-Sentinel) |last=Andreu |first=Robbie |title=Trevinno finally Masters Augusta |date=April 7, 1989 |page=C1}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rOBOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UBQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4401%2C2303430 |work=Wilmington Morning Star |location=North Carolina |agency=New York Times |last=Friedlander |first=Andy |title=Unlikely leader Trevino cards 67 |date=April 7, 1989 |page=1B}} It came despite Trevino's words twenty years earlier, when he said after the 1969 edition: "Don't talk to me about the Masters. I'm never going to play there again. They can invite me all they want, but I'm not going back. It's just not my type of course."{{cite news|last=White|first=Gordon Jr. |title=Wind forces high scores in first round of Masters|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19890407&id=1kwsAAAAIBAJ&pg=6116,2615881|access-date=July 16, 2013|newspaper=Herald-Journal|date=April 7, 1989}} Trevino said that he felt uncomfortable with the atmosphere at Augusta National and that he disliked the course because his style of play, where he liked to fade low shots left to right, was not suited to the course.{{cite news|last=White|first=Gordon Jr.|title=Trevino, at the Age of 49, Shoots 67 to Lead the Masters|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/07/sports/trevino-at-the-age-of-49-shoots-67-to-lead-the-masters.html|access-date=July 16, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 7, 1989}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0SYxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yAEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1454%2C2525525 |work=Toledo Blade |location=(Ohio) |agency=Associated Press |title=Lee Trevino refuses Masters tourney bid |date=March 7, 1970 |page=18}}

Trevino did not accept invitations to the Masters in 1970, 1971, and 1974. In 1972, after forgoing the previous two Masters tournaments, he stored his shoes and other items in the trunk of his car, rather than use the locker room facilities in the clubhouse. Trevino complained that had he not qualified as a player, the club would not have let him onto the grounds except through the kitchen. But he later described his boycott of the Masters as "the greatest mistake I've made in my career" and called Augusta National "the eighth wonder of the world."{{cite news|last=Downey|first=Mike|title=Like It or Not, Lee Trevino Is Master of the Masters for a Day|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-04-07-sp-1177-story.html|access-date=July 16, 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=April 7, 1989}}

After his opening round 67 in 1989, Trevino tied for eighteenth; his best career result at the Masters was a tie for tenth (1975, 1985).{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}

Distinctions and honors

  • Trevino was the first player to shoot all four regulation rounds under par at the U.S. Open. At Oak Hill in 1968, Trevino played rounds of 69-68-69-69.
  • A major street in El Paso, Texas was named Lee Trevino Drive in his honor, and streets in Rio Rancho and Belen, New Mexico were also named for him.
  • Trevino received the 1971 BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year Award.{{cite news |date=27 November 2003 |title=Past winners: 1968–1972: 1971 Winner |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/past_winners/3222728.stm#4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213110411/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/past_winners/3222728.stm |archive-date=13 December 2007 |access-date=24 January 2009 |work=BBC Sport}}
  • One of two golfers to win the PGA Tour's three oldest events in the same year: The Open Championship (1860), the U.S. Open (1895), and the Canadian Open (1904). Trevino won in 1971{{Cite web|url=https://progolfnow.com/2017/07/20/lee-trevino-royal-birkdale-1971-triple-crown/|title = Lee Trevino: 1971 and the invention of golf's Triple Crown|date = July 20, 2017}} and Tiger Woods won in 2000
  • Trevino played for the United States in the Ryder Cup six times (1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1979, 1981), and had an impressive 17–7–6 ({{winning percentage|17|7|6}}) record. He also served as team captain in 1985.
  • Trevino won the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average five times: 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974 and 1980.
  • Trevino has established numerous scholarships and other financial aid to Mexican-Americans.
  • Trevino was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1981.
  • In 2000, Golf Digest magazine ranked Trevino as the 14th-greatest golfer of all time.{{cite magazine|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HFI/is_7_51/ai_63015233 |title=50 Greatest Golfers of All Time: And What They Taught Us |access-date=December 5, 2007 |last=Yocom |first=Guy |date=July 2000 |magazine=Golf Digest |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217174706/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HFI/is_7_51/ai_63015233 |archive-date=December 17, 2007 }}

Humor

Throughout his career, Trevino was seen as approachable and humorous, and was frequently quoted by the press. Late in his career, he remarked, "I played the tour in 1967 and told jokes and nobody laughed. Then I won the Open the next year, told the same jokes, and everybody laughed like hell."{{cite book|title=The Gigantic Book of Golf Quotations|editor-first=Jim|editor-last=Apfelbaum|year=2007|publisher=Skyhorse Publishing|isbn=978-1-60239-014-0}}

At the beginning of Trevino's 1971 U.S. Open playoff against Jack Nicklaus, he threw a rubber snake that his daughter had put in his bag as a joke at Nicklaus, who later admitted that he asked Trevino to throw it to him so he could see it. Trevino grabbed the rubbery object and playfully tossed it at Nicklaus, getting a scream from a nearby woman and a hearty laugh from Nicklaus. Trevino shot a 68 to defeat Nicklaus by three strokes.{{cite web|url=http://usga.usopen.com/history/video.html|title=Memorable Video Vignettes – 1971|publisher=USGA|access-date=January 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518151450/http://usga.usopen.com/history/video.html|archive-date=May 18, 2019|url-status=dead}}

During one tournament, Tony Jacklin, paired with Trevino, said: "Lee, I don't want to talk today." Trevino retorted: "I don't want you to talk. I just want you to listen."{{cite news|last=Carter|first=Bob|title="Merry Mex" was golf's showman|url=https://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/Trevino_Lee.html|work=ESPN|access-date=August 4, 2013}}

Trevino made a notable cameo appearance in the comedy Happy Gilmore, appearing in several scenes where he's a witness to Happy's anger outbursts, always shaking his head in shocked disapproval. His only spoken line is when the movie's antagonist, Shooter McGavin, says to Happy in sarcasm, "Yeah, right, and Grizzly Adams had a beard," to which an unexpected Trevino appears and says to McGavin, "Grizzly Adams did have a beard." Trevino would later regret appearing in the film, due to the amount of swearing.{{Cite news |last=Crook |first=Jason |title=Trevino wishes he hadn't done 'Happy Gilmore' |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/golf/news/lee-trevino-wishes-he-hadnt-made-cameo-happy-gilmore |work=NBC Sports |date=May 23, 2013 |access-date=October 12, 2023}}

After he was struck by lightning at the 1975 Western Open, Trevino was asked by a reporter what he would do if he were out on the course and it began to storm again. Trevino answered he would take out his 1-iron and point it to the sky, "because not even God can hit a 1-iron." Trevino said later in an interview with David Feherty that he must have tempted God the week before by staying outside during a lightning delay to entertain the crowds, saying "I deserved to get hit...God can hit a 1-iron."{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

Trevino said: "I've been hit by lightning and been in the Marine Corps for four years. I've traveled the world and been about everywhere you can imagine. There's not anything I'm scared of except my wife."{{cite web|url=http://golf.about.com/od/leetrevino/p/lee_trevino.htm|title=Lee Trevino profile|website=About.com|first=Brent|last=Kelley|access-date=January 15, 2014}}

Professional wins (92)

=PGA Tour wins (29)=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

! Legend

style="background:#e5d1cb;"

| Major championships (6)

style="background:#f2ecce;"

| Players Championships (1)

Other PGA Tour (22)

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!To par

!Margin of
victory

!Runner(s)-up

style="background:#e5d1cb;"

|align=center|1

|align=right|Jun 16, 1968

|U.S. Open

|69-68-69-69=275

|align=center|−5

|4 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Nicklaus

align=center|2

|align=right|Nov 10, 1968

|Hawaiian Open

|68-71-65-68=272

|align=center|−16

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} George Archer

align=center|3

|align=right|Feb 23, 1969

|Tucson Open Invitational

|67-70-68-66=271

|align=center|−17

|7 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Miller Barber

align=center|4

|align=right|Feb 15, 1970

|Tucson Open Invitational (2)

|66-68-72-69=275

|align=center|−13

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Murphy

align=center|5

|align=right|Mar 29, 1970

|National Airlines Open Invitational

|69-66-68-71=274

|align=center|−14

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Menne

align=center|6

|align=right|Apr 25, 1971

|Tallahassee Open Invitational

|69-67-69-68=273

|align=center|−15

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Wiechers

align=center|7

|align=right|May 30, 1971

|Danny Thomas Memphis Classic

|66-66-69-67=268

|align=center|−12

|4 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Lee Elder, {{flagicon|USA}} Jerry Heard,
{{flagicon|USA}} Hale Irwin, {{flagicon|USA}} Randy Wolff

style="background:#e5d1cb;"

|align=center|8

|align=right|Jun 21, 1971

|U.S. Open (2)

|70-72-69-69=280

|align=center|E

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Nicklaus

align=center|9

|align=right|Jul 4, 1971

|Canadian Open

|73-68-67-67=275

|align=center|−13

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|USA}} Art Wall Jr.

style="background:#e5d1cb;"

|align=center|10

|align=right|Jul 10, 1971

|The Open Championship

|69-70-69-70=278

|align=center|−14

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|TWN}} Lu Liang-Huan

align=center|11

|align=right|Oct 31, 1971

|Sahara Invitational

|69-72-73-66=280

|align=center|−8

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} George Archer

align=center|12

|align=right|May 21, 1972

|Danny Thomas Memphis Classic (2)

|70-72-72-67=281

|align=center|−7

|4 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} John Mahaffey

style="background:#e5d1cb;"

|align=center|13

|align=right|Jul 15, 1972

|The Open Championship (2)

|71-70-66-71=278

|align=center|−6

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Nicklaus

align=center|14

|align=right|Sep 4, 1972

|Greater Hartford Open Invitational

|64-68-72-65=269

|align=center|−15

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|USA}} Lee Elder

align=center|15

|align=right|Sep 17, 1972

|Greater St. Louis Golf Classic

|65-68-66-70=269

|align=center|−11

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Deane Beman

align=center|16

|align=right|Feb 25, 1973

|Jackie Gleason Inverrary-National Airlines Classic

|69-69-69-72=279

|align=center|−9

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Forrest Fezler

align=center|17

|align=right|Mar 11, 1973

|Doral-Eastern Open

|64-70-71-71=276

|align=center|−12

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Bruce Crampton, {{flagicon|USA}} Tom Weiskopf

align=center|18

|align=right|Mar 31, 1974

|Greater New Orleans Open

|67-68-67-65=267

|align=center|−21

|8 strokes

|{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} Bobby Cole, {{flagicon|USA}} Ben Crenshaw

style="background:#e5d1cb;"

|align=center|19

|align=right|Aug 11, 1974

|PGA Championship

|73-66-68-69=276

|align=center|−4

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Nicklaus

align=center|20

|align=right|Mar 9, 1975

|Florida Citrus Open

|69-66-70-71=276

|align=center|−12

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Hale Irwin

align=center|21

|align=right|May 16, 1976

|Colonial National Invitation

|68-64-68-73=273

|align=center|−7

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Morley

align=center|22

|align=right|Jul 24, 1977

|Canadian Open (2)

|67-68-71-74=280

|align=center|−8

|4 strokes

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Oosterhuis

align=center|23

|align=right|May 14, 1978

|Colonial National Invitation (2)

|66-68-68-66=268

|align=center|−12

|4 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jerry Heard, {{flagicon|USA}} Jerry Pate

align=center|24

|align=right|Jun 24, 1979

|Canadian Open (3)

|67-71-72-71=281

|align=center|−3

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ben Crenshaw

style="background:#f2ecce;"

|align=center|25

|align=right|Mar 23, 1980

|Tournament Players Championship

|68-72-68-70=278

|align=center|−10

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ben Crenshaw

align=center|26

|align=right|Jun 29, 1980

|Danny Thomas Memphis Classic (3)

|67-68-68-69=272

|align=center|−16

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Tom Purtzer

align=center|27

|align=right|Sep 21, 1980

|San Antonio Texas Open

|66-67-67-65=265

|align=center|−15

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Terry Diehl

align=center|28

|align=right|Apr 19, 1981

|MONY Tournament of Champions

|67-67-70-69=273

|align=center|−15

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Raymond Floyd

style="background:#e5d1cb;"

|align=center|29

|align=right|Aug 19, 1984

|PGA Championship (2)

|69-68-67-69=273

|align=center|−15

|4 strokes

|{{flagicon|ZAF|1982}} Gary Player, {{flagicon|USA}} Lanny Wadkins

PGA Tour playoff record (5–5)

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent(s)!!Result

style="background:#D0F0C0;"

|align=center|1

|1970

|Tucson Open Invitational

|{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Murphy

|Won with birdie on first extra hole

style="background:#D0F0C0;"

|align=center|2

|1970

|National Airlines Open Invitational

|{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Menne

|Won with par on second extra hole

style="background:#F2C1D1;"

|align=center|3

|1970

|Kaiser International Open Invitational

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ken Still, {{flagicon|USA}} Bert Yancey

|Still won with birdie on first extra hole

style="background:#F2C1D1;"

|align=center|4

|1971

|Kemper Open

|{{flagicon|USA}} Dale Douglass, {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Gary Player,
{{flagicon|USA}} Tom Weiskopf

|Weiskopf won with birdie on first extra hole

style="background:#D0F0C0;"

|align=center|5

|1971

|U.S. Open

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Nicklaus

|Won 18-hole playoff;
Trevino: −2 (68),
Nicklaus: +1 (71)

style="background:#D0F0C0;"

|align=center|6

|1971

|Canadian Open

|{{flagicon|USA}} Art Wall Jr.

|Won with birdie on first extra hole

style="background:#D0F0C0;"

|align=center|7

|1972

|Greater Hartford Open

|{{flagicon|USA}} Lee Elder

|Won with birdie on first extra hole

style="background:#F2C1D1;"

|align=center|8

|1978

|Danny Thomas Memphis Classic

|{{flagicon|USA}} Andy Bean

|Lost to birdie on first extra hole

style="background:#F2C1D1;"

|align=center|9

|1978

|Greater Milwaukee Open

|{{flagicon|USA}} Lee Elder

|Lost to par on eighth extra hole

style="background:#F2C1D1;"

|align=center|10

|1980

|Michelob-Houston Open

|{{flagicon|USA}} Curtis Strange

|Lost to birdie on first extra hole

=European Tour wins (5)=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

! Legend

style="background:#e5d1cb;"

| Major championships (3)

Other European Tour (2)

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!To par!!Margin of
victory!!Runner(s)-up

style="background:#e5d1cb;"

|align=center|1

|align=right|Jul 15, 1972

|The Open Championship

|71-70-66-71=278

|align=center|−6

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Nicklaus

style="background:#e5d1cb;"

|align=center|2

|align=right|Aug 11, 1974

|PGA Championship

|73-66-68-69=276

|align=center|−4

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Nicklaus

align=center|3

|align=right|Aug 12, 1978

|Benson & Hedges International Open

|69-67-72-66=274

|align=center|−10

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Neil Coles, {{flagicon|AUS}} Noel Ratcliffe

style="background:#e5d1cb;"

|align=center|4

|align=right|Aug 19, 1984

|PGA Championship (2)

|69-68-67-69=273

|align=center|−15

|4 strokes

|{{flagicon|ZAF|1982}} Gary Player, {{flagicon|USA}} Lanny Wadkins

align=center|5

|align=right|Jun 10, 1985

|Dunhill British Masters

|74-68-69-67=278

|align=center|−10

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Rodger Davis

European Tour playoff record (1–1)

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponents!!Result

style="background:#D0F0C0;"

|align=center|1

|1978

|Benson & Hedges International Open

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Neil Coles, {{flagicon|AUS}} Noel Ratcliffe

|Won with par on fourth extra hole
Ratcliffe eliminated by par on first hole

style="background:#F2C1D1;"

|align=center|2

|1986

|Benson & Hedges International Open

|{{flagicon|ZAF|1982}} Hugh Baiocchi, {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark James

|James won with birdie on first extra hole

=PGA of Japan Tour wins (1)=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

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

align=center|1

|align=right|Nov 29, 1981

|Casio World Open

|68-67-71-69=275

|align=center|−13

|4 strokes

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Isao Aoki

=Southern Africa Tour wins (1)=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

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

align=center|1

|align=right|Feb 7, 1981

|Sun City Classic

|align=right|72-64-72-73=281

|align=center|−7

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|ZIM}} Mark McNulty

=PGA Tour of Australia wins (1)=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

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

align=center|1

|align=right|Nov 4, 1973

|Chrysler Classic

|68-72-69-68=277

|align=center|−15

|4 strokes

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Stewart Ginn

=Canadian Tour wins (2)=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

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

align=center|1

|align=right|Sep 2, 1979

|Labatt's International Golf Classic

|align=right|67-76-72-70=285

|align=center|+1

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Lanny Wadkins

align=center|2

|align=right|Jul 10, 1983

|Labatt's International (2)

|align=right|67-65-69-70=271

|align=center|−17

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Tsuneyuki Nakajima

=Other wins (17)=

=Senior PGA Tour wins (29)=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

! Legend

style="background:#e5d1cb;"

| Senior PGA Tour major championships (4)

Other Senior PGA Tour (25)

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!To par

!Margin of
victory

!Runner(s)-up

align=center|1

|align=right|Feb 4, 1990

|Royal Caribbean Classic

|align=right|71-67-68=206

|align=center|−10

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Butch Baird, {{flagicon|USA}} Jim Dent

align=center|2

|align=right|Feb 18, 1990

|Aetna Challenge

|align=right|66-67-67=200

|align=center|−16

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Bruce Crampton

align=center|3

|align=right|Mar 4, 1990

|Vintage Chrysler Invitational

|align=right|66-67-72=205

|align=center|−11

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Dale Douglass, {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Hill,
{{flagicon|USA}} Don Massengale

align=center|4

|align=right|May 20, 1990

|Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity Classic

|align=right|67-67-69=203

|align=center|−13

|6 strokes

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

align=center|5

|align=right|Jun 3, 1990

|NYNEX Commemorative

|align=right|66-66-67=199

|align=center|−11

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Fetchick, {{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Powell,
{{flagicon|USA}} Chi-Chi Rodríguez

style="background:#e5d1cb;"

|align=center|6

|align=right|Jul 1, 1990

|U.S. Senior Open

|align=right|67-68-73-67=275

|align=center|−13

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Nicklaus

align=center|7

|align=right|Oct 21, 1990

|Transamerica Senior Golf Championship

|align=right|73-67-65=205

|align=center|−11

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Hill

align=center|8

|align=right|Feb 17, 1991

|Aetna Challenge (2)

|align=right|71-68-66=205

|align=center|−11

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Dale Douglass

align=center|9

|align=right|Mar 17, 1991

|Vantage at The Dominion

|align=right|67-70=137*

|align=center|−7

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Hill, {{flagicon|USA}} Charles Coody,
{{flagicon|USA}} Rocky Thompson

align=center|10

|align=right|Aug 25, 1991

|Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf Classic

|align=right|66-65-69=200

|align=center|−16

|4 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jim O'Hern, {{flagicon|USA}} Chi-Chi Rodríguez

align=center|11

|align=right|Mar 15, 1992

|Vantage at The Dominion (2)

|align=right|68-66-67=201

|align=center|−15

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Chi-Chi Rodríguez

style="background:#e5d1cb;"

|align=center|12

|align=right|Apr 5, 1992

|The Tradition

|align=right|67-69-68-70=274

|align=center|−14

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Nicklaus

style="background:#e5d1cb;"

|align=center|13

|align=right|Apr 19, 1992

|PGA Seniors' Championship

|align=right|72-64-71-71=278

|align=center|−10

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Hill

align=center|14

|align=right|May 3, 1992

|Las Vegas Senior Classic

|align=right|71-68-67=206

|align=center|−10

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Orville Moody

align=center|15

|align=right|May 24, 1992

|Bell Atlantic Classic

|align=right|65-72-68=205

|align=center|−5

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Gibby Gilbert

align=center|16

|align=right|May 30, 1993

|Cadillac NFL Golf Classic

|align=right|67-70-72=209

|align=center|−7

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Bruce Crampton, {{flagicon|USA}} Raymond Floyd

align=center|17

|align=right|Sep 26, 1993

|Nationwide Championship

|align=right|66-66-73=205

|align=center|−11

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} George Archer, {{flagicon|USA}} Jim Ferree,
{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Hill, {{flagicon|USA}} Dave Stockton,
{{flagicon|USA}} Rocky Thompson

align=center|18

|align=right|Oct 3, 1993

|Vantage Championship

|align=right|65-67-66=198

|align=center|−18

|5 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} DeWitt Weaver

align=center|19

|align=right|Feb 6, 1994

|Royal Caribbean Classic (2)

|align=right|66-73-66=205

|align=center|−8

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|USA}} Kermit Zarley

style="background:#e5d1cb;"

|align=center|20

|align=right|Apr 17, 1994

|PGA Seniors' Championship (2)

|align=right|70-69-70-70=279

|align=center|−9

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Colbert

align=center|21

|align=right|May 15, 1994

|PaineWebber Invitational

|align=right|70-65-68=203

|align=center|−13

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Colbert, {{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Powell

align=center|22

|align=right|May 29, 1994

|Bell Atlantic Classic (2)

|align=right|71-67-68=206

|align=center|−4

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Hill

align=center|23

|align=right|Jun 19, 1994

|BellSouth Senior Classic

|align=right|67-65-67=199

|align=center|−17

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Albus, {{flagicon|USA}} Dave Stockton

align=center|24

|align=right|Jul 31, 1994

|Northville Long Island Classic

|align=right|66-69-65=200

|align=center|−17

|7 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Colbert

align=center|25

|align=right|Aug 20, 1995

|Northville Long Island Classic (2)

|align=right|67-69-66=202

|align=center|−14

|4 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Buddy Allin

align=center|26

|align=right|Oct 8, 1995

|The Transamerica (2)

|align=right|66-69-66=201

|align=center|−15

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Bruce Summerhays

align=center|27

|align=right|Nov 3, 1996

|Emerald Coast Classic

|align=right|69-70-68=207

|align=center|−3

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Eastwood, {{flagicon|AUS}} David Graham,
{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Hill, {{flagicon|USA}} Dave Stockton

align=center|28

|align=right|Mar 29, 1998

|Southwestern Bell Dominion (3)

|align=right|69-69-67=205

|align=center|−11

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mike McCullough

align=center|29

|align=right|Jun 25, 2000

|Cadillac NFL Golf Classic (2)

|align=right|66-67-69=202

|align=center|−14

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Walter Hall

*Note: The 1991 Vantage at The Dominion was shortened to 36 holes due to rain.

Senior PGA Tour playoff record (3–3)

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent(s)!!Result

style="background:#D0F0C0;"

|align=center|1

|1990

|NYNEX Commemorative

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Fetchick, {{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Powell,
{{flagicon|USA}} Chi-Chi Rodríguez

|Won with birdie on fifth extra hole
Powell and Rodríguez eliminated by birdie on first hole

style="background:#F2C1D1;"

|align=center|2

|1990

|New York Life Champions

|{{flagicon|USA}} Dale Douglass, {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Hill

|Hill won with birdie on first extra hole

style="background:#F2C1D1;"

|align=center|3

|1993

|Ping Kaanapali Classic

|{{flagicon|USA}} George Archer, {{flagicon|USA}} Dave Stockton

|Archer won with birdie on first extra hole

style="background:#D0F0C0;"

|align=center|4

|1994

|Royal Caribbean Classic

|{{flagicon|USA}} Kermit Zarley

|Won with par on fourth extra hole

style="background:#D0F0C0;"

|align=center|5

|1996

|Emerald Coast Classic

|{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Eastwood, {{flagicon|AUS}} David Graham,
{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Hill, {{flagicon|USA}} Dave Stockton

|Won with birdie on first extra hole

style="background:#F2C1D1;"

|align=center|6

|1997

|Home Depot Invitational

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Dent, {{flagicon|USA}} Larry Gilbert

|Dent won with birdie on second extra hole
Gilbert eliminated by birdie on first hole

=Other senior wins (10)=

  • 1991 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Mike Hill)
  • 1992 Mitsukoshi Classic, Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Mike Hill)
  • 1993 American Express Grandslam
  • 1994 American Express Grandslam
  • 1995 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Mike Hill)
  • 1996 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Mike Hill), Australian PGA Seniors Championship{{Cite web|title=Australian PGA Seniors Championship Winners List|url=https://pga-tic.com/factsheets/2013/2093/File_1.pdf|website=PGA Australia}}
  • 2000 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf – Legendary Division (with Mike Hill)
  • 2003 ConAgra Foods Champions Skins Game

Major championships

=Wins (6)=

class="wikitable"

!Year!!Championship!!54 holes!!Winning score!!Margin!!Runner(s)-up

style="background:#FBCEB1;"

| align=center|1968

U.S. Open1 shot deficit−5 (69-68-69-69=275)4 strokes{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Nicklaus
style="background:#FBCEB1;"

| align=center|1971

U.S. Open (2)4 shot deficitE (70-72-69-69=280)Playoff1{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Nicklaus
style="background:#ABCDEF;"

| align=center|1971

The Open Championship1 shot lead−14 (69-70-69-70=278)1 stroke{{flagicon|Taiwan}} Lu Liang-Huan
style="background:#ABCDEF;"

| align=center|1972

The Open Championship (2)1 shot lead−6 (71-70-66-71=278)1 stroke{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Nicklaus
style="background:thistle;"

| align=center|1974

PGA Championship1 shot lead−4 (73-66-68-69=276)1 stroke{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Nicklaus
style="background:thistle;"

| align=center|1984

PGA Championship (2)1 shot lead−15 (69-68-67-69=273)4 strokes{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Gary Player, {{flagicon|USA}} Lanny Wadkins

1Defeated Jack Nicklaus in 18-hole playoff; Trevino 68 (−2), Nicklaus 71 (+1).

=Results timeline=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"

!Tournament !! 1966 !! 1967 !! 1968 !! 1969

align=left|Masters Tournament

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

|T40

|T19

align=left|U.S. Open

|T54

|style="background:yellow;"|5

|style="background:lime;"|1

|CUT

align=left|The Open Championship

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

|T34

align=left|PGA Championship

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

|T23

|T48

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"

!Tournament !!1970 !! 1971 !! 1972 !! 1973 !! 1974 !! 1975 !! 1976 !! 1977 !! 1978 !! 1979

align=left|Masters Tournament

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

|T33

|T43

| style="background:#eee;"|

|style="background:yellow;"|T10

|T28

| style="background:#eee;"|

|T14

|T12

align=left|U.S. Open

|style="background:yellow;"|T8

|style="background:lime;"|1

|style="background:yellow;"|T4

|style="background:yellow;"|T4

|CUT

|T29

| style="background:#eee;"|

|T27

|T12

|T19

align=left|The Open Championship

|style="background:yellow;"|T3

|style="background:lime;"|1

|style="background:lime;"|1

|style="background:yellow;"|T10

|T31

|T40

| style="background:#eee;"|

|style="background:yellow;"|4

|T29

|T17

align=left|PGA Championship

|T26

|T13

|T11

|T18

|style="background:lime;"|1

|T60

|CUT

|T13

|style="background:yellow;"|T7

|T35

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"

!Tournament !!1980 !! 1981 !! 1982 !! 1983 !! 1984 !! 1985 !! 1986 !! 1987 !! 1988 !! 1989

align=left|Masters Tournament

|T26

|CUT

|T38

|T20

|43

|style="background:yellow;"|T10

|47

|CUT

|CUT

|T18

align=left|U.S. Open

|T12

|CUT

|CUT

| style="background:#eee;"|

|style="background:yellow;"|T9

|CUT

|style="background:yellow;"|T4

|CUT

|T40

|CUT

align=left|The Open Championship

|style="background:yellow;"|2

|T11

|T27

|style="background:yellow;"|5

|T14

|T20

|T59

|T17

|CUT

|T42

align=left|PGA Championship

|style="background:yellow;"|7

| style="background:#eee;"|DQ

| style="background:#eee;"|

|T14

|style="background:lime;"|1

|style="background:yellow;"|2

|T11

| style="background:#eee;"|

|CUT

|CUT

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"

!Tournament !!1990 !! 1991 !! 1992 !! 1993 !! 1994 !! 1995 !! 1996 !! 1997 !! 1998 !! 1999 !! 2000

align=left|Masters Tournament

|T24

|T49

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

align=left|U.S. Open

| style="background:#eee;"|

|CUT

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

align=left|The Open Championship

|T25

|T17

|T39

| style="background:#eee;"|

|CUT

|CUT

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

|CUT

align=left|PGA Championship

|CUT

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

| style="background:#eee;"|

{{legend|lime|Win}}

{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}

{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}

CUT = missed the halfway cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place.

=Summary=

class=wikitable style=text-align:center

!Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made

align=left|Masters Tournament0000282017
align=left|U.S. Open20068112315
align=left|The Open Championship21167142622
align=left|PGA Championship21035122116
Totals6211522459070

  • Most consecutive cuts made – 16 (1969 Open Championship – 1973 PGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (seven times)

The Players Championship

=Wins (1)=

class="wikitable"

!Year!!Championship!!54 holes!!Winning score!!Margin!!Runner-up

style="background:#f2ecce;"

| 1980

Tournament Players Championship1 shot lead−10 (68-72-68-70=278)1 stroke{{flagicon|USA}} Ben Crenshaw

=Results timeline=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"

!Tournament

!1974

!1975

!1976

!1977

!1978

!1979

!1980

!1981

!1982

!1983

!1984

!1985

!1986

!1987

align=left|The Players Championship

|18

|T50

|T17

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|WD

|style="background:yellow;"|T5

|style="background:lime;"|1

|T12

|DQ

|T68

|style="background:yellow;"|2

|T55

|T21

|CUT

{{legend|lime|Win}}

{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}

{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}

CUT = missed the halfway cut

WD = withdrew

DQ = disqualified

"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Champions Tour major championships

=Wins (4)=

class="sortable wikitable"

!Year!!Championship!!Winning Score!!Margin!!Runner(s)-up

style="background:#FBCEB1;"

| align=center|1990

U.S. Senior Open−13 (67–68–73–67=275)2 strokes{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Nicklaus
style="background:#d0f0c0;"

| align=center|1992

The Tradition−14 (67–69–68–70=274)1 stroke{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Nicklaus
style="background:thistle;"

| align=center|1992

PGA Seniors' Championship−10 (72–64–71–71=278)1 stroke{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Hill
style="background:thistle;"

| align=center|1994

PGA Seniors' Championship (2)−9 (70–69–70–70=279)1 stroke{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Colbert

U.S. national team appearances

Professional

See also

References

{{Reflist|2}}

Further reading

{{cite book |last=Hoobler |first=Dorothy and Thomas |title=The Mexican American Family Album |url=https://archive.org/details/mexicanamericanf00hoob |url-access=registration |location=New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1995 |asin=B004HOS1EC}}