Mike Morley

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| residence = Minot, North Dakota

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| college = Arizona State University

| yearpro = 1969

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Mike Morley (born June 17, 1946) is an American golf course architect and a former professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour for 14 years.

Early life

Born in Morris, Minnesota, Morley was raised there and in Minot, North Dakota, where his family later moved during his youth. He graduated from high school in La Jolla, California, in 1964 and then attended Arizona State University in Tempe and was a two-time first-team All-American on the Sun Devil golf team in 1967 and 1968.{{cite news |url=http://www.thesundevils.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30300&ATCLID=208248649 |publisher=Arizona State University Athletics |title=Arizona State Men's Golf All-Americans |accessdate=November 2, 2015}}

Professional career

Morley won a handful of tournaments as a professional, including the satellite 1972 Magnolia State Classic,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pREsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xscEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2305%2C1388126 |newspaper=Florence Times |location=Alabama |agency=Associated Press |title=Mike Morley has four-stroke lead in Magnolia golf |date=April 9, 1972 |page=34 }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5TMsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5ssEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5981%2C2000183|newspaper=Spartanburg Herald |location=South Carolina |agency=Associated Press |title=Morley takes Magnolia win|date=April 10, 1972 |page=17 }} and the 1977 Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad Cities Open;{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PcdSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LX4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4761%2C2345787 |newspaper=Deseret News |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |agency=Associated Press |title=Mike Morley winner, finally |date=July 11, 1977 |page=4B }}{{cite web|title=Article from pgatour.com's Life Beyond the Green series |url=http://www.pgatour.com/u/ce/multi/0,1977,3246142,00.html |accessdate=16 October 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050116235507/http://www.pgatour.com/u/ce/multi/0%2C1977%2C3246142%2C00.html |archivedate=16 January 2005 |url-status=dead }} both events were opposite major championships. He had a great deal of success at the Bing Crosby Pro-Am finishing in the top-10 four times including a solo 2nd in 1976. His best finish in a major was a tie for eighth at the U.S. Open in 1980 at Baltusrol.{{cite web|title=Golf Major Championships|url=http://golfmajorchampionships.com/players?player=232}}

After losing his PGA Tour card in 1984, Morley played on an Asian Tour for two or three years. When he retired as a tour professional, Morley first tried selling real estate in Arizona, but found that golf course architecture and design was the business that he wanted to pursue. Early in this phase of his career, he worked for Tom Watson's firm. Today he is a partner in a golf course architecture and design business with fellow former PGA Tour golfer Dan Halldorson.{{cite web | title=Biographical information from Danhalldorson.com | url=http://www.danhalldorson.com/design.html | accessdate=16 October 2006 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050204161936/http://danhalldorson.com/design.html | archivedate=4 February 2005 }} Most of the courses Morley has designed are in Minnesota.

Morley was inducted into the North Dakota Golf Hall of Fame in 1977,{{cite web |url=http://www.ndgolf.org/honorary |title=Hall of Fame |publisher=North Dakota Golf Association |accessdate=November 2, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911195457/http://www.ndgolf.org/honorary |archivedate=September 11, 2015 }} and is also a member of the Arizona State University Hall of Fame.{{cite news |url=http://www.thesundevils.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30300&ATCLID=208253404 |publisher=Arizona State University Athletics |title=Hall of Fame: men's golf |accessdate=November 2, 2015}} He was voted Mr. Golf for 2002 by the Minnesota Golf Association, and lives in Minot, North Dakota.{{cite web | title=A Golfer's Life | publisher=Minnesota Golfer online | url=http://www.mngolfer.com/content/article.cfm?ContentFile=ON03_103_1x2.htm | accessdate=16 October 2006 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Amateur wins

mid-1960s Two North Dakota State Amateur Opens

Professional wins (11)

=PGA Tour wins (1)=

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!Runners-up

align=center|1

|align=right|July 10, 1977

|Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad Cities Open

|align=right|68-69-64-66=267

|align=center|−17

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Murphy, {{flagicon|MEX}} Victor Regalado

=Other regular wins (9)=

1972 Magnolia State Classic
1973 Shreveport Open, North Dakota Open{{Cite web|title=Bobcat North Dakota Open - Bobcat Company|url=https://www.bobcat.com/company-info/community/bobcat-open|access-date=2022-02-17|website=www.bobcat.com|language=en}}
1975 Minnesota State Open{{Cite web|title=Minnesota State Open Championship – Past Champions|url=https://mnpga.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/mnpga22/event/mnpga221/champions.htm|access-date=2022-02-02|publisher=PGA of America – Minnesota section}}
1978 North Dakota Open
1982 Minnesota State Open
1983 Minnesota State Open, Arizona Open
1986 Arizona Open