Shelley Mayfield

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| birth_place = Liberty Hill, Texas

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| death_place = San Antonio, Texas

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Shelley Mayfield (June 19, 1924 – March 22, 2010) was an American golf course architect and professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s.

Early life

Mayfield was born in Liberty Hill, Texas near Austin and grew up in Seguin near San Antonio. He was a star athlete in several sports at Seguin High School including golf, which he began playing at age 14. His team won several state championships under coach W.A. "Lefty" Stackhouse.

Professional career

Mayfield became a golf professional at the age of 24. Like most professional golfers of his generation, he earned his living primarily as a club pro. His first job was as an assistant for Claude Harmon at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, a position he held for two years. The two later worked together at Seminole Golf Club in Florida for one year. He served as the head professional at Rockaway Hunting Club in Cedarhurst, New York from 1950 to 1952. In 1955, Mayfield went to work at the exclusive Meadowbrook Golf and Polo Club on Long Island, where he stayed until 1963. He then became the head club pro at Brook Hollow Country Club in Dallas until 1982 when he retired.{{cite news |title=Mayfield, Stackhouse receive recognition |last=Chiapek |first=Jason |date=May 29, 2007 |newspaper=The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise |url=http://www.seguingazette.com/story.lasso?ewcd=f738882c684ae680 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070619070033/http://www.seguingazette.com/story.lasso?ewcd=f738882c684ae680 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 19, 2007 |accessdate=November 21, 2007 }}

Mayfield won three PGA Tour events during his career. He had two top-10 finishes in major championships, T-6 at the 1954 U.S.Open and T-8 at the 1956 Masters Tournament.{{cite web |title=Tournament Results: 1956 |publisher=Masters Tournament |url=http://www.masters.com/en_US/tournament/past_winners.html |accessdate=May 19, 2015}}{{cite web |title=Shelley Mayfield |publisher=Golf Major Championships |url=http://golfmajorchampionships.com/players?player=647 |accessdate=May 19, 2015}} He also reached the semi-final of the 1955 PGA Championship, having reached the quarter-final the previous year.

Courses that Mayfield helped design, most as a partner with famed course architect Dick Wilson, included the Doral Country Club and Pine Tree Golf Club in Florida and California's Bay Hill Golf Club and La Costa Country Club. Giving back to the town where he learned to play the game, he designed the back-nine added to the course at Max Starcke Park in Seguin, Texas.

In 1992 Mayfield was elected to the Texas Golf Hall of Fame.{{cite web |url=http://texasgolfhof.org/index.php/component/zoo/item/shelley-mayfield |title=Shelley Mayfield |publisher=Texas Golf Hall of Fame |accessdate=May 19, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204053555/http://texasgolfhof.org/index.php/component/zoo/item/shelley-mayfield |archivedate=February 4, 2015 }}

Personal life

Mayfield retired to his ranch in Carrizo Springs, Texas. He died in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 85.{{cite web |url=http://www.usga.org/news/2010/March/Mayfield-Dies-At-85/ |title=Mayfield Dies At 85 |publisher=USGA |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203141400/http://www.usga.org/news/2010/March/Mayfield-Dies-At-85/ |archivedate=December 3, 2010}}

Professional wins (5)

=PGA Tour wins (3)=

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

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|align=right|Jul 19, 1953

|St. Paul Open

|−19 (69-67-68-65=269)

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Dutch Harrison

align=center|2

|align=right|Jan 31, 1955

|Thunderbird Invitational

|−18 (63-70-68-69=270)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|USA}} Fred Haas, {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Souchak

align=center|3

|align=right|Mar 4, 1956

|Baton Rouge Open

|−11 (67-71-70-69=277)

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Walter Burkemo, {{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Demaret,
{{flagicon|USA}} Doug Ford, {{flagicon|USA}} Fred Haas,
{{flagicon|USA}} Fred Hawkins

PGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

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

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|1953

|Houston Open

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Jim Ferrier, {{flagicon|USA}} Cary Middlecoff,
{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Nary, {{flagicon|USA}} Earl Stewart

|Middlecoff won 18-hole playoff;
Middlecoff: −3 (69),
Ferrier: −1 (71),
Mayfield: −1 (71),
Stewart: E (72),
Nary: +3 (75)

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|align=center|2

|1955