Walter Hall (golfer)

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| fullname = Walter Houston Hall

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| birth_place = Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.

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| residence = Clemmons, North Carolina, U.S.

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| college = University of Maryland

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Walter Houston Hall (born June 12, 1947) is an American professional golfer.

Early life

Hall was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He played collegiately at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Career

Hall turned professional in 1971, his amateur status having been forfeited when he entered the qualifying tournament for the PGA Tour.{{cite news |last=Norwood |first=Bev |title=Walter Hall Disqualified from Forsyth Golf |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/936581580/ |access-date=January 3, 2024 |newspaper=The Sentinel |date=August 22, 1971 |location=Winston-Salem, North Carolina |page=B1 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}} After failing to qualify for the tour, regained his amateur status in September 1972. He turned professional again in July 1973, and played on several mini-tours after missing out on the PGA Tour for a second time. After being professionally inactive for five years, in May 1980, he regained his amateur status once more.{{cite news |last=Kibler |first=Dan |title=Hall's Return Will Affect Amateur Ranks |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/938228250/ |access-date=January 3, 2024 |newspaper=Sunday Journal and Sentinel |date=June 7, 1980 |location=Winston-Salem, North Carolina |page=4 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}} He turned professional for a third time in his late 40s, in preparation for the over-50s senior tours, and played on the Asia Golf Circuit in 1994 and 1995 and mini-tours in the United States, including the NGA Hooters Tour.{{cite news |last=Linker |first=Mason |title=After 20-year postponement, golfer goes for dream |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/941331475/ |access-date=January 3, 2024 |newspaper=Winston-Salem Journal |date=August 10, 1995 |pages=C1, C4 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}} His first professional win came at the Mid Pines Open on the Coastal Carolina Tour (later the Hurricane Tour) in 1993. In 1996, he won the season ending Naturally Fresh Cup on the Hooters Tour.

Hall joined the Senior PGA Tour in 1997 and has won once, the 2001 AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship. He also won the PGA Seniors Championship on the European Seniors Tour in 1997.

Amateur wins

Forsyth Invitational (1969, 1970, 1981, 1982. 1984, 1991){{cite news |last=Dell |first=John |title=The 76th Forsyth Championship will tee off on Friday at Maple Chase Golf & Country Club |url=https://journalnow.com/sports/local/the-76th-forsyth-championship-will-tee-off-on-friday-at-maple-chase-golf-country-club/article_13eb7650-3baf-11ee-b6e2-bb6da043a678.html |newspaper=Winston-Salem Journal |access-date=January 3, 2024 |date=August 16, 2023}}
CGA Mid-Amateur (1985){{cite web |title=CGA Mid-Amateur Champions |url=https://www.carolinasgolf.org/images/carolinasgolf/site/yearbook/Cas%20Mid.pdf |publisher=Carolinas Golf Association |access-date=January 4, 2024}}

Professional wins (4)

=NAG Hooters Tour wins (1)=

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

align=center|1

|align=right|Sep 29, 1996

|Naturally Fresh Cup

|−10 (66-72-70-70=278)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|USA}} Steve Ford, {{flagicon|USA}} Kyle Flinton,
{{flagicon|USA}} Garrett Willis

Source:{{cite news |title=Golf {{!}} Hooters Tour |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/462285848/ |access-date=January 4, 2024 |newspaper=San Francisco Examiner |date=September 30, 1996 |page=C-16 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}

=Other wins (1)=

1993 Mid Pines Open (Coastal Carolina Tour){{cite news |title=Hall notches first victory |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/338215036/ |access-date=January 4, 2024 |agency=AP |newspaper=The Evening Telegram |location=Rocky Mount, North Carolina |date=August 26, 1993 |page=2D |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}