Scott Hoch

Scott Hoch

Born: November 24, 1955
Age: 69
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Biography

Scott Mabon Hoch (born November 24, 1955) is an American professional golfer, who represented his country in the Ryder Cup in 1997 and 2002.

Hoch was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was a member of the golf team at Wake Forest University before graduating in 1978. He also played on the winning U.S. team in the Eisenhower Trophy. He turned professional in 1979.

Hoch has won several tournaments, including the Western Open, the Ford Championship at Doral, the Heineken Dutch Open and the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. He also won the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average in 1986. He has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

Hoch is widely known for missing a two-foot-long putt that would have won the 1989 Masters Tournament on the first playoff hole, which he lost to Nick Faldo on the next hole. At the 1987 PGA Championship, Hoch three-putted the 18th hole on Sunday from inside of ten feet. A two-putt would have secured a playoff spot for him.

Hoch is also well known for his infamous quote regarding playing in The Open Championship at the "home of golf" at St Andrews. Hoch referred to this course, considered hallowed ground by most golfers around the world, as "the worst piece of mess" he had ever seen.

In 1982, Hoch said that he feared he was going to die after an intruder came into his hotel room in Tucson, Arizona, held him and his wife, Sally, at gunpoint, and tied them up for an hour.

In 1989, Hoch said that he was "really hurt" after being named "Least Popular Golfer" in a poll of Tour players conducted by the Dallas Times Herald.

In May 2007, Hoch won his first Champions Tour event, the FedEx Kinko's Classic. In February 2008, he won his second and third events in consecutive weeks.

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Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

  • 1977 Northeast Amateur

Professional wins (22)

PGA Tour wins (11)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 Jul 20, 1980 Quad Cities Open −14 (63-66-68-69=266) 3 strokes Curtis Strange
2 Apr 25, 1982 USF&G Classic −10 (67-69-70=206) 2 strokes Bob Shearer, Tom Watson
3 Jul 22, 1984 Miller High Life QCO −14 (67-67-66-66=266) 5 strokes George Archer, Vance Heafner,
Dave Stockton
4 Apr 30, 1989 Las Vegas Invitational −24 (69-64-68-65-70=336) Playoff Robert Wrenn
5 Feb 20, 1994 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic −26 (66-62-70-66-70=334) 3 strokes Lennie Clements, Jim Gallagher, Jr.,
Fuzzy Zoeller
6 Sep 3, 1995 Greater Milwaukee Open −15 (68-71-65-65=269) 3 strokes Marco Dawson
7 Jul 14, 1996 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill −19 (64-68-66-67=265) 4 strokes Tom Purtzer
8 Aug 31, 1997 Greater Milwaukee Open −16 (70-66-66-66=268) 1 stroke Loren Roberts, David Sutherland
9 Apr 29, 2001 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic −16 (68-68-67-69=272) 1 stroke Brett Quigley, Scott Simpson
10 Jul 8, 2001 Advil Western Open −21 (69-68-66-64=267) 1 stroke Davis Love III
11 Mar 9, 2003 Ford Championship at Doral −17 (66-70-66-69=271) Playoff Jim Furyk

PGA Tour playoff record (2-2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1989 Masters Tournament Nick Faldo Lost to birdie on second extra hole
2 1989 Las Vegas Invitational Robert Wrenn Won with birdie on fifth extra hole
3 1995 Shell Houston Open Payne Stewart Lost to birdie on first extra hole
4 2003 Ford Championship at Doral Jim Furyk Won with birdie on third extra hole

European Tour wins (1)

  • 1995 Heineken Dutch Open

Japan Golf Tour wins (3)

  • 1982 Taiheiyo Club Masters, Casio World Open
  • 1986 Casio World Open

Other wins (4)

  • 1986 Chrysler Team Championship (with Gary Hallberg)
  • 1990 Korea Open
  • 1991 Korea Open
  • 2008 Merrill Lynch Shootout (with Kenny Perry)

Champions Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner(s)-up
1 May 6, 2007 FedEx Kinko's Classic −15 (67-66-68=201) 2 strokes D. A. Weibring
2 Feb 10, 2008 Allianz Championship −14 (67-67-68=202) 1 stroke Brad Bryant, Bruce Lietzke
3 Feb 17, 2008 The ACE Group Classic −14 (68-66-68=202) Playoff Brad Bryant, Tom Jenkins, Tom Kite

Champions Tour playoff record (1-1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2008 The ACE Group Classic Brad Bryant, Tom Jenkins, Tom Kite Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2011 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf
(with Kenny Perry)
David Eger & Mark McNulty Lost to par on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP T34
U.S. Open CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Masters Tournament DNP T37 DNP T27 DNP T53 DNP DNP CUT 2
U.S. Open DNP CUT WD T48 DNP T34 DNP T36 T21 T13
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship CUT CUT DNP 61 T48 T12 T41 T3 T25 T7
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Masters Tournament T14 T35 DNP DNP CUT T7 T5 38 T16 T44
U.S. Open T8 6 CUT T5 T13 T56 T7 T10 CUT CUT
The Open Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP T68 DNP DNP CUT DNP
PGA Championship T49 T43 CUT T6 CUT CUT T61 T6 T29 T21
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Masters Tournament CUT T37 CUT CUT DNP
U.S. Open T16 T16 T5 CUT T53
The Open Championship DNP CUT T8 DNP DNP
PGA Championship T74 T7 CUT T57 WD

DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 1 0 2 3 5 18 13
U.S. Open 0 0 0 2 6 11 23 16
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 2
PGA Championship 0 0 1 1 5 8 24 17
Totals 0 1 1 5 15 25 70 48
  • Most consecutive cuts made - 10 (1983 Masters - 1987 PGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s - 2 (4 times)

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

  • Eisenhower Trophy: 1978 (winners)
  • Walker Cup: 1979 (winners)

Professional

  • Presidents Cup: 1994 (winners), 1996 (winners), 1998
  • Ryder Cup: 1997, 2002

[ Source: Wikipedia ]


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