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Dave Stockton (born November 2, 1941) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.

Stockton was born in San Bernardino, California. He attended University of Southern California and turned professional in 1964. His first PGA Tour win came at the 1967 Colonial National Invitation. His career year was 1974, when he won three times, but his two majors, both of which were PGA Championships, came in 1970 and 1976. In 1970 he played the final round with Arnold Palmer, shooting an erratic seventy-three which included an eagle and a double-bogey back to back on the seventh and the eighth, and a making a birdie on the thirteenth despite putting a ball in the water. In the end though, this was good enough for a two stroke victory over Palmer and Bob Murphy. Due to rain the 1976 PGA, held at the Congressional Country Club, was the first ever where the final round had to be delayed until Monday. Stockton sank a ten foot birdie putt at the seventy-second hole to avoid having to continue into a three-man playoff with Raymond Floyd and Don January.

Stockton joined the PGA Senior Tour (now the Champions Tour) in 1991 and enjoyed continued success, topping the Senior Tour money list in 1993 and 1994. His fourteen senior titles include three senior majors, the 1992 and 1994 Senior Players Championships and the 1996 U.S. Senior Open. He remains competitive in his sixties, finishing in the Top 50 on the Champions Tour money list for a thiteenth consecutive season in 2004.

Stockton played for the U.S. team in the Ryder Cup in 1971 and 1977. He was the U.S.'s victorious non playing captain in the 1991 Ryder Cup at Kiawah Island.

PGA Tour wins

Major championships are shown in bold.

Senior PGA Tour wins

Senior major championships shown in bold.

Results in major championships

Tournament 1968 1969

The Masters DNP 18

U.S. Open T9 T25

The Open Championship DNP DNP

PGA Championship T17 T35

Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

The Masters T5 T9 T10 T14 T2 T26 DNP T39 CUT CUT

U.S. Open DNP CUT CUT T39 T40 T43 CUT CUT T2 T36

The Open Championship DNP T11 T31 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

PGA Championship 1 T40 T40 T12 T26 CUT 1 T31 T19 T35

Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

The Masters T26 T31 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

U.S. Open T51 CUT T45 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP

The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

PGA Championship CUT T43 CUT CUT T39 T59 T53 CUT T48 T68

Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT

The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

PGA Championship CUT CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

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

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