(1941-11-02) November 2, 1941 (age 82) San Bernardino, California
Height
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight
190 lb (86 kg; 14 st)
Sporting nationality
United States
Residence
Redlands, California
Career
College
University of Southern California
Turned professional
1964
Former tour(s)
PGA Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins
25
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour
10
PGA Tour Champions
14
Other
1
Best results in major championships (wins: 2)
Masters Tournament
T2: 1974
PGA Championship
Won: 1970, 1976
U.S. Open
T2: 1978
The Open Championship
T11: 1971
Achievements and awards
Senior PGA Tour Rookie of the Year
1992
Senior PGA Tour money list winner
1993, 1994
Senior PGA Tour Player of the Year
1993
David Knapp Stockton (born November 2, 1941) is an American retired professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.
Stockton was born in San Bernardino, California. He attended the University of Southern California and turned professional in 1964. His first PGA Tour win came at the 1967 Colonial National Invitation. He was selected by former Colonial champions as one of two Champion's Choice invitations; he is the only Champion's Choice invitee to win the Colonial in the year of the invitation. His best 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 a seventy-three which included an eagle and a double-bogey on the seventh and the eighth holes, and making a bogey on the thirteenth despite putting a ball in the water. In the end, this effort was good enough for a two stroke victory over Palmer and Bob Murphy.[1] Due to rain at the 1976 PGA Championship, which was held at the Congressional Country Club, the final round had to be delayed until Monday. Stockton sank a fifteen-foot par putt at the seventy-second hole to avoid a three-man playoff with Raymond Floyd and Don January.[2]
Stockton joined the Senior PGA 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 remained competitive in his sixties, finishing in the top 50 on the Champions Tour money list for a thirteenth consecutive season in 2004.
Stockton played for the U.S. team in the Ryder Cup in 1971 and 1977. He was the Americans' victorious non-playing captain in the 1991 Ryder Cup at Kiawah Island.
Stockton is married to former Orange Show beauty queen Catherine Hales. They have two children, Dave Jr. and Ron, who both play professional golf.
When he was an active PGA Tour player, Stockton had the reputation of being one of the best putters. In 2009, Stockton was credited with aiding the world's second-ranked golfer, Phil Mickelson with his putting, which helped him win the 2009 Tour Championship. He wrote a guide to putting called "Unconscious Putting," which was released in 2011.[3]
^"Stockton prevails over Arnie – and his army". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. August 17, 1970. p. 3B. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
^"Stockton snatches PGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. August 17, 1976. p. 12.
^Stockton, Dave; Rudy, Matthew (September 15, 2011). Unconscious Putting: Dave Stockton's Guide to Unlocking Your Signature Stroke. Avery. ISBN 978-1592406609.
Press. August 17, 1976. p. 12. Stockton, Dave; Rudy, Matthew (September 15, 2011). Unconscious Putting: DaveStockton's Guide to Unlocking Your Signature...
Jordan Spieth. Five Champion's Choices have eventually won the Colonial; DaveStockton is the only Champion's Choice to win the tournament in the year selected...
champion Billy Casper in the quarterfinals and defending PGA champion DaveStockton in the semifinals. He also won two regular European Tour events late...
Country Club, South Course Dayton, Ohio 276 −8 1970 United States DaveStockton Southern Hills Tulsa, Oklahoma 279 −1 1971 United States Jack Nicklaus...
John Houston Stockton (born March 26, 1962) is an American former professional basketball player. Regarded as one of the greatest point guards, players...
to accommodate Olympics". Golf.com. Retrieved August 8, 2017. Shedloski, Dave (August 7, 2017). "The PGA Championship is moving to May and players are...
the first round and 1955 champion Cary Middlecoff during the second. DaveStockton won the twelfth Par 3 contest on Wednesday with a score of 23. For the...
Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Nick Price, Vijay Singh, Jeff Sluman, DaveStockton, Hal Sutton, David Toms, Lee Trevino, Bob Tway, and Lanny Wadkins were...
played August 13–16 at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. DaveStockton won the first of his two PGA Championships at 279 (−1), two strokes...
Bernhard Langer (2014, 2015, 2016) 2 wins: Arnold Palmer (1984, 1985), DaveStockton (1992, 1994), Raymond Floyd (1996, 2000), Jerry Kelly (2020, 2022),...
Bruce Devlin by one shot. 1974: DaveStockton wins by four shots over Raymond Floyd. After the tournament, Stockton gets a congratulatory call from then...
"Guru Wars: Some candid talk about the short game and putting from DaveStockton, Dave Pelz and Stan Utley". Golf Digest. Archived from the original on...
The Stockton Ports are a Minor League Baseball team of the California League and the Single-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. They are located in Stockton...
he made a four-foot putt to win by one stroke over J. C. Snead and DaveStockton. At the 1985 U.S. Open, on the South Course at Oakland Hills Country...
Congressional in 1976. With the course playing as a par 70, 1970 champion DaveStockton sank a par-saving putt on the 72nd hole to win his second PGA Championship...
Congressional; the U.S. Open was conducted twelve years earlier in 1964. DaveStockton, the 1970 champion, sank a 15-foot (5 m) putt to save par on the 72nd...
the GMO more than once, but none more than twice. 2 wins: DaveStockton (1968, 1973), Dave Eichelberger (1971, 1977), Calvin Peete (1979, 1982), Scott...
Bobby Nichols, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Nick Price, Jeff Sluman, DaveStockton, Hal Sutton, David Toms, Lee Trevino, Bob Tway, Lanny Wadkins and Tiger...
Amateur Dexter Daniels 1965 U.S. Amateur Bob Murphy 1970 PGA Championship DaveStockton 1977 U.S. Open (2) Hubert Green 1982 PGA Championship (2) Raymond Floyd...
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