(1943-01-09) January 9, 1943 (age 81) Redding, California
Height
5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight
160 lb (73 kg; 11 st)
Sporting nationality
United States
Residence
Jupiter, Florida
Career
Turned professional
1968
Former tour(s)
PGA Tour Pro Golf Tour
Professional wins
3
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour
1
Other
2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament
T15: 1975
PGA Championship
T20: 1980
U.S. Open
T30: 1978
The Open Championship
CUT: 1975
Rodney Dean Curl (born January 9, 1943) is an American professional golfer best known for being the first full-blooded Native American to win a PGA Tour event.
Born in Redding, California, Curl is a Wintu Indian.[2][3] Before taking up golf at age 19, he was an outstanding baseball player at Central Valley High School in Shasta County, California.[4]
Curl joined the PGA Tour in 1969 and played regularly through 1978. He had 42 top-10 finishes in official PGA Tour events including one win and a half-dozen second and third-place finishes. In 1974, he won the Colonial National Invitation in Fort Worth by one stroke after runner-up Jack Nicklaus bogeyed the 17th hole and a birdied the last.[5][2][6][7]
Curl played in a limited number of Senior Tour events after reaching the age of 50 in 1993. He lives in Jupiter, Florida and is a corporate instructor with VIP Golf Academy.
^The Indian with the Clubs Is Rod Curl, Top Pro Golfer
^ ab"Curl refuses to fold, beats Nicklaus in Colonial". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). Associated Press. May 20, 1974. p. 10.
^Grimsley, Will (April 10, 1975). "Rod Curl only playing for himself". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. (Florida). Associated Press. p. 1C.
^Biographical information from Shasta County Sports Hall of Fame
^Radosta, John S. (May 20, 1974). "Rod Curl wins golf by stroke". New York Times. p. 41.
^PGATOUR.com - Bank of America Colonial
^Rabun, Mike (May 20, 1974). "Dream come true for Rod Curl". Beaver County Times. (Pennsylvania). UPI. p. C-3.
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Top 24 players and ties from the 1975 Masters Tournament Buddy Allin, RodCurl, Pat Fitzsimons (9), Hubert Green (11), Dave Hill (10,11), Ralph Johnston...
Kaiser International Open Invitational (2) −16 (68-67-68-69=272) 3 strokes RodCurl 16 Jan 11, 1976 NBC Tucson Open (3) −14 (70-69-67-68=274) 3 strokes Howard...
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Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational −13 (69-69-68-69=275) 1 stroke RodCurl, Gene Littler 12 Jul 28, 1974 Canadian Open −10 (67-67-68-68=270) 4 strokes...
successfully defends his Kaiser title and finishes three shots ahead of RodCurl. 1976: J. C. Snead foils Miller's attempt to win three straight at Kaiser;...
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1967 Eastern Amateur T7 Jon Cutshall Chuck Montalbano John Schroeder T10 RodCurl Hugh Inggs Winner of 1969 Rhodesian Masters Johnny Miller Low amateur at...
Gold Cup Classic Doug Johnson John McComish Rocco Mediate T31 Rick Cramer RodCurl 1 PGA Tour win Jeff Lewis Mike Miles T35 John Adams 2 runner-ups on PGA...
Cole, Frank Conner, Charles Coody, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, RodCurl, Jim Dent, Bruce Devlin, Terry Diehl, Mike Donald, Ed Dougherty, Bruce...
Jim Chancey, Jim Colbert, Frank Conner, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, RodCurl, Jim Dent, Bruce Devlin, Terry Diehl, Ed Dougherty, Bob Eastwood, Danny...
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