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Dan Pohl Personal information Full name Danny Joe Pohl Born April 1, 1955
Mount Pleasant, MichiganHeight 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st) Nationality United States Residence Phoenix, Arizona Career College University of Arizona Turned professional 1977 Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Champions TourProfessional wins 3 Number of wins by tour PGA Tour 2 Best results in Major Championships Masters Tournament 2nd: 1982 U.S. Open T3: 1982 The Open Championship CUT: 1986 PGA Championship 3rd: 1981 Achievements and awards Vardon Trophy 1987 Danny Joe Pohl (born April 1, 1955) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.
Pohl was born in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. He attended the University of Arizona in Tucson, where he was a member of the school's golf team. He turned pro in 1977 and joined the PGA Tour in 1978.
Pohl won two tournaments on the PGA Tour during his career both of which came in 1986: the Colonial National Invitation and the NEC World Series of Golf. Although Pohl never became famous for winning a lot of tournaments on the Tour, he had 70 top-10 finishes including more than a dozen second or third place finishes.
Pohl has seven top-10 finishes in major tournaments. His best finish in a major was 2nd at the 1982 Masters Tournament which he lost to Craig Stadler in a playoff. He also had a third place finish at the 1981 PGA Championship and a T-3 at the 1982 U.S. Open.[1]
In 1980, Pohl led the tour in driving average at 274.1 yards. He was a member of the 1987 Ryder Cup Team. He won the Vardon Trophy in 1987 and was inducted into the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame in May 2004.
Since turning 50 in April 2005, Pohl has played on the Champions Tour. His best finish at this level has been a T-3 at the 2005 Commerce Bank Long Island Classic. He has done some course design work including the PohlCat course in the town where he was born. He lives in Phoenix, Arizona, and enjoys hunting and fishing in his spare time.
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Amateur wins
- 1975 Michigan Amateur
- 1977 Michigan Amateur
PGA Tour wins
- 1986 (2) Colonial National Invitation, NEC World Series of Golf
Other wins
- 1988 Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Championship (with Dan Marino)
Results in major championships
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 The Masters DNP DNP 2 T8 T35 DNP T31 CUT T16 42 U.S. Open CUT DNP T3 CUT DNP CUT CUT T9 T12 T29 The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP PGA Championship DNP 3 T70 8 T39 T12 T26 T14 8 T24 DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10References
External links
United States Ryder Cup team – 1987 Andy Bean · Mark Calcavecchia · Ben Crenshaw · Tom Kite · Larry Mize · Larry Nelson · Dan Pohl · Scott Simpson · Payne Stewart · Curtis Strange · Hal Sutton · Lanny Wadkins
Jack Nicklaus (non-playing captain)
Lost: 13 – 15Categories:- American golfers
- Arizona Wildcats men's golfers
- PGA Tour golfers
- Champions Tour golfers
- Golfers from Michigan
- People from Mount Pleasant, Michigan
- People from Phoenix, Arizona
- 1955 births
- Living people
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