Jerry Heard

Jerry Heard
Personal information
Full name	Jerry M. Heard
Born	May 1, 1947 (1947-05-01) (age 64) Visalia, California
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 14 st)
Nationality	United States
Career
College	Fresno State
Turned professional	1968
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins	7
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	5
European Tour	1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	T5: 1972
U.S. Open	T7: 1973
The Open Championship	T28: 1972
PGA Championship	T7: 1972

Jerry M. Heard (born May 1, 1947) is an American professional golfer who won several PGA Tour events in the 1970s.

Heard was born in Visalia, California. He became a professional golfer in 1968 and joined the PGA Tour in 1969. His first professional win came in the American Golf Classic at the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio in 1971. He finished with a four-day total of 275, three strokes better than runner-up Dale Douglass. In 1972, he won the Florida Citrus Open and the Colonial National Invitation. Heard had nearly 60 top-10 finishes in PGA Tour events in his career including four top-10 finishes in major championships — his best finish in a major was T-5 at The Masters in 1972.^[1] Heard was struck by lightning at the 1975 Western Open as were his playing partners, tour veterans Lee Trevino and Bobby Nichols. He left the Tour in 1980.

Today Heard owns and operates a golf school, the Jerry Heard Golf Academy located at the Silverthorn Country Club in Spring Hill, Florida. His school had been located for many years in southwest Florida – in the Fort Myers area.

Professional wins (7)

PGA Tour wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Aug 8, 1971	American Golf Classic	-5 (67-66-68-74=275)	3 strokes	Dale Douglass
2	Mar 12, 1972	Florida Citrus Open	-12 (70-67-70-69=276)	2 strokes	Bobby Mitchell
3	May 14, 1972	Colonial National Invitation	-5 (69-66-67-73=275)	2 strokes	Fred Marti
4	Mar 3, 1974	Florida Citrus Open	-15 (67-68-69-69=273)	3 strokes	Homero Blancas, Jim Jamieson
5	May 28, 1978	Atlanta Classic	-19 (67-67-68-67=269)	2 strokes	Lou Graham, Bob Murphy Tom Watson

PGA Tour playoff record (0-1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1974	Kemper Open	Bob Menne	Lost to birdie on first extra hole

European Tour wins (1)

• 1974 (1) Spanish Open

Other wins

• 1968 Northern California Open

Results in major championships

Tournament	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	48	T5	56	T11	T26	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	T13	T29	T7	T45	T29	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T28	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T9	T7	T66	T48	T25	T22	DNP	T64	DNP

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

See also

• Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

References

1. ^ "Golf Major Championships". http://golfmajorchampionships.com/players?player=522. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 

External links

• Official website
• Jerry Heard at the PGA Tour official site
• Jerry Heard at the European Tour official site

Persondata
Name	Heard, Jerry
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	May 1, 1947
Place of birth	Visalia, California
Date of death
Place of death