Dan Halldorson

Dan Halldorson
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Albert Halldorson
Born	April 2, 1952 (1952-04-02) (age 59) Winnipeg, Manitoba
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg; 13 st)
Nationality	Canada
Residence	Cambridge, Illinois
Career
Turned professional	1971
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Canadian Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins	12
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	CUT: 1981
U.S. Open	T40: 1988
The Open Championship	DNP
PGA Championship	T16: 1982

Daniel Albert Halldorson (born April 2, 1952) is a Canadian professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Canadian Tour.

Halldorson was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and raised in Brandon, Manitoba. He did not attend college and turned pro in 1971. He joined the Canadian Tour in 1973 and the PGA Tour in 1975.

Halldorson had seven career wins in Canadian Tour events. He won one official PGA Tour event, the 1980 Pensacola Open, and finished a career best 36th on the PGA Tour money list that year. He won the unofficial Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic in 1986. Halldorson was a member of seven WGC-World Cup Canadian national teams (1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1991) including two winning teams (1980, 1985).

Halldorson played briefly on the Champions Tour after turning 50 in 2002.

Halldorson is now the Deputy Director of the Canadian Tour and was named a Lifetime Member in 2005. He was elected to the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 2002, and the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.^[1] He operates a golf course design business with fellow former PGA Tour golfer Mike Morley. Halldorson also authored a golf instructional book. He currently lives in Cambridge, Illinois.

Professional wins

PGA Tour

• 1980 Pensacola Open

Canadian Tour

• 1977 (2) Saskatchewan Open, Manitoba Open
• 1978 (1) Manitoba Open
• 1980 (1) Quebec Open
• 1983 (1) Manitoba Open
• 1984 (1) Manitoba Open
• 1986 (1) Canadian PGA Championship

Other wins

• 1980 World Cup (team with Jim Nelford)
• 1982 Colorado Open
• 1985 World Cup (team with Dave Barr)
• 1986 Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic

References

1. ^ "2007 inductee Dan Halldorson". Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame. http://www.halloffame.mb.ca/honoured/2007/dhalldorson.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-15. 

External links

• Official website
• Dan Halldorson at the PGA Tour official site
• Profile at Canadian Golf Hall of Fame

Persondata
Name	Halldorson, Dan
Alternative names	Halldorson, Daniel Albert
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	April 2, 1952
Place of birth	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date of death
Place of death