DeWitt Weaver (golfer)

DeWitt Weaver
Personal information
Full name	DeWitt Thompson Weaver, Jr.
Born	September 14, 1939 (1939-09-14) (age 72) Danville, Kentucky
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Braselton, Georgia
Career
College	Southern Methodist University
Turned professional	1964
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins	24
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	2
Champions Tour	1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	47th: 1972
U.S. Open	T54: 1970
The Open Championship	T18: 1974
PGA Championship	T33: 1972

DeWitt Thompson Weaver, Jr. (born September 14, 1939) is an American golf consultant and former professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour.

Weaver was born in Danville, Kentucky. He spent part of his youth there and in Lubbock, Texas, where his father was the head football coach at Texas Tech in the 1950s. In high school, he excelled in a number of sports. After graduation, he enrolled at Southern Methodist University, where he was a multisport letterman. Weaver moved to Georgia after college and became a dominant player in Georgia amateur golf. He turned professional in 1964.^[1]

Weaver competed on the PGA Tour from 1967–1976, winning twice in the early 1970s.^[2] His best year as a professional golfer was 1971 when he finished in the top-25 on the PGA Tour money list.^[1] In 1980 and 1981, he was the Georgia PGA Player of the year.^[3]

After reaching the age of 50 in September 1989, Weaver began competing on the Senior PGA Tour. His lone win in this venue came in 1991 at the Bank One Senior Classic. Rallying from five shots down on the final day, he defeated J. C. Snead in a playoff with a birdie on the second hole.^[4]

After retiring as a touring professional, Weaver held club pro positions at Sea Palms, Sky Valley and Innsbruck golf clubs.^[2] He now runs a golf consulting company, DeWitt Weaver Golf Solutions LLC, with his sons Brian, DeWitt III and Scott.^[3] Weaver lives in Braselton, Georgia. He is a spiritual man of strong Christian faith;^[1] he has started junior golf programs at St. Simons Island and Rabun County High Schools at opposite ends of the state of Georgia. He was inducted into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame in 1998, the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 2003,^[2] and the Northeast Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.^[3]

Professional wins (24)

PGA Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Aug 29, 1971	Liggett & Myers Open Match Play Championship	71	6 strokes	Phil Rodgers
2	Sep 10, 1972	Southern Open	-4 (65-67-72-72=276)	Playoff	Chuck Courtney

PGA Tour playoff record (1-0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1972	Southern Open	Chuck Courtney	Won with par on first extra hole

Other wins (18)

• 1964 Louisiana Open
• 1966 Georgia PGA Championship, Dixie PGA
• 1969 Atlanta Open
• 1970 Georgia PGA Championship
• 1971 Atlanta Open, Georgia PGA Championship, Dalton Invitational
• 1972 Georgia Open
• 1973 Georgia Open
• 1974 Georgia PGA Championship
• 1977 Georgia Open
• 1978 Georgia PGA Championship
• 1979 Georgia Open, Georgia PGA Championship, Georgia Match Play Championship
• 1984 Georgia PGA Championship
• 1988 Houston Lake Invitational

Senior PGA Tour wins (1)

• 1991 Bank One Senior Classic

Other senior career wins (3)

• 2004 Landings Senior Classic
• 2005 Doublegate Senior Classic
• 2006 Dalton Beverage Senior Classic

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "DeWitt Weaver". Biographical information from The Goal. http://www.thegoal.com/players/golf/weaver_dewitt/weaver_dewitt.html. Retrieved 2007-10-26. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Biographical information from Georgia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum". http://www.gshf.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=333&Itemid=50. Retrieved 2007-10-26. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ ^{a b c} "Career Milestones from DeWitt Weaver Golf Solutions LLC". http://www.dwgolfsolutions.com/milestones.html. Retrieved 2007-10-26. 
4. ^ Golf: Weaver Wins

External links

• DeWitt Weaver at the PGA Tour official site

Persondata
Name	Weaver, DeWitt
Alternative names	Weaver, DeWitt Thompson, Jr.
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	September 14, 1939
Place of birth	Danville, Kentucky
Date of death
Place of death