Fred Hawkins (golfer)

Fred Hawkins
Fred Hawkins
	Hawkins in 2010
Personal information
Born	September 3, 1923; Antioch, Illinois
Died	December 6, 2014 (aged 91); Sebring, Florida
Height	6 ft 1.5 in (1.87 m)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Career
College	University of Illinois; Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy
Turned professional	1947
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour; Champions Tour
Professional wins	3
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	1
Other	2
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	T2: 1958
PGA Championship	T5: 1955, 1956
U.S. Open	T6: 1951, 1957
The Open Championship	DNP

Fred Hawkins (September 3, 1923 – December 6, 2014) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour from the mid-1940s to the mid-1960s.

Hawkins was born in Antioch, Illinois.^[1] He attended the University of Illinois and the Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy (now University of Texas at El Paso).^[1] He turned professional in 1947.^[1] He won once and had 19 runner-up finishes in PGA Tour events. His best year in professional golf was 1956, when he finished fourth on the money list plus notched his one and only PGA Tour win at the Oklahoma City Open.^[2] His best finish in a major was a second-place tie (with Doug Ford) in the 1958 Masters Tournament won by Arnold Palmer. Hawkins also had a T-6 at the 1957 U.S. Open. He played on the 1957 Ryder Cup team.

Hawkins played on the Senior PGA Tour (now Champions Tour) from 1980 to 1991. His best finishes were two T-3s in the 1983 Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-Am and the 1984 Gatlin Brothers Seniors Golf Classic.

Hawkins lived in El Paso, Texas during much of his career, and lived in Sebring, Florida until his death in 2014.^[3]

Professional wins (3)[edit]

PGA Tour wins (1)[edit]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Sep 23, 1956	Oklahoma City Open	−9 (71-71-68-69=279)	2 strokes	Gardner Dickinson

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1959	Colonial National Invitation	Ben Hogan	Lost 18-hole playoff; Hogan: −1 (69), Hawkins: +3 (73)

Other wins (2)[edit]

1950 Cavalier Specialists Invitational
1961 New Mexico Open

Results in major championships[edit]

Tournament	1948	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963
Masters Tournament			T7	T10	T58		T29	T16	T2	7	T16	T24	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT	T6	T48			T19	CUT	T6		T11	CUT	CUT	T38	CUT
PGA Championship						QF	QF	R128	T14	T28	T10	T22	CUT

Note: Hawkins never played in The Open Championship.

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1962 PGA Championship)
R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary[edit]

Tournament	2nd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	1	1	4	7	10	9
U.S. Open	0	0	2	4	11	6
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0
PGA Championship	0	2	3	5	8	7
Totals	1	3	9	16	29	22

Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (1956 PGA – 1960 Masters)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1951 U.S. Open – 1952 Masters)

U.S. national team appearances[edit]

Ryder Cup: 1957

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Elliott, Len; Kelly, Barbara (1976). Who's Who in Golf. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House. p. 85. ISBN 0-87000-225-2.
^ "Oklahoma City Open won by Hawkins". Ocala Star-Banner. UPI. September 24, 1956. p. 7.
^ Livsey, Laury (December 9, 2014). "Hawkins, second in '58 Masters, dies at 91". PGA Tour.

External links[edit]

Fred Hawkins at the PGA Tour official site

[who-1] Elliott, Len; Kelly, Barbara (1976). Who's Who in Golf. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House. p. 85. ISBN 0-87000-225-2.

[2] "Oklahoma City Open won by Hawkins". Ocala Star-Banner. UPI. September 24, 1956. p. 7.

[3] Livsey, Laury (December 9, 2014). "Hawkins, second in '58 Masters, dies at 91". PGA Tour.

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