Jay Haas
Jay Haas ( born December 2, 1953 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American professional golfer of the Champions Tour.
Career
After attending Wake Forest University, he was 1976 professional golfers in the year and had a solid career with nine tournament victories on the PGA itinerary between 1978 and 1993.
In the 2003 season Haas experienced a kind of rebirth, placed for the first time since 1995 among the top 30 on the money list, took into account the U.S. team at the Presidents Cup and was called by Captain Hal Sutton in the Ryder Cup team for 2004.
As of 2004, Haas had been eligible for the Champions Tour and missed his first Senior Major only a blow against Hale Irwin. The following year, where he won two tournaments, but continued to play on the PGA TOUR. In April 2006, Haas was able to decide on the Senior Tour two tournaments in a row for themselves and in May he won his first senior major, the Senior PGA Championship, the jump-off against Brad Bryant. Both in 2006 and in 2007 won the Haas annual ranking of the Champions Tour, and thus each of the Arnold Palmer Award. In 2008 he won the Charles Schwab Cup, the equivalent of the FedEx Cup for seniors.
Jay Haas is the nephew of the Masters winner from 1968, Bob Goalby, his second son Bill plays on the PGA TOUR since 2006. He resides in Greenville, South Carolina.
Awards
- 2004 Payne Stewart Award ( upholding the traditions of golf )
- 2005 Jim Murray Award ( Golf Writers Association of America )
- 2006 Bob Jones Award ( highest award of the USGA)
PGA Tour victories
Champions Tour victories
- 2006 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, FedEx Kinko's Classic, a Senior PGA Championship, Administaff Small Business Classic
- 2007 Toshiba Classic, Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, The Principal Charity Classic, Bank of America Championship
- 2008 Senior PGA Championship, The Principal Charity Classic
- 2012 The Principal Charity Classic
Senior majors are shown in bold.
Other tournament victories
Participation in team competitions
- Ryder Cup: 1983 ( winners ), 1995, 2004
- Presidents Cup: 1994 ( winners ), 2003 ( winners )