PGA Tour victories (81)
1936 -- West Virginia Closed Pro.
1937 -- Oakland Open, Bing Crosby Pro-Am, St. Paul Open, Nassau Open, Miami Open.
1938 -- Bing Crosby Pro-Am, Greater Greensboro Open, Chicago Open, Canadian Open, Westchester 108 Hole Open, White Sulphur Springs Open, Inverness Invitational, Palm Beach Round Robin.
1939 -- St. Petersburg Open, Miami-Biltmore Four-Ball, Miami Open.
1940 -- Inverness Invitational Four-Ball, Canadian Open, Anthracite Open.
1941 -- Bing Crosby Pro-Am, St. Petersburg Open, North & South Open Championship, Canadian Open, Rochester Times Union Open, Henry Hurst Invitational.
1942 -- St. Petersburg Open, PGA Championship.
1944 -- Portland Open, Richmond Open.
1945 -- Los Angeles Open, Gulfport Open, Pensacola Open Invitational, Jacksonville Open, Dallas Open, Tulsa Open.
1946 -- Jacksonville Open, Greater Greensboro Open, World Championship of Golf, Miami Open, Virginia Open.
1948 -- Texas Open.
1949 -- Greater Greensboro Open, Masters Tournament, PGA Championship, Washington Star Open, Dapper Dan Open, Western Open.
1950 -- Los Angeles Open, Bing Crosby Pro-Am, Texas Open, Miami Beach Open, Greater Greensboro Open, Western Open, Colonial National Invitation Tournament, Inverness Four-Ball Invitational, Reading Open, North & South Open Championship, Miami Open.
1951 -- PGA Championship, Miami Open.
1952 -- Masters Tournament, Palm Beach Round Robin, Inverness Round Robin Invitational, All American Open, Eastern Open.
1953 -- Baton Rouge Open.
1954 -- Masters Tournament, Palm Beach Round Robin.
1955 -- Greater Greensboro Open, Palm Beach Round Robin, Insurance City Open, Miami Open.
1956 -- Greater Greensboro Open.
1957 -- Palm Beach Round Robin, Dallas Open Invitational.
1958 -- Dallas Open Invitational.
1960 -- De Soto Open Invitational, Greater Greensboro Open.
1961 -- Tournament of Champions.
1965 -- Greater Greensboro Open.
Senior victories (14)
1964, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1973 -- PGA Seniors' Championship.
1964, 1965, 1970, 1972, 1973 -- WorldSeniors.
1978 -- Legends of Golf (with Gardner Dickinson).
1980 -- Golf Digest Commemorative.
1982 -- Legends of Golf (with Don January).
Other victories (12)
1938 -- Goodall Round Robin.
1940 -- Ontario Open.
1942 -- Cordoba Open.
1946 -- British Open.
1952, 1953, 1958 -- Greenbrier Invitational.
1952 -- Julius Boros Open.
1959, 1961 -- Sam Snead Festival.
1961 -- World Cup (individual).
1964 -- Haig and Haig Scotch Foursome.
Achievements
1949 -- Player-of-the-Year.
1938, 1949, 1950, 1955 -- Vardon Trophy winner.
1937, 1939, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955 -- Ryder Cup team member.
1951, 1959, 1969 -- Ryder Cup captain.
1969 -- Non-playing Ryder Cup captain.
1956, 1960, 1961 -- World Cup teams member.
1938, 1949, 1950 -- PGA Tour's leading money-winner.
1943, 1949, 1951 -- Won the PGA Championship.
1949, 1952, 1954 -- Won the Masters.
1946 -- Won the British Open.
Personal
Height: 5-11.
Weight: 190.
Date of Birth: May 27, 1912.
Birthplace: Hot Springs, Va.
Turned Professional: 1934.
Joined PGA Tour: 1937.
Joined Senior Tour: 1980.
PGA Tour Playoff Record: 12-5.
Career Earnings: $620,126.
Combined Career Earnings: $726,700.
Career Low Round: 60 -- 1957 Dallas Open, second round.
Career Largest Paycheck: $28,000 -- 1968 Greater Milwaukee, second place.
Other highlights
Holds Tour record for most victories in a single event with
eight Greater Greensboro Open titles won in 1938, 1946, 1949, 1950,
1955, 1956, 1960 and 1965.
In the 1979 Quad City Open, he became the youngest PGA Tour
player to shoot his age (67). Two days later, he shot a 66.
Member of the PGA and World Golf Halls of Fame.
