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Tom Weiskopf
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Daniel Weiskopf
Born	November 9, 1942 (1942-11-09) (age 67) Massillon, Ohio
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Nationality	United States
Career
College	Ohio State University
Turned professional	1964
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins	28
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	16
Champions Tour	4
Best results in Major Championships
The Masters	T2: 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975
U.S. Open	T2: 1976
Open Championship	Won: 1973
PGA Championship	3rd: 1975

Thomas Daniel Weiskopf (born November 9, 1942) is an American professional golfer who was most successful in the 1970s.

Weiskopf was born in Massillon, Ohio. He attended Benedictine High School and The Ohio State University and turned professional in 1964. His first win on the PGA Tour came at the Andy-Williams-San Diego Open in 1968, and fifteen more followed by 1982. His career season was 1973 when he won seven tournaments around the world, including British Open at Royal Troon, and he would finish that year ranked second in the world according to Mark McCormack's world golf rankings.

This was to remain his only major championship victory, but he was a four time runner up at The Masters and also came second at the 1976 U.S. Open. He was a member of the United States team in the 1973 and 1975 Ryder Cups. Weiskopf was known for skipping the 1977 Ryder Cup competition in order to go hunting.

Weiskopf joined the Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour) in 1993 and won several senior tournaments, including one senior major, the 1995 U.S. Senior Open.

Weiskopf has established a golf course design practice, with at least forty courses to his credit in many parts of the world, including Loch Lomond, the current venue of the Scottish Open. Many of the courses have received considerable praise. He has also worked as a golf analyst for CBS Sports, covering the 1981 and 1985 to 1995 Masters. He rejoined the golf analyst ranks in 2008 and 2009, contributing to ABC's coverage of The Open Championship.

Amateur wins (1)

• 1963 Western Amateur

Professional wins (28)

PGA Tour wins (16)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Feb 11, 1968	Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational	-15 (66-68-71-68=273)	1 stroke	Al Geiberger
2	Jul 7, 1968	Buick Open Invitational	-8 (73-67-71-69=280)	1 strokes	Mike Hill
3	Jun 13, 1971	Kemper Open	-11 (66-72-70-69=277)	Playoff	Dale Douglass, Gary Player, Lee Trevino
4	Aug 22, 1971	IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic	-14 (67-71-66-70=274)	1 stroke	Dave Hill
5	Feb 27, 1972	Jackie Gleason's Inverrary Classic	-10 (69-72-69-68=278)	1 stroke	Jack Nicklaus
6	May 13, 1973	Colonial National Invitation	-4 (69-68-70-69=276)	1 stroke	Bruce Crampton, Jerry Heard
7	Jun 3, 1973	Kemper Open	-17 (65-70-68-68=271)	3 strokes	Lanny Wadkins
8	Jun 10, 1973	IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic	-14 (67-71-65-71=274)	4 strokes	Jim Barber
9	Jul 14, 1973	British Open	-12 (68-67-71-70=276)	3 strokes	Neil Coles, Johnny Miller
10	Jul 29, 1973	Canadian Open	-10 (67-73-68-70=278)	2 strokes	Forrest Fezler
11	Apr 6, 1975	Greater Greensboro Open	-9 (64-71-72-68=275)	3 strokes	Al Geiberger
12	Jul 27, 1975	Canadian Open	-6 (65-74-68-67=274)	Playoff	Jack Nicklaus
13	Jun 5, 1977	Kemper Open	-11 (67-71-69-70=277)	2 strokes	George Burns, Bill Rogers
14	Mar 12, 1978	Doral-Eastern Open	-16 (67-70-67-68=272)	1 stroke	Jack Nicklaus
15	Sep 20, 1981	LaJet Classic	-10 (73-67-70-68=278)	2 strokes	Gil Morgan
16	Jul 4, 1982	Western Open	-12 (69-67-70-70=276)	1 stroke	Larry Nelson

Major championship is shown in bold. Weiskopf's British Open did not count as a PGA Tour win at the time, but all British Open's have now been retrospectively classified as PGA Tour events.

Other wins (8)

• 1965 Ohio Open
• 1972 Piccadilly World Match Play Championship (England, unofficial event)
• 1973 World Series of Golf (not yet a PGA Tour event), South African PGA Championship
• 1979 Argentine Open
• 1981 Benson & Hedges International Open (European Tour)
• 1982 Jerry Ford Invitational
• 1993 Chrysler Cup

Senior PGA Tour wins (4)

• 1994 Franklin Quest Championship
• 1995 U.S. Senior Open
• 1996 SBC Dominion Seniors, Pittsburgh Senior Classic

Senior major championship is shown in bold.

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 Holes	Winning Score	Margin	Runners-up
1973	The Open Championship	1 shot lead	-12 (68-67-71-70=276)	3 strokes	Neil Coles Johnny Miller

Results timeline

DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

See also

• Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

External links

• Profile on PGA Tour's official site
• Profile on sporting-heroes.net
• Profile on golfweb.com
• An article about Weiskopf's golf course design work
• A 285-acre Tom Weiskopf-designed golf course