Dick Hart (golfer)

Dick Hart
Personal information
Full name	Richard Byrd Hart
Born	(1935-10-20)October 20, 1935 Salem, Massachusetts
Died	April 10, 2013(2013-04-10) (aged 77) Covington, Louisiana
Sporting nationality	United States
Career
Status	Professional
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	6
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	1
Other	5
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	T17: 1963
U.S. Open	T44: 1965
The Open Championship	DNP

Richard Byrd Hart (October 20, 1935 – April 10, 2013) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s.

At the 1963 PGA Championship,[1] Hart led after both 18 and 36 holes (66 & 72) but faded in the third and fourth rounds (76 & 74) to finish the tournament at T-17 — his best finish in a major championship.[2]

Hart's one tour victory came at the 1965 Azalea Open Invitational. He defeated Phil Rodgers on the eighth hole of a sudden death playoff.[3] The playoff remains one of the longest in PGA Tour history.[4]

A 43-year club pro at Hinsdale Golf Club in Hinsdale, Illinois, Hart was inducted into the Illinois Golf Hall of Fame in 1990.[5]

Hart died in Covington, Louisiana in 2013.[6]

Professional wins (6)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Mar 21, 1965	Azalea Open Invitational	−12 (70-65-72-69=276)	Playoff	Phil Rodgers

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1965	Azalea Open Invitational	Phil Rodgers	Won with par on eighth extra hole

Other wins (5)

• 1963 Illinois PGA Championship
• 1964 Illinois Open
• 1966 Illinois PGA Championship
• 1969 Illinois Open
• 1971 Illinois Open

References

1. "Tournament info for the 1963 PGA Championship". Archived from the original on September 6, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
2. "Golf Major Championships". Retrieved January 16, 2008.
3. "Hart beats Rodgers in long golf playoff". Archived from the original on May 8, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
4. "Longest Sudden-Death Playoffs". Archived from the original on October 16, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
5. Illinois Golf Hall of Fame - Dick Hart Archived 2012-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
6. Livsey, Laury (April 19, 2013). "Hart, winner of 1965 Azalea Open, dies at 77". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 19, 2013.

External links

• Dick Hart at the PGA Tour official site
• 1965 Sports Illustrated article covering Hart