Became just the second player to win in five different decades Gary Player is the other. Victory in San Antonio was his seventh overall title in his native state of Texas.
Was 6-under during the windy, four-round affair. Bell Atlantic Classic: Successfully defended his Vantage at the Dominion title and Bell Atlantic Classic victory during the summer which was his 15th career win. Player of the Year: Easily garnered Player of the Year honors as well on the strength of five official victories. Senior Open title. Carded back-to-back 69s at that rain-shortened event and finished T7.
Played his final 36 holes in 4-under to T4. Eventually settled for a T Canon Sammy Davis Jr. Vantage Championship: Was disqualified from the Vantage Championship in San Antonio when he shot a 1-under 69 but singed for a Buick Open: Added one additional top, with a performacne at the Buick Open that earned him a T9 in Michigan.
Open Championship: Entered the final round of the U. Open tied for second, a stroke behind leader Greg Norman. Ryder Cup Matches: Named captain of the U. Ryder Cup team, and watched as his team dropped a five-point decision to the European team at The Belfry in England. Opened and held a one-shot lead over Fred Couples at the halfway mark.
Fell to solo second through 54 holes after a 4-over Came back with an even-par 71 Sunday to finish second, two shots behind Hubert Green. Ended a three-plus-year victory drought with that title, outlasting Gary Player and Lanny Wadkins down the stretch on the strength of four sub rounds.
Buick Open: Picked up his second top-five of the season when he had four under-par rounds at the Buick Open in Michigan to T4. Open Championship: At the U. Opening bogeys on the first and second holes in the final round ended any hopes of making a comeback, and he T9. Tournament Players Championship: A 4-over 76 in the first round of the Tournament Players Championship proved to be his undoing.
He came back from that poor showing with a finish at TPC Sawgrass but still fell a stroke shy of winner Fred Couples. Held a two-stroke, hole lead but lost his chance at winning with a 1-over 73 Sunday that dropped him to T2, giving way to winner Rex Caldwell. Was 3-over on the weekend to drop to a solo fifth. Tournament Players Championship: Officials disqualified him from the Tournament Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass after shooting a first-round 82 and not turning in a card after the second round.
The th position on the money list was his worst showing since joining the TOUR full time. Was a perfect in his matches, winning foursomes matches with Larry Nelson and Jerry Pate as his partner, also winnng four-balls with Pate over Nick Faldo and Sam Torrance and beating Torrance, 5 and 3, in singles.
Sammy Davis Jr. Open and a victory at the San Antonio Texas Open. His rounds of were enough to edge Terry Diehl by one shot. The Open Championship: Made a run at a third Open Championship title, coming up short of Tom Watson, losing by four strokes at Muirfield and settling for a solo second.
Michelob-Houston Open: At the Michelob-Houston Open, four rounds in the 60s got him into a playoff with Curtis Strange, an overtime Strange would win with a birdie on the first extra hole. Edged Ben Crenshaw by a stroke, shooting a final-round Finished T2, a stroke behind. Turned in a record, winning his singles match over Sandy Lyle, 2 and 1.
Canadian Open: Finally broke through for a win, opening with a 4-under 67 at the Canadian Open. Never broke 70 the rest of the way but held on to outdistance Ben Crenshaw by three shots at Glen Abbey GC for his third and final Canadian Open crown. No players broke 70 in either of the final two rounds.
Bob Hope Desert Classic: Opened his season with a solo second at the Bob Hope Desert Classic, the first of four runner-up performances during the campaign coming a year after he was second five times. He beat defending champion Lanny Wadkins by two strokes. The Open Championship: At The Open Championship, was tied for second at the hole mark at Turnberry's Ailsa Course but faltered on the weekend, finishing solo fourth and 12 strokes behind Tom Watson's winning under score.
Finished solo second, a stroke behind Watson. Had a five-birdie-in-seven-hole stretch on the front nine to easily outdistance Watson and Player, who T2.
Greater Greensboro Open: In April, he had the low final hole score at the Greater Greensboro Open , under but couldn't overcome Al Geiberger's strong play, forced into a solo second, with Geiberger taking a two-shot win at Sedgefield CC. He displayed an exit mark where the bolt left his body and suffered from muscle rigidity in his back, a typical reaction, doctors said, for this type of event.
Greater Greensboro Open: Played well down the stretch at the Greater Greensboro Open, including a final-round 68 that vaulted him into a solo fourth. Opened with a , had four sub-par rounds and beat Hale Irwin by one shot. Weekend rounds of put him in a tie with Billy Casper for a T2, but it wasn't nearly enough as Johnny Miller won the title by eight shots. Got off to a slow start, with a 3-over Recovered in the second round with a 66 then proceeded to record a finish to win by a stroke over Jack Nicklaus for the first of his two Wannamaker Trophy wins.
Had a sterling scorecard , but it wasn't enough to catch Bud Allin, who rolled to a four-shot victory. Greater Greensboro Open: In an attempt to win two in a row, his bookend 66s in the first and final rounds weren't enough as he fell a stroke shy of Bob Charles.
Was T9 in the International Trophy Won one singles match and halved the other. Louis Children's Hospital Open, the U. In the match-play event, he beat Nicklaus, 4 and 3, in the second round before John Schroeder upset him in the semifinals. Open Championship: Made a run at victory at the U. Open at Oakmont CC. Had three 70s to go with a second-round 72 outside Pittsburgh to T4.
Tournament of Champions: Made a run at victory No. A final-round 67 left him just one shot short of third-round leader Jack Nicklaus, who won by a stroke. Greater St. Louis Golf Classic, he beat Deane Beman by a stroke for the top prize. Began the day tied for sixth, but a 6-under 65 Sunday forced the overtime.
Open Championship: Was also only a shot off Nicklaus' third-round U. Open lead at Pebble Beach GL. A 6-over 78 on the final day left him T4. Danny Thomas Memphis Classic: Initial triumph of the season came in Tennessee, at the Danny Thomas-Memphis Classic, where a 5-under 67 on the final day brought him from two shots back into the winner's circle by four shots over John Mahaffey. Took a one-shot win as he shot a final-round 66, matched by George Archer, who ended up in second, one shot back.
Played in all six of the U. Played two singles matches, splitting them beating Peter Alliss but losing to Bernard Gallacher. In November, played with Jack Nicklaus on the U. World Cup team. Finished fifth in the International Trophy, 13 shots behind Nicklaus. Opened with a 2-under 69 in England, a stroke better than Lu-Liang Huan. The two players then matched each other over the final 54 holes , with Lu falling by one shot.
Canadian Open: Following his U. It was a two-man battle down the stretch, with the next closest competitor six strokes behind the duo. He beat Wall on the first playoff hole, with a birdie. Open Championship: Won the U.
Open for a second time, defeating Jack Nicklaus in an hole playoff at Merion. Shot in his final two rounds to force the playoff. Kemper Open: In Charlotte, N. Danny Thomas Memphis Classic: Won the Danny Thomas-Memphis Classic a week later, with scores of , good for a four-shot win over a quartet of players.
Four rounds in the 60s gave him a three-shot triumph over Jim Wiechers. Bahama Islands Open: In his final start of the year, traveled to the Bahamas and was solo third, three behind winner Doug Sanders. Greater Greensboro Open: Was only three behind a quartet of players entering the final round of the Greater Greensboro Open. He shot a 3-under 68 at Sedgefield CC but fell farther back and eventually T5 when Gary Player came from behind to win with a final round World Cup: Played in the World Cup for a second consecutive year.
With a new partner, Dave Stockton, the U. He led Billy Casper by six shots with three holes to play but still lost. He watched as Casper finished his round with four consecutive one-putt birdies, while he was bogeying the 16th hole, triple-bogeying the 17th and parring the 18th at Portland GC.
Had a tough final round, shooting a 2-over 74 to finish two back of Player, alone in second. At the time and for years after, Trevino maintained that he didn't play in the Masters because he was convinced he couldn't play the course well.
It was in his head. However, having held the hole lead there twice over the years, perhaps that should have been seen as a flimsy excuse. In an interview with Global Golf Post , Trevino explained the real reason why he didn't play the Masters: It was a boycott of tournament chairman Clifford Roberts.
I made it that simply because I didn't want to tell the truth. My problem was I couldn't get along with Cliff Roberts. I took a disliking to the man and he took a disliking to me. I stayed away from there because I didn't want to have anything to do with him. Eventually, Jack Nicklaus, who Trevino beat more than any of Nicklaus' supposed rivals in majors, convinced the Merry Mex to come back. It wasn't Augusta at all. I loved Augusta.
The response back then to Trevino's decision to avoid Augusta was that he must have known his low fade wouldn't work at Augusta National. Trevino's response, then and now, is rooted in history. Ryan Ballengee is a Yahoo Sports contributor. Find him on Facebook and Twitter. Follow RyanBallengee. Think 11, think He put his golf shoes on in the car park. He rarely went into the clubhouse. Was talked around again.
In , battling strong winds and a bad back he shot 5-under 67 to lead by one. Never was a great golf course. Even without playing Augusta, Trevino led the money list in Trevino was hugely chuffed. Nobody had ever done that. Then he won four times in including a defence of the Open Championship. Only Player and Palmer could claim a comparable head-to-head record against the great Nicklaus. On the 72nd hole of the US Open, Trevino was disturbed when a kid fell off a chair and made a commotion.
Trevino backed away, returned, missed a 7-foot putt. Nicklaus missed a longer one for the win and the pair came back for 18 holes, the two premier players in golf. Before they teed off Trevino produced a rubber snake and had the galleries roaring when he teased Nicklaus with it. Nicklaus took it in good spirit.
Trevino shot 69, won by three. In the third round of the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, Trevino birdied 14 and 15 and hit his tee-shot on the par-3 16th into a bunker. He birdied the par-5 17th with a regulation two-putt. Five birdies to finish and a I was trying. I was aiming at the cup. Watching the golf up close was the fine English golfer Tony Jacklin , who would play well enough himself to watch it again the next day. On the 17th tee Trevino hooked his drive into a bunker. He chipped out sideways.
He hooked again into rough. His body language was shot.
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