Lanny Wadkins

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1 PGA Tour wins (21)
2 Other wins (11)
3 Results in major championships
4 See also
5 External links

Jerry Lanston "Lanny" Wadkins, Jr. (born December 5, 1949) is an American golfer.

Wadkins was born in Richmond, Virginia. He attended Wake Forest University. He won the U.S. Amateur Championship in 1970 and turned professional in 1971. Wins soon followed, with one PGA Tour win in 1972 and two in 1973. One major championship victory, a PGA Championship followed in 1977, and he continued to pick up a win more seasons than not until 1992, when he achieved his twenty-first and final PGA Tour victory at the Canon Greater Hartford Open. He played for the United States in the Ryder Cup eight times (1977, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991 and 1993), which as of 2004 was the tied highest number of appearances in the competition by an American, alongside Raymond Floyd and Billy Casper. He also captained the team in 1995.Wadkins most famous shot was certainly his 72 yard sand wedge to a foot on the final hole in the final game of the 1983 Ryder Cup which sercured the USA victory over Europe at PGA National.

From 2000, Wadkins played on the Champions Tour, picking up a win at the ACE Group Classic that year. However, he divided his time between competition and broadcasting work with CBS Sports and did not become a regular winner at senior level.

Lanny Wadkins younger brother Bobby was also a PGA Tour golfer.

[edit] PGA Tour wins (21)

1972 (1) Sahara Invitational
1973 (2) Byron Nelson Golf Classic, USI Classic
1977 (2) PGA Championship, World Series of Golf
1979 (2) Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open, Tournament Players Championship
1982 (3) Phoenix Open, MONY Tournament of Champions, Buick Open
1983 (2) Greater Greensboro Open, MONY Tournament of Champions
1985 (3) Bob Hope Classic, Los Angeles Open, Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic
1987 (1) Doral-Ryder Open
1988 (2) Hawaiian Open, Colonial National Invitation
1990 (1) Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic
1991 (1) United Hawaiian Open
1992 (1) Canon Greater Hartford Open

Major championship is shown in bold.

[edit] Other wins (11)

1968 Southern Amateur
1970 U.S. Amateur, Southern Amateur
1978 Victorian PGA Championship, Canadian PGA Championship
1979 Bridgestone Open
1980 PGA Grand Slam of Golf (United States - unofficial event)
1984 World Nissan Championship
1990 Fred Meyer Challenge (with Bobby Wadkins)
1991 Shark Shootout Benefiting RMCC (with Tom Purtzer)
2000 ACE Group Classic (Champions Tour)

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
The Masters	CUT	CUT	T19	T29	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	T18	T7
U.S. Open	DNP	T13	T25	T7	T26	T38	DNP	DNP	CUT	T19
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	T7	T22	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T16	T3	CUT	DNP	CUT	1	T34	70

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Masters	CUT	T21	T33	T8	CUT	T18	T31	T12	T11	T26
U.S. Open	CUT	T14	T6	7	T11	T5	T2	T36	T12	CUT
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	T29	T4	CUT	DNP	T29	T34	T26
PGA Championship	T30	T33	2	CUT	T2	T10	T11	2	T25	CUT

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters	T3	T3	T48	T3	T18	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	T51	T63	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	T73	T45	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	T43	T40	T14	T61	T63	CUT	T58	DNP	T34

Tournament	2000	2001
The Masters	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	CUT

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

[edit] See also

Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

[edit] External links

Profile on the PGA Tour's official site
Golf Stars Online - links to features and profiles