Charles Coody

Charles Coody
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Billy Charles Coody
Born	(1937-07-13) July 13, 1937 Stamford, Texas
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Nationality	United States
Career
College	Abilene Christian University Texas Christian University
Turned professional	1963
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins	14
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	3
European Tour	2
Champions Tour	5
Other	1 (regular) 3 (senior)
Best results in major championships (Wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	Won: 1971
U.S. Open	T13: 1969
The Open Championship	T5: 1971
PGA Championship	4th: 1977

Billy Charles Coody (born July 13, 1937) is an American professional golfer, best known for winning the 1971 Masters Tournament.

Coody was born in Stamford, Texas and raised in Abilene, Texas. He attended Abilene Christian University before transferring to and graduating in 1960 with a bachelor's degree in Business from Texas Christian University; he made his pro debut in 1963.^[1]

Coody had three wins on the PGA Tour and three wins off Tour in his regular career. He played on the 1971 U.S. Ryder Cup team. Coody was known as one of the best iron players of his era.^[2]

As a senior, Coody played on the Senior PGA Tour (now called the Champions Tour), winning five times. Coody played his final Masters Tournament in 2006, then retired from active competition.

Coody was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2000. A college golf tournament, the Charles Coody West Texas Intercollegiate, is named for him. He also lends his name to a charity event, the Charles Coody Classic.^[2]

Professional wins (14)

PGA Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Sep 7, 1964	Dallas Open Invitational	−13 (67-67-68-69=271)	1 stroke	Jerry Edwards
2	Jun 29, 1969	Cleveland Open Invitational	−9 (67-64-71-69=271)	2 strokes	Bruce Crampton
3	Apr 11, 1971	Masters Tournament	−9 (66-73-70-70=279)	2 strokes	Johnny Miller, Jack Nicklaus

European Tour wins (2)

1973 W.D. & H.O. Wills Tournament, John Player Classic

Other wins (1)

1971 World Series of Golf

Senior PGA Tour wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Nov 12, 1989	General Tire Las Vegas Classic	−11 (67-69-69=205)	Playoff	Bob Charles, Chi-Chi Rodríguez
2	Oct 7, 1990	Vantage Championship	−14 (67-65-70=202)	3 strokes	Bob Charles, Al Geiberger
3	Jun 2, 1991	NYNEX Commemorative	−17 (66-62-65=193)	3 strokes	Don Massengale
4	Oct 20, 1991	Transamerica Senior Golf Championship	−12 (67-66-71=204)	2 strokes	Lee Trevino
5	Jun 16, 1996	du Maurier Champions	−9 (69-70-67-65=271)	1 stroke	Larry Mowry

Senior PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	1989	General Tire Las Vegas Classic	Bob Charles, Chi-Chi Rodríguez	Won with birdie on second extra hole

Other senior wins (3)

1990 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Dale Douglass)
1994 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Dale Douglass)
1998 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Dale Douglass) - both Legends and Legendary divisions

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runners-up
1971	Masters Tournament	Tied for lead	−9 (66-73-70-70=279)	2 strokes	Johnny Miller, Jack Nicklaus

Results timeline

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	T30	T5
U.S. Open	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	T52	T28	T16	T13
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	T8	T7

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Masters Tournament	T12	1	T12	T29	T29	T40	T5	CUT	CUT	T34
U.S. Open	T64	T63	CUT	T29	CUT	CUT	T38	DNP	T30	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	T5	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T35	CUT	15	T35	DNP	CUT	T8	4	CUT	CUT

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament	T38	T40	CUT	T36	CUT	T44	CUT	CUT	CUT	T38
U.S. Open	T47	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T41	74	DNP	T55	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	CUT	CUT	DNP	T57	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Masters Tournament	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

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

Summary

Tournament	Wins	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	1	3	3	5	41	16
U.S. Open	0	0	0	2	18	10
The Open Championship	0	1	1	1	1	1
PGA Championship	0	1	4	5	15	10
Totals	1	5	8	13	75	37

Most consecutive cuts made – 14 (1966 U.S. Open – 1971 Open Championship)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1968 PGA – 1969 Masters)

U.S. national team appearances

Professional

Ryder Cup: 1971 (winners)

References

↑ "Charles Coody profile from PGA Tour's official site". Retrieved 2010-04-17.
1 2 "2010 Charles Coody Classic Golf Tournament". Retrieved 2010-04-17.

External links

Charles Coody at the PGA Tour official site
Charles Coody at the European Tour official site

Masters Tournament champions

1934 Horton Smith 1935 Gene Sarazen† 1936 Horton Smith 1937 Byron Nelson 1938 Henry Picard 1939 Ralph Guldahl 1940 Jimmy Demaret 1941‡ Craig Wood 1942 Byron Nelson† 1943-45 Cancelled due to World War II 1946 Herman Keiser 1947 Jimmy Demaret 1948 Claude Harmon 1949 Sam Snead 1950 Jimmy Demaret 1951 Ben Hogan 1952 Sam Snead 1953 Ben Hogan 1954 Sam Snead† 1955 Cary Middlecoff 1956 Jack Burke, Jr. 1957 Doug Ford 1958 Arnold Palmer 1959 Art Wall, Jr. 1960‡ Arnold Palmer 1961 Gary Player 1962 Arnold Palmer† 1963 Jack Nicklaus 1964 Arnold Palmer 1965 Jack Nicklaus 1966 Jack Nicklaus† 1967 Gay Brewer 1968 Bob Goalby 1969 George Archer 1970 Billy Casper† 1971 Charles Coody 1972‡ Jack Nicklaus 1973 Tommy Aaron 1974 Gary Player 1975 Jack Nicklaus 1976‡ Raymond Floyd 1977 Tom Watson 1978 Gary Player 1979 Fuzzy Zoeller† 1980 Seve Ballesteros 1981 Tom Watson 1982 Craig Stadler† 1983 Seve Ballesteros 1984 Ben Crenshaw 1985 Bernhard Langer 1986 Jack Nicklaus 1987 Larry Mize† 1988 Sandy Lyle 1989 Nick Faldo† 1990 Nick Faldo† 1991 Ian Woosnam 1992 Fred Couples 1993 Bernhard Langer 1994 José María Olazábal 1995 Ben Crenshaw 1996 Nick Faldo 1997 Tiger Woods 1998 Mark O'Meara 1999 José María Olazábal 2000 Vijay Singh 2001 Tiger Woods 2002 Tiger Woods 2003 Mike Weir† 2004 Phil Mickelson 2005 Tiger Woods† 2006 Phil Mickelson 2007 Zach Johnson 2008 Trevor Immelman 2009 Ángel Cabrera† 2010 Phil Mickelson 2011 Charl Schwartzel 2012 Bubba Watson† 2013 Adam Scott† 2014 Bubba Watson 2015‡ Jordan Spieth

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire

United States Ryder Cup team – 1971

Miller Barber Frank Beard Billy Casper Charles Coody Gardner Dickinson Gene Littler Jack Nicklaus Arnold Palmer Mason Rudolph J. C. Snead Dave Stockton Lee Trevino Jay Hebert (non-playing captain)

Won: 18.5 – 13.5

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