Scott Simpson (golfer)

Scott Simpson
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Scott William Simpson
Born	(1955-09-17) September 17, 1955 San Diego, California
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Nationality	United States
Residence	San Diego, California
Career
College	University of Southern California
Turned professional	1977
Current tour(s)	Champions Tour
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	16
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	7
Japan Golf Tour	3
Champions Tour	1
Best results in major championships (Wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	T7: 1990
U.S. Open	Won: 1987
The Open Championship	T9: 1993
PGA Championship	T6: 1984, 1993

Scott William Simpson (born September 17, 1955) is an American professional golfer.

Simpson was born in San Diego, California, and played college golf at the University of Southern California, where he was two-time medalist at the NCAA Championship in 1976 and 1977. He turned professional in 1977 and graduated in 1978. He played on the PGA Tour from 1979, and won seven PGA Tour events between 1980 and 1998.

The highlight of Simpson's career was the U.S. Open in 1987 at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, his only major title. He birdied the 14th, 15th, and 16th holes of the final round to overtake Tom Watson by one stroke and finished with a three under par total of 277.

Simpson became eligible to play senior golf in 2005 and won his first Champions Tour title in 2006.

In team competition, Simpson played for the United States in the Walker Cup in 1977 and the Ryder Cup in 1987. He lists bible study among his interests and attributes his success to it. He and his wife Cheryl have two children: Brea Yoshiko and Sean.

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

1976 NCAA Division I Championship, Porter Cup
1977 NCAA Division I Championship

Professional wins (16)

PGA Tour wins (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Jul 6, 1980	Western Open	70-69-70-72=281	−7	5 strokes	Andy Bean
2	Jun 10, 1984	Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic	66-68-70-65=269	−15	5 strokes	David Graham, Jay Haas, Mark O'Meara
3	Apr 5, 1987	Greater Greensboro Open	67-69-63-70=269	−15	2 strokes	Clarence Rose
4	Jun 21, 1987	U.S. Open	71-68-70-68=277	−3	1 stroke	Tom Watson
5	May 28, 1989	BellSouth Atlanta Golf Classic	72-68-71-67=278	−17	Playoff	Bob Tway
6	May 16, 1993	GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic	65-66-68-71=270	−10	1 stroke	Billy Mayfair, Corey Pavin, D. A. Weibring
7	Feb 8, 1998	Buick Invitational	69-71-64=204	−12	Playoff	Skip Kendall

PGA Tour playoff record (2–3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1983	Kemper Open	Chen Tze-chung, Fred Couples Barry Jaeckel, Gil Morgan	Couples won with birdie on second extra hole Jaeckel eliminated with par on first hole
2	1989	BellSouth Atlanta Golf Classic	Bob Tway	Won with par on first extra hole
3	1991	U.S. Open	Payne Stewart	Lost 18-hole playoff (Stewart:75, Simpson:77)
4	1994	Southwestern Bell Colonial	Nick Price	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
5	1998	Buick Invitational	Skip Kendall	Won with birdie on first extra hole

Japan Golf Tour wins (3)

1984 Chunichi Crowns, Dunlop Phoenix
1988 The Crowns

Other wins (5)

1979 Hawaii State Open
1981 Hawaii State Open
1990 Perrier Invitational (Europe, but not a European Tour event)
1993 Hawaii State Open
1994 Hawaii State Open

Champions Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	Sep 3, 2006	Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach	67-69-68=204	−12	1 stroke	David Edwards, Jay Haas

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1987	U.S. Open	1 shot deficit	−3 (71-68-70-68=277)	1 stroke	Tom Watson

Results timeline

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament	DNP	CUT	DNP	11	40	T41	T25	T27	CUT	T38
U.S. Open	T45	T23	T15	T13	T25	T15	CUT	1	T6	T6
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T65	T62	DNP	T26
PGA Championship	T30	CUT	T32	T9	T6	T12	T41	T47	CUT	T53

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Masters Tournament	T7	T22	T13	T11	T27	DNP	T29	DNP	CUT
U.S. Open	T14	2	T64	T46	T55	T28	T40	CUT	58
The Open Championship	T39	T57	DNP	T9	CUT	CUT	T33	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T66	CUT	DNP	T6	CUT	T54	CUT	DNP	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

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	1	6	15	12
U.S. Open	1	1	2	4	10	19	17
The Open Championship	0	0	0	1	1	9	7
PGA Championship	0	0	0	3	4	17	11
Totals	1	1	2	9	21	60	47

Most consecutive cuts made – 12 (1982 U.S. Open – 1986 Masters)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1993 Open Championship – 1993 PGA)

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Walker Cup: 1977 (winners)

Professional

Ryder Cup: 1987

External links

Official website
Scott Simpson at the PGA Tour official site
Scott Simpson at the Japan Golf Tour official site

U.S. Open champions

1895 Horace Rawlins 1896 James Foulis 1897 Joe Lloyd 1898 Fred Herd 1899 Willie Smith 1900 Harry Vardon 1901 Willie Anderson† 1902 Laurie Auchterlonie 1903 Willie Anderson† 1904 Willie Anderson 1905 Willie Anderson 1906 Alex Smith 1907 Alec Ross 1908 Fred McLeod† 1909 George Sargent 1910 Alex Smith† 1911 John McDermott† 1912 John McDermott 1913 Francis Ouimet#† 1914‡ Walter Hagen 1915 Jerome Travers# 1916 Chick Evans# 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 Walter Hagen† 1920 Ted Ray 1921‡ Jim Barnes 1922 Gene Sarazen 1923 Bobby Jones#† 1924 Cyril Walker 1925 Willie Macfarlane† 1926 Bobby Jones# 1927 Tommy Armour† 1928 Johnny Farrell† 1929 Bobby Jones#† 1930 Bobby Jones# 1931 Billy Burke† 1932 Gene Sarazen 1933 Johnny Goodman# 1934 Olin Dutra 1935 Sam Parks, Jr. 1936 Tony Manero 1937 Ralph Guldahl 1938 Ralph Guldahl 1939 Byron Nelson† 1940 Lawson Little† 1941 Craig Wood 1942–45 Cancelled due to World War II 1946 Lloyd Mangrum† 1947 Lew Worsham† 1948 Ben Hogan 1949 Cary Middlecoff 1950 Ben Hogan† 1951 Ben Hogan 1952 Julius Boros 1953‡ Ben Hogan 1954 Ed Furgol 1955 Jack Fleck† 1956 Cary Middlecoff 1957 Dick Mayer† 1958 Tommy Bolt 1959 Billy Casper 1960 Arnold Palmer 1961 Gene Littler 1962 Jack Nicklaus† 1963 Julius Boros† 1964 Ken Venturi 1965 Gary Player† 1966 Billy Casper† 1967 Jack Nicklaus 1968 Lee Trevino 1969 Orville Moody 1970‡ Tony Jacklin 1971 Lee Trevino† 1972 Jack Nicklaus 1973 Johnny Miller 1974 Hale Irwin 1975 Lou Graham† 1976 Jerry Pate 1977 Hubert Green 1978 Andy North 1979 Hale Irwin 1980 Jack Nicklaus 1981 David Graham 1982 Tom Watson 1983 Larry Nelson 1984 Fuzzy Zoeller† 1985 Andy North 1986 Raymond Floyd 1987 Scott Simpson 1988 Curtis Strange† 1989 Curtis Strange 1990 Hale Irwin† 1991 Payne Stewart† 1992 Tom Kite 1993 Lee Janzen 1994 Ernie Els† 1995 Corey Pavin 1996 Steve Jones 1997 Ernie Els 1998 Lee Janzen 1999 Payne Stewart 2000‡ Tiger Woods 2001 Retief Goosen† 2002‡ Tiger Woods 2003 Jim Furyk 2004 Retief Goosen 2005 Michael Campbell 2006 Geoff Ogilvy 2007 Ángel Cabrera 2008 Tiger Woods† 2009 Lucas Glover 2010 Graeme McDowell 2011‡ Rory McIlroy 2012 Webb Simpson 2013 Justin Rose 2014‡ Martin Kaymer 2015 Jordan Spieth

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire; # indicates the event was won by an amateur

United States Ryder Cup team – 1987

Andy Bean Mark Calcavecchia Ben Crenshaw Tom Kite Larry Mize Larry Nelson Dan Pohl Scott Simpson Payne Stewart Curtis Strange Hal Sutton Lanny Wadkins Jack Nicklaus (non-playing captain)

Lost: 13 – 15

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