Lanny Wadkins

Lanny Wadkins
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Jerry Lanston Wadkins, Jr.
Nickname	Lanny
Born	(1949-12-05) December 5, 1949 Richmond, Virginia
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Dallas, Texas
Spouse	Penelope
Children	Jessica, Travis, Tucker
Career
College	Wake Forest University
Turned professional	1971
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins	32
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	21
Japan Golf Tour	1
PGA Tour Champions	1
Other	9
Best results in major championships (wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	T3: 1990, 1991, 1993
U.S. Open	T2: 1986
The Open Championship	T4: 1984
PGA Championship	Won: 1977
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	2009 (member page)
PGA Player of the Year	1985

Jerry Lanston "Lanny" Wadkins, Jr. (born December 5, 1949) is an American professional golfer. He ranked in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking for 86 weeks from the ranking's debut in 1986 to 1988.^[1]

Early years

Born in Richmond, Virginia, Wadkins attended Meadowbrook High School,^[2] then Wake Forest University on an Arnold Palmer golf scholarship.^[3] He won the U.S. Amateur in 1970 in Oregon, one stroke ahead of runner-up Tom Kite,^[4] and turned professional in 1971.

PGA Tour

Wadkins' first win on the PGA Tour came at the Sahara Invitational in Las Vegas in October 1972, where he finished one stroke ahead of runner-up Palmer, his scholarship benefactor.^[3] Wadkins was later voted Rookie of the Year on the tour in 1972. Two more wins followed in 1973 before his form dipped for three years. He bounced back to win his sole major title at the PGA Championship in 1977. He prevailed on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff at Pebble Beach against Gene Littler. It was the first time the sudden-death format was used in a stroke play major championship.^[5]^[6]

Wadkins was runner-up in four subsequent majors (U.S. Open in 1986, PGA Championship in 1982, 1984, 1987), and finished third in the Masters three times (1990, 1991, 1993). In The Open Championship, his best finish was fourth at St. Andrews in 1984.

On the PGA Tour, Wadkins won The Players Championship at Sawgrass in 1979 and was voted PGA Player of the Year in 1985. Over his career, he picked 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. During his career, he also recorded wins in Australia, Canada, Japan, and South America.

Wadkins played for the United States in the Ryder Cup eight times between 1977 and 1993, which ties the highest number of appearances in the competition by an American, alongside Raymond Floyd and Billy Casper (Phil Mickelson and Jim Furyk have since made ten and nine appearances, respectively). Wadkins collected 21½ points during his Ryder Cup career, one of the very best records on either side in the history of the competition. He also captained the team in 1995 at Oak Hill Country Club.

Champions Tour

Wadkins began play on the Champions Tour in 2000, and picked up a win in his first event at the ACE Group Classic in a four-way playoff. As a senior, he divided his time between competition and broadcasting work with CBS Sports and did not become a regular winner at the senior level.

Television

Following the retirement of Ken Venturi in June 2002, Wadkins was the lead analyst for CBS for over four years, until he was replaced by Nick Faldo after the 2006 season. He is currently the lead analyst for the Champions Tour on Golf Channel.^[7]

Hall of Fame

Wadkins was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2009.^[8]

Personal

Wadkins' younger brother, Bobby, currently plays on the Champions Tour. Lanny is married to Penelope Wadkins and has three children: Jessica, Travis, and Tucker. Travis played on the Wake Forest University golf team 2006-2010. Tucker played on the University of Arizona golf team 2011-2015. In 2011, Travis played on the eGolf Tour and made it to the final stage of the PGA Tour's Qualifying School but failed to earn a card. A nephew, Ron Whittaker, is a professional golfer on the second-tier Web.com Tour with 77 PGA Tour starts.^[9]

Amateur wins (5)

1968 Southern Amateur
1969 Eastern Amateur
1970 U.S. Amateur, Southern Amateur, Western Amateur

Professional wins (32)

PGA Tour wins (21)

Legend
Major championships (1)
Players Championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (19)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Oct 29, 1972	Sahara Invitational	65-69-70-69=273	−11	1 stroke	Arnold Palmer
2	Apr 29, 1973	Byron Nelson Golf Classic	71-68-71-67=277	−3	Playoff	Dan Sikes
3	Aug 19, 1973	USI Classic	71-69-70-69=279	−9	2 strokes	Lee Elder, Tom Jenkins, Rik Massengale
4	Aug 14, 1977	PGA Championship	69-71-72-70=282	−6	Playoff	Gene Littler
5	Sep 5, 1977	World Series of Golf	69-66-67-65=267	−13	5 strokes	Hale Irwin, Tom Weiskopf
6	Feb 25, 1979	Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open	66-72-69-69=276	−8	1 stroke	Lon Hinkle
7	Mar 25, 1979	Tournament Players Championship	67-68-76-72=283	−5	5 strokes	Tom Watson
8	Jan 25, 1982	Phoenix Open	65-70-63-65=263	−21	6 strokes	Jerry Pate
9	Apr 18, 1982	MONY Tournament of Champions	67-72-68-73=280	−8	3 strokes	Andy Bean, David Graham, Craig Stadler, Ron Streck
10	Aug 22, 1982	Buick Open	66-71-71-65=273	−15	1 stroke	Tom Kite
11	Apr 3, 1983	Greater Greensboro Open	72-69-67-67=275	−13	5 strokes	Craig Stadler, Denis Watson
12	Apr 24, 1983	MONY Tournament of Champions	67-70-71-72=280	−8	1 stroke	Raymond Floyd
13	Jan 13, 1985	Bob Hope Classic	67-67-68-66-65=333	−27	Playoff	Craig Stadler
14	Jan 27, 1985	Los Angeles Open	63-70-67-64=264	−20	7 strokes	Hal Sutton
15	Oct 13, 1985	Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic	68-67-69-63=267	−21	1 stroke	Mike Donald, Scott Hoch
16	Mar 1, 1987	Doral-Ryder Open	75-66-66-70=277	−11	3 strokes	Seve Ballesteros, Tom Kite, Don Pooley
17	Feb 14, 1988	Hawaiian Open	68-71-66-66=271	−17	1 stroke	Richard Zokol
18	May 22, 1988	Colonial National Invitation	67-68-70-65=270	−10	1 stroke	Mark Calcavecchia, Ben Crenshaw, Joey Sindelar
19	Jul 8, 1990	Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic	65-66-67-68=266	−18	5 strokes	Larry Mize
20	Jan 20, 1991	United Hawaiian Open	69-67-69-65=270	−18	4 strokes	John Cook
21	Aug 2, 1992	Canon Greater Hartford Open	68-70-71-65=274	−6	2 strokes	Dan Forsman, Donnie Hammond, Nick Price

PGA Tour playoff record (3–3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1972	Phoenix Open	Homero Blancas	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2	1973	Byron Nelson Golf Classic	Dan Sikes	Won with par on first extra hole
3	1977	PGA Championship	Gene Littler	Won with par on third extra hole
4	1983	Joe Garagiola-Tucson Open	Gil Morgan, Curtis Strange	Morgan won with birdie on second extra hole
5	1985	Bob Hope Classic	Craig Stadler	Won with birdie on fifth extra hole
6	1987	PGA Championship	Larry Nelson	Lost to par on first extra hole

Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

1979 Bridgestone Open

Other wins (9)

1971 Virginia Open
1978 Victorian PGA Championship, Canadian PGA Championship
1980 PGA Grand Slam of Golf (United States - unofficial event)
1981 Caribbean Open (Colombia)
1984 World Nissan Championship (Japan)
1990 Fred Meyer Challenge (with Bobby Wadkins)
1991 Shark Shootout Benefiting RMCC (with Tom Purtzer)
2015 PNC Father Son Challenge (with son Tucker)

Champions Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	Feb 13, 2000	ACE Group Classic	67-68-67=202	−14	Playoff	José Maria Cañizares, Walter Hall, Tom Watson

Champions Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2000	ACE Group Classic	José Maria Cañizares, Walter Hall Tom Watson	Won with par on third extra hole Hall and Watson eliminated with par on first hole

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1977	PGA Championship	6 shot deficit	−6 (69-71-72-70=282)	Playoff¹	Gene Littler

¹Defeated Littler with a par on the third extra hole.

Results timeline

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Masters Tournament	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
Masters Tournament	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
Masters Tournament	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
Masters Tournament	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

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	3	3	5	12	23	17
U.S. Open	0	1	0	2	5	11	20	16
The Open Championship	0	0	0	1	2	3	14	9
PGA Championship	1	3	1	5	6	10	28	20
Totals	1	4	4	11	18	36	85	62

Most consecutive cuts made – 13 (1985 PGA – 1989 Masters)
Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (twice)

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Walker Cup: 1969 (winners), 1971
Eisenhower Trophy: 1970 (winners)

Professional

Ryder Cup: 1977 (winners), 1979 (winners), 1983 (winners), 1985, 1987, 1989 (tie), 1991 (winners), 1993 (winners), 1995 (captain)
World Cup: 1977, 1984, 1985
Dunhill Cup: 1986
Four Tours World Championship: 1985 (winners), 1987 (winners), 1991
US v Japan: 1982, 1983

References

↑ "69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking" (PDF). Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
↑ "Class of 1996: Lanny Wadkins". Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
1 2 "Rookie Wadkins scrambles to first golf tour win". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. October 30, 1972. p. 15.
↑ "Wadkins captures Amateur golf title". Palm Beach Post. Associated Press. September 6, 1970. p. D2.
↑ Parascenzo, Marino (August 15, 1977). "Littler comes apart, Wadkins captures PGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 20.
↑ Jenkins, Dan (August 22, 1977). "The battle of the ages". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
↑ "Lanny Wadkins Joins Golf Channel Champions Tour Broadcast Team". Golf Channel. January 17, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
↑ "Wadkins to join World Golf Hall of Fame Class of 2009". PGA Tour. April 23, 2009. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
↑ "PGA Tour Media Guide – Ron Whittaker". PGA Tour. Retrieved January 2, 2014.

External links

Lanny Wadkins at the PGA Tour official site
Lanny Wadkins at the Japan Golf Tour official site
Golf Channel: Lanny Wadkins

PGA Championship champions

Match play era	1916 Jim Barnes 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 Jim Barnes 1920 Jock Hutchison 1921 Walter Hagen 1922 Gene Sarazen 1923 Gene Sarazen 1924 Walter Hagen 1925 Walter Hagen 1926 Walter Hagen 1927 Walter Hagen 1928 Leo Diegel 1929 Leo Diegel 1930 Tommy Armour 1931 Tom Creavy 1932 Olin Dutra 1933 Gene Sarazen 1934 Paul Runyan 1935 Johnny Revolta 1936 Denny Shute 1937 Denny Shute 1938 Paul Runyan 1939 Henry Picard 1940 Byron Nelson 1941 Vic Ghezzi 1942 Sam Snead 1943 Cancelled due to World War II 1944 Bob Hamilton 1945 Byron Nelson 1946 Ben Hogan 1947 Jim Ferrier 1948 Ben Hogan 1949 Sam Snead 1950 Chandler Harper 1951 Sam Snead 1952 Jim Turnesa 1953 Walter Burkemo 1954 Chick Harbert 1955 Doug Ford 1956 Jack Burke, Jr. 1957 Lionel Hebert

Stroke play era	1958 Dow Finsterwald 1959 Bob Rosburg 1960 Jay Hebert 1961 Jerry Barber† 1962 Gary Player 1963 Jack Nicklaus 1964‡ Bobby Nichols 1965 Dave Marr 1966 Al Geiberger 1967 Don January† 1968 Julius Boros 1969‡ Raymond Floyd 1970 Dave Stockton 1971 Jack Nicklaus 1972 Gary Player 1973 Jack Nicklaus 1974 Lee Trevino 1975 Jack Nicklaus 1976 Dave Stockton 1977 Lanny Wadkins† 1978 John Mahaffey† 1979 David Graham† 1980 Jack Nicklaus 1981 Larry Nelson 1982‡ Raymond Floyd 1983‡ Hal Sutton 1984 Lee Trevino 1985 Hubert Green 1986 Bob Tway 1987 Larry Nelson† 1988 Jeff Sluman 1989 Payne Stewart 1990 Wayne Grady 1991 John Daly 1992 Nick Price 1993 Paul Azinger† 1994 Nick Price 1995 Steve Elkington† 1996 Mark Brooks† 1997 Davis Love III 1998 Vijay Singh 1999 Tiger Woods 2000‡ Tiger Woods† 2001 David Toms 2002 Rich Beem 2003 Shaun Micheel 2004 Vijay Singh† 2005 Phil Mickelson 2006 Tiger Woods 2007 Tiger Woods 2008 Pádraig Harrington 2009 Y. E. Yang 2010 Martin Kaymer† 2011 Keegan Bradley† 2012 Rory McIlroy 2013 Jason Dufner 2014 Rory McIlroy 2015 Jason Day 2016 Jimmy Walker

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

PGA and PGA Tour Players of the Year

PGA Players of the Year

PGA Tour Players of the Year

U.S. Amateur champions

1895 Charles B. Macdonald 1896 H. J. Whigham 1897 H. J. Whigham 1898 Findlay S. Douglas 1899 Herbert M. Harriman 1900 Walter Travis 1901 Walter Travis 1902 Louis N. James 1903 Walter Travis 1904 Chandler Egan 1905 Chandler Egan 1906 Eben Byers 1907 Jerome Travers 1908 Jerome Travers 1909 Robert A. Gardner 1910 William C. Fownes Jr. 1911 Harold Hilton† 1912 Jerome Travers 1913 Jerome Travers 1914 Francis Ouimet 1915 Robert A. Gardner 1916 Chick Evans 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 S. Davidson Herron 1920 Chick Evans 1921 Jesse P. Guilford 1922 Jess Sweetser 1923 Max R. Marston† 1924 Bobby Jones 1925 Bobby Jones 1926 George Von Elm 1927 Bobby Jones 1928 Bobby Jones 1929 Harrison R. Johnston 1930 Bobby Jones 1931 Francis Ouimet 1932 Ross Somerville 1933 George Dunlap 1934 Lawson Little 1935 Lawson Little 1936 John Fischer† 1937 Johnny Goodman 1938 Willie Turnesa 1939 Bud Ward 1940 Dick Chapman 1941 Bud Ward 1942–45 Cancelled due to World War II 1946 Ted Bishop† 1947 Skee Riegel 1948 Willie Turnesa 1949 Charles Coe 1950 Sam Urzetta† 1951 Billy Maxwell 1952 Jack Westland 1953 Gene Littler 1954 Arnold Palmer 1955 Harvie Ward 1956 Harvie Ward 1957 Hillman Robbins 1958 Charles Coe 1959 Jack Nicklaus 1960 Deane Beman 1961 Jack Nicklaus 1962 Labron Harris Jr. 1963 Deane Beman 1964 William C. Campbell 1965 Bob Murphy 1966 Gary Cowan† 1967 Bob Dickson 1968 Bruce Fleisher 1969 Steve Melnyk 1970 Lanny Wadkins 1971 Gary Cowan 1972 Vinny Giles 1973 Craig Stadler 1974 Jerry Pate 1975 Fred Ridley 1976 Bill Sander 1977 John Fought 1978 John Cook 1979 Mark O'Meara 1980 Hal Sutton 1981 Nathaniel Crosby 1982 Jay Sigel 1983 Jay Sigel 1984 Scott Verplank 1985 Sam Randolph 1986 Buddy Alexander 1987 Billy Mayfair 1988 Eric Meeks 1989 Chris Patton 1990 Phil Mickelson 1991 Mitch Voges 1992 Justin Leonard 1993 John Harris 1994 Tiger Woods 1995 Tiger Woods 1996 Tiger Woods† 1997 Matt Kuchar 1998 Hank Kuehne 1999 David Gossett 2000 Jeff Quinney† 2001 Bubba Dickerson 2002 Ricky Barnes 2003 Nick Flanagan† 2004 Ryan Moore 2005 Edoardo Molinari 2006 Richie Ramsay 2007 Colt Knost 2008 Danny Lee 2009 An Byeong-hun 2010 Peter Uihlein 2011 Kelly Kraft 2012 Steven Fox† 2013 Matthew Fitzpatrick 2014 Gunn Yang 2015 Bryson DeChambeau 2016 Curtis Luck

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

Lanny Wadkins in the Ryder Cup

American Ryder Cup captains

United States Ryder Cup team – 1977

Raymond Floyd Lou Graham Hubert Green Dave Hill Hale Irwin Don January Jerry McGee Jack Nicklaus Ed Sneed Dave Stockton Lanny Wadkins Tom Watson Dow Finsterwald (non-playing captain)

Won: 12.5 – 7.5

United States Ryder Cup team – 1979

Andy Bean Lee Elder Hubert Green Mark Hayes Hale Irwin Tom Kite John Mahaffey Gil Morgan Larry Nelson Lee Trevino Lanny Wadkins Fuzzy Zoeller Billy Casper (non-playing captain)

Won: 17 – 11

United States Ryder Cup team – 1983

Ben Crenshaw Raymond Floyd Bob Gilder Jay Haas Tom Kite Gil Morgan Calvin Peete Craig Stadler Curtis Strange Lanny Wadkins Tom Watson Fuzzy Zoeller Jack Nicklaus (non-playing captain)

Won: 14.5 – 13.5

United States Ryder Cup team – 1985

Raymond Floyd Hubert Green Peter Jacobsen Tom Kite Andy North Mark O'Meara Calvin Peete Craig Stadler Curtis Strange Hal Sutton Lanny Wadkins Fuzzy Zoeller Lee Trevino (non-playing captain)

Lost: 11.5 – 16.5

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

United States Ryder Cup team – 1989

Paul Azinger Chip Beck Mark Calcavecchia Fred Couples Ken Green Tom Kite Mark McCumber Mark O'Meara Payne Stewart Curtis Strange Lanny Wadkins Tom Watson Raymond Floyd (non-playing captain)

Tied: 14 – 14

United States Ryder Cup team – 1991

Paul Azinger Chip Beck Mark Calcavecchia Fred Couples Raymond Floyd Hale Irwin Wayne Levi Mark O'Meara Steve Pate Corey Pavin Payne Stewart Lanny Wadkins Dave Stockton (non-playing captain)

Won: 14.5 – 13.5

United States Ryder Cup team – 1993

Paul Azinger Chip Beck John Cook Fred Couples Raymond Floyd Jim Gallagher, Jr. Lee Janzen Tom Kite Davis Love III Corey Pavin Payne Stewart Lanny Wadkins Tom Watson (non-playing captain)

Won: 15 – 13

United States Ryder Cup team – 1995

Fred Couples Ben Crenshaw Brad Faxon Jay Haas Peter Jacobsen Tom Lehman Davis Love III Jeff Maggert Phil Mickelson Corey Pavin Loren Roberts Curtis Strange Lanny Wadkins (non-playing captain)

Lost: 13.5 – 14.5

Players Championship champions

1974 Jack Nicklaus 1975 Al Geiberger 1976 Jack Nicklaus 1977 Mark Hayes 1978 Jack Nicklaus 1979 Lanny Wadkins 1980 Lee Trevino 1981 Raymond Floyd† 1982 Jerry Pate 1983 Hal Sutton 1984 Fred Couples 1985 Calvin Peete 1986 John Mahaffey 1987 Sandy Lyle† 1988 Mark McCumber 1989 Tom Kite 1990 Jodie Mudd 1991 Steve Elkington 1992 Davis Love III 1993 Nick Price 1994 Greg Norman 1995 Lee Janzen 1996 Fred Couples 1997 Steve Elkington 1998 Justin Leonard 1999 David Duval 2000 Hal Sutton 2001 Tiger Woods 2002 Craig Perks 2003 Davis Love III 2004 Adam Scott 2005 Fred Funk 2006 Stephen Ames 2007 Phil Mickelson 2008 Sergio García† 2009 Henrik Stenson 2010 Tim Clark 2011 K. J. Choi† 2012 Matt Kuchar 2013 Tiger Woods 2014 Martin Kaymer 2015 Rickie Fowler† 2016 Jason Day

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

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