Walter Hall | |
Fullname: | Walter Houston Hall |
Birth Date: | 12 June 1947 |
Birth Place: | Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. |
Weight: | 200lb |
Residence: | Clemmons, North Carolina, U.S. |
College: | University of Maryland |
Yearpro: | 1971, 1973, 1994 |
Extour: | Asia Golf Circuit NGA Hooters Tour Champions Tour European Seniors Tour |
Prowins: | 4 |
Champwins: | 1 |
Seneurowins: | 1 |
Otherwins: | 2 |
Walter Houston Hall (born June 12, 1947) is an American professional golfer.
Hall was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He played collegiately at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Hall turned professional in 1971, his amateur status having been forfeited when he entered the qualifying tournament for the PGA Tour.[1] After failing to qualify for the tour, regained his amateur status in September 1972. He turned professional again in July 1973, and played on several mini-tours after missing out on the PGA Tour for a second time. After being professionally inactive for five years, in May 1980, he regained his amateur status once more.[2] He turned professional for a third time in his late 40s, in preparation for the over-50s senior tours, and played on the Asia Golf Circuit in 1994 and 1995 and mini-tours in the United States, including the NGA Hooters Tour.[3] His first professional win came at the Mid Pines Open on the Coastal Carolina Tour (later the Hurricane Tour) in 1993. In 1996, he won the season ending Naturally Fresh Cup on the Hooters Tour.
Hall joined the Senior PGA Tour in 1997 and has won once, the 2001 AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship. He also won the PGA Seniors Championship on the European Seniors Tour in 1997.
Senior PGA Tour playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result | |
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1 | 2000 | ACE Group Classic | José María Cañizares, Lanny Wadkins, Tom Watson | Wadkins won with par on third extra hole Hall and Watson eliminated by par on first hole | |
2 | 2001 | AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship | Ed Dougherty | Won with par on first extra hole |