Jay Haas


Jay Dean Haas is an American professional golfer formerly of the PGA Tour who now plays on the PGA Tour Champions.
Haas was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Belleville, Illinois. He attended Wake Forest University and was a member of the NCAA Championship team of the middle 1970s with Curtis Strange and Bob Byman that Golf World has called "the greatest college team of all time". He won the individual championship in 1975. He turned professional in 1976.
Haas has had a solid career on the PGA Tour, winning nine times between 1978 and 1993. He had a resurgence in 2003, when he finished in the top 30 on the money list for the first time since 1995 and made the United States Presidents Cup team. The following year he was one of Hal Sutton's two captain's picks for the Ryder Cup, and made his third appearance in that event.
Haas was known for being one of the most consistent players on the PGA Tour over the course of his career and ended up playing 798 events. He is only five starts off Mark Brooks' record. He has made the cut 592 times on the PGA Tour, more than any other player. Haas also has the distinction of playing in the most major tournaments without a win, with 87 during his PGA Tour career.
Haas was eligible to play in Champions Tour events from the start of the 2004 season and he lost to Hale Irwin by one stroke at the Senior PGA Championship in his first appearance at that level. He was still featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking after his 50th birthday. In 2005, he won twice on the Champions Tour, while also continuing to play regularly on the PGA Tour. In April 2006, he won back to back events on the Champions Tour and the following month he won a playoff at the Oak Tree Golf Club with Brad Bryant at the Senior PGA Championship to claim his first senior major and he went on to top the 2006 Champions Tour money list. He was named the Champions Tour Player of the Year in 2006 as well. Haas won the 2008 Charles Schwab Cup to win two out of the last three cups.
After winning the Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn in September 2009, Haas won his third senior major and 14th Champions Tour event in October at the Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship. He came from 5 strokes behind with a final round 6-under-par 64 to win by 1 over 54-hole leader Tom Watson. In June 2012, Haas won his 16th title on the Champions Tour, cruising to a five stroke victory over Larry Mize and Kirk Triplett at the Principal Charity Classic. In October 2016, Haas won the Toshiba Classic in a playoff with Bart Bryant. He became the second oldest player to win a PGA Tour Champions event at age ; the oldest is Mike Fetchick at 63 years.
Haas comes from a distinguished family of golfers. He is a nephew of 1968 Masters winner Bob Goalby, and has several other relations in golf including his second son Bill who has played on the PGA Tour since 2006. His oldest son Jay Jr., brother Jerry Haas, and brother-in-law Dillard Pruitt also played on the PGA Tour.
He was voted the 2006 Bob Jones Award, the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. In February 2005, he received the Payne Stewart Award, and in April 2005, he received the Murray Award for his cooperation with the media.
Haas currently resides in Greenville, South Carolina.

Professional wins (33)

PGA Tour wins (9)

PGA Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
11982Hall of Fame John AdamsWon with par on second extra hole
21987Big "I" Houston Open Buddy GardnerWon with par on first extra hole
31993H.E.B. Texas Open Bob LohrWon with birdie on second extra hole

Other wins (6)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Oct 9, 2005Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn−16 2 strokes Dana Quigley
2Oct 23, 2005SBC Championship−14 2 strokes Tom Purtzer
3Apr 23, 2006Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf−15 5 strokes Peter Jacobsen, Craig Stadler
4Apr 30, 2006FedEx Kinko's Classic−11 2 strokes Mark James, Tom Kite
5May 28, 2006Senior PGA Championship−5 Playoff Brad Bryant
6Oct 15, 2006Administaff Small Business Classic−17 5 strokes Bruce Lietzke
7Mar 11, 2007Toshiba Classic−19 2 strokes R. W. Eaks
8Apr 22, 2007Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf −9 Playoff Tom Kite
9Jun 10, 2007The Principal Charity Classic−12 3 strokes Brad Bryant, R. W. Eaks
10Jun 24, 2007Bank of America Championship−13 3 strokes Brad Bryant, Leonard Thompson
11May 25, 2008Senior PGA Championship +7 1 stroke Bernhard Langer
12Jun 1, 2008The Principal Charity Classic −10 1 stroke Andy Bean
13Sep 20, 2009Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn −18 2 strokes Andy Bean, Russ Cochran
14Oct 4, 2009Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship−13 1 stroke Tom Watson
15Aug 7, 20113M Championship−15 1 stroke Tom Lehman, Kenny Perry,
Peter Senior
16Jun 3, 2012The Principal Charity Classic −16 5 strokes Larry Mize, Kirk Triplett
17Oct 19, 2014Greater Hickory Kia Classic at Rock Barn −17 2 strokes Joe Durant, Kirk Triplett
18Oct 9, 2016Toshiba Classic −16 Playoff Bart Bryant

PGA Tour Champions playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12006Senior PGA Championship Brad BryantWon with par on third extra hole
22007Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf Tom KiteWon with par on first extra hole
32008Toshiba Classic Bernhard LangerLost to birdie on seventh extra hole
42014Charles Schwab Cup Championship Tom Pernice Jr.Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole
52016Toshiba Classic Bart BryantWon with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary

CUT = missed the halfway cut

WD = withdrew

DQ = disqualified

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied

Senior major championships

Wins (3)

1Defeated Bryant in a sudden-death playoff.

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2017.
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur
Professional