Jay Dean Haas (born December 2, 1953) is an American professional golfer formerly of the PGA Tour who now plays on the PGA Tour Champions.
Early life and amateur career 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.
Professional career In 1976, Haas turned professional. He 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, at age 50, 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 799 events. He is only four starts off Mark Brooks' record. He has made the cut 593 times on the PGA Tour, more than any other player. Haas has the distinction of playing in 87 majors without a win, a record until 2021.
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 being then Mike Fetchick at 63 years.
At the 2022 Zurich Classic, at the age of 68, he teamed up with his son Bill and became the oldest golfer ever to make the cut.
Personal life 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.
Haas resides in Greenville, South Carolina.
Awards and honors
In 1975, Haas earned the Haskins Award, bestowed to the top college golfer in the United States. In 2005, Haas was the Champions Tour Rookie of the Year. In February 2005, he received the Payne Stewart Award, In April 2005, he received the Jim Murray Award for his cooperation with the media. Haas was voted the 2006 Bob Jones Award, the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf.
Professional wins (33) PGA Tour wins (9) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up1Jan 29, 1978Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational−10 (72-64-72-70=278)3 strokes Andy Bean, Gene Littler, John Schroeder2Jul 12, 1981Greater Milwaukee Open−14 (68-66-67-73=274)3 strokes Chi-Chi Rodríguez3Sep 6, 1981B.C. Open−14 (67-65-69-69=270)3 strokes Tom Kite4Sep 19, 1982Hall of Fame−8 (70-70-70-66=276)Playoff John Adams5Oct 3, 1982Texas Open−18 (63-67-67-65=262)3 strokes Curtis Strange6Apr 26, 1987Big "I" Houston Open−12 (69-69-71-67=276)Playoff Buddy Gardner7Jan 24, 1988Bob Hope Chrysler Classic−22 (63-68-69-68-70=338)2 strokes David Edwards8Jun 14, 1992Federal Express St. Jude Classic−21 (68-67-64-64=263)3 strokes Dan Forsman, Robert Gamez9Oct 17, 1993H.E.B. Texas Open (2)−21 (68-65-66-64=263)Playoff Bob Lohr
PGA Tour playoff record (3–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult11982Hall of Fame John AdamsWon with par on second extra hole 21987Big "I" Houston Open Buddy GardnerWon with par on first extra hole31993 H.E.B. Texas Open Bob LohrWon with birdie on second extra hole
Other wins (6) 1976 Missouri Open 1982 Spalding Invitational 1991 Mexican Open 1996 Franklin Templeton Shark Shootout (with Tom Kite) 2004 CVS Charity Classic (with son Bill Haas) 2012 CVS Caremark Charity Classic (with Morgan Pressel)
PGA Tour Champions wins (18) LegendPGA Tour Champions major championships (3)Other PGA Tour Champions (15) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up1Oct 9, 2005 Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn−16 (68-67-65=200)2 strokes Dana Quigley2Oct 23, 2005SBC Championship−14 (67-66-66=199)2 strokes Tom Purtzer3Apr 23, 2006 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf−15 (66-68-67=201)5 strokes Peter Jacobsen, Craig Stadler4Apr 30, 2006FedEx Kinko's Classic −11 (68-72-65=205)2 strokes Mark James, Tom Kite5May 28, 2006Senior PGA Championship−5 (68-70-73-68=279)Playoff Brad Bryant6Oct 15, 2006Administaff Small Business Classic−17 (65-63-71=199)5 strokes Bruce Lietzke7Mar 11, 2007 Toshiba Classic−19 (65-64-65=194) 2 strokes R. W. Eaks8Apr 22, 2007Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (2)−9 (68-69-70=207)Playoff Tom Kite9Jun 10, 2007Principal Charity Classic −12 (65-67-69=201)3 strokes Brad Bryant, R. W. Eaks10Jun 24, 2007Bank of America Championship−13 (71-66-66=203)3 strokes Brad Bryant, Leonard Thompson11May 25, 2008 Senior PGA Championship (2) +7 (69-72-72-74=287)1 stroke Bernhard Langer12Jun 1, 2008Principal Charity Classic (2)−10 (70-68-65=203)1 stroke Andy Bean13Sep 20, 2009Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn (2)−18 (62-71-65=198)2 strokes Andy Bean, Russ Cochran14Oct 4, 2009Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship−13 (66-70-67-64=267)1 stroke Tom Watson15Aug 7, 2011 3M Championship−15 (64-69-68=201)1 stroke Tom Lehman, Kenny Perry, Peter Senior16Jun 3, 2012 Principal Charity Classic (3)−16 (66-65-66=197)5 strokes Larry Mize, Kirk Triplett17Oct 19, 2014 Greater Hickory Kia Classic at Rock Barn (3)−17 (63-67-66=196)2 strokes Joe Durant, Kirk Triplett18Oct 9, 2016 Toshiba Classic (2)−16 (64-63-70=197)Playoff Bart Bryant
PGA Tour Champions playoff record (3–2) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12006Senior PGA Championship Brad BryantWon with par on third extra hole22007Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf Tom KiteWon with par on first extra hole32008Toshiba Classic Bernhard LangerLost to birdie on seventh extra hole42014Charles Schwab Cup Championship Tom Pernice Jr.Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole52016Toshiba Classic Bart BryantWon with birdie on first extra hole
Results in major championships Tournament197419751976197719781979Masters TournamentCUTT47U.S. OpenT54LAT18LAT5CUTThe Open ChampionshipPGA ChampionshipT58T7
Tournament1980198119821983198419851986198719881989Masters TournamentT17T3144T27T215T6T7CUTT46U.S. OpenT26CUTT6T43T11T15CUTT25CUTThe Open ChampionshipT27T19T36T35T38PGA ChampionshipT50T19T5T9T39T38T53T28T38CUT
Tournament1990199119921993199419951996199719981999Masters Tournament38T5T3T36T12T44U.S. OpenCUTT23T77CUTT4T90T5CUTT17The Open ChampionshipT79T22T24PGA ChampionshipCUTT62T2014T8T31T61T40T3
Tournament200020012002200320042005200620072008Masters TournamentT37CUTT1748U.S. OpenT12CUTT9CUTT37The Open ChampionshipCUTCUTPGA ChampionshipT64CUTT5T37CUTT68CUT
LA = Low amateur CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeMasters Tournament 0 0 1 3 5 9 22 19U.S. Open 0 0 0 3 5 12 27 18The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 8PGA Championship 0 0 1 3 6 9 28 23Totals 0 0 2 9 16 33 87 68 Most consecutive cuts made – 17 (1981 PGA – 1986 Masters) Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1995 Masters – 1995 U.S. Open)
Results in The Players Championship Tournament197719781979The Players ChampionshipCUTT57T9 Tournament1980198119821983198419851986198719881989The Players ChampionshipT8T29T27WDT29T55T7T50DQCUT Tournament1990199119921993199419951996199719981999The Players ChampionshipCUTCUTCUTT20T55CUTT8T43CUTCUT Tournament20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010The Players ChampionshipCUTT49T2T6T24CUT
CUT = missed the halfway cut WD = withdrew DQ = disqualified "T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships Tournament200320042005Match PlayQFR64R16ChampionshipT54T43InvitationalT17T41T19
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = Tied
Senior major championships Wins (3) YearChampionshipWinning scoreMarginRunner-up 2006 Senior PGA Championship −5 (68-70-73-68=279) Playoff Brad Bryant 2008 Senior PGA Championship (2) +7 (69-72-72-74=287) 1 stroke Bernhard Langer 2009 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship −13 (66-70-67-64=267) 1 stroke Tom Watson
Results timeline Results not in chronological order
Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 20192020202120222023202420252026Senior PGA Championship2CUT1T91T9T23T34T29T2T3T50T38CUTT63NT75T64CUTCUTThe TraditionT23T20T14T3T17T10T5T13T31T3T52T5463NTU.S. Senior OpenT3T22T8T5T9T13T20T13T9T35T38T14T42T14T17NTT40T7T22CUTSenior Players ChampionshipT18T3T1761T20T32T20T27T6T54T14T32T227T5264Senior British Open ChampionshipT6T4T19T8T28T40NT
CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
U.S. national team appearances Amateur Walker Cup: 1975 (winners)
Professional Ryder Cup: 1983 (winners), 1995, 2004 Presidents Cup: 1994 (winners), 2003 (tie), 2015 (non-playing captain) UBS Cup: 2004 (winners) Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (representing Champions Tour): 2004 (PGA Tour), 2005 (winners), 2006, 2007, 2008 (winners), 2009, 2011 (winners)
See also Fall 1976 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates List of golfers with most PGA Tour Champions wins
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