Lionel Paul Hebert (January 20, 1928 – December 30, 2000) was an American professional golfer.
Career Hebert won five times on the PGA Tour, including the PGA Championship in 1957, the last edition held at match play. His older brother Jay won the same event at stroke play in 1960. Lionel also played on the Ryder Cup team in 1957. An ethnic Cajun from Louisiana, he was born and died in Lafayette.
Professional wins (5) PGA Tour wins (5) Legend Major championships (1) Other PGA Tour (4) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up1 Jul 21, 1957 PGA Championship 2 and 1 Dow Finsterwald2 Feb 9, 1958 Tucson Open Invitational 66-67-66-66=265−15 2 strokes Don January3 Nov 20, 1960 Cajun Classic Open Invitational 68-69-66-69=272−12 2 strokes Jon Gustin, Johnny Pott4 Jun 3, 1962 Memphis Open Invitational 67-69-64-67=267−13 Playoff Gene Littler, Gary Player5 Mar 20, 1966 Florida Citrus Open Invitational 71-70-69-69=279−5 2 strokes Charles Coody, Dick Lytle, Jack Nicklaus
PGA Tour playoff record (1–1) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result11956St. Petersburg Open Mike FetchickLost to par on first extra hole21962Memphis Open Invitational Gene Littler, Gary PlayerWon with birdie on first extra hole Source:
Major championships Wins (1) YearChampionshipWinning scoreRunner-up 1957 PGA Championship 2 & 1 Dow Finsterwald Note: The PGA Championship was match play until 1958
Results timeline Tournament19521953195419551956195719581959Masters TournamentT61T3239U.S. OpenCUTT3339CUTCUTT28The Open ChampionshipPGA ChampionshipR32R161T16T31
Tournament1960196119621963196419651966196719681969Masters TournamentT9T30T20T39T32CUTWDT8T7T8U.S. OpenT27CUTT23T14T21CUTCUTT52The Open ChampionshipPGA ChampionshipT18CUTCUTCUTCUTT49T64T14T30CUT
Tournament1970197119721973197419751976197719781979Masters TournamentCUTU.S. OpenCUTCUTCUTThe Open ChampionshipPGA ChampionshipCUTWDT74CUTCUTCUTCUTCUT
Tournament19801981Masters TournamentU.S. OpenThe Open ChampionshipPGA ChampionshipCUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut WD = withdrew R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play "T" = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeMasters Tournament 0 0 0 0 4 5 14 11U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 8The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0PGA Championship 1 0 0 1 2 6 24 11Totals 1 0 0 1 6 14 55 30 Most consecutive cuts made – 8 ('58 PGA – '61 Masters) Longest streak of top-10s – 2 ('56 PGA & '57 PGA)
U.S. national team appearances Ryder Cup: 1957
See also List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins List of men's major championships winning golfers
References
External links Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame – Lionel Hebert