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Scott Hoch

American professional golfer (born 1955)

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name	Scott Hoch
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fullname	Scott Mabon Hoch
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birth_place	Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
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weight	175 lb
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residence	Orlando, Florida, U.S.
college	Wake Forest University
yearpro	1979
tour	PGA Tour Champions
extour	PGA Tour
prowins	23
pgawins	11
eurowins	1
japwins	3
champwins	4
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majorwins
masters	2nd: 1989
usopen	T5: 1993, 2002
open	T8: 2002
pga	T3: 1987
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award1	Byron Nelson Award
year1	1986
award2	Vardon Trophy
year2	1986
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Scott Mabon Hoch ( ; born November 24, 1955) is an American professional golfer, who represented his country in the Ryder Cup in 1997 and 2002.

Early life

In 1955, Hoch was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. While attending Needham B. Broughton High School, he won the 1973 North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) men's golf state championship.

Amateur career

Hoch was a member of the golf team at Wake Forest University before graduating in 1978. In 1978, Hoch reached the final of the U.S. Amateur, losing 5 & 4 to John Cook. His good play earned him membership for top international team competitions like the 1978 Eisenhower Trophy and the 1979 Walker Cup. The Americans won both events. His achievements in 1978 led to an invitation to the 1979 Masters Tournament where he tied for 34th place, the second low amateur only behind Bobby Clampett.

Professional career

In 1979, Hoch turned professional after competing in the U.S. Amateur.

Hoch has won several tournaments, including the Western Open, the Ford Championship at Doral, the Heineken Dutch Open and the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. He also won the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average in 1986. He has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

Hoch is widely known for missing a two-foot-long putt that would have won the 1989 Masters Tournament on the first playoff hole, which he lost to Nick Faldo on the next hole. At the 1987 PGA Championship, Hoch three-putted the 18th hole on Sunday from inside of ten feet. A two-putt would have secured a playoff spot for him.

Hoch is also well known for his infamous quote regarding playing in The Open Championship at the "home of golf" at St Andrews. Hoch referred to this course, considered hallowed ground by most golfers around the world, as "the worst piece of mess" he had ever seen. Partly due to his Open Championship criticism Hoch has been characterized as an "ugly American." However he has played extensively abroad and done fairly well, with three victories on the Japan Golf Tour, a victory at European Tour's 1995 Dutch Open, and multiple victories on the Korean Tour. He also has runner-up finishes at the 1987 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament, 1994 Casio World Open on the Japan Golf Tour, 1995 New Zealand Open on the Australasian Tour, and the 1996 Dutch Open.

Hoch is the rare American golfer who has criticized the Ryder Cup. Before his participation in the 2002 event he described the Ryder Cup as "overrated" and thought that the competition had gotten too "inflammatory."

Senior career

In May 2007, Hoch won his first Champions Tour event, the FedEx Kinko's Classic. In February 2008, he won his second and third events in consecutive weeks.

In April 2019, Hoch won at the age of 63 the Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf with Tom Pernice Jr. This first win in 11 years made him the oldest winner on the Champions Tour. Hoch's record held until October 2021, when Bernhard Langer broke it at the Dominion Energy Charity Classic.

Personal life

In 1982, Hoch said that he feared he was going to die after an intruder came into his hotel room in Tucson, Arizona, held him and his wife, Sally, at gunpoint, and tied them up for an hour.

In 1989, Hoch said that he was "really hurt" after being named "Least Popular Golfer" in a poll of Tour players conducted by the Dallas Times Herald.

Amateur wins

1977 Northeast Amateur

Professional wins (23)

PGA Tour wins (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Jul 20, 1980	Quad Cities Open	−14 (63-66-68-69=266)	3 strokes	USA Curtis Strange
2	Apr 25, 1982	USF&G Classic	name=weather	Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.}}	2 strokes	AUS Bob Shearer, USA Tom Watson
3	Jul 22, 1984	Miller High Life QCO	−14 (67-67-66-66=266)	5 strokes	USA George Archer, USA Vance Heafner,
USA Dave Stockton
4	Apr 30, 1989	Las Vegas Invitational	−24 (69-64-68-65-70=336)	Playoff	USA Robert Wrenn
5	Feb 20, 1994	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic	−26 (66-62-70-66-70=334)	3 strokes	USA Lennie Clements, USA Jim Gallagher Jr.,
USA Fuzzy Zoeller
6	Sep 3, 1995	Greater Milwaukee Open	−15 (68-71-65-65=269)	3 strokes	USA Marco Dawson
7	Jul 14, 1996	Michelob Championship at Kingsmill	−19 (64-68-66-67=265)	4 strokes	USA Tom Purtzer
8	Aug 31, 1997	Greater Milwaukee Open (2)	−16 (70-66-66-66=268)	1 stroke	USA Loren Roberts, USA David Sutherland
9	Apr 29, 2001	Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic	−16 (68-68-67-69=272)	1 stroke	USA Brett Quigley, USA Scott Simpson
10	Jul 8, 2001	Advil Western Open	−21 (69-68-66-64=267)	1 stroke	USA Davis Love III
11	Mar 9, 2003	Ford Championship at Doral	−17 (66-70-66-69=271)	Playoff	USA Jim Furyk

PGA Tour playoff record (2–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1989	Masters Tournament	ENG Nick Faldo	Lost to birdie on second extra hole
2	1989	Las Vegas Invitational	USA Robert Wrenn	Won with birdie on fifth extra hole
3	1995	Shell Houston Open		USA Payne Stewart	Lost to par on first extra hole
4	2003	Ford Championship at Doral	USA Jim Furyk	Won with birdie on third extra hole

European Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runners-up
1	Jul 30, 1995	Heineken Dutch Open	−15 (65-70-69-65=269)	2 strokes	SWE Michael Jonzon, SCO Sam Torrance

PGA of Japan Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner-up
1	Nov 14, 1982	Taiheiyo Club Masters	−10 (73-70-66-69=278)	3 strokes	JPN Masahiro Kuramoto
2	Nov 28, 1982	Casio World Open	−6 (72-71-69-70=282)	1 stroke	JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima
3	Nov 30, 1986	Casio World Open (2)	−12 (67-72-68-69=276)	6 strokes	ESP José María Olazábal

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents
1	1985	Casio World Open	AUS Wayne Grady, USA Hubert Green,
JPN Nobumitsu Yuhara	Green won with par on second extra hole
Grady and Yuhara eliminated by par on first hole

Korean Tour wins (2)

1990 Korea Open
1991 Korea Open

Other wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score
victory	Runners-up
1	Dec 14, 1986	Chrysler Team Championship
(with USA Gary Hallberg)	−32 (61-63-64-63=251)	1 stroke	USA Mike Hulbert and USA Bob Tway
2	Dec 14, 2008	Merrill Lynch Shootout
(with USA Kenny Perry)	−31 (65-60-60=185)	4 strokes	USA J. B. Holmes and USA Boo Weekley

Other playoff record (0–2)

No.	Year	Tournament
1	1985	Chrysler Team Championship
(with USA Gary Hallberg)	USA Charlie Bolling and USA Brad Fabel,
USA Jim Colbert and USA Tom Purtzer,
USA Raymond Floyd and USA Hal Sutton,
USA John Fought and USA Pat McGowan	Floyd/Sutton won with birdie on first extra hole
2	2000	Franklin Templeton Shootout
(with PAR Carlos Franco)	USA Brad Faxon and USA Scott McCarron	Lost to birdie on first extra hole

PGA Tour Champions wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner(s)-up
1	May 6, 2007	FedEx Kinko's Classic	−15 (67-66-68=201)	2 strokes	USA D. A. Weibring
2	Feb 10, 2008	Allianz Championship	−14 (67-67-68=202)	1 stroke	USA Brad Bryant, USA Bruce Lietzke
3	Feb 17, 2008	ACE Group Classic	−14 (68-66-68=202)	Playoff	USA Brad Bryant, USA Tom Jenkins,
USA Tom Kite
4	Apr 28, 2019	Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf
(with USA Tom Pernice Jr.)	−23 (62-48-46=156)	5 strokes	ENG Paul Broadhurst and USA Kirk Triplett,
PRY Carlos Franco and FJI Vijay Singh

PGA Tour Champions playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents
1	2008	ACE Group Classic	USA Brad Bryant, USA Tom Jenkins,
USA Tom Kite	Won with birdie on first extra hole
2	2011	Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf
(with USA Kenny Perry)	USA David Eger and IRL Mark McNulty	Lost to par on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament	1975	1979
Masters Tournament		T34
U.S. Open	CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament		T37		T27		T53			CUT	2
U.S. Open		CUT	WD	T48		T34		T36	T21	T13
The Open Championship
PGA Championship	CUT	CUT		T61	T48	T12	T41	T3	T25	T7

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	T14	T35			CUT	T7	T5	38	T16	T44
U.S. Open	T8	6	CUT	T5	T13	T56	T7	T10	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship	CUT					T68			CUT
PGA Championship	T49	T43	CUT	T6	CUT	CUT	T61	T6	T29	T21

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Masters Tournament	CUT	T37	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	T16	T16	T5	CUT	T53
The Open Championship		CUT	T8
PGA Championship	T74	T7	CUT	T57	WD

WD = Withdrew

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary

Tournament	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	1	0	2	3	5	18	13
U.S. Open	0	0	2	6	11	23	16
The Open Championship	0	0	0	1	1	5	2
PGA Championship	0	1	1	5	8	24	17

Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (1983 Masters – 1987 PGA)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (4 times)

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Players Championship	T37	T13	CUT	T44	CUT	T14	T39	CUT	CUT

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Players Championship	WD	CUT		CUT	CUT	WD	T19	2	T5	T6

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
The Players Championship	T13	T7	T4		T42

CUT = missed the halfway cut

WD = withdrew

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Match Play	R32	QF		R64	QF	R64
Championship	T7	T17	NT1	T23	T70
Invitational	T23		T21	T55	T51

1Cancelled due to 9/11

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

"T" = Tied

NT = No tournament

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Eisenhower Trophy: 1978 (winners)
Walker Cup: 1979 (winners)

Professional

Presidents Cup: 1994 (winners), 1996 (winners), 1998
Ryder Cup: 1997, 2002
UBS Cup: 2001 (winners), 2002 (winners), 2003 (tie), 2004 (winners)

Notes

References

Yoon, Peter. (1998-02-27). "Hoch's Words As Much the Story as His Round". Los Angeles Times.
(September 4, 1978). "Cook wins title over Scott Hoch". Wilmington Morning Star.
Gregory, Sean. (April 9, 2008). "Hoch the Choke, 1989".
Morfit, Cameron. (January 17, 2007). "Scott Hoch Speaks Candidly About Tiger, CBS and Frank Chirkinian".
Shipnuck, Alan. (July 16, 2001). "He's Got a Shot Scott Hoch, the last man you'd expect to take the British Open, moved into the ranks of the contenders with his Western win".
"Scott Hoch – 1994". Official World Golf Ranking.
Ferguson, Doug. (2002-09-24). "Scott Hoch Gets Ryder Cup Attention". The Edwardsville Intelligencer.
Strege, John. (April 28, 2019). "Scott Hoch, 63, becomes oldest senior tour winner, teams with Tom Pernice to win Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf".
Reilly, Rick. (June 12, 1989). "Hoch As...in Choke".

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