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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Two-time U.S. Golf Open Champion Andy North first broke 80 in Barrington, at Thunderbird Country Club

Andrew Stewart North (born March 9, 1950) is an American professional golfer.
Contents
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* 1 Early years
* 2 College career
* 3 Professional career
* 4 Amateur wins (2)
* 5 Professional wins (14)
o 5.1 PGA Tour wins (3)
o 5.2 Other wins (4)
o 5.3 Champions Tour wins (1)
o 5.4 Other senior wins (6)
* 6 Major Championships
o 6.1 Wins (2)
o 6.2 Results timeline
* 7 See also
* 8 External links

[edit] Early years

North was born in Thorp, Wisconsin, and raised in Monona, Wisconsin. He attended Monona Grove High School, and graduated in 1968.
[edit] College career

North attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for the Florida Gators men's golf team from 1969 to 1972. He was first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection and an All-American in 1970, 1971 and 1972. North graduated from Florida with a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1972.
[edit] Professional career

North turned professional in 1972. He had a moderately successful career on the PGA Tour made remarkable by the fact that two of his three wins on the Tour were in the U.S. Open. The first PGA Tour win of North's career came at the 1977 American Express Westchester Classic. He was 28 years old when he won the 1978 U.S. Open at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado. He moved into the lead after the second round, and was one shot ahead going into Sunday, but an erratic final round left him needing to make a five on the last hole to take the championship. He struggled up the eighteenth, finding the rough twice and then landing in a greenside bunker, but he nailed a four foot putt to win by one stroke over J. C. Snead and Dave Stockton.

At the 1985 U.S. Open, North found himself two shots behind Taiwan's Tze-Chung Chen going into the final round, but three shots clear of the rest of the field. Chen moved into a four shot lead early on, but threw the tournament wide open by shooting a quadruple bogey eight on the fifth hole. The lead swung between North, Chen and Dave Barr, who had surged into contention, but North went into the last hole with a two shot lead, and his bogey five was enough to give him a second major championship.

North played on the 1985 Ryder Cup team. In 1990, he won the PGA Grand Slam of Golf. Since turning fifty in 2000 North has played intermittently on the Champions Tour. His best finish at this level is second in the 2001 Emerald Coast Classic. The improbability of North's career is illustrated by the fact that the only other post World War II golfer to win two U.S. Opens without reaching double figures in individual professional titles is Lee Janzen, and he accumulated eight to North's three.

As of 1993, North serves as a golf analyst for ESPN. He was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1998.
[edit] Amateur wins (2)

* 1969 Wisconsin Amateur
* 1971 Western Amateur

[edit] Professional wins (14)
[edit] PGA Tour wins (3)

* 1977 American Express Westchester Classic
* 1978 U.S. Open
* 1985 U.S. Open

Major championships are shown in bold.
[edit] Other wins (4)

* 1978 World Cup (with John Mahaffey)
* 1979 PGA Grand Slam of Golf (tie with Gary Player)
* 1980 Center Open (Argentina)
* 1990 PGA Grand Slam of Golf

[edit] Champions Tour wins (1)

* 2008 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Tom Watson)

[edit] Other senior wins (6)

* 2000 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Jim Colbert)
* 2001 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Jim Colbert)
* 2005 ING Par-3 Shootout, Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Raphael Division (with Tom Watson)
* 2006 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Raphael Division (with Tom Watson)
* 2007 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Raphael Division (with Tom Watson)

[edit] Major Championships
[edit] Wins (2)
Year Championship 54 Holes Winning Score Margin Runners-up
1978 U.S. Open 1 shot lead +1 (70-70-71-74= 285) 1 stroke United States J. C. Snead, United States Dave Stockton
1985 U.S. Open (2) 2 shot deficit -1 (70-65-70-74=279) 1 stroke Canada Dave Barr, Republic of China Tze-Chung Chen, Zimbabwe Denis Watson
[edit] Results timeline
Tournament 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
The Masters DNP DNP T37 T24 T32 T12
U.S. Open DNP T12 T14 CUT 1 T11
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
PGA Championship T39 4 T49 CUT T42 CUT
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Masters T24 CUT CUT T30 T41 DNP DNP CUT T36 CUT
U.S. Open T8 T43 T22 T10 CUT 1 67 CUT CUT CUT
The Open Championship T45 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T47 DNP
PGA Championship T15 T11 T70 CUT DNP CUT CUT CUT CUT T58
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
The Masters T27 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open T51 T37 CUT CUT CUT CUT
The Open Championship T39 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10
[edit] See also
Biography portal
Golf portal

* Golfers with most PGA Tour wins
* List of Florida Gators golfers
* List of University of Florida alumni

[edit] External links

* Profile on PGA Tour's official site
* Andy North's ESPN Bio

[show]v · d · eU.S. Open champions

1895 Horace Rawlins · 1896 James Foulis · 1897 Joe Lloyd · 1898 Fred Herd · 1899 Willie Smith · 1900 Harry Vardon · 1901 Willie Anderson† · 1902 Laurie Auchterlonie · 1903 Willie Anderson† · 1904 Willie Anderson · 1905 Willie Anderson · 1906 Alex Smith · 1907 Alec Ross · 1908 Fred McLeod† · 1909 George Sargent · 1910 Alex Smith† · 1911 John McDermott† · 1912 John McDermott · 1913 Francis Ouimet‡ · 1914 Walter Hagen · 1915 Jerome Travers# · 1916 Chick Evans# · 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I · 1919 Walter Hagen† · 1920 Ted Ray · 1921 Jim Barnes · 1922 Gene Sarazen · 1923 Bobby Jones‡ · 1924 Cyril Walker · 1925 Willie Macfarlane† · 1926 Bobby Jones# · 1927 Tommy Armour† · 1928 Johnny Farrell† · 1929 Bobby Jones‡ · 1930 Bobby Jones# · 1931 Billy Burke† · 1932 Gene Sarazen · 1933 Johnny Goodman# · 1934 Olin Dutra · 1935 Sam Parks, Jr. · 1936 Tony Manero · 1937 Ralph Guldahl · 1938 Ralph Guldahl · 1939 Byron Nelson† · 1940 Lawson Little† · 1941 Craig Wood · 1942–45 Cancelled due to World War II · 1946 Lloyd Mangrum† · 1947 Lew Worsham† · 1948 Ben Hogan · 1949 Cary Middlecoff · 1950 Ben Hogan† · 1951 Ben Hogan · 1952 Julius Boros · 1953 Ben Hogan · 1954 Ed Furgol · 1955 Jack Fleck† · 1956 Cary Middlecoff · 1957 Dick Mayer† · 1958 Tommy Bolt · 1959 Billy Casper · 1960 Arnold Palmer · 1961 Gene Littler · 1962 Jack Nicklaus† · 1963 Julius Boros† · 1964 Ken Venturi · 1965 Gary Player† · 1966 Billy Casper† · 1967 Jack Nicklaus · 1968 Lee Trevino · 1969 Orville Moody · 1970 Tony Jacklin · 1971 Lee Trevino† · 1972 Jack Nicklaus · 1973 Johnny Miller · 1974 Hale Irwin · 1975 Lou Graham† · 1976 Jerry Pate · 1977 Hubert Green · 1978 Andy North · 1979 Hale Irwin · 1980 Jack Nicklaus · 1981 David Graham · 1982 Tom Watson · 1983 Larry Nelson · 1984 Fuzzy Zoeller† · 1985 Andy North · 1986 Raymond Floyd · 1987 Scott Simpson · 1988 Curtis Strange† · 1989 Curtis Strange · 1990 Hale Irwin† · 1991 Payne Stewart† · 1992 Tom Kite · 1993 Lee Janzen · 1994 Ernie Els† · 1995 Corey Pavin · 1996 Steve Jones · 1997 Ernie Els · 1998 Lee Janzen · 1999 Payne Stewart · 2000 Tiger Woods · 2001 Retief Goosen† · 2002 Tiger Woods · 2003 Jim Furyk · 2004 Retief Goosen · 2005 Michael Campbell · 2006 Geoff Ogilvy · 2007 Ángel Cabrera · 2008 Tiger Woods† · 2009 Lucas Glover · 2010 Graeme McDowell
† indicates the event was won in a playoff ‡ indicates the event was won in a playoff by an amateur
# indicates the event was won by an amateur
[show]v · d · eUnited States Ryder Cup team – 1985

Raymond Floyd · Hubert Green · Peter Jacobsen · Tom Kite · Andy North · Mark O'Meara · Calvin Peete · Craig Stadler · Curtis Strange · Hal Sutton · Lanny Wadkins · Fuzzy Zoeller
Lee Trevino (non-playing captain)
Lost: 11.5 – 16.5
United States
[show]v · d · e University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame

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Name North, Andy
Alternative names North, Andrew Stewart; North, Andrew S.
Short description All-American college golfer, professional golfer, PGA Tour member, U.S. Open champion
Date of birth March 9, 1950
Place of birth Thorp, Wisconsin, United States
Date of death
Place of death
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_North"
Categories: 1950 births | Living people | American golfers | Champions Tour golfers | Florida Gators men's golfers | Golf writers and broadcasters | People from Clark County, Wisconsin | People from Dane County, Wisconsin | PGA Tour golfers | Winners of men's major golf championships

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