Hal Underwood

Hal Underwood
Personal information
Full nameHal Mac Underwood
Born (1945-11-09) November 9, 1945 (age 79)
Ballinger, Texas, U.S.
Sporting nationality United States
Career
CollegeUniversity of Houston
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia2

Hal Mac Underwood (born November 9, 1945)[1] is an American professional golfer.

Amateur career

Underwood played college golf at the University of Houston. He played on two NCAA Championship teams (1966 and 1967), was an All-American in 1966 and 1967, and won several college tournaments.[2][3]

Professional career

Underwood never won on the PGA Tour but finished runner-up to Gary Player in the 1971 Greater Jacksonville Open.[4] He had a little more success internationally, winning the 1975 Portuguese Open on the European Tour and the two events on the Australian/New Zealand circuit. He also recorded a runner-up at the 1977 Malaysian Dunlop Masters.[5]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 Apr 11, 1975 Portuguese Open E (73-72-71-76=292) 3 strokes Argentina Vicente Fernández

PGA Tour of Australia wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 Oct 2, 1977 Queensland Open −7 (71-69-71-70=281) 2 strokes Australia Mike Ferguson, Australia Peter Headland

New Zealand Golf Circuit wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 Nov 30, 1975 Otago Charity Classic −6 (67-73-72-70=282) Playoff United States Bob Clark

New Zealand Golf Circuit playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1975 Otago Charity Classic United States Bob Clark Won with par on first extra hole

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1971 Greater Jacksonville Open South Africa Gary Player Lost to par on second extra hole

Awards and honors

  • Underwood was inducted into the Texas Golf Hall of Fame in 1991.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "FamilySearch.org". Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "National Golf Champions – University of Houston". p. 27.
  3. ^ "University of Houston Media Almanac: 2015–16 Men's Golf" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  4. ^ Macfeely, F.T. (March 22, 1971). "Gary Player wins in two hole playoff". Gettysburg Times. Associated Press. p. 5.
  5. ^ "Suzuki Is Golf Victor". The New York Times. April 4, 1976. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  6. ^ "Hal Underwood". Texas Golf Hall of Fame.


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