Douglas Fred Tewell (born August 27, 1949) is an American
professional golfer
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who has won several tournaments at both the
PGA Tour
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and
Champions Tour
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History and format
The Senior PGA Championship, founded in 1937, was for many years ...
level, including two
senior major championships.
Tewell was born in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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[ and reared in ]Stillwater, Oklahoma
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. He got started in the game by working as a caddie for his father.[ He attended ]Oklahoma State University
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[ in his hometown on a ]basketball
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scholarship his freshman year, but later switched to golf
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.[ Tewell graduated and turned pro in 1971.]
Tewell joined the PGA Tour in 1975; his best year came in 1980 when he won the Sea Pines Heritage
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Th ...
and IVB-Golf Classic. He won two more times on the Tour in the mid-1980s. His best finishes in a major
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were T-9 at the 1983 PGA Championship
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and T-10 at the 1986 PGA Championship. Tewell was forced off the PGA Tour at the age of 46 at the end of the 1995 season due to an orthopedic problem in his left elbow
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. He had arthroscopic surgery on the same elbow in 2005, a procedure he describes as "cleaning out scar tissue".
The biggest win in his career was his first on the Champions Tour. He won his first major
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, the Senior PGA Championship
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[ at the ]PGA National Resort & Spa
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in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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by seven shots over four other players including Tom Kite
Thomas Oliver Kite Jr. (born December 9, 1949) is an American professional golfer and golf course architect. He won the U.S. Open in 1992 and spent 175 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking between 1989 and 1994.
Career
Kite wa ...
and Hale Irwin
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.
Tewell lives today in Edmond, Oklahoma
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with his wife Pam. They have a daughter, Kristie, and a son, Jay. Kristie is married to former Nationwide Tour player Pat Bates
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Bates was born in St. Louis, Missouri. ...
.
Professional wins
PGA Tour wins (4)
PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)
Other wins (4)
*1978 South Central PGA Championship
*1982 Oklahoma Open
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*1988 Acom Team Championship
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(with Bob Gilder
Robert Bryan Gilder (born December 31, 1950) is an American professional golfer. He won six tournaments on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour, where he has ten wins since joining in 2001.
Early years
Born in Corvallis, Oregon ...
)
*1995 Jerry Ford Invitational
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Champions Tour wins (8)
''*Note: The 2000 PGA Seniors' Championship was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.''
Champions Tour playoff record (1–1)
Results in major championships
''Note: Tewell never played in The Open Championship
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CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Results in The Players Championship
CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Champions Tour major championships
Wins (2)
References
External links
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American male golfers
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Winners of senior major golf championships
Golfers from Louisiana
Golfers from Oklahoma
American men's basketball players
Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball players
Sportspeople from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Sportspeople from Edmond, Oklahoma
People from Stillwater, Oklahoma
1949 births
Living people