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Billy Joe Patton

William Joseph Patton(April 19, 1922[1]– January 1, 2011[2]) was an Americangolferbest known for almost winning the1954 Masters Tournament.

Billy Joe Patton
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Joseph Patton
Born(1922-04-19)April 19, 1922
Morganton, North Carolina,U.S.
DiedJanuary 1, 2011(2011-01-01)(aged 88)
Morganton, North Carolina,U.S.
Sporting nationalityUnited States
Career
StatusAmateur
Professional wins2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament3rd:1954
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenT6:1954
The Open ChampionshipDNP
U.S. AmateurT3: 1962
British AmateurT5: 1955
Achievements and awards
Bob Jones Award1982

Patton was born inMorganton, North Carolina.He graduated fromWake Forest Universityin 1943.

In the 1954 Masters Tournament atAugusta National Golf Club,Patton came within one stroke of being in a three-man playoff withBen HoganandSam Snead.His final round 71 included a hole-in-one on the par-3 6th hole and a double bogey on the par-5 13th hole, when he tried to reach the green in two and put his ball intoRae's Creek.

Patton won several amateur tournaments including theNorth and South Amateurthree times and theSouthern Amateurtwice. He also won theCarolinas Opentwice.

Patton played on fiveWalker Cupteams; 1955, 1957, 1959, 1963, and 1965 and was captain of the 1969 team. He played on theEisenhower Trophyteam in 1958 and 1962.

Patton was awarded theBob Jones Awardby theUnited States Golf Associationin 1982.

Patton was inducted into several Halls of Fame:

  • North Carolina Sports Hall of Famein 1967[3]
  • Wake Forest University's Sports Hall of Fame in 1974[4]
  • Southern Golf Association Hall of Fame in 1975[5]
  • Carolinas Golf Reporters Association Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame in 1981[6]
  • Burke County Sports Hall of Fame in 2007[7]

Tournament wins

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Results in major championships

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Tournament 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
Masters Tournament 3LA T49 T12 CUT 8LA T8
U.S. Open CUT T36 T54 T6LA 13 T8LA CUT
U.S. Amateur R64 R32 R64 R64 R256 R32 R128 R64 R32
The Amateur Championship QF R128
Tournament 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
Masters Tournament T13LA CUT CUT 48 T37 CUT CUT
U.S. Open CUT CUT
U.S. Amateur R64 R32 SF R64 R16 T19 T26 T8 CUT T23
The Amateur Championship R256
Top 10
Did not play

LA= low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play

Sources: Masters,[8]U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur,[9]British Amateur: 1955,[10]1959[11]

U.S. national team appearances

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References

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  1. ^William Joseph "Billy Joe" Patton obituary-Winston-Salem Journal
  2. ^Patton, nearly the 1954 Masters champion, dies[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame profileArchivedNovember 27, 2010, at theWayback Machine
  4. ^"Wake Forest University's Sports Hall of Fame members".Archived fromthe originalon May 9, 2008.RetrievedJune 9,2008.
  5. ^Southern Golf Association's Hall of Fame profileArchivedNovember 21, 2008, at theWayback Machine
  6. ^Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame membersArchivedAugust 8, 2008, at theWayback Machine
  7. ^Waters, Roy (March 7, 2011)."COLUMN: More about Billy Joe".Hickory Daily Record.RetrievedApril 11,2024.
  8. ^masters
  9. ^USGA Championship DatabaseArchivedDecember 21, 2010, at theWayback Machine
  10. ^"Second Englishman In Final Since War".Glasgow Herald.June 4, 1955. p. 9.
  11. ^"Two More Walker Cup Players Beaten".Glasgow Herald.May 27, 1959. p. 9.
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