Jay Don Blake
Jay Don Blake | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Jay Don Blake |
Born | St. George, Utah,U.S. | October 28, 1958
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 14 st) |
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Residence | St. George, Utah,U.S. |
Career | |
College | Utah State University |
Turned professional | 1981 |
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions |
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Professional wins | 7 |
Highestranking | 63 (June 28, 1992)[1] |
Number of wins by tour | |
PGA Tour | 1 |
PGA Tour Champions | 3 |
Other | 3 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | T27: 1991 |
PGA Championship | T13: 1991 |
U.S. Open | T6:1992 |
The Open Championship | T64: 1991 |
Jay Don Blake(born October 28, 1958) is an Americanprofessional golferwho has played on thePGA Tourand theNationwide Tour.He currently plays on thePGA Tour Champions.
Blake was born and raised inSt. George, Utah,where he attended Dixie High School, graduating in 1977. Blake learned the game ofgolfon the public Dixie Red Hills Golf Course.[2]He attendedUtah State UniversityinLoganand was a member of the golf team. He won the 1980NCAA Championshipand was namedNCAAPlayer of the Yearin 1981. He turned pro in 1981 and joined thePGA Tourin 1987.
Although Blake has only one victory on thePGA Tour,he earned a spot in the top-125 for 15 consecutive years after joining the tour in 1987. Blake has more than 3 dozen top-10 finishes in official PGA Tour events, including more than a half-dozen seconds and thirds. Blake's best career year was 1991 when he had six top-10 finishes, including oneTourwin, $563,854 in earnings and finished 21st on the final money list;[3]he also had a win in international competition that year. His best finish in amajor championshipis T6 at the 1992U.S. Open.[4]
In his late 40s, Blake played mostly inNationwide Tourevents. He began playing on the Champions Tour in 2009. He earned his first win in September 2011 at theSongdo IBD ChampionshipinSouth Koreathen picked up his second victory of the year at the season endingCharles Schwab Cup Championship.
Blake lives inSt. George, Utah.
Amateur wins (1)
[edit]Professional wins (7)
[edit]PGA Tour wins (1)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | Feb 17,1991 | Shearson Lehman Brothers Open | −20 (69-65-67-67=268) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
Other wins (3)
[edit]- 1988Utah Open
- 1991Argentine Open
- 1994Jerry Ford Invitational
Champions Tour wins (3)
[edit]Legend |
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Tour Championships (1) |
Other Champions Tour (2) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Sep 18,2011 | Songdo IBD Championship | −13 (68-67-68=203) | Playoff | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2 | Nov 6, 2011 | Charles Schwab Cup Championship | −8 (71-68-66-71=276) | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3 | Aug 26,2012 | Boeing Classic | −10 (68-70-68=206) | Playoff | ![]() |
Champions Tour playoff record (2–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2011 | Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am | ![]() |
Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 2011 | Songdo IBD Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Won with birdie on fifth extra hole O'Meara and Senior eliminated by par on third hole |
3 | 2012 | Boeing Classic | ![]() |
Won with birdie on second extra hole |
Playoff record
[edit]PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 1991 | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Nelson won with par on fourth extra hole Ballesteros eliminated by birdie on third hole Blake eliminated by par on first hole |
Results in major championships
[edit]Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
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Masters Tournament | ||||||||||
U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | T24 | T18 | ||||||
The Open Championship | ||||||||||
PGA Championship | T25 | CUT |
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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Masters Tournament | T27 | CUT | T45 | |||||||
U.S. Open | CUT | T6 | T62 | CUT | CUT | |||||
The Open Championship | T64 | |||||||||
PGA Championship | WD | T13 | T76 | T66 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T56 |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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Masters Tournament | ||||||||||
U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | T64 | |||||||
The Open Championship | ||||||||||
PGA Championship | CUT |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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Masters Tournament | ||||
U.S. Open | CUT | |||
The Open Championship | ||||
PGA Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Summary
[edit]Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 5 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 13 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (1992 U.S. Open - 1993 U.S. Open)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 1
Results in senior major championships
[edit]Results not in chronological order prior to 2021.
Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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The Tradition | T47 | T18 | T21 | T34 | T72 | T20 | T53 | NT | |||||
Senior PGA Championship | T28 | T8 | T27 | T29 | T66 | CUT | T59 | 75 | NT | ||||
Senior Players Championship | T15 | T33 | T13 | T20 | T36 | T54 | T9 | T23 | 74 | 76 | |||
U.S. Senior Open | T22 | T35 | NT | ||||||||||
Senior British Open Championship | CUT | T3 | CUT | T10 | CUT | T40 | NT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due toCOVID-19 pandemic
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Week 26 1992 Ending 28 Jun 1992"(pdf).OWGR.RetrievedOctober 29,2019.
- ^"Dixie Red Hills Golf Course Information".
- ^"Jay Don Blake – Performance".PGA Tour.RetrievedApril 21,2017.
- ^"Jay Don Blake".Golf Major Championships.RetrievedApril 21,2017.
External links
[edit]- Jay Don Blakeat thePGA Tourofficial site
- Jay Don Blakeat theOfficial World Golf Rankingofficial site