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Pate turned professional in 1975. [7] Late in the year he was the medalist at Fall 1975 PGA Tour Qualifying School. [15] [16] During his rookie season he won the 1976 U.S. Open. [3] [4] [5] He also won the Canadian Open that year. Pate closed with a 63 (-7) to defeat runner-up Jack Nicklaus by four strokes.
The 1976 U.S. Open was the 76th U.S. Open, held June 17–20 at the Highlands Course of the Atlanta Athletic Club in Duluth, Georgia, a suburb northeast of Atlanta.Tour rookie Jerry Pate won his only major championship, two strokes ahead of runners-up Al Geiberger and Tom Weiskopf.
Playing an orange ball, [6] Jerry Pate shot a final round 67 (−5) to win by two strokes over runners-up Scott Simpson and Brad Bryant. [7] Pate started the final round three strokes behind the leaders, in a tie for sixth place.
The Southern Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1970 to 2002. It was played at the Green Island Country Club in Columbus, Georgia, from 1970 to 1990 and at the Callaway Gardens Resort (Mountain View Course), Pine Mountain, Georgia, from 1991 to 2002.
His final-round 75 tied the post-World War II tournament record for highest final round score by the champion. Jerry Pate, the 1976 champion, began the day five behind Irwin and carded a 72 to finish two back. 1965 champion Gary Player, nine behind at the start of the round, fired a 68 to tie Pate for 2nd. Weiskopf struggled on his way to a 76 ...
Ol' Colony was designed by professional golfer Jerry Pate, who played golf for The University of Alabama. The University of Alabama made Ol’ Colony its home course and constructed a training facility, The Jerry Pate Center, on the grounds in 2005. [1]
The course was designed by professional golfer Jerry Pate and Tom Fazio, with Pate supervising renovations in 2020. [1] Golf Digest rated Old Overton as one of the Best New Private Courses in 1994. They listed the course as the third best in the state in 2005, [2] and fifth in 2019. [3]
The 1978 PGA Championship was the 60th PGA Championship, played August 3–6 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh. John Mahaffey won his only major championship in a sudden-death playoff over Jerry Pate and Tom Watson.