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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.
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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.
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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.
The 1982 Players Championship, played for the first time at the TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course, was a wacky week on a wild course. But Jerry Pate was supremely confident he would win.