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Dale Hayes
Personal information
Born (1952-07-01) 1 July 1952 (age 72)
Pretoria, Union of South Africa
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight276 lb (125 kg; 19.7 st)
Sporting nationality South Africa
ResidenceSandton, South Africa
Career
Turned professional1970
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Southern Africa Tour
Professional wins23
Number of wins by tour
European Tour4
Sunshine Tour14
Other5
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT19: 1976
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT11: 1978
Achievements and awards
Southern Africa Tour
Order of Merit winner		1972–73
European Tour
Order of Merit winner		1975

Dale Hayes (born 1 July 1952) is a South African professional golfer.

Amateur career

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Hayes won the 15–17 Boys category at the Junior World Golf Championships in 1969.

Professional career

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Hayes turned professional in 1970. He won more than a dozen events in South Africa, leading the South African Tour Order of Merit in 1972/73.[1] He also finished as runner up on the Order of Merit in 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1979. In 1974, he won the World Cup of Golf for South Africa in partnership with Bobby Cole.

In 1971, Hayes won the Spanish Open at the age of 18 years. In 1973, he was fourth on the European Tour Order of Merit, improving to second in 1974 and first in 1975. He played on the PGA Tour in 1976 and 1977, with a best finish of tied for second at the 1977 Florida Citrus Open.[2] He also finished in the top four on the European Tour's Order of Merit in 1978 and 1979, but played little professional golf after his late twenties.

Since he stopped playing tour golf, Hayes has remained involved in the sport in a variety of ways. He has worked as a broadcaster in South Africa and for the Golf Channel, started and edited a golf magazine and helped to found an internet golf shopping business. He is involved in golf course design through a company called Matkovich & Hayes, although he deals only with marketing and public relations, while the actual design is handled by his business partner Peter Matkovic, a professional golfer. Hayes also works as a public speaker and gives golf clinics.

Amateur wins

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Professional wins (23)

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European Tour wins (4)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 20 Jul 1975 Swiss Open −7 (68-69-66-70=273) 1 stroke South Africa Tienie Britz, Scotland Bernard Gallacher,
South Africa Gary Player
2 7 May 1978 Italian Open +5 (74-72-68-79=293) 3 strokes South Africa Vin Baker, England Tommy Horton
3 15 May 1978 French Open −19 (66-69-67-67=269) 11 strokes Spain Seve Ballesteros
4 22 Apr 1979 Spanish Open −10 (70-75-67-66=278) 2 strokes Scotland Brian Barnes

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1979 Italian Open Scotland Brian Barnes Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole

Southern Africa Tour wins (14)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 4 Dec 1971 Bert Hagerman Invitational −22 (66-66-66-68=266) 5 strokes South Africa Hugh Baiocchi
2 7 Jan 1973 Holiday Inns Open −8 (69-67=136) 1 stroke South Africa Trevor Wilkes
3 17 Feb 1973 Corlett Drive Classic −14 (68-72-69-65=274) 2 strokes South Africa Comrie du Toit
4 24 Feb 1973 Schoeman Park Open −10 (72-71-66-69=278) 5 strokes South Africa Dave Wren
5 9 Dec 1973 Rhodesian Dunlop Masters −13 (69-68-68-70=275) 2 strokes South Africa Allan Henning
6 15 Dec 1973 Rolux Open −21 (64-67-68-68=267) 7 strokes South Africa Harold Henning
7 23 Feb 1974 Holiday Inns Open −19 (64-68-67-70=269) 2 strokes New Zealand Bob Charles
8 16 Nov 1974 Beck's PGA Championship −9 (68-65-69-69=271) 1 stroke South Africa Gary Player
9 29 Nov 1975 Beck's PGA Championship (2) −14 (66-71-62-67=266) 6 strokes South Africa Allan Henning
10 6 Dec 1975 Holiday Inns Open (2) −13 (69-75-66-65=275) Playoff South Africa John Fourie
11 31 Jan 1976 BP South African Open −1 (75-69-71-72=287) Playoff South Africa John Fourie
12 20 Nov 1976 Sportsman Lager PGA Championship (3) −14 (68-66-66-66=266) 1 stroke South Africa Gary Player
13 18 Nov 1978 ICL International −15 (65-65-66-69=265) Playoff South Africa Hugh Baiocchi
14 15 Dec 1978 Kronenbrau Masters −13 (67-72-66-70=275) Playoff South Africa Tienie Britz

Southern Africa Tour playoff record (3–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1973 General Motors International Classic South Africa Hugh Baiocchi Lost to par on second extra hole
2 1975 Holiday Inns Open South Africa John Fourie Won with par on fourth extra hole
3 1976 BP South African Open South Africa John Fourie Won 18-hole playoff;
Hayes: −3 (69),
Fourie: E (72)
4 1976 Holiday Inns Invitational South Africa Hugh Baiocchi Lost to par on fourth extra hole
5 1978 ICL International South Africa Hugh Baiocchi Won with par on third extra hole
6 1978 Kronenbrau Masters South Africa Tienie Britz Won with birdie on third extra hole

Other wins (5)

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This list is incomplete.

Results in major championships

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Tournament 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
Masters Tournament CUT T19 CUT
The Open Championship CUT 17 CUT T39 CUT T32 T48 T11 CUT T38 CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1972 Open Championship)
"T" = tied
Note: Hayes never played in the U.S. Open or the PGA Championship.

Team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

  • World Cup (representing South Africa): 1974 (winners), 1976
  • Datsun International (representing South Africa): 1976 (winners)[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Berkovitz, Anton; Samson, Andrew (1993). South Africa and international sports factfinder. D. Nelson. p. 96. ISBN 1868061019.
  2. ^ Johnson, Sal; Seanor, Dave, eds. (2009). The USA Today Golfers Encyclopedia. New York, New York: Skyhorse Publishing. pp. 239–40. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8.
  3. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
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