Jerry Heard

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Jerry Heard
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name Jerry M. Heard
Born (1947-05-01) May 1, 1947 (age 76)
Visalia, California
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 14 st)
Nationality  United States
Career
College Fresno State
Turned professional 1968
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Champions Tour
Professional wins 7
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 5
European Tour 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T5: 1972
U.S. Open T7: 1973
The Open Championship T28: 1972
PGA Championship T7: 1972

Jerry M. Heard (born May 1, 1947) is an American professional golfer who won several PGA Tour events in the 1970s.

Heard was born in Visalia, California. He became a professional golfer in 1968 and joined the PGA Tour in 1969. His first professional win came in the American Golf Classic at the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio in 1971. He finished with a four-day total of 275, three strokes better than runner-up Dale Douglass. In 1972, he won the Florida Citrus Open and the Colonial National Invitation. Heard had nearly 60 top-10 finishes in PGA Tour events in his career including four top-10 finishes in major championships — his best finish in a major was T-5 at the 1972 Masters Tournament.[1] Heard was struck by lightning at the 1975 Western Open, along with playing partner Lee Trevino. Three others were also struck: Bobby Nichols, Jim Ahern, and Tony Jacklin.[2][3]

Heard left the Tour in 1980, and today owns and operates a golf school, the Jerry Heard Golf Academy located at the Silverthorn Country Club in Spring Hill, Florida. His school had been located for many years in southwest Florida – in the Fort Myers area.

Professional wins (7)

PGA Tour wins (5)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 Aug 8, 1971 American Golf Classic 67-66-68-74=275 −5 3 strokes United States Dale Douglass
2 Mar 12, 1972 Florida Citrus Open 70-67-70-69=276 −12 2 strokes United States Bobby Mitchell
3 May 14, 1972 Colonial National Invitation 69-66-67-73=275 −5 2 strokes United States Fred Marti
4 Mar 3, 1974 Florida Citrus Open 67-68-69-69=273 −15 3 strokes United States Homero Blancas, United States Jim Jamieson
5 May 28, 1978 Atlanta Classic 67-67-68-67=269 −19 2 strokes United States Lou Graham, United States Bob Murphy
United States Tom Watson

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1974 Kemper Open United States Bob Menne Lost to birdie on first extra hole

European Tour wins (1)

Other wins

Results in major championships

Tournament 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 48 T5 56 T11 T26 DNP DNP DNP CUT
U.S. Open CUT DNP DNP DNP CUT T13 T29 T7 T45 T29 DNP DNP DNP CUT
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T28 DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T9 T7 T66 T48 T25 T22 DNP T64 DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 5
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 5
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 2 4 7 7
Totals 0 0 0 1 4 8 23 18
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 12 (1971 PGA – 1974 U.S. Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (four times)

See also

References

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External links

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