Full name Douglas Fred Tewell Other 3 Weight 95 kg Nationality United States Name Doug Tewell PGA tour wins 4 | Turned professional 1971 Role Golfer Professional wins 15 Height 1.78 m | |
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Born August 27, 1949 (age 74)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana ( 1949-08-27 ) College Oklahoma State University Education Oklahoma State University–Stillwater Residence Edmond, Oklahoma, United States | ||
Former tours PGA TOUR, Champions Tour | ||
06 Three Quarter Swing
Douglas Fred Tewell (born August 27, 1949) is an American professional golfer who has won several tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level, including two senior major championships.
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- 06 Three Quarter Swing
- PGA Tour wins 4
- Other wins 4
- Champions Tour wins 8
- Results in major championships
- References
Tewell was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and reared in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He got started in the game by working as a caddie for his father. He attended Oklahoma State University in his hometown on a basketball scholarship his freshman year, but later switched to golf. Tewell graduated and turned pro in 1971.
Tewell joined the PGA Tour in 1975; his best year came in 1980 when he won the Sea Pines Heritage and IVB-Golf Classic. He won two more times on the Tour in the mid-1980s. His best finishes in a major were T-9 at the 1983 PGA Championship and T-10 at the 1986 PGA Championship. Tewell was forced off the PGA Tour at the age of 46 at the end of the 1995 season due to an orthopedic problem in his left elbow. He had arthroscopic surgery on the same elbow in 2005, a procedure he describes as "cleaning out scar tissue".
The biggest win in his career was his first on the Champions Tour. He won his first major, the Senior PGA Championship at the PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida by seven shots over four other players including Tom Kite and Hale Irwin.
Tewell lives today in Edmond, Oklahoma with his wife Pam. They have a daughter, Kristie, and a son, Jay. Kristie is married to former Nationwide Tour player Pat Bates. Tewell has worked as a color analyst for the Golf Channel, ESPN and Fox Sports. Tewell and fellow Edmond Oklahoman Gil Morgan are close friends and are often seen playing for fun together.
PGA Tour wins (4)
PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)
Other wins (4)
Champions Tour wins (8)
Champions Tour playoff record (1–1)
Results in major championships
Note: Tewell never played in The Open Championship
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.