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Full name
  
Jack D. Rule, Jr.

College
  
University of Iowa

Masters Tournament
  
CUT: 1964

Name
  
Jack Jr.

Height
  
1.78 m

Education
  
University of Iowa

PGA tour wins
  
2

Nationality
  
United States

Turned professional
  
1961

U.S. Open
  
T54: 1974

Role
  
Golfer

Weight
  
82 kg

Former tours
  
PGA TOUR

Professional wins
  
5

Born
  
November 13, 1938 (age 85) Mason City, Iowa (
1938-11-13
)

Jack D. Rule, Jr. (born November 13, 1938) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s.

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Rule was born in Mason City, Iowa and grew up in Waterloo, Iowa. He defeated Jack Nicklaus in the 1956 U.S. Junior Amateur semi-finals but lost to Harlan Stevenson in the finals. He graduated from the University of Iowa and turned professional in 1961.

Rule won twice on the PGA Tour, the 1963 St. Paul Open Invitational and the 1965 Oklahoma City Open Invitational. His best finish in a major was T39 at the 1964 PGA Championship.

Rule played sparingly on the Champions Tour from 1989 to 2001, mostly in the U.S. Senior Open.

In 1993, Rule was inducted into the Iowa Golf Hall of Fame.

Amateur wins

  • 1956 National Jaycee Tournament
  • 1958 Waterloo Open Amateur Tournament, Iowa Amateur, Western Junior
  • 1959 Waterloo Open Amateur Tournament, Iowa Amateur
  • Other wins

  • 1966 Haig & Haig Scotch Foursome (with Sandra Spuzich)
  • 1969 Waterloo Open Golf Classic
  • 1974 Waterloo Open Golf Classic
  • References

    Jack Rule, Jr. Wikipedia