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Jerry Haas

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Nationality
  
United States

Retired
  
1996

Weight
  
77 kg

Nephews
  
Bill Haas, Jay Haas Jr.

Turned professional
  
1986

Height
  
1.78 m

Siblings
  
Jay Haas

College
  
Wake Forest University

Role
  
Golfer

Current tours
  
Champions Tour

Spouse
  
Elizabeth

Name
  
Jerry Haas

Education
  
Wake Forest University


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Born
  
September 16, 1963 (age 60) Belleville, Illinois (
1963-09-16
)

Residence
  
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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Jerry Haas (born September 16, 1963) is an American professional golfer who coaches Wake Forest University's golf team and used to play on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour and the European Tour.

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Amateur career

Haas was born in Belleville, Illinois. He won the Illinois Amateur championship in 1982 and 1984 while he attended Wake Forest. In 1985 he was named second team All-American in his final year at Wake and was also selected to the American Walker Cup team. Haas finished an impressive T-31 at the 1985 Masters Tournament as an amateur. He turned professional in 1986.

Professional career

Haas played on the European Tour in 1988 and 1989. He finished 57th on the money list in 1989. Haas finished in 3rd at qualifying school in 1989 earning him his PGA Tour card for 1990. He played on the PGA Tour full-time in 1990 and 1991 and split time between the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour in 1992. He played on the Nationwide Tour in 1993 and 1994 and won three events on tour in 1994. Those three wins helped earn Haas his PGA Tour card for 1995 but he would have to go back to the Nationwide Tour in 1996.

In 1997, Haas stopped playing professionally and spent a year as a commentator for The Golf Channel and also spent time as a teaching professional at the Yorktown Golf Club in his hometown of Belleville, Illinois.

Coaching career

Haas was named the head coach of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons golf team on September 1, 1997 and with the hiring stopped playing professional golf. He rebuilt the Wake Forest golf program and during his time they have seen over 15 All-ACC selections and over 15 individual tournament champions.

Personal life

Haas comes from a distinguished family of golfers. He is a nephew of 1968 Masters winner Bob Goalby, and has several other relations in golf including his brother Jay, nephews Bill and Jay Jr., and brother-in-law Dillard Pruitt. Jerry coached Bill at Wake Forest.

Amateur wins (2)

  • 1982 Illinois Amateur
  • 1984 Illinois Amateur
  • Nationwide Tour wins (3)

  • 1994 NIKE Ozarks Open, NIKE Tri-Cities Open, NIKE Sonoma County Open
  • Other wins (4)

  • 1997 Southern Illinois Open
  • 2012 South Carolina Open
  • 2014 Carolinas PGA Championship
  • 2015 Carolinas Open
  • Results in major championships

    Note: Haas never played in The Open Championship.
    LA = Low amateur
    DNP = Did not play
    CUT = missed the half-way cut
    "T" = tied
    Yellow background for top-10.

    U.S. national team appearances

    Amateur

  • Walker Cup: 1985 (winners)
  • References

    Jerry Haas Wikipedia