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Dale Hayes (born 1 Jul 1952) is a South African golfer. Golfer teeing off at the start of a hole Golf is an outdoor game where individual players or teams play a small ball into a hole using various clubs. ...
Career outline
Hayes won the 15-17 Boys category at the Junior World Golf Championships in 1969. He turned professional the following year and quickly became a successful pro. He won more than a dozen events in South Africa, and was runner up on the South African Tour Order of Merit in 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1979. In 1976 he won the World Cup of Golf for South Africa in partnership with Bobby Cole. The Junior World Golf Championships are held in San Diego, California each year, currently in July. ...
The Sunshine Tour is a mens professional golf tour based in Southern Africa. ...
The WGC-World Cup is an annual mens golf tournament. ...
In 1971 Hayes won the Spanish Open at the age of 18 years and 290 days, becoming the youngest winner on the European Tour, a record which still stands of as 2005. By 1973 he was fourth on the European Tour Order of Merit, improving to second in 1974 and first in 1975. He also finished in the top four in 1978 and 1979, but played little professional golf after his late twenties. The Open de España (formerly the Spanish Open) is the national open golf championship of Spain. ...
The PGA European Tour is a top-level professional mens golf tour. ...
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, 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 with a modest playing record. Hayes also works as a public speaker and gives golf clinics. The Golf Channel is an American cable television network devoted (obviously) to the game of golf. ...
European Tour wins The Open de España (formerly the Spanish Open) is the national open golf championship of Spain. ...
The Open de France is a PGA European Tour golf tournament. ...
The Open de España (formerly the Spanish Open) is the national open golf championship of Spain. ...
Other professional wins - This list is incomplete.
- 1974 South African PGA Championship
- 1975 South African PGA Championship
- 1976 South African Open, South African PGA Championship
- 1978 South African Masters
- 1980 Columbian Open
The South African Open is one of the principal golf tournaments on the Sunshine Tour and since 1997 it has been co-sanctioned by the PGA European Tour. ...
Amateur wins - 1969 World Junior Championship (Boys 15-17), South African Amateur Stroke Play Championship, German Amateur Championship, Brazilian Amateur Championship
- 1970 South African Amateur Stroke Play Championship, Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship
The Junior World Golf Championships are held in San Diego, California each year, currently in July. ...
External links - Profile on the European Tour's official site
- Matkovich & Hayes Golf Course Architects
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