Charles Coody

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Billy Charles Coody (born July 13, 1937) is an American professional golfer.

Coody was born in Stamford, Texas. He graduated from Texas Christian University in 1960 and made his pro debut in 1963. He is mainly known for winning the Masters Tournament in 1971, but he had two other wins on the PGA Tour and three wins off Tour in his regular career. He played on the 1971 U.S. Ryder Cup team.

As a senior, he played on the Senior PGA Tour (now called the Champions Tour), winning five times. He was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2000. Coody played his final Masters Tournament in 2006, then retired from active competition.

Contents 1 Professional wins (14) 1.1 PGA Tour wins (3) 1.2 Other wins (3) 1.3 Senior PGA Tour wins (5) 1.4 Other senior wins (3) 2 Major Championships 2.1 Wins (1) 2.2 Results timeline 3 External links

[edit] Professional wins (14)

[edit] PGA Tour wins (3)

• 1964 Dallas Open Invitational
• 1969 Cleveland Open Invitational
• 1971 The Masters

Major championship is shown in bold.

[edit] Other wins (3)

• 1971 World Series of Golf
• 1973 John Player Classic, W.D. & H.O. Wills Tournament

[edit] Senior PGA Tour wins (5)

• 1989 (1) General Tire Las Vegas Classic
• 1990 (1) Vantage Championship
• 1991 (2) NYNEX Commemorative, Transamerica Senior Golf Championship
• 1996 (1) du Maurier Champions

[edit] Other senior wins (3)

• 1990 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Dale Douglass)
• 1994 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Dale Douglass)
• 1998 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Dale Douglass) - both Legends and Legendary divisions

[edit] Major Championships

[edit] Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Margin	Runners Up
1971	The Masters	-9 (66-73-70-70=279)	2 strokes	Johnny Miller, Jack Nicklaus

[edit] Results timeline

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	T30	T5
U.S. Open	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	T52	T28	T16	T13
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	T8	T7

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
The Masters	T12	1	T12	T29	T29	T40	T5	CUT	CUT	T34
U.S. Open	T64	T63	CUT	T29	CUT	CUT	T38	DNP	T30	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	T5	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T35	CUT	15	T35	DNP	CUT	T8	4	CUT	CUT

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Masters	T38	T40	CUT	T36	CUT	T44	CUT	CUT	CUT	T38
U.S. Open	T47	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T41	74	DNP	T55	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters	CUT	CUT	DNP	T57	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
The Masters	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

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

[edit] External links

• Profile on PGA Tour's official site

v • d • e The Masters champions 1934 Horton Smith • 1935 Gene Sarazen • 1936 Horton Smith • 1937 Byron Nelson • 1938 Henry Picard • 1939 Ralph Guldahl • 1940 Jimmy Demaret • 1941 Craig Wood • 1942 Byron Nelson • 1943-45 Cancelled due to World War II • 1946 Herman Keiser • 1947 Jimmy Demaret • 1948 Claude Harmon • 1949 Sam Snead • 1950 Jimmy Demaret • 1951 Ben Hogan • 1952 Sam Snead • 1953 Ben Hogan • 1954 Sam Snead • 1955 Cary Middlecoff • 1956 Jack Burke, Jr. • 1957 Doug Ford • 1958 Arnold Palmer • 1959 Art Wall, Jr. • 1960 Arnold Palmer • 1961 Gary Player • 1962 Arnold Palmer • 1963 Jack Nicklaus • 1964 Arnold Palmer • 1965 Jack Nicklaus • 1966 Jack Nicklaus • 1967 Gay Brewer • 1968 Bob Goalby • 1969 George Archer • 1970 Billy Casper • 1971 Charles Coody • 1972 Jack Nicklaus • 1973 Tommy Aaron • 1974 Gary Player • 1975 Jack Nicklaus • 1976 Raymond Floyd • 1977 Tom Watson • 1978 Gary Player • 1979 Fuzzy Zoeller • 1980 Severiano Ballesteros • 1981 Tom Watson • 1982 Craig Stadler • 1983 Severiano Ballesteros • 1984 Ben Crenshaw • 1985 Bernhard Langer • 1986 Jack Nicklaus • 1987 Larry Mize • 1988 Sandy Lyle • 1989 Nick Faldo • 1990 Nick Faldo • 1991 Ian Woosnam • 1992 Fred Couples • 1993 Bernhard Langer • 1994 José María Olazábal • 1995 Ben Crenshaw • 1996 Nick Faldo • 1997 Tiger Woods • 1998 Mark O'Meara • 1999 José María Olazábal • 2000 Vijay Singh • 2001 Tiger Woods • 2002 Tiger Woods • 2003 Mike Weir • 2004 Phil Mickelson • 2005 Tiger Woods • 2006 Phil Mickelson • 2007 Zach Johnson • 2008 Trevor Immelman