David Frost (golfer)

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David Frost

Personal Information
Birth	September 11, 1959 (1959-09-11) (age 48) Cape Town, South Africa
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Nationality	South Africa
College	None
Career
Turned Pro	1981
Current tour	PGA Tour
Professional wins	22 (PGA Tour: 10, Other: 12)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters	T5: 1995
U.S. Open	T15: 1986
British Open	6th: 1987
PGA Championship	T10: 1987
Awards
Sunshine Tour Order of Merit Winner	1998/99
Byron Nelson Award	1987

David Laurence Frost (born 11 September 1959) is a South African golfer who has more than twenty professional tournament wins to his name, spread across four continents.

Frost was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He turned professional in 1981. He used to be a cigarette salesman. He scored his first professional win in his home country in 1983 and has continued to play in South Africa in the northern winter, but like other leading South African golfers he has spent far more time playing internationally. In line with many other Commonwealth golfers his first move abroad was to the European Tour and he played that tour from 1982 to 1984.

From 1985 he was primarily on the U.S. based PGA Tour, where he went on to win ten tournaments, the most prestigious of which was the 1989 World Series of Golf which he won by defeating Ben Crenshaw at the second playoff hole. He made the top ten on the PGA Tour money list twice, placing 9th in 1988 and 5th in 1993 and was ranked in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for 86 weeks between 1988 and 1994.^[1] By his forties, he was no longer a regular contender on the tour, but in 2005 he set the all time PGA Tour 72-hole putting record with 92 putts at the MCI Heritage while finishing only tied 38th.

Frost won the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit in 1998/99. He was a member of the International Team in the first staging of the Presidents Cup in 1994, and took part again in 1996. In 1997 and 1998 he captained South Africa to victory in the Alfred Dunhill Cup in Scotland. His team mates were Ernie Els and Retief Goosen.

Frost owns a wine business which produces vintages named after golf legends such as Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer.

Contents 1 Professional wins (22) 1.1 PGA Tour wins (10) 1.2 European Tour wins (2) 1.3 Japan Golf Tour wins (1) 1.4 Other wins (9) 2 Results in major championships 3 Team appearances 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Professional wins (22)

[edit] PGA Tour wins (10)

• 1988 (2) Southern Open, Northern Telecom Tucson Open
• 1989 (1) NEC World Series of Golf
• 1990 (1) USF&G Classic
• 1992 (2) Buick Classic, Hardee's Golf Classic
• 1993 (2) Canadian Open, Hardee's Golf Classic
• 1994 (1) Canon Greater Hartford Open
• 1997 (1) MasterCard Colonial

[edit] European Tour wins (2)

• 1984 Compagnie de Chauffe Cannes Open
• 1999 Mercedes-Benz - Vodacom South African Open (co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour)

[edit] Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

• 1992 Dunlop Phoenix

[edit] Other wins (9)

• 1983 Gordon's Gin Classic (South Africa)
• 1986 South African Open, South African Masters
• 1989 Million Dollar Challenge (South Africa - unofficial event)
• 1990 Million Dollar Challenge (South Africa - unofficial event)
• 1992 Million Dollar Challenge (South Africa - unofficial event)
• 1993 Hong Kong Open
• 1994 Lexington South African PGA Championship, Hong Kong Open

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T45	8	T18
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	T23	T15	T17	CUT	T18
The Open Championship	CUT	T47	T28	CUT	6	T7	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	CUT	T21	T10	CUT	T27

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters	CUT	T32	DNP	CUT	T35	T5	T10	37	T26	DNP
U.S. Open	T33	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT	DNP	T24	T51	T31	T40	CUT	T42	T7
PGA Championship	T31	T48	T73	CUT	T25	T67	CUT	CUT	T56	T21

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T55	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	T15	DNP	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

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

[edit] Team appearances

• Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing South Africa): 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997 (winners), 1998 (winners)
• World Cup of Golf (representing South Africa): 1998, 1999
• Presidents Cup (International Team): 1994, 1996

[edit] See also

• Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Profile on the PGA Tour's website
• Profile on the Sunshine Tour's website
• David Frost Wines