Richard Dan Edwards (born June 14, 1951) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour and Champions Tour.
Early life In 1951, Edwards was born in Ketchikan, Alaska. He started playing golf at age 14 and nearly four years later won the Oklahoma State High School Championship.
He is the older brother of former PGA Tour player David Edwards.
Amateur career Edwards attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma and was a four-year starter on the golf team. He won the 1972 and 1973 Big Eight Conference Championships, the 1972 North and South Amateur, and was a three-time All-American. He was the lone unbeaten player on the 1973 Walker Cup team and that same year, while on his first trip to Europe, finished as the Low Amateur in the British Open.
Professional career In 1973, Edwards turned professional. In 1975, he joined the PGA Tour and won five official tour events. His first victory came at the 1977 Greater Greensboro Open – the only event he would win twice. His best finish in a major was T-5 at the 1974 British Open. Edwards would earn more than three dozen top-10 finishes in Tour events; his final win came at the 1985 Pensacola Open.
In 1982, two months after winning his second Greater Greensboro Open he donned a racing helmet and won the June Sprints, one of the country's most prestigious automobile races, in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. He is the only PGA Tour professional to accomplish the crossover victory feat in the two sports.
In the summer of 1988, after 14 years on the PGA Tour, and never losing exempt status, Edwards stepped away from competitive golf and founded Royal Grip Inc., in Scottsdale, Arizona. The company would become its own revolution in advancing and improving perhaps the most essential piece of golf equipment. In 1998, Edwards became CEO of GreenFix Golf, a company that manufactures a tool that enables players and maintenance crews to repair ball marks to golf greens. In 2019, he founded The Chipping Equation, a simple system designed to help golfers of all skill levels learn and improve an often-overlooked part of the game.
In April 2022, Edwards wrote his first book, DRIVEN - The Danny Edwards Story (with Bob Denney), which was published by Classics of Golf, www.ClassicsofGolf.com, Amazon, Kindle, and Apple.
Personal life Edwards lives in Wellington, Florida.
Amateur wins 1972 North and South Amateur, Southeastern Amateur
Professional wins (9) PGA Tour wins (5) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up1Apr 3, 1977 Greater Greensboro Open−12 (68-68-68-72=276)4 strokes George Burns, Larry Nelson2Oct 19, 1980 Walt Disney World National Team Championship(with David Edwards)−35 (60-63-65-65=253)2 strokes Gibby Gilbert and Grier Jones, Dan Halldorson and Dana Quigley, Mike Harmon and Barry Harwell3Apr 5, 1982 Greater Greensboro Open (2)−3 (66-72-72-75=285)1 stroke Bobby Clampett4Jul 17, 1983 Miller High Life QCO−14 (66-64-69-67=266)Playoff Morris Hatalsky5Oct 20, 1985 Pensacola Open−15 (67-68-67-67=269)1 stroke John Mahaffey, Gil Morgan
PGA Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult11983Miller High Life QCO Morris HatalskyWon with birdie on first extra hole
PGA of Japan Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up1Nov 15, 1981Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters−12 (67-70-69-70=276)3 strokes Jerry Pate, Tom Watson
Other wins (3) 1975 Oklahoma Open 1977 Oklahoma Open 1979 Oklahoma Open
Results in major championships Tournament19721973197419751976197719781979Masters TournamentT19CUTU.S. OpenCUTCUTCUTT19CUTCUTThe Open ChampionshipT39LAT5T23T60PGA ChampionshipT36T38 Tournament19801981198219831984198519861987198819891990Masters TournamentT24T36T18T47T28U.S. OpenT12CUTT44CUTT24T40CUTThe Open ChampionshipCUTT21T29PGA ChampionshipT59T61T22T20T39T47CUTCUT
LA = Low amateur CUT = Missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1982 Open Championship) "T" indicates a tie for a place
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeMasters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 6U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 5The Open Championship 0 0 0 1 1 3 7 6PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 8Totals 0 0 0 1 1 11 37 25 Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (1983 PGA – 1986 Masters) Longest streak of top-10s – 1
U.S. national team appearances Amateur Walker Cup: 1973 (winners)
See also 1974 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
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