Craig Wood (golfer)

Craig Wood
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Craig Ralph Wood
Born	(1901-11-18)November 18, 1901 Lake Placid, New York
Died	May 7, 1968(1968-05-07) (aged 66) Palm Beach, Florida
Nationality	United States
Spouse	Jacqueline (1907–1967)
Career
College	None
Turned professional	1920
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	27
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	21
Other	6
Best results in major championships (wins: 2)
Masters Tournament	Won: 1941
U.S. Open	Won: 1941
The Open Championship	2nd: 1933
PGA Championship	2nd: 1934
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	2008 (member page)

Craig Ralph Wood (November 18, 1901 – May 7, 1968) was an American professional golfer in the 1930s and 1940s, the winner of 21 PGA Tour titles including two major championships and a member of three Ryder Cup teams (1931, 1933, 1935).

Wood was the first player to lose all four major championships in extra holes.^[1] His major wins came late in his career at age 39, winning the first two of 1941, the Masters and U.S. Open.^[2]

Playing career

Born in Lake Placid, New York, Wood turned professional in 1920 at age 18. Despite his two major championships, he is probably most well known as the victim of Gene Sarazen's famous double eagle in the 1935 Augusta National Invitational (now known as the Masters Tournament). The shot left the two players tied at the end of regulation and Sarazen went on to victory in a 36-hole playoff.

This was the fourth runner-up and third playoff loss for Wood in a major in just two years. In the 1933 British Open at St Andrews, Denny Shute had defeated Wood in another 36-hole playoff. In the spring of 1934, Wood was the runner up by a single shot to Horton Smith at the first Masters and later that year he was defeated on the 38th hole by Paul Runyan in the PGA Championship, then a match play event. At the 1939 U.S. Open he birdied the 72nd hole and was again in a playoff, but this time Byron Nelson was the winner, making Wood the first player to lose all four major championships in extra holes. Greg Norman is the only other player to suffer this fate.

At age 39 in 1941, Wood finally beat his "jinx" in noteworthy fashion. He won the eighth 1941 Masters Tournament in April, its first wire-to-wire champion with rounds of 66-71-71-72=280 for a three-shot victory over runner-up Byron Nelson. Two months later, he won the 45th U.S. Open, held at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. His score of 284 (+4) was three strokes ahead of Denny Shute, another on-course nemesis. This was the first time the winner of the Masters had won the U.S. Open in the same year for the first half of the grand slam. Subsequent winners of the first two majors were Ben Hogan (1951, 1953), Arnold Palmer (1960), Jack Nicklaus (1972), Tiger Woods (2002), and Jordan Spieth (2015).

In 1954, the Lake Placid Golf and Country Club changed its name to the "Craig Wood Golf Course" in honor of its native son.^[3]

Death

Wood died in Palm Beach, Florida in 1968 at age 66, of a heart attack.^[4] He was the second Masters champion to pass away, preceded by Horton Smith in 1963 and followed by Jimmy Demaret in 1983. Wood and his wife Jacqueline (1907–1967) are buried in North Elba, New York, just south of Lake Placid. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2008 on the PGA Tour ballot.^[5]

Professional wins

PGA Tour wins (21)

1928 (1) New Jersey PGA Championship
1929 (2) Oklahoma City Open, Hawaiian Open
1930 (2) New Jersey PGA Championship, Reddy Tee Tournament
1931 (1) Harlingen Open
1932 (3) New Jersey PGA Match Play Championship, San Francisco Open-Match Play, Pasadena Open
1933 (2) Los Angeles Open, Radium Springs Open
1934 (2) Galveston Open Championship, New Jersey Open
1936 (1) General Brock Open
1938 (1) Augusta Open-Forest Hills
1940 (2) Metropolitan Open, Miami Biltmore International Four-Ball (with Billy Burke)
1941 (2) Masters Tournament, U.S. Open
1942 (1) Canadian Open
1944 (1) Durham Open

Major championships are shown in bold.

Other wins

Note: This list may be incomplete.

1925 Kentucky Open
1926 Kentucky PGA Championship
1929 Pasadena Open (January)
1938 New Jersey PGA Championship
1942 Metropolitan PGA Championship
1943 Golden Valley Four-Ball (with Jimmy Demaret)

Major championships

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1941	Masters Tournament	3 shot lead	−8 (66-71-71-72=280)	3 strokes	Byron Nelson
1941	U.S. Open	2 shot lead	+4 (73-71-70-70=284)	3 strokes	Denny Shute

Results timeline

Tournament	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929
U.S. Open	T51	DNP	CUT	T46	T16
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	QF

Tournament	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
Masters Tournament	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	2	2	T20	T26	T34	6
U.S. Open	T9	DNP	T14	3	DQ	T21	T66	T36	DNP	2
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	2	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	R32	DNP	2	DNP	SF	R32	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Masters Tournament	T7	1	T22	NT	NT	NT	DNP	T52	DNP	34
U.S. Open	4	1	NT	NT	NT	NT	CUT	DNP	CUT	T27
The Open Championship	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	R32	R32	QF	NT	R16	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	R64

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	59	T61	71	62	70	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT	T47	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	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964
Masters Tournament	WD	CUT	DNP	WD	WD
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

NYF = Tournament not yet founded
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
DQ = Disqualified
CUT = missed the half-way cut
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	1	2	0	3	5	7	23	16
U.S. Open	1	1	1	4	5	8	18	14
The Open Championship	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1
PGA Championship	0	1	1	4	5	9	10	10
Totals	2	5	2	12	16	25	52	41

Most consecutive cuts made – 21 (1934 PGA – 1944 PGA)
Longest streak of top-10s – 4 (1939 Masters – 1940 U.S. Open)

References

↑ "Craig Wood, a study in major championship heartache". Daily Mail. London. Associated Press. April 5, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
↑ "Craig Wood makes top Comeback of Year". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. December 21, 1941. p. 7.
↑ "Craig Wood Golf Club – The Craig Wood Story". Retrieved January 2, 2014.
↑ "Ex-golfing great, Craig Wood, dies". Gettysburg Times. Pennsylvania. Associated Press. May 9, 1968. p. 12.
↑ "Career female amateur joins World Golf Hall of Fame". PGA Tour. June 24, 2008. Retrieved January 2, 2014.

External links

World Golf Hall of Fame – Craig Wood
PGA of America: Metropolitan Section – Craig Wood
About.com – Craig Wood
Craig Wood Golf Club – Lake Placid / North Elba, New York
Craig Wood at Find a Grave

Craig Wood in the Major Championships

Masters Tournament 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 Seve Ballesteros 1981 Tom Watson 1982 Craig Stadler† 1983 Seve 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 2009 Ángel Cabrera† 2010 Phil Mickelson 2011 Charl Schwartzel 2012 Bubba Watson† 2013 Adam Scott† 2014 Bubba Watson 2015‡ Jordan Spieth 2016 Danny Willett

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire

U.S. Open champions

1895 Horace Rawlins 1896 James Foulis 1897 Joe Lloyd 1898 Fred Herd 1899 Willie Smith 1900 Harry Vardon 1901 Willie Anderson† 1902 Laurie Auchterlonie 1903 Willie Anderson† 1904 Willie Anderson 1905 Willie Anderson 1906 Alex Smith 1907 Alec Ross 1908 Fred McLeod† 1909 George Sargent 1910 Alex Smith† 1911 John McDermott† 1912 John McDermott 1913 Francis Ouimet#† 1914‡ Walter Hagen 1915 Jerome Travers# 1916 Chick Evans# 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 Walter Hagen† 1920 Ted Ray 1921‡ Jim Barnes 1922 Gene Sarazen 1923 Bobby Jones#† 1924 Cyril Walker 1925 Willie Macfarlane† 1926 Bobby Jones# 1927 Tommy Armour† 1928 Johnny Farrell† 1929 Bobby Jones#† 1930 Bobby Jones# 1931 Billy Burke† 1932 Gene Sarazen 1933 Johnny Goodman# 1934 Olin Dutra 1935 Sam Parks, Jr. 1936 Tony Manero 1937 Ralph Guldahl 1938 Ralph Guldahl 1939 Byron Nelson† 1940 Lawson Little† 1941 Craig Wood 1942–45 Cancelled due to World War II 1946 Lloyd Mangrum† 1947 Lew Worsham† 1948 Ben Hogan 1949 Cary Middlecoff 1950 Ben Hogan† 1951 Ben Hogan 1952 Julius Boros 1953‡ Ben Hogan 1954 Ed Furgol 1955 Jack Fleck† 1956 Cary Middlecoff 1957 Dick Mayer† 1958 Tommy Bolt 1959 Billy Casper 1960 Arnold Palmer 1961 Gene Littler 1962 Jack Nicklaus† 1963 Julius Boros† 1964 Ken Venturi 1965 Gary Player† 1966 Billy Casper† 1967 Jack Nicklaus 1968 Lee Trevino 1969 Orville Moody 1970‡ Tony Jacklin 1971 Lee Trevino† 1972 Jack Nicklaus 1973 Johnny Miller 1974 Hale Irwin 1975 Lou Graham† 1976 Jerry Pate 1977 Hubert Green 1978 Andy North 1979 Hale Irwin 1980 Jack Nicklaus 1981 David Graham 1982 Tom Watson 1983 Larry Nelson 1984 Fuzzy Zoeller† 1985 Andy North 1986 Raymond Floyd 1987 Scott Simpson 1988 Curtis Strange† 1989 Curtis Strange 1990 Hale Irwin† 1991 Payne Stewart† 1992 Tom Kite 1993 Lee Janzen 1994 Ernie Els† 1995 Corey Pavin 1996 Steve Jones 1997 Ernie Els 1998 Lee Janzen 1999 Payne Stewart 2000‡ Tiger Woods 2001 Retief Goosen† 2002‡ Tiger Woods 2003 Jim Furyk 2004 Retief Goosen 2005 Michael Campbell 2006 Geoff Ogilvy 2007 Ángel Cabrera 2008 Tiger Woods† 2009 Lucas Glover 2010 Graeme McDowell 2011‡ Rory McIlroy 2012 Webb Simpson 2013 Justin Rose 2014‡ Martin Kaymer 2015 Jordan Spieth 2016 Dustin Johnson

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire; # indicates the event was won by an amateur

Craig Wood in the Ryder Cup

United States Ryder Cup team – 1931

Billy Burke Wiffy Cox Leo Diegel Al Espinosa Johnny Farrell Gene Sarazen Denny Shute Horton Smith Craig Wood Walter Hagen (playing captain)

Won: 9 – 3

United States Ryder Cup team – 1933

Billy Burke Leo Diegel Ed Dudley Olin Dutra Paul Runyan Gene Sarazen Denny Shute Horton Smith Craig Wood Walter Hagen (playing captain)

Lost: 5.5 – 6.5

United States Ryder Cup team – 1935

Olin Dutra Ky Laffoon Sam Parks Henry Picard Johnny Revolta Paul Runyan Gene Sarazen Horton Smith Craig Wood Walter Hagen (playing captain)

Won: 9 – 3

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