Danny Edwards

For other people named Danny Edwards, see Daniel Edwards (disambiguation).

Danny Edwards
Personal information
Born (1951-06-14) June 14, 1951 (age 73)
Ketchikan, Alaska, U.S.
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceWellington, Florida, U.S.
Career
CollegeOklahoma State University
Turned professional1973
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Champions Tour
Professional wins9
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour5
Japan Golf Tour1
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT18: 1984
PGA ChampionshipT20: 1983
U.S. OpenT12: 1982
The Open ChampionshipT5: 1974

Richard Dan "Danny" Edwards (born June 14, 1951) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour and Champions Tour. He is the older brother of former PGA Tour player David Edwards.

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 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.

Edwards turned professional in 1973 and joined the PGA Tour in 1975, 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 T5 at the 1974 British Open.[1] Edwards would earn more than three dozen top-10 finishes in Tour events; his final win came at the 1985 Pensacola Open. Two months after winning his second Greater Greensboro Open (1982), 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. ceomees he turned his attention to the business world. 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 revolutionary yet simple system that is geared to helping golfers of all abilities learn and perfect one forgotten yet key segment 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. [2]

Edwards lives in Wellington, Florida.

Amateur wins

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Professional wins (9)

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PGA Tour wins (5)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 Apr 3, 1977 Greater Greensboro Open −12 (68-68-68-72=276) 4 strokes United States George Burns, United States Larry Nelson
2 Oct 19, 1980 Walt Disney World National Team Championship
(with United States David Edwards) 		−35 (60-63-65-65=253) 2 strokes United States Gibby Gilbert and United States Grier Jones,
Canada Dan Halldorson and United States Dana Quigley,
United States Mike Harmon and United States Barry Harwell
3 Apr 5, 1982 Greater Greensboro Open (2) −3 (66-72-72-75=285) 1 stroke United States Bobby Clampett
4 Jul 17, 1983 Miller High Life QCO −14 (66-64-69-67=266) Playoff United States Morris Hatalsky
5 Oct 20, 1985 Pensacola Open −15 (67-68-67-67=269) 1 stroke United States John Mahaffey, United States Gil Morgan

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1983 Miller High Life QCO United States Morris Hatalsky Won with birdie on first extra hole

PGA of Japan Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 Nov 15, 1981 Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters −12 (67-70-69-70=276) 3 strokes United States Jerry Pate, United States Tom Watson

Other wins (3)

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Results in major championships

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Tournament 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Masters Tournament T19 CUT
U.S. Open CUT CUT CUT T19 CUT CUT
The Open Championship T39LA T5 T23 T60
PGA Championship T36 T38
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Masters Tournament T24 T36 T18 T47 T28
U.S. Open T12 CUT T44 CUT T24 T40 CUT
The Open Championship CUT T21 T29
PGA Championship T59 T61 T22 T20 T39 T47 CUT CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

LA = Low amateur
CUT = Missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1982 Open Championship)
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 6
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 5
The Open Championship 0 0 0 1 1 3 7 6
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 8
Totals 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

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Amateur

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Golf Major Championships".
  2. ^ "Infobox: Danny Edwards — CEO, GreenFix Golf". Golf Week. May 4, 2007. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
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