Willie Wood (golfer)

Willie Wood
Personal information
Full name	Willard West Wood Jr.
Born	(1960-10-01) October 1, 1960 (age 64) Kingsville, Texas
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	145 lb (66 kg; 10.4 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Residence	Edmond, Oklahoma
Career
College	Oklahoma State University
Turned professional	1983
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Nationwide Tour
Professional wins	7
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	1
PGA Tour Champions	2
Other	4
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T12: 1997
PGA Championship	T23: 1985
U.S. Open	T17: 1992
The Open Championship	DNP
Achievements and awards
Haskins Award 1982

Willard West Wood Jr. (born October 1, 1960) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, and PGA Tour Champions.

Wood was born in Kingsville, Texas. He had an outstanding junior career, winning the 1977 U.S. Junior Amateur, the 1978 PGA Junior, and the 1979 Western Junior, and was named the 1978 AJGA Rolex Player of the Year. He attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma and was a star member of the golf team, where he played alongside Bob Tway, Scott Verplank, and Tommy Moore. He played in the 1983 Walker Cup. Later that same year joined the PGA Tour by being medalist at 1983 PGA Tour Qualifying School.

Wood has split his playing time between the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He has 23 top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour including a win at the 1996 Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic, and 12 top-10 finishes on the Nationwide Tour. His best finish in a major championship was T12 at The Masters in 1997.^[1]

Willie Wood and his wife Holly had two children. In October 1988 Holly Wood was diagnosed with breast cancer. She died ten months later.^[2]

After turning 50 in late 2010, Wood played his first Champion Tour event, the AT&T Championship, where he finished T13. He won the Dick's Sporting Goods Open at En-Joie Golf Club in Endicott, New York on August 19, 2012, by defeating Michael Allen on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff for his first victory on the Champions Tour.

Wood has a sister, Deanie, who was a member of the LPGA Tour. He makes his home in Edmond, Oklahoma and is a member of the "Oak Tree Gang", a group of touring professionals who all play at Oak Tree National in Edmond.

• 1977 U.S. Junior Amateur
• 1978 Junior PGA Championship, AJGA Tournament of Champions
• 1979 Western Junior

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Jul 21, 1996	Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic	−20 (68-67-66-67=268)	1 stroke	Kirk Triplett

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1990	Hardee's Golf Classic	Joey Sindelar	Lost to par on first extra hole

• 1979 Nevada Open (as an amateur)
• 1984 Colorado Open
• 1990 Oklahoma Open
• 1995 Oklahoma Open

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Aug 19, 2012	Dick's Sporting Goods Open	−13 (68-67-68=203)	Playoff	Michael Allen
2	Sep 15, 2012	Pacific Links Hawai'i Championship	−14 (68-68-66=202)	1 stroke	Bill Glasson

Champions Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2012	Dick's Sporting Goods Open	Michael Allen	Won with par on first extra hole

Note: Wood never played in The Open Championship.

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results not in chronological order prior to 2022.

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Amateur

• Walker Cup: 1983 (winners)

• 1983 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
• 1992 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

• Willie Wood at the PGA Tour official site
• Willie Wood at the Official World Golf Ranking official site