Lanny Wadkins ranked in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking for 86 weeks from the ranking's debut in 1986 to 1988.
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14 Facts About Lanny Wadkins
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Lanny Wadkins was later voted Rookie of the Year on the tour in 1972.
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Lanny Wadkins bounced back to win his sole major title at the PGA Championship in 1977.
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Lanny Wadkins prevailed on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff at Pebble Beach against Gene Littler.
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Lanny Wadkins was runner-up in four subsequent majors, and finished third in the Masters three times.
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Lanny Wadkins won the 1978 Victorian PGA Championship, an event in Australia, and the 1979 Bridgestone Open, an event on the Japan Golf Tour.
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Lanny Wadkins finished runner-up at the 1979 German Open, 1980 Air New Zealand Shell Open, and 1990 Austrian Open.
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Lanny Wadkins won unofficial events in South America, Canada, and Japan.
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Lanny Wadkins played for the United States in the Ryder Cup eight times between 1977 and 1993, which ties the highest number of appearances in the competition by an American, alongside Raymond Floyd and Billy Casper.
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Lanny Wadkins began play on the Champions Tour in 2000, and picked up a win in his first event at the ACE Group Classic in a four-way playoff.
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Lanny Wadkins is currently the lead analyst for the Champions Tour on Golf Channel.
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