14 Facts About Tom Lehman

1.

Thomas Edward Lehman was born on March 7,1959 and is an American professional golfer.

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2.

Tom Lehman played on the PGA Tour with little success from 1983 to 1985, and was then obliged to play elsewhere for the following six seasons.

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3.

Tom Lehman regained his PGA Tour card by topping the Ben Hogan Tour's 1991 money list, and enjoyed unbroken membership of the PGA Tour from 1992 until shortly after he joined the Champions Tour.

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4.

From 1995 to 1997, Tom Lehman held the 54-hole lead at the US Open, but each time failed to win.

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5.

Tom Lehman has won five times on the PGA Tour, but in addition to his Open win these wins have included the season-ending Tour Championship and Memorial Tournament, and he has won at least nineteen professional events in total.

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6.

Tom Lehman won the 1993 Casio World Open on the Japan Golf Tour and the 1997 Gulfstream Loch Lomond World Invitational on the European Tour.

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7.

Tom Lehman recorded runner-up finishes at the 1989 South African Open and the 2000 Scottish Open, the European Tour event he won three years previous.

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8.

Tom Lehman was captain of the Ryder Cup team in 2006, which lost 18½ to 9½ to Europe at the K Club in Ireland.

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9.

Tom Lehman teamed with Bernhard Langer to win the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf in a playoff over Jeff Sluman and Craig Stadler.

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10.

On May 30,2010, Tom Lehman won the Senior PGA Championship in a playoff over Fred Couples and David Frost for his first Champions Tour major championship.

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11.

In 2011, Tom Lehman topped the Champions Tour money list and was voted the Champions Tour Player of the Year.

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12.

Tom Lehman is the first golfer to win "Player of the Year" honors on all three tours operated by the PGA Tour.

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13.

In June 2012, Tom Lehman defended his title at the Regions Tradition, to win his third senior major championship.

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14.

Tom Lehman won by two strokes from Germany's Bernhard Langer and Taiwan's Lu Chien-soon.

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