"PGA Champion" Craig Stadler Hand Signed 3X5 Card Todd Mueller COA

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"PGA Champion" Craig Stadler Hand Signed 3X5 Card. This item is authenticated by Todd Mueller Autographs and comes with their certificate of authenticity.
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Craig Robert Stadler
(born June 2, 1953) is an American
professional golfer
who has won numerous tournaments at both the
PGA Tour
and
Champions Tour
level, including one major championship, the
1982 Masters Tournament
. Stadler was born in
San Diego
His father started him in golf at age four, and he displayed a talent for golf early in life. Stadler attended
La Jolla High School
He won the 1973
U.S. Amateur
, while attending the
University of Southern California
, where he was a teammate of future PGA Tour winners
Mark Pfeil
and
Scott Simpson
. Stadler was an
All-American
all four years – first-team his sophomore and junior years; second-team his freshman and senior years. Stadler finished college in 1975 and turned professional in 1976.
Stadler won his first two PGA Tour events in 1980, at the
Bob Hope Desert Classic
and the
Greater Greensboro Open
. His career year was 1982 when he won four PGA Tour events including the
Masters Tournament
after a playoff with
Dan Pohl
and the
World Series of Golf
at the end of the year. Stadler won the money list for the only time. His next win was at the 1984
Byron Nelson Classic
. Despite playing relatively well, Stadler did not win a PGA Tour event for over 7 years (May 1984 – November 1991) during the heart of his career. During this period he recorded six runner-up performances and dozens of top-10s on the PGA Tour.
[2]
He had more success at winning international tournaments. He won the 1985
Swiss Open
on the
European Tour
and the 1987
Dunlop Phoenix Tournament
on the
Japan Golf Tour
. He had great success at the
Scandinavian Enterprise Open
too, an official event on the European Tour, finishing runner-up at the 1983 and 1986 events until finally winning in 1990. His winless steak in America was broken at the final event of the 1991 season, defeating Russ Cochran in a playoff at the
Tour Championship
. Stadler won the
B.C. Open
in 2003, becoming the first player over age 50 to win a PGA Tour event in 28 years and the first player ever to win on the
PGA Tour
after he had won on the
Champions Tour
. He won 13 PGA Tour events in all, and played on the 1983 and 1985
Ryder Cup
teams.
He appeared as himself, with a speaking role in the 1996 film
Tin Cup
. Stadler began playing on the
Champions Tour
upon becoming eligible in June 2003. His greatest successes came during his first two years of eligibility; he was the leading money winner in his first full year on that tour in 2004. Stadler underwent total left-hip-replacement surgery in Los Angeles on September 15, 2010, which limits his playing time.
Very popular with the galleries, Stadler is affectionately called "The
Walrus
" for his portly build and ample
mustache
. He currently lives in
Denver, Colorado
. His son
Kevin
is also a PGA Tour champion.
[2]
His brother
Gary Stadler
is a Billboard-charting recording artist.
Stadler announced that the
2014 Masters Tournament
, his 38th and in which he played with Kevin, was his last.