Jay Haas


Jay Dean Haas is an American professional golfer formerly of the PGA Tour who now plays on the PGA Tour Champions.

Early life and amateur career

Haas was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Belleville, Illinois. He attended Wake Forest University and was a member of the NCAA Championship team of the middle 1970s with Curtis Strange and Bob Byman that Golf World has called "the greatest college team of all time". He won the individual championship in 1975.

Professional career

In 1976, Haas turned professional. He had a solid career on the PGA Tour winning nine times between 1978 and 1993. He had a resurgence in 2003, when he finished in the top 30 on the money list for the first time since 1995 and made the United States Presidents Cup team. The following year he was one of Hal Sutton's two captain's picks for the Ryder Cup and made his third appearance in that event.
Haas was known for being one of the most consistent players on the PGA Tour over the course of his career and ended up playing 799 events. He is only four starts off Mark Brooks' record. He has made the cut 593 times on the PGA Tour, more than any other player. Haas has the distinction of playing in 87 majors without a win, a record until 2021.
Haas was eligible to play in Champions Tour events from the start of the 2004 season and he lost to Hale Irwin by one stroke at the Senior PGA Championship in his first appearance at that level. He was still featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking after his 50th birthday. In 2005, he won twice on the Champions Tour, while also continuing to play regularly on the PGA Tour. In April 2006, he won back to back events on the Champions Tour and the following month he won a playoff at the Oak Tree Golf Club with Brad Bryant at the Senior PGA Championship to claim his first senior major and he went on to top the 2006 Champions Tour money list. He was named the Champions Tour Player of the Year in 2006 as well. Haas won the 2008 Charles Schwab Cup to win two out of the last three cups.
After winning the Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn in September 2009, Haas won his third senior major and 14th Champions Tour event in October at the Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship. He came from 5 strokes behind with a final-round 6-under-par 64 to win by 1 over 54-hole leader Tom Watson. In June 2012, Haas won his 16th title on the Champions Tour, cruising to a five-stroke victory over Larry Mize and Kirk Triplett at the Principal Charity Classic. In October 2016, Haas won the Toshiba Classic in a playoff with Bart Bryant. He became the second-oldest player to win a PGA Tour Champions event at age ; the oldest being then Mike Fetchick at 63 years.
At the 2022 Zurich Classic, at the age of 68, he teamed up with his son Bill and became the oldest golfer ever to make the cut.

Personal life

Haas comes from a distinguished family of golfers. He is a nephew of 1968 Masters winner Bob Goalby, and has several other relations in golf including his second son Bill who has played on the PGA Tour since 2006. His oldest son Jay Jr., brother Jerry Haas, and brother-in-law Dillard Pruitt also played on the PGA Tour.
Haas resides in Greenville, South Carolina.

Awards and honors

PGA Tour wins (9)

PGA Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
11982Hall of Fame

Other wins (6)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Oct 9, 2005Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn−16 2 strokes

Results in major championships

Tournament1980198119821983198419851986198719881989
Masters TournamentT17T3144T27T215T6T7CUTT46
U.S. OpenT26CUTT6T43T11T15CUTT25CUT
The Open ChampionshipT27T19T36T35T38
PGA ChampionshipT50T19T5T9T39T38T53T28T38CUT

Tournament1990199119921993199419951996199719981999
Masters Tournament38T5T3T36T12T44
U.S. OpenCUTT23T77CUTT4T90T5CUTT17
The Open ChampionshipT79T22T24
PGA ChampionshipCUTT62T2014T8T31T61T40T3

Tournament200020012002200320042005200620072008
Masters TournamentT37CUTT1748
U.S. OpenT12CUTT9CUTT37
The Open ChampionshipCUTCUT
PGA ChampionshipT64CUTT5T37CUTT68CUT

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary

Tournament1980198119821983198419851986198719881989
The Players ChampionshipT8T29T27WDT29T55T7T50DQCUT

Tournament20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010
The Players ChampionshipCUTT49T2T6T24CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut

WD = withdrew

DQ = disqualified

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied

Senior major championships

Wins (3)

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order
Tournament2004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
The TraditionT23T20T14T3T17T10T5T13T31T3T52T5463NT
Senior PGA Championship2CUT1T91T9T23T34T29T2T3T50T38CUTT63NT75T64CUTCUT
Senior Players ChampionshipT18T3T1761T20T32T20T27T6T54T14T32T227T5264
U.S. Senior OpenT3T22T8T5T9T13T20T13T9T35T38T14T42T14T17NTT40T7T22
Senior British Open ChampionshipT6T4T19T8T28T40NT

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

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur
  • Walker Cup: 1975
Professional
  • Ryder Cup: 1983, 1995, 2004
  • Presidents Cup: 1994, 2003, 2015
  • UBS Cup: 2004
  • Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge : 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011