Rod Curl facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Rod Curl |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Rodney Dean Curl |
| Nickname | Little Beaver |
| Born | January 9, 1943 Redding, California |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Weight | 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st) |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Residence | Jupiter, Florida |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1968 |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Pro Golf Tour |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 1 |
| Other | 2 |
| Best results in Major Championships |
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| The Masters Tournament | T15: 1975 |
| U.S. Open | T30: 1978 |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 1975 |
| PGA Championship | T20: 1980 |
Rodney Dean Curl (born January 9, 1943) is an American professional golfer best known for being the first full-blooded Native American to win a PGA Tour event.
Born in Redding, California, Curl is a Wintu Indian. Before taking up golf at age 19, he was an outstanding baseball player at Central Valley High School in Shasta County, California.
Curl joined the PGA Tour in 1969 and played regularly through 1978. He had 42 top-10 finishes in official PGA Tour events including one win and a half-dozen second and third-place finishes. In 1974, he won the Colonial National Invitation in Fort Worth by one stroke after runner-up Jack Nicklaus bogeyed the 17th hole and a birdied the last.
Curl played in a limited number of Senior Tour events after reaching the age of 50 in 1993. He lives in Jupiter, Florida and is a corporate instructor with VIP Golf Academy.
Professional wins (3)
PGA Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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| 1 | May 19, 1974 | Colonial National Invitation | 70-67-71-68=276 | −4 | 1 stroke |  Jack Nicklaus |
Pro Golf Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 29, 1988 | Pointe Royale Invitational | 68-71-64-64=267 | −13 | 4 strokes | Ben Theobald |
Other wins (1)
- 1977 World Indian Open
See also
- Spring 1969 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
- 1985 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
