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David Knapp Stockton (born November 2, 1941) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.

Stockton was born in San Bernardino, California. He attended University of Southern California and turned professional in 1964. His first PGA Tour win came at the 1967 Colonial National Invitation. His career year was 1974, when he won three times, but his two majors, both of which were PGA Championships, came in 1970 and 1976. In 1970 he played the final round with Arnold Palmer, shooting an erratic seventy-three which included an eagle and a double-bogey back to back on the seventh and the eighth, and making only a bogey on the thirteenth despite putting a ball in the water. In the end, this effort was good enough for a two stroke victory over Palmer and Bob Murphy. Due to rain at the 1976 PGA Championship, which was held at the Congressional Country Club, the final round had to be delayed until Monday for the first time in the tournament's history. Stockton sank a ten foot birdie putt at the seventy-second hole to avoid a three-man playoff with Raymond Floyd and Don January.

Stockton joined the PGA Senior Tour (now the Champions Tour) in 1991 and enjoyed continued success, topping the Senior Tour money list in 1993 and 1994. His fourteen senior titles include three senior majors, the 1992 and 1994 Senior Players Championships and the 1996 U.S. Senior Open. He remains competitive in his sixties, finishing in the Top 50 on the Champions Tour money list for a thiteenth consecutive season in 2004.

Stockton played for the U.S. team in the Ryder Cup in 1971 and 1977. He was the U.S.'s victorious non-playing captain in the 1991 Ryder Cup at Kiawah Island.

Contents 1 PGA Tour wins (10) 2 Champions Tour wins (14) 3 Results in major championships 4 See also 5 External links

• 1967 (1) Colonial National Invitation
• 1968 (2) Cleveland Open Invitational, Greater Milwaukee Open
• 1970 (1) PGA Championship
• 1971 (1) Massachusetts Classic
• 1973 (1) Greater Milwaukee Open
• 1974 (3) Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open, Quad Cities Open, Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open
• 1976 (1) PGA Championship

Major championships are shown in bold.

• 1992 (1) Mazda Presents The Senior Players Championship
• 1993 (5) Murata Reunion Pro-Am, Southwestern Bell Classic, Franklin Quest Championship, GTE Northwest Classic, The Transamerica
• 1994 (3) Nationwide Championship, Ford Senior Players Championship, Burnet Senior Classic
• 1995 (2) GTE Suncoast Classic, Quicksilver Classic
• 1996 (2) U.S. Senior Open, First of America Classic
• 1997 (1) Franklin Quest Championship

Senior major championships are shown in bold.

Tournament	1968	1969
The Masters	DNP	18
U.S. Open	T9	T25
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T17	T35

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
The Masters	T5	T9	T10	T14	T2	T26	DNP	T39	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	CUT	CUT	T39	T40	T43	CUT	CUT	T2	T36
The Open Championship	DNP	T11	T31	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	1	T40	T40	T12	T26	CUT	1	T31	T19	T35

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Masters	T26	T31	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	T51	CUT	T45	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	T43	CUT	CUT	T39	T59	T53	CUT	T48	T68

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

• Golfers with most PGA Tour wins
• Golfers with most Champions Tour wins

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