Johnny Miller

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Johnny Miller (born April 29, 1947) is an American former PGA Tour golfer who was born in San Francisco, California.

In 1964 Miller was the U.S. Junior Amateur champion.

Miller won two major titles, the 1973 U.S. Open and the 1976 Open Championship. In 1973, his final round 63 at Oakmont Country Club took him from twelfth place, and 6 shots behind the third-round leader, past almost all of the leading players of the day like Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Lee Trevino and Arnold Palmer, and is considered one of the most remarkable final rounds in that tournament's history.

Miller followed that triumph by becoming the leading money winner on the PGA Tour in 1974 by some distance with 8 victories, and he began 1975 with 3 more victories before finishing second to Jack Nicklaus at the Masters, and third at The Open Championship, just a single stroke away from playoffs for both. Following his second major victory at The Open Championship in 1976, however, Miller would lose the form that made him a frequent winner in his early career. In 1981 he would enjoy one final spectacular season, his victory at the Million Dollar Challenge in Sun City, South Africa (following an epic 9-hole sudden death play-off with Seve Ballesteros) making him that year's leading world-wide money-winner in golf after two earlier wins in America.

He finished his career with 25 PGA Tour wins. He played on two Ryder Cup teams, 1975 and 1981. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1996.

After retiring from the PGA Tour, Miller chose not to compete on the Champions Tour on a regular basis, and instead became a golf broadcaster for NBC Sports. This was despite his victory in the 1994 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, aged 46, after he had already semi-retired to take up commentary. As a commentator he became known for his straightforward and sometimes blunt remarks, which sometimes earned him the enmity of the player being commented upon. He is regarded by television executives as the one golf commentator who can actually draw people to watch a broadcast.

Miller also owns a golf design company and a golf academy. Miller is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He and his wife Linda have six children.[1]

Major championships are shown in bold.

This list may be incomplete.

Tournament 1966 1967 1968 1969
The Masters DNP T53 DNP DNP
U.S. Open T8 LA CUT DNP T42
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP
Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
The Masters DNP T2 CUT T6 T15 T2 T23 T35 T32 CUT
U.S. Open T18 T5 7 1 T35 T38 10 T27 T6 CUT
The Open Championship DNP T47 T15 T2 10 T3 1 T9 CUT T57
PGA Championship T12 T20 T20 T18 T39 CUT DNP T11 T38 DNP
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Masters T38 T2 CUT T12 CUT T25 T28 T42 DNP DNP
U.S. Open CUT T23 T45 CUT T4 8 T45 CUT DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT T39 T22 DNP T31 DNP CUT DNP T52 T49
PGA Championship T68 CUT T32 T30 WD CUT WD WD DNP DNP
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
The Open Championship DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

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

  1. ^ http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/usopen02/2002-06-13-miller-cover.htm

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