| Tom Kite | |||||||||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Full name | Thomas Oliver Kite Jr. | ||||||||||||||
| Born | December 9, 1949 McKinney, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) | ||||||||||||||
| Sporting nationality |  United States | ||||||||||||||
| Residence | Austin, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Career | |||||||||||||||
| College | University of Texas | ||||||||||||||
| Turned professional | 1972 | ||||||||||||||
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions | ||||||||||||||
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour | ||||||||||||||
| Professional wins | 37 | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 5 (April 16, 1989)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||||||||||||
| PGA Tour | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| European Tour | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| PGA Tour Champions | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Other | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Best results in major championships (wins: 1) | |||||||||||||||
| Masters Tournament | 2nd/T2: 1983, 1986, 1997 | ||||||||||||||
| PGA Championship | T4: 1981, 1988 | ||||||||||||||
| U.S. Open | Won: 1992 | ||||||||||||||
| The Open Championship | T2: 1978 | ||||||||||||||
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Thomas Oliver Kite Jr. (born December 9, 1949) is an American professional golfer and golf course architect. He won the U.S. Open in 1992 and spent 175 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking between 1989 and 1994.[2]
- ^ "Week 15 1989 Ending 16 Apr 1989" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
- ^ "69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking". Official World Golf Ranking. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2013.