| Tony Sills | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Anthony Irvin Sills |
| Born | December 5, 1955 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Career | |
| College | University of Southern California |
| Turned professional | 1980 |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 1 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | T36: 1986 |
| PGA Championship | T16: 1986 |
| U.S. Open | T15: 1985 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
Anthony Irvin Sills (born December 5, 1955) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and later became a golf teaching professional.
Sills, who is Jewish,[1] was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. As a youth, he caddied at the Riviera Country Club, including when the club hosted the Los Angeles Open. Sills attended Palisades High School and later the University of Southern California, where he was a member of the golf team with future PGA Tour golfer Scott Simpson.[2]
Sills turned professional in 1980. He had 22 top-10 finishes in PGA Tour events including a win at the 1990 Independent Insurance Agent Open. In that tournament, he beat Gil Morgan with a par on the first extra hole in a sudden-death playoff. His best finish in a major championship was T15 at the 1985 U.S. Open.[3] His best year was 1990 when he finished 61st on the money list.
After his touring days were over, Sills taught putting and the short game with Putting Arc co-founder V.J. Trolio at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Mississippi.
Sills has a daughter, Emily, who played golf for the University of Tennessee.
In 2011 Sills was inducted into the Los Angeles High Schools Sports Hall of Fame.[4]
- ^ The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports Heroes
- ^ Glick, Shav (January 25, 1985). "Wadkins Shoots to the Front". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
- ^ "Golf Major Championships".
- ^ "LAUSD - Sports Hall of Fame". June 24, 2011.