Shelley Mayfield

Shelley Mayfield
Shelley Mayfield
Personal information
Born	June 19, 1924; Liberty Hill, Texas
Died	March 22, 2010 (aged 85); San Antonio, Texas
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Career
Turned professional	1948
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	3
Other	2
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	T8: 1956
PGA Championship	T3: 1955
U.S. Open	T6: 1954
The Open Championship	DNP

Shelley Mayfield (June 19, 1924 – March 22, 2010) was an American golf course architect and professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s.

Early life

Mayfield was born in Liberty Hill, Texas^[1] near Austin and grew up in Seguin near San Antonio. He was a star athlete in several sports at Seguin High School including golf, which he began playing at age 14. His team won several state championships under coach W.A. "Lefty" Stackhouse.

Professional career

Mayfield became a golf professional at the age of 24. Like most professional golfers of his generation, he earned his living primarily as a club pro. His first job was as an assistant for Claude Harmon at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, a position he held for two years. The two later worked together at Seminole Golf Club in Florida for one year. He served as the head professional at Rockaway Hunting Club in Cedarhurst, New York from 1950 to 1952. In 1955, Mayfield went to work at the exclusive Meadowbrook Golf and Polo Club on Long Island, where he stayed until 1963. He then became the head club pro at Brook Hollow Country Club in Dallas until 1982 when he retired.^[2]

Mayfield won three PGA Tour events during his career. He had two top-10 finishes in major championships, T-6 at the 1954 U.S.Open and T-8 at the 1956 Masters Tournament.^[3]^[4] He also reached the semi-final of the 1955 PGA Championship, having reached the quarter-final the previous year.

Courses that Mayfield helped design, most as a partner with famed course architect Dick Wilson, included the Doral Country Club and Pine Tree Golf Club in Florida and California's Bay Hill Golf Club and La Costa Country Club.^[2] Giving back to the town where he learned to play the game, he designed the back-nine added to the course at Max Starcke Park in Seguin, Texas.

In 1992 Mayfield was elected to the Texas Golf Hall of Fame.^[5]

Personal life

Mayfield retired to his ranch in Carrizo Springs, Texas.^[2] He died in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 85.^[1]

Professional wins (5)

PGA Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Jul 19, 1953	St. Paul Open	−19 (69-67-68-65=269)	2 strokes	Dutch Harrison
2	Jan 31, 1955	Thunderbird Invitational	−18 (63-70-68-69=270)	Playoff	Fred Haas, Mike Souchak
3	Mar 4, 1956	Baton Rouge Open	−11 (67-71-70-69=277)	3 strokes	Walter Burkemo, Jimmy Demaret, Doug Ford, Fred Haas, Fred Hawkins

PGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	1953	Houston Open	Jim Ferrier, Cary Middlecoff, Bill Nary, Earl Stewart	Middlecoff won 18-hole playoff; Middlecoff: −3 (69), Ferrier: −1 (71), Mayfield: −1 (71), Stewart: E (72), Nary: +3 (75)
2	1955	Thunderbird Invitational	Fred Haas, Mike Souchak	Won with birdie on second extra hole after 18-hole playoff; Mayfield: −3 (69), Souchak: −3 (69), Haas: −2 (70)

Other wins (2)

this list is probably incomplete

1954 San Francisco Open
1957 Long Island Open

Results in major championships

Tournament	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1965
Masters Tournament			T36	T8	CUT
U.S. Open	T33	T6	T12	T29	CUT	T35	CUT		CUT		WD
PGA Championship		QF	SF	R32	R64		T32	T22	T30	T53

Note: Mayfield never played in The Open Championship.

Top 10

Did not play

WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place

References

^ ^a ^b "Mayfield Dies At 85". USGA. Archived from the original on December 3, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c Chiapek, Jason (May 29, 2007). "Mayfield, Stackhouse receive recognition". The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise. Archived from the original on June 19, 2007. Retrieved November 21, 2007.
^ "Tournament Results: 1956". Masters Tournament. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
^ "Shelley Mayfield". Golf Major Championships. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
^ "Shelley Mayfield". Texas Golf Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on February 4, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2015.