Jerry Heard
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| Full name | Jerry Michael Heard |
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| Career | |
| College | Fresno State |
| Turned professional | 1968 |
| Former tourTemplate:Pluralize from text | PGA Tour Champions Tour |
| Professional wins | 8 |
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| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 5 |
| European Tour | 1 |
| Other | 2 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | T5: 1972 |
| PGA Championship | T7: 1972 |
| U.S. Open | T7: 1973 |
| The Open Championship | T28: 1972 |
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Jerry Michael Heard (born May 1, 1947) is an American professional golfer who won several PGA Tour events in the 1970s.
Career
In 1947, Heard was born in Visalia, California. He attended Fresno State College for a short while.
In 1968, Heard turned professional. In 1969, he joined the PGA Tour after his success at Fall 1968 PGA Tour Qualifying School. His first professional win came in the American Golf Classic at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio in 1971. He finished with a four-day total of 275, three strokes better than runner-up Dale Douglass. In 1972, he won the Florida Citrus Open and the Colonial National Invitation. Heard had nearly 60 top-10 finishes in PGA Tour events in his career including four top-10 finishes in major championships — his best finish in a major was T-5 at the 1972 Masters Tournament.[1] Heard was struck by lightning at the 1975 Western Open, along with playing partner Lee Trevino. Three others were also struck: Bobby Nichols, Jim Ahern, and Tony Jacklin.[2][3]
In 1980, Heard left the tour and today owns and operates a golf school, the Jerry Heard Golf Academy located at the Silverthorn Country Club in Spring Hill, Florida. His school had been located for many years in southwest Florida.
Personal life
Heard lives near Fort Myers, Florida.
Professional wins (8)
PGA Tour wins (5)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 8, 1971 | American Golf Classic | 67-66-68-74=275 | −5 | 3 strokes | Template:Flagicon Dale Douglass |
| 2 | Mar 12, 1972 | Florida Citrus Open | 70-67-70-69=276 | −12 | 2 strokes | Template:Flagicon Bobby Mitchell |
| 3 | May 14, 1972 | Colonial National Invitation | 69-66-67-73=275 | −5 | 2 strokes | Template:Flagicon Fred Marti |
| 4 | Mar 3, 1974 | Florida Citrus Open (2) | 67-68-69-69=273 | −15 | 3 strokes | Template:Flagicon Homero Blancas, Template:Flagicon Jim Jamieson |
| 5 | May 28, 1978 | Atlanta Classic | 67-67-68-67=269 | −19 | 2 strokes | Template:Flagicon Lou Graham, Template:Flagicon Bob Murphy Template:Flagicon Tom Watson |
PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1974 | Kemper Open | Template:Flagicon Bob Menne | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
Source:[4]
European Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apr 20, 1974 | Spanish Open | 72-67-70-70=279 | −9 | 6 strokes | Template:Flagicon Gary Player |
New Zealand Golf Circuit wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nov 21, 1971 | Garden City Classic | 67-70-68-64=269 | −23 | 5 strokes | Template:Flagicon Bob Charles |
Source:[5]
Other wins (1)
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 48 | T5 | 56 | T11 | T26 | CUT | ||||||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | T13 | T29 | T7 | T45 | T29 | CUT | ||||||
| The Open Championship | T28 | CUT | ||||||||||||
| PGA Championship | T9 | T7 | T66 | T48 | T25 | T22 | T64 |
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CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Summary
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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| Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 18 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 12 (1971 PGA – 1974 U.S. Open)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (four times)
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Jerry Heard". Golf Major Championships. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lightning hits Trevino, 4 other golfers". Milwaukee Journal. June 28, 1975. p. 11. Archived from the original on April 30, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lightning is a big shocker for 3 golfers". Miami News. Chicago Daily News Service. June 28, 1975. p. 3B.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Jerry Heard". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Heard has five-stroke win in NZ". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. November 22, 1971. p. 20. Retrieved December 1, 2023 – via Google News Archive.
External links
- Official website
- Jerry Heard at the PGA Tour official siteTemplate:EditAtWikidata
- Jerry Heard at the European Tour official site
