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MIKE HILL

UNITED STATES

Height:

5 ft, 9 in

Weight:

180 lbs

Birthday:

01/27/1939

College:Arizona State University
Turned Pro:1967
Birthplace:Jackson, Ml
Residence:Brooklyn, Ml

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PGA TOUR VICTORIES (3)
1970  Doral-Eastern Open Invitational.  1972  San Antonio Texas Open.  1977  Ohio Kings Island Open. 
Champions Tour VICTORIES (18)
1990  GTE Suncoast Classic,  GTE North Classic,  Fairfield-Barnett Space Coast Classic,  Security Pacific Senior Classic,  New York Life Champions.  1991  Doug Sanders Celebrity Classic,  Ameritech Senior Open,  GTE Northwest Classic,  Nationwide Championship,  New York Life Champions.  1992  Vintage Arco Invitational,  Doug Sanders Celebrity Classic,  Digital Seniors Classic.  1993 
Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate Challenge,  PaineWebber Invitational.  1994  The IntelliNet Challenge.  1995  Kroger Senior Classic.  1996  Bank One Classic. 
INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES
(6): 1988 Mazda Champions [with Patti Rizzo]. 1991 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf [with Lee Trevino]. 1992 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf [with Lee Trevino]. 1995 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf [with Lee Trevino]. 1996 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf [with Lee Trevino]. 2000 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf Legendary Division [with Lee Trevino].
Current Year Champions Tour Money and Position ()
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Current Year Best Champions Tour Finishes
T3-- Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of Golf Demaret Division.
Best PGA TOUR Finishes
1-- Doral-Eastern Open Invitational, San Antonio Texas Open, Ohio Kings Island Open.
Best Champions Tour Finishes
1-- GTE Suncoast Classic, GTE North Classic, Fairfield-Barnett Space Coast Classic, Security Pacific Senior Classic, New York Life Champions, Doug Sanders Celebrity Classic, Ameritech Senior Open, GTE Northwest Classic, Nationwide Championship, New York Life Champions, Vintage Arco Invitational, Doug Sanders Celebrity Classic, Digital Seniors Classic, Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate Challenge, PaineWebber Invitational, The IntelliNet Challenge, Kroger Senior Classic, Bank One Classic.
2011 Best Champions Tour Finishes
T2-- Legends of Golf Demaret Division.
2011 Season Champions Tour
Tournaments Entered--; in money--; Top 10 finishes--
Career Highlights

2011: Was T2 with Lee Trevino in the Demaret Division competition at the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf. 2009: Teamed with Lee Trevino to finish T2 in the Raphael Division at the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf. 2007: Last official stroke-play event was a T22 at the Commerce Bank Championship. 2005: Bettered his age for the first time with a final-round 65 at the Blue Angels Classic, his best score since carding a 64 in the first round of the 2002 Verizon Classic near Tampa. 2003: Season highlighted by a solo third-place effort at the Verizon Classic, his best performance ever at the TPC Tampa Bay and best showing in Tampa since winning at Tampa Palms in 1990. Final-round 66 included a hole-in-one on No. 6 with a 9-iron from 145 yards, his fifth ace overall and first as a member of the Champions Tour. 1996: Last official victory came in Lexington, KY, where he captured the Bank One Classic at Kearney Hill Links.

Was also part of a record at the time, five-man playoff at Emerald Coast Classic, eventually won by Lee Trevino.

Teamed with Trevino to win fourth Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf title. 1995: Tossed aside challenges by Isao Aoki and Graham Marsh to claim his first Champions Tour title in 17 months at the Kroger Senior Classic. Win at Kings Island made him the eighth man to win a Champions Tour and PGA TOUR event on the same layout. Had won the 1977 Ohio Kings Island Open on the same Grizzly Course. 1994: Only player this year to successfully defend a title when he won the IntelliNet Challenge in Naples. 1993: Captured both the Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate Challenge and the PaineWebber Invitational before the end of May. 1992: A trio of titles included a second consecutive official victory at the Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity Classic and second consecutive Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf title with Lee Trevino. 1991: Shared Player of the Year honors with George Archer and won the Arnold Palmer Award as the leading money-winner on the Champions Tour after recording five victories.

Went over $1 million in earnings for the only time in his career, and was the leading money-winner in all of golf that season. The $150,000 check at the season-ending New York Life Champions pushed him past the seven-figure plateau in single-season earnings and made him the second Champions Tour player to top that level (Lee Trevino was the first in 1990) in a year. 1990: Posted five wins and was runner-up to Trevino on the money list.

First Champions Tour title came at the GTE Suncoast Classic near Tampa, a two-stroke victory over Trevino. 1989: Was ninth on the final money list and was runner-up to Bob Charles at the Digital Seniors Classic.
Personal

Younger brother of the late Dave Hill, a PGA TOUR and Champions Tour veteran.

Grew up on a dairy farm adjacent to a golf course and started the game as a caddie.

Spent nearly four years in the Air Force and attended both Jackson (MI) Junior College and Arizona State prior to turning pro.

Owns an 18-hole municipal golf course in Brooklyn, MI, known as Hill's Heart of the Lakes.

Inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 1994.

Lists Ben Hogan and Gordie Howe as his heroes.

Got started in golf by working as a caddie at Jackson CC.

Biggest thrill outside of golf is being married to his wife, Sandy, for more than 40 years and being around his children and grandchildren.
Champions TourPlayoff Record
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