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BILLY KRATZERT
UNITED STATES
Height:
6 ft, 1 in
Weight:
205 lbs
Birthday:
06/29/1952
College:University of Georgia (1974, Business Finance)
Turned Pro:1974
Birthplace:Quantico, VA
Residence:Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Champions Tour - Media Guide
| PGA TOUR VICTORIES | (4) |
| 1976 Walt Disney World National Team Championship. 1977 Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open. 1980 Greater Milwaukee Open. 1984 Pensacola Open. | |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes | |
| 1-- Walt Disney World National Team Championship, Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open, Greater Milwaukee Open, Pensacola Open. | |
| Best Champions Tour Finishes | |
| T10-- Royal Caribbean Golf Classic. | |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes | |
| T8-- Ben Hogan Knoxville Open. | |
| Career Highlights | |
| Has played in just 15 Champions Tour events in his career prior to 2009 and only top-10 finish was a T10 at the 2003 Royal Caribbean Classic. Best year on the PGA TOUR came in 1978 when he finished eighth on the money list, with $183,683. Won for the first time in 1976 when he teamed with Woody Blackburn to claim the Walt Disney World Team Championship in a playoff. Last victory came in 1984 at the Pensacola Open, coming from two strokes back to win by two. A 1973 and 1974 All-American while at the University of Georgia. Continues to do some broadcasting work. | |
| PGA TOURPlayoff Record | |
| 0-1 | |
| Other Information | |
| Has played in just 15 Champions Tour events in his career and only owns one top-10 finish—at the 2003 Royal Caribbean Golf Classic. where he was T10. Played the PGA TOUR from 1976-96. Had his best year in 1978 when he placed eighth on the money list, with $183,683. Won for the first time in 1976 when he teamed with Woody Blackburn to win the Walt Disney World Team Championship in a playoff over Bobby Nichols and Gay Brewer. Added subsequent wins at the 1977 Greater Hartford Open, where he was a three-stroke victor over Grier Jones and Larry Nelson, and in 1980, a four-stroke margin over Howard Twitty at the Greater Milwaukee Open. Last victory came in 1984 at the Pensacola Open, where he came from two strokes behind with four to go to win by two strokes. A 1973 and 1974 All-American while at the University of Georgia. Inducted into the Indiana Golf Hall of Fame in 1993. Winner of the Indiana State Amateur as a 16-year-old. | |
