Gary Hallberg

Exempt status

• PGA TOUR Champions: Past Champion/Veteran Member

JOINED TOUR

• PGA TOUR Champions: 2008

PGA TOUR Victories (3)

• 1983 Isuzu-Andy Williams San Diego Open
• 1987 Greater Milwaukee Open
• 1992 Buick Southern Open

PGA TOUR Champions Victories (1)

• 2010 Ensure Classic at Rock Barn

Korn Ferry Tour Victories (1)

• 2002 Northeast Pennsylvania Classic

Additional Victories (4)

• 1979 NCAA Championship (indiv.)
• 1981 Lille Open
• 1982 Chunichi Crowns Invitational
• 1986 Chrysler Team Championship [with Scott Hoch]

PLAYOFF RECORD

PGA TOUR (0-2)

• 1984 Lost to Gary Koch, Isuzu-Andy Williams San Diego Open
• 1991 Lost to Blaine McCallister, H.E.B. Texas Open

Personal

• Started Saturday Series Pro-Am held in conjunction with TOUR events.

Special Interests

• Family, sports, business

Career Highlights

2019 Season

Made nine starts in the 2019 season and finished No. 94 on the Charles Schwab Cup money list. Finished T15 in the final stage of Q-School.

2018 Season

• PURE Insurance Championship: Carded rounds of 68-67-74 at the PURE Insurance Championship to finish in eighth place, his best finish since finishing T7 at the 2016 Regions Tradition.

2017 Season

In a dozen starts, he had three top-25 finishes.

• PGA TOUR Champions Q-School: Attended the PGA TOUR Champions National Qualifying Tournament late in the year where he finished T57 in Arizona.
• DICK'S Sporting Goods Open: His best outing came in August at DICK'S Sporting Goods Open where he finished T13.
• 3M Championship: Was T18 at the 3M Championship.

2016 Season

Played in 17 events with three top-25 finishes.

• DICK'S Sporting Goods Open: T18 at the DICK'S Sporting Goods Open.
• Principal Charity Classic: Was T14 at the Principal Charity Classic.
• Regions Tradition: Parlayed a sponsor's exemption into a T7 finish at the Regions Tradition in May.

2015 Season

• Greater Gwinnett Championship: Best effort in 13 starts was a T15 at the Greater Gwinnett Championship in April.

2014 Season

Finished outside the top 50 for the first time since 2009 when he placed 57th on the money list in 21 starts. Underwent surgery for prostate cancer in December.

• SAS Championship: Closed with rounds of 68-69 at Prestonwood CC to finish T10 at the SAS Championship.
• Shaw Charity Classic: Was T4 after two rounds in Calgary at the Shaw Charity Classic but his 1-over-par 71 Sunday left him T15.
• 3M Championship: Turned in his best performance in almost a year when he was among the leaders after two rounds of the 3M Championship. Started the week as the second alternate, but gained entry when D.A. Weibring withdrew. Took full advantage, shooting rounds of 66-65 and sat in a tie for third after two rounds. Sunday bogeys on Nos. 16 and 18 proved costly as he eventually finished T9.

2013 Season

A year after finishing 20th on the money list, dropped to 43rd, with just one top-10 finish on his resume.

• SAS Championship: Lone top-10 did not come until October, at the SAS Championship, when he worked his way up the leaderboard with three straight rounds in the 60s and eventually finished fourth.
• Greater Gwinnett Championship: Only other top-20 outing came in April, at the Greater Gwinnett Championship (T17).

2012 Season

Opened the season with back-to-back top-10 efforts. Finished among the top-30 money-winners for the first time in his five seasons on the PGA TOUR Champions and with six top-10 performances. He nearly matched the total of his four previous years combined (seven). Led all players with 11 eagles.

• Boeing Classic: Had back-to-back eagles in the final round at the Boeing Classic (Nos. 18 and 1).
• The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex: Enjoyed his best finish since his victory at the 2010 Ensure Classic when he was second to Fred Couples at The Senior Open Championship at Turnberry. Turned in a remarkable, third-round, 7-under 63 in adverse weather conditions, just one of two players to better par that day. Eventually tied Couples at 7-under with a birdie at No. 17 Sunday, but Couples birdied the final two holes to win by two strokes.
• Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach: Finished T6 at the Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach, where he was briefly tied for the lead early in the final round.
• Montreal Championship: T8 at the Montreal Championship.
• Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of Golf: Was T6 at the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf with partner Corey Pavin.
• Allianz Championship: T7 at the Allianz Championship.
• Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai: Was T5 at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai.

2011 Season

Played in every event except the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship and finished 48th on the money list.

• Champions Tour Q-School: Attended the 2011 PGA TOUR Champions National Qualifying Tournament in Scottsdale, Ariz., and finished T2, earning exempt status for the 2012 season.
• Boeing Classic: Was T63 after the opening round of the Boeing Classic but posted scores of 66-69 on the weekend to finish solo eighth.
• Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf: Was T8 at the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf with partner Ted Schulz in April.

2010 Season

He was the seventh of eight first-time PGA TOUR Champions winners. Was one of four players to make two eagles in a round twice during the year. First did so in the opening round of the Toshiba Classic and also in the opening round of the Ensure Classic at Rock Barn.

• Ensure Classic at Rock Barn: Broke through for his first victory since his 2002 Korn Ferry Tour win with a one-stroke triumph over Fred Couples at the Ensure Classic at Rock Barn. Win in North Carolina came in dramatic fashion. Started the final round five strokes behind Couples, but closed with an 11-under-par 61, his career-low score, and then secured the title when Couples missed a birdie chance at No. 18. It was the largest come-from-behind win on the PGA TOUR Champions in 2010 and his 61 tied the lowest final-round score by a tournament winner in PGA TOUR Champions history (Rocky Thompson at the 1994 GTE Suncoast Classic; Loren Roberts at the 2006 MasterCard Championship at Hualalai; David Frost at the 2010 3M Championship). It tied the 18-hole tournament record as well set by R.W. Eaks in 2008 (first round). The victory also made him the fourth player to have won on all three Tours and earned him an immediate one-year exemption. Check for $262,500 was the largest of his career.
• Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic: Only other top-10 finish was a T9 at the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic, thanks to a course-record-tying, 6-under 66 Saturday.

2009 Season

• Dick's Sporting Goods Open: Lone top-10 finish came during the summer when he was T8 at the Dick's Sporting Goods Open.

2008 Season

Best performances in his rookie season came in back-to-back starts in July when he was a combined 28-under par for six rounds.

• 3M Championship: carded a final-round 65 at TPC Twin Cities to finish a distant second to R.W. Eaks at the 3M Championship in Minnesota. Performance there was his best in a Tour-sponsored event since winning the 2002 Northeast Pennsylvania Classic on the Korn Ferry Tour.
• Dick's Sporting Goods Open: In just his third career appearance, shot a final-round, 8-under-par 64 for an eventual T10 finish at the Dick's Sporting Goods Open.
• Bank of America Championship: Joined the PGA TOUR Champions in mid-June at the Bank of America Championship and was T16 in his debut on the circuit.

2002 Season

Finished No. 42 on the 2002 Nationwide Tour money list with $106,317. Made the cut in 13 of 21 tournaments. Ranked No. 5 on the Nationwide Tour in Sand Save Percentage (60.4 percent). Missed the cut in three appearances on the PGA TOUR in 2002.

• Northeast Pennsylvania Classic: The three-time PGA TOUR winner fired a final-round 7-under-par 64 to win his first Nationwide Tour event, the 2002 Northeast Pennsylvania Classic, his only top-10 showing of the year. Shot rounds of 69-68-74-64 to defeat Roger Tambellini by three strokes. Entered the final round 10 shots behind tournament-leader Joe Daley, tying the mark set by John Flannery at the 1991 Reno Open for the largest comeback in the history of the Tour. With the win, became the 36th player to win both a PGA TOUR and Nationwide Tour event.

2001 Season

Split 2001 season playing both the PGA TOUR and the Nationwide Tour. Made five cuts in 16 appearances on the Nationwide Tour. Played in nine PGA TOUR events and made two cuts.

• Samsung Canadian PGA Championship: Was solo second at the Samsung Canadian PGA Championship.

1992 Season

• Buick Southern Open: Won the Buick Southern Open.

1987 Season

• Greater Milwaukee Open: Won the Greater Milwaukee Open.

1986 Season

• Chrysler Team Championship: Teamed with Scott Hoch to win the Chrysler Team Championship.

1983 Season

• Isuzu-Andy Williams San Diego Open: Won the 1983 Isuzu/Andy Williams-San Diego Open.

1982 Season

• Chunichi Crowns Invitational: Won the Chunichi Crowns Invitational in Japan.

1981 Season

• Lille Open: Won Lille Open in France.

1980 Season

Earned his PGA TOUR card in 1980 after turning professional in July, thus becoming the first TOUR player to earn playing privileges without going through the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament. PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year in 1980.