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Lionel Hebert

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American pro golfer (1928–2000)

Lionel Hebert
Personal information
Full name	Lionel Paul Hebert
Born	(1928-01-20)January 20, 1928 Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.
Died	December 30, 2000(2000-12-30) (aged 72) Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.
Height	5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg; 14 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Spouse	Clara Belle Hebert
Children	3
Career
College	Southwestern Louisiana Louisiana State
Turned professional	1950
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	5
Best results in major championships (wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	T7:1968
PGA Championship	Won:1957
U.S. Open	T14: 1963
The Open Championship	DNP

Lionel Paul Hebert (January 20, 1928 – December 30, 2000) was an Americanprofessional golfer. He won five times on thePGA Tour, including thePGA Championship in1957, the last edition held atmatch play.^[1] His older brotherJay won the same event atstroke play in1960.^[2] Lionel also played on theRyder Cup team in1957. An ethnicCajun fromLouisiana, he was born and died inLafayette.^[3]

Professional wins (5)

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PGA Tour wins (5)

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Legend
Major championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Jul 21, 1957	PGA Championship	2 and 1			Dow Finsterwald
2	Feb 9,1958	Tucson Open Invitational	66-67-66-66=265	−15	2 strokes	Don January
3	Nov 20,1960	Cajun Classic Open Invitational	68-69-66-69=272	−12	2 strokes	Jon Gustin,Johnny Pott
4	Jun 3,1962	Memphis Open Invitational	67-69-64-67=267	−13	Playoff	Gene Littler,Gary Player
5	Mar 20,1966	Florida Citrus Open Invitational	71-70-69-69=279	−5	2 strokes	Charles Coody,Dick Lytle, Jack Nicklaus

PGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1956	St. Petersburg Open	Mike Fetchick	Lost to par on first extra hole
2	1962	Memphis Open Invitational	Gene Littler,Gary Player	Won with birdie on first extra hole

Major championships

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Wins (1)

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Year	Championship	Winning score	Runner-up
1957	PGA Championship	2 & 1	Dow Finsterwald

Note: The PGA Championship was match play until 1958

Results timeline

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Tournament	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Masters Tournament					T61		T32	39
U.S. Open	CUT	T33	39		CUT		CUT	T28
The Open Championship
PGA Championship				R32	R16	1	T16	T31

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Masters Tournament	T9	T30	T20	T39	T32	CUT	WD	T8	T7	T8
U.S. Open	T27	CUT	T23	T14	T21	CUT	CUT			T52
The Open Championship
PGA Championship	T18	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	T49	T64	T14	T30	CUT

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977
Masters Tournament	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT			CUT	CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship	CUT	WD	T74	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT

Tournament	1980	1981
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship
PGA Championship		CUT

Win

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" = tied

Summary

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Tournament	Wins	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	4	5	14	11
U.S. Open	0	0	0	3	17	8
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0
PGA Championship	1	1	2	6	24	11
Totals	1	1	6	14	55	30

Most consecutive cuts made – 8 ('58 PGA – '61 Masters)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 ('56 PGA & '57 PGA)

U.S. national team appearances

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Ryder Cup:1957

References

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^"Hebert Beats Finsterwald in PGA Final, 2–1".Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. July 22, 1957. p. 21. RetrievedFebruary 11, 2013.
^Cave, Ray (July 24, 1961)."Golf, Dixieland And Dirty Rice".Sports Illustrated. p. 24.
^Goldstein, Richard (January 4, 2001)."Lionel Hebert, 72, Pro Golfer, Winner of P.G.A. Championship".The New York Times. RetrievedFebruary 11, 2013.

External links

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Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame – Lionel Hebert
Lionel Hebert atFind a Grave

v t e PGA Championship champions
Match play era	1916Jim Barnes 1919Jim Barnes 1920Jock Hutchison 1921Walter Hagen 1922Gene Sarazen 1923Gene Sarazen 1924Walter Hagen 1925Walter Hagen 1926Walter Hagen 1927Walter Hagen 1928Leo Diegel 1929Leo Diegel 1930Tommy Armour 1931Tom Creavy 1932Olin Dutra 1933Gene Sarazen 1934Paul Runyan 1935Johnny Revolta 1936Denny Shute 1937Denny Shute 1938Paul Runyan 1939Henry Picard 1940Byron Nelson 1941Vic Ghezzi 1942Sam Snead 1944Bob Hamilton 1945Byron Nelson 1946Ben Hogan 1947Jim Ferrier 1948Ben Hogan 1949Sam Snead 1950Chandler Harper 1951Sam Snead 1952Jim Turnesa 1953Walter Burkemo 1954Chick Harbert 1955Doug Ford 1956Jack Burke Jr. 1957Lionel Hebert
Stroke play era	1958Dow Finsterwald 1959Bob Rosburg 1960Jay Hebert 1961Jerry Barber† 1962Gary Player 1963Jack Nicklaus 1964‡Bobby Nichols 1965Dave Marr 1966Al Geiberger 1967Don January† 1968Julius Boros 1969‡Raymond Floyd 1970Dave Stockton 1971Jack Nicklaus 1972Gary Player 1973Jack Nicklaus 1974Lee Trevino 1975Jack Nicklaus 1976Dave Stockton 1977Lanny Wadkins† 1978John Mahaffey† 1979David Graham† 1980Jack Nicklaus 1981Larry Nelson 1982‡Raymond Floyd 1983‡Hal Sutton 1984Lee Trevino 1985Hubert Green 1986Bob Tway 1987Larry Nelson† 1988Jeff Sluman 1989Payne Stewart 1990Wayne Grady 1991John Daly 1992Nick Price 1993Paul Azinger† 1994Nick Price 1995Steve Elkington† 1996Mark Brooks† 1997Davis Love III 1998Vijay Singh 1999Tiger Woods 2000‡Tiger Woods† 2001David Toms 2002Rich Beem 2003Shaun Micheel 2004Vijay Singh† 2005Phil Mickelson 2006Tiger Woods 2007Tiger Woods 2008Pádraig Harrington 2009Y. E. Yang 2010Martin Kaymer† 2011Keegan Bradley† 2012Rory McIlroy 2013Jason Dufner 2014Rory McIlroy 2015Jason Day 2016Jimmy Walker 2017Justin Thomas 2018Brooks Koepka 2019Brooks Koepka 2020Collin Morikawa 2021Phil Mickelson 2022Justin Thomas† 2023Brooks Koepka 2024‡Xander Schauffele
† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire; 1943cancelled due toWorld War II

v t e United States Ryder Cup team –1957
Tommy Bolt Dow Finsterwald Doug Ford Ed Furgol Fred Hawkins Lionel Hebert Ted Kroll Dick Mayer Art Wall Jr. Jack Burke Jr. (playing captain)
Lost: 4.5 – 7.5