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Simpson was born inSan Diego, California, and played college golf at theUniversity of Southern California, where he was two-time medalist at theNCAA Championship in 1976 and 1977. At the end of 1976Golf Digest ranked Simpson the #1 amateur in the country.^[2]

Professional career

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He turned professional in 1977 and graduated in 1978. He played on thePGA Tour from1979, and won seven PGA Tour events between 1980 and 1998.

The highlight of Simpson's career was theU.S. Open in1987 at theOlympic Club inSan Francisco, his onlymajor title. He birdied the 14th, 15th, and 16th holes of the final round to overtakeTom Watson by one stroke and finished with a three under par total of 277.

Simpson became eligible to play senior golf in 2005 and won his first and onlyChampions Tour title in2006.

In team competition, Simpson played for the United States in theWalker Cup in1977 and theRyder Cup in1987. He lists bible study among his interests and attributes his success to it. He and his wife Cheryl have two children: Brea Yoshiko and Sean.

Simpson was previously a Democrat (duringBill Clinton's presidency he was the only PGA Tour player vocally to support him), but became a Republican later on and supportedGeorge W. Bush.^[3]

Amateur wins

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this list may be incomplete

Professional wins (16)

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PGA Tour wins (7)

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Legend
Major championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Jul 6,1980	Western Open	70-69-70-72=281	−7	5 strokes	Andy Bean
2	Jun 10,1984	Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic	66-68-70-65=269	−15	5 strokes	David Graham,Jay Haas, Mark O'Meara
3	Apr 5,1987	Greater Greensboro Open	70-73-69-70=282	−6	2 strokes	Clarence Rose
4	Jun 21, 1987	U.S. Open	71-68-70-68=277	−3	1 stroke	Tom Watson
5	May 28,1989	BellSouth Atlanta Golf Classic	72-68-71-67=278	−10	Playoff	Bob Tway
6	May 16,1993	GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic	65-66-68-71=270	−10	1 stroke	Billy Mayfair,Corey Pavin, D. A. Weibring
7	Feb 8,1998	Buick Invitational	69-71-64=204^[a]	−12	Playoff	Skip Kendall

PGA Tour playoff record (2–3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1983	Kemper Open	Chen Tze-chung,Fred Couples Barry Jaeckel,Gil Morgan	Couples won with birdie on second extra hole Jaeckel eliminated by par on first hole
2	1989	BellSouth Atlanta Golf Classic	Bob Tway	Won with par on first extra hole
3	1991	U.S. Open	Payne Stewart	Lost 18-hole playoff; Stewart: +3 (75), Simpson: +5 (77)
4	1994	Southwestern Bell Colonial	Nick Price	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
5	1998	Buick Invitational	Skip Kendall	Won with birdie on first extra hole

PGA of Japan Tour wins (3)

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No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Apr 29,1984	Chunichi Crowns	68-73-67-67=275	−5	Playoff	Isao Aoki
2	Nov 18, 1984	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	71-71-72-68=282	−6	Playoff	Bernhard Langer
3	May 1,1988	The Crowns (2)	71-69-71-67=278	−2	3 strokes	David Ishii,Masashi Ozaki

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1984	Chunichi Crowns	Isao Aoki	Won with par on first extra hole
2	1984	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Bernhard Langer	Won with par on second extra hole

Other wins (5)

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1979Hawaii State Open
1981Hawaii State Open
1990 Perrier Invitational (Europe, not aEuropean Tour event)
1993Hawaii State Open
1994Hawaii State Open

Champions Tour wins (1)

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No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	Sep 3,2006	Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach	67-69-68=204	−12	1 stroke	David Edwards,Jay Haas

Major championships

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Wins (1)

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Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1987	U.S. Open	1 shot deficit	−3 (71-68-70-68=277)	1 stroke	Tom Watson

Results timeline

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Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament		CUT		11	40	T41	T25	T27	CUT	T38
U.S. Open	T45	T23	T15	T13	T25	T15	CUT	1	T6	T6
The Open Championship							T65	T62		T26
PGA Championship	T30	CUT	T32	T9	T6	T12	T41	T47	CUT	T53

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Masters Tournament	T7	T22	T13	T11	T27		T29		CUT
U.S. Open	T14	2	T64	T46	T55	T28	T40	CUT	58
The Open Championship	T39	T57		T9	CUT	CUT	T33
PGA Championship	T66	CUT		T6	CUT	T54	CUT		CUT

Win

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Summary

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Tournament	Wins	2nd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	1	6	15	12
U.S. Open	1	1	2	4	10	19	17
The Open Championship	0	0	0	1	1	9	7
PGA Championship	0	0	0	3	4	17	11
Totals	1	1	2	9	21	60	47

Most consecutive cuts made – 12 (1982 U.S. Open – 1986 Masters)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1993 Open Championship – 1993 PGA)

Results in The Players Championship

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Tournament	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Players Championship	CUT	T51	CUT	T2	T61	T33	T33	CUT	T4	CUT	CUT

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
The Players Championship	CUT		T17	CUT	CUT	T11	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT			T63

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

U.S. national team appearances

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Amateur

Walker Cup:1977 (winners)

Professional

Ryder Cup:1987
Kirin Cup: 1987 (winners)

Notes

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^Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

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^"Week 25 1987 Ending 21 Jun 1987"(pdf).OWGR. RetrievedSeptember 25, 2019.
^"Dunaway Finds His Game..."The Charlotte Observer. January 30, 1977. p. 56. RetrievedJuly 3, 2021.
^"PGA Tour is Pro-Bush, Pro-Iraq".

External links

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Official website
Scott Simpson at thePGA Tour official site
Scott Simpson at theJapan Golf Tour official site
Scott Simpson at theOfficial World Golf Ranking official site

v t e U.S. Open champions
1895Horace Rawlins 1896James Foulis 1897Joe Lloyd 1898Fred Herd 1899Willie Smith 1900Harry Vardon 1901Willie Anderson† 1902Laurie Auchterlonie 1903Willie Anderson† 1904Willie Anderson 1905Willie Anderson 1906Alex Smith 1907Alec Ross 1908Fred McLeod† 1909George Sargent 1910Alex Smith† 1911John McDermott† 1912John McDermott 1913Francis Ouimet#† 1914‡Walter Hagen 1915Jerome Travers# 1916Chick Evans# 1919Walter Hagen† 1920Ted Ray 1921‡Jim Barnes 1922Gene Sarazen 1923Bobby Jones#† 1924Cyril Walker 1925Willie Macfarlane† 1926Bobby Jones# 1927Tommy Armour† 1928Johnny Farrell† 1929Bobby Jones#† 1930Bobby Jones# 1931Billy Burke† 1932Gene Sarazen 1933Johnny Goodman# 1934Olin Dutra 1935Sam Parks Jr. 1936Tony Manero 1937Ralph Guldahl 1938Ralph Guldahl 1939Byron Nelson† 1940Lawson Little† 1941Craig Wood 1946Lloyd Mangrum† 1947Lew Worsham† 1948Ben Hogan 1949Cary Middlecoff 1950Ben Hogan† 1951Ben Hogan 1952Julius Boros 1953‡Ben Hogan 1954Ed Furgol 1955Jack Fleck† 1956Cary Middlecoff 1957Dick Mayer† 1958Tommy Bolt 1959Billy Casper 1960Arnold Palmer 1961Gene Littler 1962Jack Nicklaus† 1963Julius Boros† 1964Ken Venturi 1965Gary Player† 1966Billy Casper† 1967Jack Nicklaus 1968Lee Trevino 1969Orville Moody 1970‡Tony Jacklin 1971Lee Trevino† 1972Jack Nicklaus 1973Johnny Miller 1974Hale Irwin 1975Lou Graham† 1976Jerry Pate 1977Hubert Green 1978Andy North 1979Hale Irwin 1980Jack Nicklaus 1981David Graham 1982Tom Watson 1983Larry Nelson 1984Fuzzy Zoeller† 1985Andy North 1986Raymond Floyd 1987Scott Simpson 1988Curtis Strange† 1989Curtis Strange 1990Hale Irwin† 1991Payne Stewart† 1992Tom Kite 1993Lee Janzen 1994Ernie Els† 1995Corey Pavin 1996Steve Jones 1997Ernie Els 1998Lee Janzen 1999Payne Stewart 2000‡Tiger Woods 2001Retief Goosen† 2002‡Tiger Woods 2003Jim Furyk 2004Retief Goosen 2005Michael Campbell 2006Geoff Ogilvy 2007Ángel Cabrera 2008Tiger Woods† 2009Lucas Glover 2010Graeme McDowell 2011‡Rory McIlroy 2012Webb Simpson 2013Justin Rose 2014‡Martin Kaymer 2015Jordan Spieth 2016Dustin Johnson 2017Brooks Koepka 2018Brooks Koepka 2019Gary Woodland 2020Bryson DeChambeau 2021Jon Rahm 2022Matt Fitzpatrick 2023Wyndham Clark 2024Bryson DeChambeau 2025J. J. Spaun
† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire; # indicates the event was won by an amateur; 1942–1945cancelled due toWorld War II

U.S. Open champions

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire; # indicates the event was won by an amateur; 1942–1945cancelled due toWorld War II

v t e United States Ryder Cup team –1987
Andy Bean Mark Calcavecchia Ben Crenshaw Tom Kite Larry Mize Larry Nelson Dan Pohl Scott Simpson Payne Stewart Curtis Strange Hal Sutton Lanny Wadkins Jack Nicklaus (non-playing captain)
Lost: 13 – 15