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In 1981, Jones turned professional.^[2] In the early years of his professional career, Jones did not have much success. He played thePGA Tour in1982, but only made three cuts. His first top-10 finish came at theTexas Open in September1985, and in 1986 he was medalist at thePGA Tour Qualifying Tournament, allowing him to retain his card for the following year.

Jones won on the PGA Tour for the first time at theAT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in1988. The following year,1989, was the winningest of his career with three PGA Tour wins. In January, he opened the season with a win in theMONY Tournament of Champions. He won again the next week, in a playoff overPaul Azinger andSandy Lyle in theBob Hope Chrysler Classic. In June he captured theCanadian Open with a two-stroke win overMark Calcavecchia,Mike Hulbert and Clark Burroughs. He finished the season a career-best eighth on the money list.

In November 1991, Jones suffered ligament and joint damage to his left ring finger in adirtbike accident, and he missed almost three years of play as a professional. He played in only two events in 1994.

Jones began his comeback in earnest in1995, when he had two top-10 finishes. In 1996, he achieved three top-10 finishes by May. Considered a rank outsider in June 1996, Jones won the U.S. Open which was the onlymajor championship of his career, defeatingTom Lehman andDavis Love III by one stroke. He was also the first sectional qualifier to win the tournament sinceJerry Pate in 1976. Afterwards, Jones was selected as thePGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year for 1996 and he played for the United States in the 1996World Cup of Golf.

Jones won two more PGA Tour events in 1997. In January, he shot 26-under to defeatJesper Parnevik by an impressive 11 strokes at thePhoenix Open.^[3] He followed that in September with his second career win at the Canadian Open, by one stroke overGreg Norman.^[4]

In 1998, he won theQuad City Classic, his final PGA Tour victory.

Since 1999, Jones has slipped steadily down the money list. He remained exempt on the PGA Tour through 2006 because a major tournament win carried a 10-year exemption when he won in 1996. He missed part of 2003 and all of 2004 after undergoing surgery fortennis elbow, but starting playing again in 2005.

Jones was a captain's assistant for the United States team at theRyder Cup in2004.

In2007, he played in nine PGA tour events and fourNationwide tour events, making the cut six times, but with no top-25 finishes.^[2]

In 2008 and 2009, Jones had surgeries for tennis elbow. He made his first full golf swings in January 2011.^[5] In 2011, Jones returned to playing professional golf. In January, Jones played theBob Hope Classic on the PGA Tour.

Champions Tour

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Jones began playing on theChampions Tour (now PGA Tour Champions) in April 2011, making his debut at theLiberty Mutual Legends of Golf, where he and partnerDoug Tewell tied for 10th in the Raphael Division.^[4] His best individual effort among his 10 official starts was a T16 atThe Senior Open Championship at Walton Heath. In 2012, he played in 12 Champions Tour events, with five top-25 finishes, earnings of $164,934,^[4] and a Champions Tour personal best finish of a tie for second at the 2012 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf.^[6] His 11th-place finish at the National Qualifying Tournament earned him a conditional spot on the tour for the following year. In 2013, he played in 15 events with three top-25 finishes and $153,335 in earnings. In 2014, he played 11 events on the Champions Tour, making 9 cuts, and with a best finish T40 at thePacific Links Hawaii Championship. In 2015, he played 13 events, making all the cuts and posting one top ten, T9 at theSenior PGA Championship. Jones has not played any Champions Tour events in 2016.^[7]

His career on the PGA Tour Champions consists of 70 events played, making 66 cuts and two top-10 finishes. His total career earnings are over $800,000.^[7]

Professional wins (10)

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PGA Tour wins (8)

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Legend
Major championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Feb 7,1988	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	72-64-70-74=280	−8	Playoff	Bob Tway
2	Jan 8,1989	MONY Tournament of Champions	69-69-72-69=279	−9	3 strokes	David Frost,Jay Haas
3	Jan 15, 1989	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic	76-68-67-63-69=343	−17	Playoff	Paul Azinger,Sandy Lyle
4	Jun 25, 1989	Canadian Open	67-64-70-70=271	−17	2 strokes	Clark Burroughs,Mark Calcavecchia, Mike Hulbert
5	Jun 16,1996	U.S. Open	74-66-69-69=278	−2	1 stroke	Tom Lehman,Davis Love III
6	Jan 26,1997	Phoenix Open	62-64-65-67=258	−26	11 strokes	Jesper Parnevik
7	Sep 7, 1997	Bell Canadian Open (2)	71-68-67-69=275	−5	1 stroke	Greg Norman
8	Jul 12,1998	Quad City Classic	64-65-68-66=263	−17	1 stroke	Scott Gump

PGA Tour playoff record (2–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1988	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	Bob Tway	Won with birdie on second extra hole
2	1989	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic	Paul Azinger,Sandy Lyle	Won with birdie on first extra hole
3	1990	MCI Heritage Golf Classic	Larry Mize,Payne Stewart	Stewart won with birdie on second extra hole Jones eliminated by par on first hole

Source:^[2]

Other wins (2)

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1987JCPenney Classic (withJane Crafter)
1988Colorado Open

Major championships

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Wins (1)

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Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runners-up
1996	U.S. Open	1 shot deficit	−2 (74-66-69-69=278)	1 stroke	Tom Lehman,Davis Love III

Results timeline

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Tournament	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament		T30	T31
U.S. Open			T46
The Open Championship			CUT
PGA Championship	T61	T9	T51

Tournament	1990	1991	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	T20	CUT		CUT	T26	CUT
U.S. Open	T8	CUT	1	T60	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship	T16	T64	CUT	T48	T57
PGA Championship	CUT		CUT	T41		CUT

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2005	2006
Masters Tournament	T25	T27
U.S. Open	T27	T30	CUT	T57	T32
The Open Championship	T31	CUT	T43
PGA Championship	T24

Win

Top 10

Did not play

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

Summary

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Tournament	Wins	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	2	9	6
U.S. Open	1	1	2	2	12	8
The Open Championship	0	0	0	1	9	6
PGA Championship	0	0	1	2	8	5
Totals	1	1	3	7	38	25

Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (2000 Masters – 2001 U.S. Open)
Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)

Results in The Players Championship

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Tournament	1987	1988	1989
The Players Championship	T15	T48	T41

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Players Championship	T3	T41					T33	CUT	T25	CUT

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
The Players Championship	T27	T50	CUT	T62		T75	CUT

Top 10

Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament	1999
Match Play	R16
Championship
Invitational

Top 10

Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play

U.S. national team appearances

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Professional

World Cup:1996

References

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^"Week 08 1997 Ending 23 Feb 1997"(pdf).OWGR. RetrievedSeptember 25, 2019.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e"Steve Jones – Profile". PGA Tour. RetrievedNovember 8, 2013.
^"1997 Results for Phoenix Open". Database Golf. RetrievedAugust 3, 2016.
^^a ^b ^c"Steve Jones – Season". PGA Tour. RetrievedNovember 8, 2013.
^Martin, Sean (January 17, 2011)."Bob Hope Classic: Steve Jones makes a surprise appearance".Golfweek. RetrievedAugust 1, 2011.
^"Steve Jones profile – 73rd Senior PGAChampionship". PGA of America. RetrievedAugust 3, 2016.
^^a ^b"Steve Jones – Career". RetrievedMay 9, 2019.

External links

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Steve Jones at thePGA Tour official site
Steve Jones at theOfficial World Golf Ranking official site
University of Colorado Athletics Hall of Fame

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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