Rod Spittle
| Rod Spittle | |||
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| File:Rod Spittle.jpg Spittle in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 18 July 1955 St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||
| Weight | 230 lb (100 kg; 16 st) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Canada | ||
| Career | |||
| College | Ohio State University | ||
| Turned professional | 2004 | ||
| Current tour | Champions Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 1 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| PGA Tour Champions | 1 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Rod Spittle (born 18 July 1955) is a Canadian professional golfer.
Amateur career
[edit | edit source]Spittle was born in St. Catharines, Ontario. He played college golf at Ohio State University where his teammates included John Cook and Joey Sindelar.[1] Spittle won the Canadian Amateur in 1977 and 1978. In 1978, Spittle graduated Ohio State with a degree in Business Administration.
After graduating, Spittle did not turn professional in golf, instead choosing to sell insurance, which he did for 25 years.[1] He moved to Ohio, and played amateur golf at a high standard during this period.
Professional career
[edit | edit source]In 2004, Spittle turned professional, shortly before turning 50. He began playing on the Champions Tour in 2005. His best finish in his first four years was a T-2 at the 2007 Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn. He did not play the Champions Tour at all in 2009.[1] In 2010, he Monday-qualified into the AT&T Championship, and won the event in a one-hole sudden-death playoff over Jeff Sluman.[2]
Award and honors
[edit | edit source]In 2019, Spittle was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame[3]
Amateur wins
[edit | edit source]- 1977 Canadian Amateur
- 1978 Canadian Amateur
- 2000 Ohio Mid-Amateur[4]
- 2001 Ohio Mid-Amateur
- 2003 Ohio Mid-Amateur
Professional wins (1)
[edit | edit source]Champions Tour wins (1)
[edit | edit source]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 Oct 2010 | AT&T Championship | −12 (66-68-67=201) | Playoff | Error creating thumbnail: Jeff Sluman |
Champions Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2010 | AT&T Championship | Error creating thumbnail: Jeff Sluman | Won with par on first extra hole |
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c Champions Tour Media Guide entry
- ^ Spittle beats Sluman in Champions Tour playoff
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Ohio Mid-Amateur, Past Champions
External links
[edit | edit source]- Rod Spittle at the PGA Tour official site