Fred Hawkins is an American

United States

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 professional golfer

Professional golfer

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 who played on the PGA Tour from the mid 1940s to the mid 1960s.

Hawkins was born in Antioch, Illinois

Antioch, Illinois

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. He attended the University of Illinois and the Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy (now University of Texas at El Paso). He turned professional in 1947. He won once and had 19 runner-up finishes in PGA Tour events. His best year in professional golf was 1956, when he finished fourth on the money list plus notched his one and only PGA Tour win at the Oklahoma City Open. His best finish in a major

Men's major golf championships

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 was a second-place tie (with Doug Ford

Doug Ford (golfer)

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) in the 1958 Masters Tournament

1958 Masters Tournament

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 won by Arnold Palmer

Arnold Palmer

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. Hawkins also had a T-6 at the 1957 U.S. Open. He played on the 1957 Ryder Cup

Ryder Cup

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 team.

Hawkins played on the Senior PGA Tour (now Champions Tour) from 1980 to 1991. His best finishes were two T-3s in the 1983 Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-Am and the 1984 Gatlin Brothers Seniors Golf Classic.

Hawkins lived in El Paso, Texas

El Paso, Texas

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 during much of his career, and currently lives in Sebring, Florida

Sebring, Florida

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PGA Tour wins

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Sep 24, 1956	Oklahoma City Open	-9 (71-71-68-69=279)	2 strokes	Gardner Dickinson

PGA Tour playoff record (0-1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1959	Colonial National Invitation	Ben Hogan Ben Hogan William Ben Hogan was an American golfer, generally considered one of the greatest players in the history of the game...	Lost in 18-hole playoff (Hogan:69, Hawkins:73)

Results in major championships

Tournament	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T7	T10	T58	DNP	T29	T16	T2	7	T16	T24	CUT	DNP
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	CUT	DNP	DNP	T6	T48	DNP	DNP	T19	CUT	T6	DNP	T11	CUT	CUT	T38	CUT
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	QF	QF	R128	T14	T28	T10	T22	CUT	DNP

• Note: Hawkins never played in the British Open
  The Open Championship
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DNP = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Yellow background for top-10

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