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Doug Tewell

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Early life and amateur c..
Professional career
Personal life
Professional wins (16)

PGA Tour wins (4)
Other wins (4)
Champions Tour wins (8)

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Wins (2)

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Douglas Fred Tewell (born August 27, 1949) is an American professional golfer who has won several tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level, including two senior major championships.

Early life and amateur career

Tewell was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He grew up in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He got started in the game by working as a caddie for his father. He attended Oklahoma State University in his hometown on a basketball scholarship his freshman year, but later switched to golf. Tewell graduated in 1971.

Professional career

Shortly after graduating college, in 1971, Tewell turned pro. Tewell joined the PGA Tour in 1975; his best year came in 1980 when he won the Sea Pines Heritage and IVB-Golf Classic. He won two more times on the Tour in the mid-1980s. His best finishes in a major were T-9 at the 1983 PGA Championship and T-10 at the 1986 PGA Championship. Tewell was forced off the PGA Tour at the age of 46 at the end of the 1995 season due to an orthopedic problem in his left Elbow-joint. He had arthroscopic surgery on the same elbow in 2005, a procedure he describes as "cleaning out scar tissue".

The biggest win in his career was his first on the Champions Tour. He won his first major, the Senior PGA Championship at the PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida by seven shots over four other players including Tom Kite and Hale Irwin.

Personal life

Tewell lives today in Edmond, Oklahoma with his wife Pam. They have a daughter, Kristie, and a son, Jay. Kristie is married to former Nationwide Tour player Pat Bates.

Professional wins (16)

PGA Tour wins (4)

1	Mar 30, 1980	Sea Pines Heritage	−4 (69-66-72-73=280)	Playoff	Jerry Pate
2	Aug 3, 1980	IVB-Golf Classic	−12 (67-73-65-67=272)	1 stroke	Tom Kite
3	Feb 23, 1986	Los Angeles Open	−14 (69-72-66-63=270)	7 strokes	Clarence Rose
4	Oct 11, 1987	Pensacola Open	−15 (69-66-66-68=269)	3 strokes	Phil Blackmar, Danny Edwards

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

1980

Sea Pines Heritage

Jerry Pate

Won with par on first extra hole

Other wins (4)

1978 South Central PGA Championship
1982 Oklahoma Open
1988 Acom Team Championship (with Bob Gilder)
1995 Jerry Ford Invitational

Champions Tour wins (8)

Champions Tour major championships (2)

Other Champions Tour (6)

1	Apr 16, 2000	PGA Seniors' Championship	−15 (68-66-67=201)	7 strokes	Hale Irwin, Tom Kite, Larry Nelson, Dana Quigley
2	Jun 18, 2000	SBC Championship	−14 (70-65-67=202)	1 stroke	Walter Hall, Larry Nelson
3	Aug 20, 2000	Novell Utah Showdown	−17 (67-66-66=199)	2 strokes	Gil Morgan
4	Apr 15, 2001	The Countrywide Tradition	−23 (66-67-70-62=265)	9 strokes	Mike McCullough
5	Feb 17, 2002	Verizon Classic	−13 (67-67-69=203)	1 stroke	Hale Irwin
6	Apr 7, 2002	Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf	−11 (69-66-70=205)	1 stroke	Bobby Wadkins
7	Jun 22, 2003	Farmers Charity Classic	−15 (69-66-66=201)	Playoff	Eamonn Darcy
8	Aug 22, 2004	Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn	−14 (69-69-64=202)	1 stroke	Bruce Fleisher

Champions Tour playoff record (1–1)

1	2001	Ford Senior Players Championship	Allen Doyle	Lost to par on first extra hole
2	2003	Farmers Charity Classic	Eamonn Darcy	Won with birdie on third extra hole