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Career Highlights
Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic 1996
Played in 1982 Masters as an amateur, T41
Won 1977 U.S. Junior, 1978 PGA Junior, and 1979 Western Junior
Medalist at 1983 PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament
Won 1990 & 1995 Oklahoma Open
Bio
Willie had an outstanding junior career with victories at three
of the most prominent national junior events, the 1977 U.S. Junior,
the 1978 PGA Junior and the 1979 Western Junior.
A two-time 1st Team All-American while attending Oklahoma State
University, in 1982 he was a Big 8 Champion, recipient of the
Fred Haskins Award and finished T41 at the Masters as an amateur.
In 1983, Willie was a member of the U.S. Walker Cup Team and later
that year the medalist at the PGA Tour Qualifying School.
Wood joined the PGA Tour in 1984 and would win his first event
in 1996 at the Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic for his first victory
on the PGA Tour. He has earned 22 top-10 finishes and finished
as the runner-up five times…Earned a return trip to the
Masters in 1998, by finishing 12th at Augusta in 1997, his best
showing in a major.
Willie is married to Jenny and has three sons, William, Kelby
and Hayden.
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