"PGA Champion" Dave Stockton Hand Signed 3X5 Card Todd Mueller COA

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Up for auction "PGA Champion" Dave Stockton Hand Signed 3X5 Card.
This item is certified authentic by Todd Mueller and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity.
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David Knapp Stockton
(born November 2, 1941) is an American
professional golfer
who has won tournaments on both the
PGA Tour
and the
Champions Tour
. Stockton was born in
San Bernardino, California
. He attended the
University of Southern California
and turned professional in 1964. His first PGA Tour win came at the 1967
Colonial National Invitation
. He was selected by former Colonial champions as one of two
Champion's Choice
invitations; he is the only Champion's Choice invitee to win the Colonial in the year of the invitation. His best year was 1974, when he won three times, but his two
majors
, both of which were
PGA Championships
, came in 1970 and 1976. In
1970
he played the final round with
Arnold Palmer
, shooting a seventy-three which included an eagle and a double-bogey on the seventh and the eighth holes, and making a bogey on the thirteenth despite putting a ball in the water. In the end, this effort was good enough for a two stroke victory over Palmer and
Bob Murphy
. Due to rain at the
1976 PGA Championship
, which was held at the
Congressional Country Club
, the final round had to be delayed until Monday. Stockton sank a fifteen-foot par putt at the seventy-second hole to avoid a three-man playoff with
Raymond Floyd
and
Don January
.Stockton joined the Senior PGA Tour (now the
Champions Tour
) in 1991 and enjoyed continued success, topping the Senior Tour money list in 1993 and 1994. His fourteen senior titles include three
senior majors
, the 1992 and 1994
Senior Players Championships
and the 1996
U.S. Senior Open
. He remained competitive in his sixties, finishing in the top 50 on the Champions Tour money list for a thirteenth consecutive season in 2004. Stockton played for the U.S. team in the
Ryder Cup
in
1971
and
1977
. He was the Americans' victorious non-playing captain in the
1991 Ryder Cup
at
Kiawah Island
.Stockton is married to former Orange Show beauty queen Catherine Hales. They have two children,
Dave Jr.
and Ron, who both play professional golf. When he was an active PGA Tour player, Stockton had the reputation of being one of the best putters. In 2009, Stockton was credited with aiding the world's second-ranked golfer,
Phil Mickelson
with his putting, which helped him win the 2009
Tour Championship
. He wrote a guide to putting called "Unconscious Putting," which was released in 2011 and quickly became a top seller.