Dave Hill
Summary
- Ryder Cup 3 Cups · 6-3-0 · 6 points (66.7%)
- Singles 3-0-0 · Foursomes 1-2-0 · Four-ball 2-1-0
- Best major finish runner-up, 1970 U.S. Open
Near misses
- 1970 U.S. Open Hazeltine National G.C. · runner-up to Tony Jacklin
Ryder Cup
3 Cups, 9 matches: 6 won, 3 lost, 0 halved, 6 points. Foursomes 1-2-0, four-ball 2-1-0, singles 3-0-0.
Rivals
Beat him
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: Tony Jacklin's rivals →
Results by championship
Best day
1970 U.S. Open
Runner-up to Tony Jacklin.
Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1970.
Career line, 1969–1977
4 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Runner-up
- Ryder Cup, USA
Dave Hill was born on May 20, 1937, in Jackson, Michigan, USA. Hill's best major finish was second, at the 1970 U.S. Open. Hill played in 3 Ryder Cups for USA (1969, 1973, 1977), winning 6, losing 3 and halving 0 of 9 matches for 6 points.
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The record
Near misses
- 1970 U.S. Open Hazeltine National G.C. · runner-up to Tony Jacklin
U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 1 (GNN U.S. Open room data).
Ryder Cup
Hill played 3 Ryder Cups for USA: 9 matches, 6 won, 3 lost, 0 halved, 6 points (66.7% of those available). By format: foursomes 1-2-0, four-ball 2-1-0, singles 3-0-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 1969 Royal Birkdale Golf Club USA · tied 16–16 · 4-2-0, 4 points
- 1973 Muirfield USA · USA won 19–13 · 0-1-0, 0 points
- 1977 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club USA · USA won 12.5–7.5 · 2-0-0, 2 points
Partners, with matches played together: Tommy Aaron (2), Dale Douglass (1), Ken Still (1), Arnold Palmer (1), Dave Stockton (1).
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.