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Dave Marr

United States · born , Houston, Texas · died

1major championship

Summary

  • First major 1965 PGA Championship
  • Ryder Cup 1 Cups · 4-2-0 · 4 points (66.7%)
  • Ryder Cup captain 1981
  • Runner-up in majors 1 time

Wins

  1. 1965 PGA Championship Laurel Valley Golf Club · 280 (-4) · by 2 strokes from Billy Casper and Jack Nicklaus

Near misses

  1. 1964 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Arnold Palmer · 282
  2. 1966 The Open Muirfield · finished T8 · 288

Ryder Cup

1 Cups, 6 matches: 4 won, 2 lost, 0 halved, 4 points. Foursomes 1-1-0, four-ball 1-1-0, singles 2-0-0.

  1. 1965 Royal Birkdale Golf Club USA · USA won 19.5–12.5 · 4-2-0, 4 points
  2. 1981 Captain USA · won 18.5–9.5

Rivals

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Moments

  1. 1965 PGA Championship Leading by two on the 72nd hole, Dave Marr drove poorly, laid up, pitched over the water and holed the putt for a par 71.
  2. 1965 PGA Championship Co-54-hole leader Tommy Aaron went out in 40 in the final round, shot 78 and fell to a tie for eighth.

Results by championship

    Best day

    1965 PGA Championship

    Laurel Valley Golf Club, Ligonier, Pennsylvania · 280 (-4) · by 2 strokes from Billy Casper and Jack Nicklaus

    Leading by two on the 72nd hole, Dave Marr drove poorly, laid up, pitched over the water and holed the putt for a par 71.

    Co-54-hole leader Tommy Aaron went out in 40 in the final round, shot 78 and fell to a tie for eighth.

    Chosen by rule: his widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 1965.

    Career line, 1964–1966

    Masters
    1964 Masters: runner-up to Arnold Palmer
    PGA Championship
    1965 PGA Championship: won
    The Open
    1966 The Open: finished T8
    Ryder Cup
    1965 Ryder Cup (USA): 4-2-0
    1964196519661967

    4 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Runner-up
    • Top 10
    • Ryder Cup, USA

    Dave Marr was born on December 27, 1933, in Houston, Texas. Marr won one major championship: the 1965 PGA Championship. Marr played in 1 Ryder Cup for USA (1965), winning 4, losing 2 and halving 0 of 6 matches for 4 points, and captained the side in 1981.

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (1)

    1. 1965 PGA Championship Laurel Valley Golf Club, Ligonier, Pennsylvania · 280 (-4) · by 2 strokes from Billy Casper and Jack Nicklaus

    Near misses

    Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.

    1. 1964 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Arnold Palmer · 282
    2. 1966 The Open Muirfield · finished T8 · 288

    Ryder Cup

    Marr played 1 Ryder Cups for USA: 6 matches, 4 won, 2 lost, 0 halved, 4 points (66.7% of those available). By format: foursomes 1-1-0, four-ball 1-1-0, singles 2-0-0 (won-lost-halved).

    1. 1965 Royal Birkdale Golf Club USA · USA won 19.5–12.5 · 4-2-0, 4 points
    2. 1981 Captain USA · won 18.5–9.5

    Partners, with matches played together: Arnold Palmer (4).

    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.

    1. where2golf
    2. Golf Compendium PGA Tour career wins
    3. Golf Compendium winners list
    4. WP: List of American Ryder Cup golfers
    5. rydercup.com — link no longer works (checked October 17, 2026): https://rydercup.com/news-media/usa/ryder-cup-team-usa-past-captains
    6. Golf Compendium
    7. Golf Compendium 1965
    8. PGA of America 2012 media guide
    9. The Golf News Net history table (2026)
    10. Today's Golfer purse history
    11. PGA of America 1965 leaderboard
    12. Golf Digest Middle East prize-money history
    13. PGA of America 2013 media guide, p. 65
    14. R&A 1966
    15. GC: 1965 ryder cup
    16. WP 1965