Fred Hawkins
Summary
- Ryder Cup 1 Cups · 1-1-0 · 1 points (50.0%)
- Singles 1-0-0 · Foursomes 0-1-0 · Four-ball 0-0-0
- Best major finish runner-up, 1958 Masters
Near misses
- 1958 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Arnold Palmer · 285
Ryder Cup
1 Cups, 2 matches: 1 won, 1 lost, 0 halved, 1 points. Foursomes 0-1-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 1-0-0.
- 1957 Lindrick Golf Club USA · GB won 7.5–4.5 · 1-1-0, 1 point · automatic
Rivals
Beat him
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: Arnold Palmer's rivals →
Results by championship
Best day
1958 Masters
Runner-up to Arnold Palmer · 285.
Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1958.
Career line, 1957–1958
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- Runner-up
- Ryder Cup, USA
Fred Hawkins was born in 1923 in Antioch, Illinois. Hawkins' best major finish was second, at the 1958 Masters. Hawkins played in 1 Ryder Cup for USA (1957), winning 1, losing 1 and halving 0 of 2 matches for 1 point.
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The record
Near misses
- 1958 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Arnold Palmer · 285
Ryder Cup
Hawkins played 1 Ryder Cups for USA: 2 matches, 1 won, 1 lost, 0 halved, 1 points (50.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-1-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 1-0-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 1957 Lindrick Golf Club USA · GB won 7.5–4.5 · 1-1-0, 1 point · automatic
Partners, with matches played together: Art Wall Jr. (1).
PGA Championship match play
Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 4 won, 2 lost.
- 1955 Round of 64 beat Eddie Joseph 3 & 2
- 1955 Round of 32 beat Fred Haas Jr. 2 up
- 1955 Round of 16 beat Ed Furgol 6 & 5
- 1955 Quarterfinal lost to Doug Ford 5 & 4
- 1956 Round of 16 beat Lionel Hebert 4 & 2
- 1956 Quarterfinal lost to Jack Burke Jr. 4 & 2
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.