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Hubert Green

United States · born , Birmingham, Alabama, USA · died

2major championships

Summary

  • First major 1977 U.S. Open
  • Last major 1985 PGA Championship
  • Ryder Cup 3 Cups · 4-3-0 · 4 points (57.1%)
  • Runner-up in majors 1 time

Wins

  1. 1977 U.S. Open Southern Hills C.C. · 278 (-2) · by 1 stroke from Lou Graham
  2. 1985 PGA Championship Cherry Hills Country Club · 278 (-6) · by 2 strokes from Lee Trevino

Near misses

  1. 1974 The Open Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club · finished 4 · 288 (+4)
  2. 1976 The Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · finished T5 · 288 (E)
  3. 1977 The Open Turnberry (Ailsa Course) · finished 3 · 279 (-1)
  4. 1978 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Gary Player · 278
  5. 1980 The Open Muirfield · finished T6 · 282 (-2)

Ryder Cup

3 Cups, 7 matches: 4 won, 3 lost, 0 halved, 4 points. Foursomes 0-1-0, four-ball 1-2-0, singles 3-0-0.

  1. 1977 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club USA · USA won 12.5–7.5 · 2-0-0, 2 points
  2. 1979 The Greenbrier (Greenbrier Course) USA · USA won 17–11 · 1-1-0, 1 point · automatic
  3. 1985 The Belfry (Brabazon Course) USA · Europe won 16.5–11.5 · 1-2-0, 1 point · automatic (major or match-play champion berth)

Rivals

Beat him

Ryder Cup partners

Ryder Cup opponents

Next in the chain: Gary Player's rivals →

Moments

  1. 1985 PGA Championship Lee Trevino took a one-shot lead with an eagle at the fifth, but bogeys at 15 and 17 let Hubert Green pull clear.
  2. 1985 PGA Championship Green, who had missed about as many cuts as he made that season, won his second major and 19th and final PGA Tour title.

Results by championship

    Best day

    1985 PGA Championship

    Cherry Hills Country Club, Denver, Colorado · 278 (-6) · by 2 strokes from Lee Trevino

    Lee Trevino took a one-shot lead with an eagle at the fifth, but bogeys at 15 and 17 let Hubert Green pull clear.

    Green, who had missed about as many cuts as he made that season, won his second major and 19th and final PGA Tour title.

    Chosen by rule: his widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 1985.

    Career line, 1974–1985

    Masters
    1978 Masters: runner-up to Gary Player
    PGA Championship
    1985 PGA Championship: won
    U.S. Open
    1977 U.S. Open: won
    The Open
    1974 The Open: finished 41976 The Open: finished T51977 The Open: finished 31980 The Open: finished T6
    Ryder Cup
    1977 Ryder Cup (USA): 2-0-01979 Ryder Cup (USA): 1-1-01985 Ryder Cup (USA): 1-2-0
    197519801985

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

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

    Hubert Green was born on December 28, 1946, in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Green won 2 major championships: 1 PGA Championship (1985) and 1 U.S. Open (1977). Green played in 3 Ryder Cups for USA (1977, 1979, 1985), winning 4, losing 3 and halving 0 of 7 matches for 4 points.

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (2)

    1. 1977 U.S. Open Southern Hills C.C., Tulsa, OK · 278 (-2) · by 1 stroke from Lou Graham
    2. 1985 PGA Championship Cherry Hills Country Club, Denver, Colorado · 278 (-6) · by 2 strokes from Lee Trevino

    Near misses

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

    1. 1974 The Open Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club · finished 4 · 288 (+4)
    2. 1976 The Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · finished T5 · 288 (E)
    3. 1977 The Open Turnberry (Ailsa Course) · finished 3 · 279 (-1)
    4. 1978 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Gary Player · 278
    5. 1980 The Open Muirfield · finished T6 · 282 (-2)

    U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 3 (GNN U.S. Open room data).

    Ryder Cup

    Green played 3 Ryder Cups for USA: 7 matches, 4 won, 3 lost, 0 halved, 4 points (57.1% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-1-0, four-ball 1-2-0, singles 3-0-0 (won-lost-halved).

    1. 1977 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club USA · USA won 12.5–7.5 · 2-0-0, 2 points
    2. 1979 The Greenbrier (Greenbrier Course) USA · USA won 17–11 · 1-1-0, 1 point · automatic
    3. 1985 The Belfry (Brabazon Course) USA · Europe won 16.5–11.5 · 1-2-0, 1 point · automatic (major or match-play champion berth)

    Partners, with matches played together: Fuzzy Zoeller (3), Tom Watson (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.

    1. where2golf
    2. Golf Compendium PGA Tour career wins
    3. Golf Compendium winners list
    4. WP: List of American Ryder Cup golfers
    5. GNN U.S. Open room (champions data)
    6. Golf Compendium 1985
    7. PGA of America 2012 media guide
    8. The Golf News Net history table (2026)
    9. Today's Golfer purse history
    10. PGA of America 1985 leaderboard
    11. PGA of America club pros who made the cut
    12. PGA of America 2013 media guide, p. 45
    13. R&A 1974
    14. R&A 1976
    15. R&A 1977
    16. R&A 1980
    17. GC: 1977 ryder cup
    18. WP 1977
    19. GC: 1979 ryder cup
    20. Wikipedia: 1979 Ryder Cup
    21. GC: 1985 ryder cup
    22. Wikipedia: 1985 Ryder Cup