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Lionel Hebert

United States · born , Lafayette, Louisiana · died

1major championship

Summary

  • First major 1957 PGA Championship
  • Ryder Cup 1 Cups · 0-1-0 · 0 points (0.0%)

Wins

  1. 1957 PGA Championship Miami Valley Golf Club · won the final 2 & 1 against Dow Finsterwald

Ryder Cup

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

  1. 1957 Lindrick Golf Club USA · GB won 7.5–4.5 · 0-1-0, 0 points · automatic

Rivals

Beaten in finals and playoffs

Ryder Cup opponents

Next in the chain: Dow Finsterwald's rivals →

Moments

  1. 1957 PGA Championship All square after 31 holes, Hebert took a 1-up lead with a 15-foot birdie putt on the 32nd.
  2. 1957 PGA Championship On the 34th Finsterwald drove into the rough and hit his six-iron into the creek fronting the green; Hebert closed out the last match-play final on the 35th green.

Results by championship

    Best day

    1957 PGA Championship

    Miami Valley Golf Club, Dayton, Ohio · won the final 2 & 1 against Dow Finsterwald

    All square after 31 holes, Hebert took a 1-up lead with a 15-foot birdie putt on the 32nd.

    On the 34th Finsterwald drove into the rough and hit his six-iron into the creek fronting the green; Hebert closed out the last match-play final on the 35th green.

    Chosen by rule: his most recent major win. Year page: 1957.

    Career line, 1957–1957

    PGA Championship
    1957 PGA Championship: won
    Ryder Cup
    1957 Ryder Cup (USA): 0-1-0
    19571958

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    • Major win
    • Ryder Cup, USA

    Lionel Hebert was born on January 20, 1928, in Lafayette, Louisiana. Hebert won one major championship: the 1957 PGA Championship. Hebert played in 1 Ryder Cup for USA (1957), winning 0, losing 1 and halving 0 of 1 match for 0 points.

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (1)

    1. 1957 PGA Championship Miami Valley Golf Club, Dayton, Ohio · won the final 2 & 1 against Dow Finsterwald

    Ryder Cup

    Hebert played 1 Ryder Cups for USA: 1 matches, 0 won, 1 lost, 0 halved, 0 points (0.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-0-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 0-1-0 (won-lost-halved).

    1. 1957 Lindrick Golf Club USA · GB won 7.5–4.5 · 0-1-0, 0 points · automatic

    PGA Championship match play

    Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 6 won, 2 lost, including 1 of 1 finals.

    1. 1955 Round of 64 beat Jerry Barber 2 & 1
    2. 1955 Round of 32 lost to Brien Charter 1 up
    3. 1956 Round of 16 lost to Fred Hawkins 4 & 2
    4. 1957 Round of 32 beat Charles Farlow 3 & 1
    5. 1957 Round of 16 beat Mike Souchak 2 & 1
    6. 1957 Quarterfinal beat Claude Harmon 2 & 1
    7. 1957 Semifinal beat Walter Burkemo 3 & 1
    8. 1957 Final beat Dow Finsterwald 2 & 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. PGA Tour
    3. Golf Compendium PGA Tour career wins
    4. Golf Compendium winners list
    5. WP: List of American Ryder Cup golfers
    6. PGA of America winners & venues
    7. Golf Compendium 1957
    8. The Golf News Net history table (2026)
    9. Today's Golfer purse history
    10. Dayton Daily News, 1957
    11. New England Golf, match-play history
    12. Trenham, televised golf found its future
    13. PGA of America 2013 media guide, p. 73
    14. Golf Compendium 1956
    15. GC: 1957 ryder cup
    16. Wikipedia: 1957 Ryder Cup