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{{short description|American professional golfer}}
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| nickname =
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|1|7}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|1|7}}
| birth_place = [[Nashville, Tennessee]]
| birth_place = [[Nashville, Tennessee]], U.S.
| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1938|1|7}} -->
| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1938|1|7}} -->
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| college = [[University of Memphis|Memphis State University]]
| college = [[University of Memphis|Memphis State University]]
| yearpro = 1964
| yearpro = 1964
| retired = <!-- Year retired -->
| tour = <!-- Current tours which a member of -->
| extour = [[PGA Tour]]<br>[[Champions Tour]]
| extour = [[PGA Tour]]<br>[[Champions Tour]]
| prowins = 7
| prowins = 7
| pgawins = 6
| pgawins = 6
| champwins = <!-- Number of Champions Tour wins -->
| otherwins = 1
| seneurowins = <!-- Number of European Seniors Tour wins -->
| otherwins = <!-- Number of Other wins -->
| majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins -->
| majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins -->
| masters = T6: 1977
| masters = T6: [[1977 Masters Tournament|1977]]
| usopen = '''Won''': [[1975 U.S. Open (golf)|1975]]
| usopen = '''Won''': [[1975 U.S. Open (golf)|1975]]
| open = T47: 1975
| open = T47: 1975
| pga = T6: 1977
| pga = T6: [[1977 PGA Championship|1977]]
| wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID -->
| wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID -->
| wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted -->
| wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted -->
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'''Louis Krebs Graham''' (born January 7, 1938) is an [[United States|American]] [[professional golfer]] who has participated in and won numerous [[golf]] tournaments including the 1975 [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]. Most of his wins were in the 1970s.
'''Louis Krebs Graham''' (born January 7, 1938) is an American [[professional golfer]] who won six [[PGA Tour]] tournaments including the 1975 [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]. Most of his wins were in the 1970s.


Lou Graham was born in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. He started playing golf when he was seven years old. He attended Memphis State University, now the [[University of Memphis]], in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], where he played on the golf team for three years. Later, Graham was drafted into the [[U.S. Army]]. While in the Army, Graham served as a member of the ''Old Guard'' &mdash; Company E of the [[3rd United States Infantry Regiment (TOG)|Third U.S. Infantry Regiment]] &mdash; the ceremonial Honor Guard that guards the [[Tomb of the Unknown Soldier]] in [[Arlington National Cemetery]]. During his Army career, he made the Army golf team that won the Inter-Service championship in 1961. Graham joined the [[PGA Tour]] in September 1964. His first win was at the [[Minnesota Golf Classic]] at [[Hazeltine National Golf Club]] in 1967 during his third full year on the tour. Graham won again in 1972 at the [[Liggett Myers Open]], followed by the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] in 1975. Graham had only three wins in fifteen years, and then in 1979, he won three more times in the space of eleven weeks. For this achievement, he won ''Golf Digest's'' 1979 Comeback of the Year award.<ref name="GHT">{{cite web | url=http://www.golfhousetennessee.com/fw/main/Lou_Graham-417.html | title=Lou Graham - Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame|publisher=Tennessee Golf Association}}</ref>
Lou Graham was born in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. He started playing golf when he was seven years old. He attended Nashville's [[Father Ryan High School]], and then Memphis State University, now the [[University of Memphis]], in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], where he played on the golf team for three years. Later, Graham was drafted into the [[U.S. Army]]. While in the Army, Graham served as a member of the ''Old Guard''—Company E of the [[3rd United States Infantry Regiment (TOG)|Third U.S. Infantry Regiment]]—the ceremonial Honor Guard that guards the [[Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Arlington)|Tomb of the Unknown Soldier]] in [[Arlington National Cemetery]]. During his Army career, he made the Army golf team that won the Inter-Service championship in 1961.
Graham joined the [[PGA Tour]] in September 1964. His first win was at the [[Minnesota Golf Classic]] at [[Hazeltine National Golf Club]] in 1967 during his third full year on the tour. Graham won again in 1972 at the [[Liggett Myers Open]], followed by the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] in 1975. Graham had only three wins in fifteen years, and then in 1979, he won three more times in the space of eleven weeks. For this achievement, he won ''Golf Digest's'' 1979 Comeback of the Year award.<ref name="GHT">{{cite web |url=http://www.golfhousetennessee.com/fw/main/Lou_Graham-417.html |title=Lou Graham - Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame |publisher=Tennessee Golf Association |access-date=2006-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215153439/http://www.golfhousetennessee.com/fw/main/Lou_Graham-417.html |archive-date=2012-02-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Graham played on three [[Ryder Cup]] teams (1973, 1975, 1977), and was a member of the victorious 1975 [[WGC-World Cup|World Cup]] Team. He was inducted as a charter member of the Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame in 1992. During his career, he won over $1.4 million on the PGA Tour and over $600,000 in Senior Tour career earnings.<ref name="GHT"/>
Graham played on three [[Ryder Cup]] teams (1973, 1975, 1977), and was a member of the victorious 1975 [[WGC-World Cup|World Cup]] Team. He was inducted as a charter member of the Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame in 1992. During his career, he won over $1.4 million on the PGA Tour and over $600,000 in Senior Tour career earnings.<ref name="GHT"/>


Graham's greatest success in [[Men's major golf championships|major championships]] has been at the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]. He won in 1975 at the [[Medinah Country Club]] in [[Medinah, Illinois]] beating [[John Mahaffey]] by two strokes in a playoff. In 1977, he finished 2nd &ndash; losing by one stroke to [[Hubert Green]] at [[Southern Hills Country Club]] in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]]. He also had a previous T-3 finish at the [[U.S. Open (golf)|Open]] in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|title=Golf Major Championships|url=http://golfmajorchampionships.com/players?player=137}}</ref> On the Senior Tour (now known as the [[Champions Tour]]), his best finish was a T-3 at the AT&T Championship in 1990.
Graham's greatest success in [[Men's major golf championships|major championships]] has been at the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]. He won in 1975 at the [[Medinah Country Club]] in [[Medinah, Illinois]] beating [[John Mahaffey]] by two strokes in a playoff. In 1977, he finished second – losing by one stroke to [[Hubert Green]] at [[Southern Hills Country Club]] in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]]. He also had a previous T-3 finish at the [[U.S. Open (golf)|Open]] in 1974.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lou Graham |website=Golf Major Championships |url=http://golfmajorchampionships.com/players?player=137}}</ref> On the Senior Tour (now known as the [[Champions Tour]]), his best finish was a T-3 at the AT&T Championship in 1990.


==Professional wins (7)==
==Professional wins (7)==
===PGA Tour wins (6)===
===PGA Tour wins (6)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Legend
|- style="background:#e5d1cb;"
| Major championships (1)
|-
| Other PGA Tour (5)
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.
!No.
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!Tournament
!Tournament
!Winning score
!Winning score
!Margin of victory
!Margin of<br>victory
!Runner(s)-up
!Runner(s)-up
|-
|-
|align=center|1
|1
||Jul 30, 1967
|align=right|Jul 30, [[1967 PGA Tour|1967]]
|[[Minnesota Golf Classic]]
|[[Minnesota Golf Classic]]
|–2 (76-68-70-72=286)
|−2 (76-68-70-72=286)
|1 stroke
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[Bob Verwey]]
|{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[Bobby Verwey]]
|-
|-
|align=center|2
|2
|Aug 27, [[1972 PGA Tour|1972]]
|align=right|Aug 27, [[1972 PGA Tour|1972]]
|[[Liggett & Myers Open]]
|[[Liggett & Myers Open]]
|–3 (71-74-70-70=285)
|−3 (71-74-70-70=285)
|Playoff
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[David Graham (golfer)|David Graham]], {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hale Irwin]],<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Larry Ziegler]]
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[David Graham (golfer)|David Graham]], {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hale Irwin]],<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Larry Ziegler]]
|-style="background:#e5d1cb;"
|-
|align=center|3
|3
|Jun 22, [[1975 PGA Tour|1975]]
|align=right|Jun 23, [[1975 PGA Tour|1975]]
|'''[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]'''
|'''[[1975 U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]'''
| +3 (70-65-71-73=279)
| +3 (74-72-68-73=287)
|Playoff
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[John Mahaffey]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[John Mahaffey]]
|-
|-
|align=center|4
|4
|Jul 22, [[1979 PGA Tour|1979]]
|align=right|Jul 22, [[1979 PGA Tour|1979]]
|[[IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic]]
|[[IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic]]
|–11 (68-70-71-64=273)
|−11 (68-70-71-64=273)
|Playoff
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bobby Wadkins]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bobby Wadkins]]
|-
|-
|align=center|5
|5
|Sep 9, [[1979 PGA Tour|1979]]
|align=right|Sep 9, 1979
|[[American Optical Classic]]
|[[American Optical Classic]]
|–9 (68-67-71-69=275)
|−9 (68-67-71-69=275)
|1 stroke
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ben Crenshaw]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ben Crenshaw]]
|-
|-
|align=center|6
|6
|Sep 7, [[1979 PGA Tour|1979]]
|align=right|Oct 7, 1979
|[[San Antonio Texas Open]]
|[[San Antonio Texas Open]]
|–12 (69-64-69-66=268)
|−12 (69-64-69-66=268)
|1 stroke
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Eddie Pearce]], {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bill Rogers (golfer)|Bill Rogers]],<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Doug Tewell]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Eddie Pearce]], {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bill Rogers (golfer)|Bill Rogers]],<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Doug Tewell]]
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent(s)!!Result
!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent(s)!!Result
|-style="background:#F2C1D1;"
|-bgcolor="F5DEB3"
|align=center|1
|1
|1971
|[[1971 PGA Tour|1971]]
|[[Greater Hartford Open]]
|[[Greater Hartford Open]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[George Archer]], {{flagicon|USA}} [[J. C. Snead]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[George Archer]], {{flagicon|USA}} [[J. C. Snead]]
|Archer won with birdie on first extra hole
|Archer won with birdie on first extra hole
|-style="background:#D0F0C0;"
|-bgcolor="#BOEOE6"
|align=center|2
|2
|1972
|[[1972 PGA Tour|1972]]
|[[Liggett & Myers Open]]
|[[Liggett & Myers Open]]
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[David Graham (golfer)|David Graham]], {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hale Irwin]],<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Larry Ziegler]]
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[David Graham (golfer)|David Graham]], {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hale Irwin]],<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Larry Ziegler]]
|Won with birdie on third extra hole<br>D. Graham and Ziegler eliminated with par on first hole
|Won with birdie on third extra hole<br>D. Graham and Ziegler eliminated by par on first hole
|-style="background:#D0F0C0;"
|-bgcolor="#BOEOE6"
|align=center|3
|3
|1975
|[[1975 PGA Tour|1975]]
|'''[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]'''
|'''[[1975 U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]'''
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[John Mahaffey]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[John Mahaffey]]
|Won 18-hole playoff (Graham:71, Mahaffey:73)
|Won 18-hole playoff;<br>Graham: E (71),<br>Mahaffey: +2 (73)
|-style="background:#D0F0C0;"
|-bgcolor="#BOEOE6"
|align=center|4
|4
|1979
|[[1979 PGA Tour|1979]]
|[[IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic]]
|[[IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bobby Wadkins]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bobby Wadkins]]
|Won with birdie on first extra hole
|Won with birdie on first extra hole
|}
|}

[[Men's major golf championships|Major championship]] is shown in '''bold'''.


===Other wins (1)===
===Other wins (1)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
*1975 [[World Cup (men's golf)|World Cup]] (with [[Johnny Miller]])
!No.

!Date
==Major Championships==
!Tournament
!Winning score
!Margin of<br>victory
!Runners-up
|-
|align=center|1
|align=right|Dec 7, 1975
|[[1975 World Cup (men's golf)|World Cup]]<br>(with {{flagicon|USA}} [[Johnny Miller]])
|−22 (134-142-140-138=554)
|10 strokes
|{{TWN}} − [[Hsieh Min-Nan]] and [[Kuo Chie-Hsiung]]
|}


==Major championships==
===Wins (1)===
===Wins (1)===
{|class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable"
!Year!!Championship!!54 Holes!!Winning Score!!Margin!!Runner-up
!Year!!Championship!!54 holes!!Winning score!!Margin!!Runner-up
|- bgcolor="#FBCEB1"
|- style="background:#FBCEB1;"
| [[1975 U.S. Open (golf)|1975]] ||[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] ||4 shot deficit ||+3 (74-72-68-73-71=287) ||Playoff<sup>1</sup> ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[John Mahaffey]]
| [[1975 U.S. Open (golf)|1975]] ||[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] ||4 shot deficit ||+3 (74-72-68-73=287) ||Playoff<sup>1</sup> ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[John Mahaffey]]
|}
|}
<sup>1</sup>Defeated John Mahaffey in an 18 hole playoff - Graham 71 (E), Mahaffey 73 (+2).
<sup>1</sup>Defeated Mahaffey in an 18-hole playoff – Graham 71 (E), Mahaffey 73 (+2).


===Results timeline===
===Results timeline===
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;text-align:center;"
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|- style="background:#eeeeee;"
!align="left"|Tournament
!align="left"|Tournament
!1963
!1963
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!1969
!1969
|-
|-
|[[Masters Tournament|The Masters]]
|align=left|[[Masters Tournament]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|CUT
|CUT
|-
|-
|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
|align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
|align="center"|CUT
|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|CUT
|23
|align="center"|23
|align="center"|CUT
|CUT
|align="center"|T28
|T28
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|-
|-
|[[The Open Championship]]
|align=left|[[The Open Championship]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|-
|-
|[[PGA Championship]]
|align=left|[[PGA Championship]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T8
|style="background:yellow;"|T8
|align="center"|CUT
|CUT
|}
|}


{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;text-align:center;"
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|- style="background:#eeeeee;"
!align="left"|Tournament
!align="left"|Tournament
!1970
!1970
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!1979
!1979
|-
|-
|[[Masters Tournament|The Masters]]
|align=left|[[Masters Tournament]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|CUT
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|T17
|T17
|align="center"|CUT
|CUT
|align="center"|T40
|T40
|align="center"|T12
|T12
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T6
|style="background:yellow;"|T6
|align="center"|CUT
|CUT
|align="center"|T23
|T23
|-
|-
|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
|align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
|align="center"|T46
|T46
|align="center"|T37
|T37
|align="center"|T19
|T19
|align="center"|CUT
|CUT
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T3
|style="background:yellow;"|T3
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''1'''
|style="background:lime;"|'''1'''
|align="center"|T28
|T28
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|2
|style="background:yellow;"|2
|align="center"|T35
|T35
|align="center"|T25
|T25
|-
|-
|[[The Open Championship]]
|align=left|[[The Open Championship]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|T47
|T47
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|-
|-
|[[PGA Championship]]
|align=left|[[PGA Championship]]
|align="center"|T22
|T22
|align="center"|CUT
|CUT
|align="center"|T33
|T33
|align="center"|T30
|T30
|align="center"|T48
|T48
|align="center"|T54
|T54
|align="center"|T22
|T22
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T6
|style="background:yellow;"|T6
|align="center"|CUT
|CUT
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T10
|style="background:yellow;"|T10
|}
|}


{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;text-align:center;"
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|- style="background:#eeeeee;"
!align="left"|Tournament
!align="left"|Tournament
!1980
!1980
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!1985
!1985
|-
|-
|[[Masters Tournament|The Masters]]
|align=left|[[Masters Tournament]]
|align="center"|T26
|T26
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|-
|-
|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
|align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
|align="center"|T51
|T51
|align="center"|CUT
|CUT
|align="center"|T39
|T39
|align="center"|T50
|T50
|align="center"|CUT
|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|CUT
|-
|-
|[[The Open Championship]]
|align=left|[[The Open Championship]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|-
|-
|[[PGA Championship]]
|align=left|[[PGA Championship]]
|align="center"|CUT
|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|T42
|T42
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|align="center"|DNP
|}
|}
{{legend|lime|Win}}
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
CUT = missed the halfway cut<br/>
"T" indicates a tie for a place.


===Summary===
DNP = Did not play<br>
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
CUT = missed the half-way cut<br>
!Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made
"T" indicates a tie for a place<br>
|-
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10
|align=left|[[Masters Tournament]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 10 || 6
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] || 1 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 3 || 6 || 21 || 14
|-
|align=left|[[The Open Championship]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
|align=left|[[PGA Championship]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 5 || 15 || 10
|-
!Totals !! 1 !! 1 !! 1 !! 3 !! 7 !! 15 !! 47 !! 31
|}
*Most consecutive cuts made – 11 (1974 U.S. Open – 1977 U.S. Open)
*Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (1977 Masters – 1977 PGA)

==Results in The Players Championship==
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#eeeeee;"
!align="left"|Tournament
!1974
!1975
!1976
!1977
!1978
!1979
!1980
!1981
!1982
!1983
!1984
!1985
|-
|align=left|[[The Players Championship]]
|style="background:yellow;"|5
|T29
|T56
|T61
|style="background:yellow;"|2
|T43
|T60
|72
|T70
|WD
|CUT
|CUT
|}
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}
CUT = missed the halfway cut<br/>
WD = withdrew<br/>
"T" indicates a tie for a place


==U.S. national team appearances==
==U.S. national team appearances==
'''Professional'''
'''Professional'''
*[[Ryder Cup]]: [[1973 Ryder Cup|1973]] (winners), [[1975 Ryder Cup|1975]] (winners), [[1977 Ryder Cup|1977]] (winners)
*[[Ryder Cup]]: [[1973 Ryder Cup|1973]] (winners), [[1975 Ryder Cup|1975]] (winners), [[1977 Ryder Cup|1977]] (winners)
*[[World Cup (men's golf)|World Cup]]: 1975 (winners)
*[[World Cup (men's golf)|World Cup]]: [[1975 World Cup (men's golf)|1975]] (winners)

==See also==
*[[List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins]]


==References==
==References==
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{{Persondata
| NAME = Graham, Lou
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Graham, Louis Krebs
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Professional golfer
| DATE OF BIRTH = January 7, 1938
| PLACE OF BIRTH = Nashville, Tennessee
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For other uses, see Lou Graham (disambiguation).
Lou Graham
Personal information
Full nameLouis Krebs Graham
Born (1938-01-07) January 7, 1938 (age 86)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Sporting nationality United States
Career
CollegeMemphis State University
Turned professional1964
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Champions Tour
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour6
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT6: 1977
PGA ChampionshipT6: 1977
U.S. OpenWon: 1975
The Open ChampionshipT47: 1975

Louis Krebs Graham (born January 7, 1938) is an American professional golfer who won six PGA Tour tournaments including the 1975 U.S. Open. Most of his wins were in the 1970s.

Lou Graham was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He started playing golf when he was seven years old. He attended Nashville's Father Ryan High School, and then Memphis State University, now the University of Memphis, in Memphis, Tennessee, where he played on the golf team for three years. Later, Graham was drafted into the U.S. Army. While in the Army, Graham served as a member of the Old Guard—Company E of the Third U.S. Infantry Regiment—the ceremonial Honor Guard that guards the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. During his Army career, he made the Army golf team that won the Inter-Service championship in 1961.

Graham joined the PGA Tour in September 1964. His first win was at the Minnesota Golf Classic at Hazeltine National Golf Club in 1967 during his third full year on the tour. Graham won again in 1972 at the Liggett Myers Open, followed by the U.S. Open in 1975. Graham had only three wins in fifteen years, and then in 1979, he won three more times in the space of eleven weeks. For this achievement, he won Golf Digest's 1979 Comeback of the Year award.[1]

Graham played on three Ryder Cup teams (1973, 1975, 1977), and was a member of the victorious 1975 World Cup Team. He was inducted as a charter member of the Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame in 1992. During his career, he won over $1.4 million on the PGA Tour and over $600,000 in Senior Tour career earnings.[1]

Graham's greatest success in major championships has been at the U.S. Open. He won in 1975 at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois beating John Mahaffey by two strokes in a playoff. In 1977, he finished second – losing by one stroke to Hubert Green at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He also had a previous T-3 finish at the Open in 1974.[2] On the Senior Tour (now known as the Champions Tour), his best finish was a T-3 at the AT&T Championship in 1990.

Professional wins (7)

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PGA Tour wins (6)

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Legend
Major championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (5)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 Jul 30, 1967 Minnesota Golf Classic −2 (76-68-70-72=286) 1 stroke South Africa Bobby Verwey
2 Aug 27, 1972 Liggett & Myers Open −3 (71-74-70-70=285) Playoff Australia David Graham, United States Hale Irwin,
United States Larry Ziegler
3 Jun 23, 1975 U.S. Open +3 (74-72-68-73=287) Playoff United States John Mahaffey
4 Jul 22, 1979 IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic −11 (68-70-71-64=273) Playoff United States Bobby Wadkins
5 Sep 9, 1979 American Optical Classic −9 (68-67-71-69=275) 1 stroke United States Ben Crenshaw
6 Oct 7, 1979 San Antonio Texas Open −12 (69-64-69-66=268) 1 stroke United States Eddie Pearce, United States Bill Rogers,
United States Doug Tewell

PGA Tour playoff record (3–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1971 Greater Hartford Open United States George Archer, United States J. C. Snead Archer won with birdie on first extra hole
2 1972 Liggett & Myers Open Australia David Graham, United States Hale Irwin,
United States Larry Ziegler 		Won with birdie on third extra hole
D. Graham and Ziegler eliminated by par on first hole
3 1975 U.S. Open United States John Mahaffey Won 18-hole playoff;
Graham: E (71),
Mahaffey: +2 (73)
4 1979 IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic United States Bobby Wadkins Won with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 Dec 7, 1975 World Cup
(with United States Johnny Miller) 		−22 (134-142-140-138=554) 10 strokes  Taiwan − Hsieh Min-Nan and Kuo Chie-Hsiung

Major championships

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Wins (1)

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Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner-up
1975 U.S. Open 4 shot deficit +3 (74-72-68-73=287) Playoff1 United States John Mahaffey

1Defeated Mahaffey in an 18-hole playoff – Graham 71 (E), Mahaffey 73 (+2).

Results timeline

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Tournament 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open CUT CUT 23 CUT T28
The Open Championship
PGA Championship T8 CUT
Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Masters Tournament CUT T17 CUT T40 T12 T6 CUT T23
U.S. Open T46 T37 T19 CUT T3 1 T28 2 T35 T25
The Open Championship T47
PGA Championship T22 CUT T33 T30 T48 T54 T22 T6 CUT T10
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Masters Tournament T26
U.S. Open T51 CUT T39 T50 CUT CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship CUT CUT T42
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 1 4 10 6
U.S. Open 1 1 1 3 3 6 21 14
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 3 5 15 10
Totals 1 1 1 3 7 15 47 31
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 11 (1974 U.S. Open – 1977 U.S. Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (1977 Masters – 1977 PGA)

Results in The Players Championship

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Tournament 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
The Players Championship 5 T29 T56 T61 2 T43 T60 72 T70 WD CUT CUT
  Top 10

CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place

U.S. national team appearances

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Professional

References

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  1. ^ a b "Lou Graham - Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame". Tennessee Golf Association. Archived from the original on February 15, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2006.
  2. ^ "Lou Graham". Golf Major Championships.
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