Jerry Haas (born September 16, 1963) is an American professional

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er who coaches

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's golf team and used to play on the

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and the

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Amateur career

Haas was born in

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. He won the Illinois Amateur championship in 1982 and 1984 while he attended Wake Forest. In 1985 he was named second team All-American in his final year at Wake and was also selected to the American

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team. Haas finished an impressive T-31 at the

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as an amateur. He turned professional in 1986.

Professional career

Haas played on the European Tour in 1988 and 1989. He finished 57th on the money list in 1989. Haas finished in 3rd at

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in 1989 earning him his PGA Tour card for 1990. He played on the PGA Tour full-time in 1990 and 1991 and split time between the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour in 1992. He played on the Nationwide Tour in 1993 and 1994 and won three events on tour in 1994. Those three wins helped earn Haas his PGA Tour card for 1995 but he would have to go back to the Nationwide Tour in 1996. In 1997, Haas stopped playing professionally and spent a year as a commentator for

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and also spent time as a teaching professional at the Yorktown Golf Club in his hometown of

Coaching career

Haas was named the head coach of the

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golf team on September 1, 1997 and with the hiring stopped playing professional golf. He rebuilt the Wake Forest golf program and during his time they have seen over 15 All-ACC selections and over 15 individual tournament champions.

Personal life

Haas comes from a distinguished family of golfers. He is a nephew of 1968 Masters winner

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, and has several other relations in golf including his brother

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, nephews

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and Jay Jr., and brother-in-law

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. Jerry coached Bill at Wake Forest.

Amateur wins (2)

*1982 Illinois Amateur *1984 Illinois Amateur

Professional wins (8)

Nike Tour wins (3)

Other wins (5)

*1997 Southern Illinois Open *2012

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*2014

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*2015

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*2018

Results in major championships

''Note: Haas never played in

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LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur *

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(winners)

References

External links

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Profile on Wake Forest's official site
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