Walter Houston Hall (born June 12, 1947) is an American

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Early life

Hall was born in

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. He played collegiately at the

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Career

Hall turned professional in 1971, his amateur status having been forfeited when he entered the qualifying tournament for the

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. After failing to qualify for the tour, regained his amateur status in September 1972. He turned professional again in July 1973, and played on several mini-tours after missing out on the PGA Tour for a second time. After being professionally inactive for five years, in May 1980, he regained his amateur status once more. He turned professional for a third time in his late 40s, in preparation for the over-50s senior tours, and played on the

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in 1994 and 1995 and mini-tours in the United States, including the

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. His first professional win came at the Mid Pines Open on the Coastal Carolina Tour (later the Hurricane Tour) in 1993. In 1996, he won the season ending Naturally Fresh Cup on the Hooters Tour. Hall joined the

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in 1997 and has won once, the 2001

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. He also won the

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on the

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in 1997.

Amateur wins

*Forsyth Invitational (1969, 1970, 1981, 1982. 1984, 1991) *CGA Mid-Amateur (1985)

Professional wins (4)

NAG Hooters Tour wins (1)

Source:

Other wins (1)

*1993 Mid Pines Open (Coastal Carolina Tour)

Senior PGA Tour wins (1)

Senior PGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

European Seniors Tour wins (1)

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* * American male golfers Maryland Terrapins men's golfers PGA Tour Champions golfers European Senior Tour golfers Golfers from North Carolina Sportspeople from Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1947 births Living people 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-golf-bio-stub