Doug Tewell


Douglas Fred Tewell is an American professional golfer who has won several tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level, including two senior major championships.
Tewell was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and reared in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He got started in the game by working as a caddie for his father. He attended Oklahoma State University in his hometown on a basketball scholarship his freshman year, but later switched to golf. Tewell graduated and turned pro in 1971.
Tewell joined the PGA Tour in 1975; his best year came in 1980 when he won the Sea Pines Heritage and IVB-Golf Classic. He won two more times on the Tour in the mid-1980s. His best finishes in a major were T-9 at the 1983 PGA Championship and T-10 at the 1986 PGA Championship. Tewell was forced off the PGA Tour at the age of 46 at the end of the 1995 season due to an orthopedic problem in his left elbow. He had arthroscopic surgery on the same elbow in 2005, a procedure he describes as "cleaning out scar tissue".
The biggest win in his career was his first on the Champions Tour. He won his first major, the Senior PGA Championship at the PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida by seven shots over four other players including Tom Kite and Hale Irwin.
Tewell lives today in Edmond, Oklahoma with his wife Pam. They have a daughter, Kristie, and a son, Jay. Kristie is married to former Nationwide Tour player Pat Bates. Tewell has worked as a color analyst for the Golf Channel, ESPN and Fox Sports. Tewell and fellow Edmond Oklahoman Gil Morgan are close friends and are often seen playing for fun together.

Professional wins

PGA Tour wins (4)

PGA Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
11980Sea Pines Heritage Jerry PateWon with par on first extra hole

Other wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Apr 16, 2000Senior PGA Championship−15 7 strokes Hale Irwin, Tom Kite,
Larry Nelson, Dana Quigley
2Jun 18, 2000SBC Championship−14 1 stroke Walter Hall, Larry Nelson
3Aug 20, 2000Novell Utah Showdown−17 2 strokes Gil Morgan
4Apr 15, 2001The Countrywide Tradition−23 9 strokes Mike McCullough
5Feb 17, 2002Verizon Classic−13 1 stroke Hale Irwin
6Apr 7, 2002Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf−11 1 stroke Bobby Wadkins
7Jun 22, 2003Farmers Charity Classic−15 Playoff Eamonn Darcy
8Aug 22, 2004Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn−14 1 stroke Bruce Fleisher

Champions Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12001Ford Senior Players Championship Allen DoyleLost to par on first extra hole
22003Farmers Charity Classic Eamonn DarcyWon with birdie on third extra hole

Results in major championships

Note: Tewell never played in The Open Championship
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut

WD = withdrew

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Champions Tour major championships

Wins (2)