Willie Wood (golfer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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professional golfer
Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1960
Place of Birth: Kingsville, Texas, United States
Profession: golfer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Willie Wood (golfer)
- Willard West Wood Jr.
- (born October 1, 1960) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, and PGA Tour Champions. Wood was born in Kingsville, Texas.
- He had an outstanding junior career, winning the 1977 U.S.
- Junior Amateur, the 1978 PGA Junior, and the 1979 Western Junior, and was named the 1978 AJGA Rolex Player of the Year.
- He attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma and was a star member of the golf team, where he played alongside Bob Tway, Scott Verplank, and Tommy Moore.
- He played in the 1983 Walker Cup; and later that same year joined the PGA Tour by being medalist in the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament (Q-school). Wood has split his playing time between the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.
- He has 23 top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour including a win at the 1996 Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic, and 12 top-10 finishes on the Nationwide Tour.
- His best finish in a major championship was T12 at The Masters in 1997.Willie Wood and his wife Holly had two children.
- In October 1988 Holly Wood was diagnosed with breast cancer.
- She died ten months later.After turning 50 in late 2010, Wood played his first Champion Tour event, the AT&T Championship, where he finished T13.
- He won the Dick's Sporting Goods Open at En-Joie Golf Club in Endicott, New York on August 19, 2012, by defeating Michael Allen on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff for his first victory on the Champions Tour. Wood has a sister, Deanie, who was a member of the LPGA Tour.
- He makes his home in Edmond, Oklahoma and is a member of the "Oak Tree Gang", a group of touring professionals who all play at Oak Tree National in Edmond.
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