| Keith Clearwater | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Keith Allen Clearwater |
| Born | (1959-09-01) September 1, 1959 (age 64) Long Beach, California |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Residence | Orem, Utah |
| Career | |
| College | Brigham Young University |
| Turned professional | 1982 |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions Tour |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Highest ranking | 76 (January 31, 1993)[1] |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 2 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | T39: 1993 |
| PGA Championship | T48: 1991 |
| U.S. Open | T31: 1987 |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 1992 |
Keith Allen Clearwater (born September 1, 1959) is an American professional golfer who has won two tournaments on the PGA Tour.
Clearwater was born in Long Beach, California. He went to Northgate High School (Walnut Creek, California)[citation needed] and was one of many Californians to attend Brigham Young UniversityinProvo, Utah and play on the school's golf team. In 1981, his junior year, he helped lead BYU to the 1981 NCAA Championship, and was named as a first team All-American. During his tenure at BYU, his teammates included future professional golfers Rick Fehr, Richard Zokol and Bobby Clampett. In his senior year, 1982, he was named as a second team All-American. He turned pro in 1982, and joined the PGA Tour in 1987.
Clearwater won two tournaments on the PGA Tour, both in his rookie season of 1987. He won the prestigious Colonial National Invitation in the spring of that year with a 14 under par 266, which tied the previous tournament record set by Corey Pavin in 1985. Later in that same season, he won the Centel Classic.
Clearwater has had a moderately successful career in professional golf. He has just over two dozen top-10 tournament finishes in PGA Tour events. His best finish in a major was a T-31 at the 1987 U.S. Open, which included a third round of 64 that tied the Olympic Club course record and remains one shot off of the U.S. Open record.[2]
Clearwater lives in Murrieta, California. He also competed on the Champions Tour, but plays the PGA Tour's Colonial National Invitational every year. Most recently, Clearwater was hired by Pauma Valley Country Club, Pauma Valley, California as their Director of Instruction in February 2021.[3][4]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 17, 1987 | Colonial National Invitation | 67-71-64-64=266 | −14 | 3 strokes |  Davis Love III
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| 2 | Nov 1, 1987 | Centel Classic | 71-68-68-71=278 | −10 | 1 stroke | Billy Kratzert, Bob Lohr, Joey Sindelar
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| Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | CUT | T39 | |||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | T31 | CUT | T37 | T52 | CUT | T53 | ||||||||||||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | T48 | T56 | WD |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = Withdrew
"T" = tied
