| Tony Sills | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Anthony Irvin Sills |
| Born | (1955-12-05) December 5, 1955 (age 69) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Career | |
| College | University of Southern California |
| Turned professional | 1980 |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 1 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | T36: 1986 |
| PGA Championship | T16: 1986 |
| U.S. Open | T15: 1985 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
Anthony Irvin Sills (born December 5, 1955) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and later became a golf teaching professional.
Sills, who is Jewish, was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. As a youth, he caddied at the Riviera Country Club, including when the club hosted the Los Angeles Open. Sills attended Palisades High School and later the University of Southern California, where he was a member of the golf team with future PGA Tour golfer Scott Simpson.
Sills turned professional in 1980. He had 22 top-10 finishes in PGA Tour events including a win at the 1990 Independent Insurance Agent Open. In that tournament, he beat Gil Morgan with a par on the first extra hole in a sudden-death playoff. His best finish in a major championship was T15 at the 1985 U.S. Open. His best year was 1990 when he finished 61st on the money list.
After his touring days were over, Sills taught putting and the short game with Putting Arc co-founder V.J. Trolio at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Mississippi.
Sills has a daughter, Emily, who played golf for the University of Tennessee.
In 2011 Sills was inducted into the Los Angeles High Schools Sports Hall of Fame.
Professional wins (1)
PGA Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apr 1, 1990 | Independent Insurance Agent Open | −12 (67-72-65=204)* | Playoff |  Gil Morgan
|
*Note: The 1990 Independent Insurance Agent Open was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1990 | Independent Insurance Agent Open | Gil Morgan
|
Won with par on first extra hole |
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T36 | CUT | |||||
| U.S. Open | T34 | T15 | T31 | T63 | |||
| PGA Championship | T62 | CUT | T16 | CUT |
Note: Sills never played in The Open Championship
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
See also
- 1982 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
- 1988 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
- 1989 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
- 1994 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
References
- The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports Heroes
- Glick, Shav (January 25, 1985). "Wadkins Shoots to the Front". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
- "Golf Major Championships".
- "LAUSD - Sports Hall of Fame". June 24, 2011.
External links
- Tony Sills at the PGA Tour official site
- Tony Sills at the Official World Golf Ranking official site