Education
Born and raised in Mountain. Pleasant, Michigan, Pohl attended the University of Arizona in Tucson, and played for the Wildcats" golf team
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He was inducted into the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame in 1985. He is considered the greatest athlete ever produced by Mountain. Pleasant High School, where he has been inducted into its Athletic Hall of Fame, earning All State honors in three sports (golf, baseball and basketball).
As a prep baseball player, Pohl was scouted by Major League teams and considered a top prospect as a pitcher/shortstop/outfielder.
He was a star point guard on a prep basketball team that went undefeated (20-0) during his senior season. He was inducted into the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame in 2004.
Pohl turned pro in 1977 and joined the Professional Golf Association Tour in 1978. Pohl had 70 top-10 finishes including more than a dozen second or third place finishes.
The following year, Pohl began to suffer a series of injuries starting with low back surgery in 1987 that dramatically altered his competitiveness.
Pohl has seven top-10 finishes in major tournaments. His best finish in a major was 2nd at the 1982 Masters Tournament which he lost to Craig Stadler in a playoff. He also had a third place finish at the 1981 Professional Golf Association Championship and a T-3 at the 1982 United States. Open.
In 1980, Pohl led the tour in driving average at 274.1 yards, and again in 1981 with a 280.1 yard average.
Since turning 50 in April 2005, Pohl has played on the Champions Tour. His best finish at this level has been a T-3 at the 2005 Commerce Bank Long Island Classic.
Following his back injury, Pohl served as an on-course television golf analyst for National Broadcasting Company Sports working with Dick Enberg and Johnny Miller along with Roger Maltbie and others for several years. He has designed a golf course in Michigan, the PohlCat, in the town where he was born.
He has a regular weekly radio show in Phoenix, "Arizona Golf" and is involved with Hopkins Golf as an executive in a golf club company founded by Greg Hopkins, the former Chief Executive Officer of Cleveland Golf.
1975 Michigan Amateur DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place Yellow background for top-10 Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (1987 United States Open – 1989 Professional Golf Association) Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (1981 Professional Golf Association – 1982 United States Open).
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Membership
Pohl competed for his country as a member of the 1987 Ryder Cup team at Muirfield Village Golf Club. He was a member of the 1987 Ryder Cup Team.
