Career
At the 1963 Professional Golf Association Championship, Hart led after both 18 and 36 holes (66 & 72) but faded in the third and fourth rounds (76 & 74) to finish the tournament at T-17 — his best finish in a major championship. Hart"s one tour victory came at the 1965 Azalea Open Invitational. He defeated Philosophy Rodgers on the eighth hole of a sudden death playoff.
The playoff remains one of the longest in Professional Golf Association Tour history.
A 43-year club pro at Hinsdale Golf Club in Hinsdale, Illinois, Hart was inducted into the Illinois Golf Hall of Fame in 1990. Hart died in Covington, Louisiana in 2013.
Professional Golf Association Tour wins (1) Other wins.
