Rod Spittle

Category: Amateur/Professional Golfer

Inducted: 2019

Born: July 18, 1955
Place of birth: St. Catharines, ON

Rod Spittle had a successful amateur career winning the 1977 and 1978 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championships while playing Division I golf at Ohio State. Provincially he also helped Ontario win back to back Willingdon Cups (1977-78). During his collegiate golf career, Spittle helped the Buckeyes win the BIG Ten Championship three consecutive years (1976-1978) alongside teammates John Cook and Joey Sindelar.

In 2010, Spittle was forced to Monday qualify into PGA TOUR Champion events. Playing with limited status, Spittle got into only five events the entire 2010 season. He Monday qualified into the final event of the year, the AT&T Championship, and in a storybook ending, he played stellar golf all week and beat Jeff Sluman in a playoff for his first-ever professional title.

In 195 starts over his 13-year PGA TOUR Champions career, Spittle missed just five cuts and earned more than $4M in prize money. He had a pair of runner-up finishes, a pair of third-place finishes and had 23 top-10s. He played his final PGA TOUR Champions event on home soil, finishing T17 at the 2018 Shaw Charity Classic.

Achievements:
National Victories:
1977 and 1978 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship

Provincial Victories:
1977 and 1978 Willingdon Cup (Ontario)

Teams:

1975, 1977, 1978 Ontario Willingdon Cup

International Victories:
1976 – 1978 BIG Ten Championship with Ohio State Buckeyes
1987 and 1989 Columbus (Ohio) District Amateur Championship
1994, 1995 and 1997 Columbus (Ohio) District Mid-Amateur Championship
2000, 2001 and 2003 Ohio Mid-Am Championship
2010 AT&T Championship (PGA TOUR Champions)

Awards:

Inducted to the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2013

Resources:

Rod Spittle player profile on PGA TOUR