John Dowdall

{{Short description|American golfer (born 1960)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox golfer | name = John Dowdall | image = | image_size =  | caption = | fullname = John N. Dowdall | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|6|23}} | birth_place = [[Shreveport, Louisiana]], U.S. | death_date =  | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}} | weight = {{convert|185|lb|kg st|abbr=on}} | nationality = {{USA}} | residence = [[Houston, Texas]], U.S. | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = [[Northeast Louisiana University]] | yearpro = 1997{{efn|Amateur status reinstated in 2005.}} | retired =  | tour =  | extour = [[PGA Tour]]<br>[[Ben Hogan Tour]]<br>[[U.S. Golf Tour]] | prowins = 2 | nwidewins = 1 | champwins =  | seneurowins =  | otherwins = 1 | majorwins =  | masters =  | usopen =  | open =  | pga =  | wghofid =  | wghofyear =  | award1 =  | year1 =  | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection =  }} '''John N. Dowdall''' (born June 23, 1960) is an American [[professional golfer]].

== Early life and amateur career == Dowdall was born in [[Shreveport, Louisiana]]. He played college golf at [[Northeast Louisiana University]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d5f388fd?SPSID=596648&SPID=10974&DB_OEM_ID=19000#/d5f388fd/16 |title=ULM Warhawks Golf 2011-12 |accessdate=June 1, 2012}}</ref>

== Professional career == Dowdall turned professional and played on the [[Ben Hogan Tour]] (now Nationwide Tour) and [[PGA Tour]] from 1990 to 1997. On the Ben Hogan Tour (1992, 1994–96), his best finish was a win at the 1992 [[Ben Hogan Hawkeye Open]]. On the PGA Tour (1990, 1993, 1997), his best finish was T-26 at the 1993 [[Shell Houston Open]].

== Reinstated amateur status == Dowdall was re-instated as an amateur.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hga.org/06_cityam.cfm |title=Houston Golf Association - 2006 City Amateur |accessdate=June 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814021746/http://hga.org/06_cityam.cfm |archivedate=August 14, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usamateur.org/2005/news/storylines.html |title=Storylines From The 2005 U.S. Amateur Championship |accessdate=June 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023225/http://www.usamateur.org/2005/news/storylines.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Professional wins (2)== ===Ben Hogan Tour wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of<br>victory !Runner-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|Jul 26, [[1992 Ben Hogan Tour|1992]] |[[Ben Hogan Hawkeye Open]] |−8 (67-67=134){{efn|name=weather|Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.}} |1 stroke |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kevin Sutherland]] |}

===U.S. Golf Tour wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runners-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|Jun 9, 1991 |Indian Hills Open |−25 (64-63-66-66=259) |3 strokes |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Greg Parker (golfer)|Greg Parker]], {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Riegger]] |}

==See also== *[[1992 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates]] *[[1996 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates]]

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==External links== *{{PGATour player|06144}}

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