{{Short description|American golf course architect and golfer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Shelley Mayfield | image = | imagesize = <!-- e.g. 250px (default is 200px) --> | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|6|19}} | birth_place = Liberty Hill, Texas, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|3|22|1924|6|19}} | death_place = San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}} | weight = {{convert|175|lb|kg st|abbr=on}} | nationality = {{USA}} | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = | yearpro = 1948 | retired = <!-- Year retired --> | extour = PGA Tour | prowins = 5 | pgawins = 3 | otherwins = 2 | majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins --> | masters = T8: 1956 | usopen = T6: 1954 | open = DNP | pga = T3: 1955 | wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID --> | wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted --> | award1 = <!-- Achievement or award details --> | year1 = <!-- Year(s) of achievement or award --> | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> }} '''Shelley Mayfield''' (June 19, 1924 – March 22, 2010) was an American golf course architect and professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s.
== Early life == In 1924, Mayfield was born in Liberty Hill, Texas<ref name="usga" /> near Austin. He grew up in Seguin near San Antonio.
Mayfield was a star athlete in several sports at Seguin High School including golf, which he began playing at age 14. His team won several state championships under coach W.A. "Lefty" Stackhouse.
== Professional career == Mayfield became a golf professional at the age of 24. Like most professional golfers of his generation, he earned his living primarily as a club pro. His first job was as an assistant for Claude Harmon at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, a position he held for two years. The two later worked together at Seminole Golf Club in Florida for one year. He served as the head professional at Rockaway Hunting Club in Cedarhurst, New York from 1950 to 1952. In 1955, Mayfield went to work at the exclusive Meadowbrook Golf and Polo Club on Long Island, where he stayed until 1963. He then became the head club pro at Brook Hollow Country Club in Dallas until 1982 when he retired.<ref name="SGE">{{cite news |title=Mayfield, Stackhouse receive recognition |last=Chiapek |first=Jason |date=May 29, 2007 |newspaper=The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise |url=http://www.seguingazette.com/story.lasso?ewcd=f738882c684ae680 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070619070033/http://www.seguingazette.com/story.lasso?ewcd=f738882c684ae680 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 19, 2007 |accessdate=November 21, 2007 }}</ref>
Mayfield won three PGA Tour events during his career. He had two top-10 finishes in major championships, T-6 at the 1954 U.S.Open and T-8 at the 1956 Masters Tournament.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tournament Results: 1956 |publisher=Masters Tournament |url=http://www.masters.com/en_US/tournament/past_winners.html |accessdate=May 19, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Shelley Mayfield |publisher=Golf Major Championships |url=http://golfmajorchampionships.com/players?player=647 |accessdate=May 19, 2015}}</ref> He also reached the semi-final of the 1955 PGA Championship, having reached the quarter-final the previous year.
Courses that Mayfield helped design, most as a partner with famed course architect Dick Wilson, included the Doral Country Club and Pine Tree Golf Club in Florida and California's Bay Hill Golf Club and La Costa Country Club.<ref name="SGE"/> Giving back to the town where he learned to play the game, he designed the back-nine added to the course at Max Starcke Park in Seguin, Texas.
== Personal life == Mayfield retired to his ranch in Carrizo Springs, Texas.<ref name="SGE"/> He died in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 85.<ref name=usga>{{cite web |url=http://www.usga.org/news/2010/March/Mayfield-Dies-At-85/ |title=Mayfield Dies At 85 |publisher=USGA |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203141400/http://www.usga.org/news/2010/March/Mayfield-Dies-At-85/ |archivedate=December 3, 2010}}</ref>
== Awards and honors == In 1992, Mayfield was elected to the Texas Golf Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shelley Mayfield |url=http://texasgolfhof.org/index.php/component/zoo/item/shelley-mayfield |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204053555/http://texasgolfhof.org/index.php/component/zoo/item/shelley-mayfield |archivedate=February 4, 2015 |accessdate=May 19, 2015 |publisher=Texas Golf Hall of Fame}}</ref>
==Professional wins (5)== ===PGA Tour wins (3)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner(s)-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|Jul 19, 1953 |St. Paul Open |−19 (69-67-68-65=269) |2 strokes |{{flagicon|USA}} Dutch Harrison |- |align=center|2 |align=right|Jan 31, 1955 |Thunderbird Invitational |−18 (63-70-68-69=270) |Playoff |{{flagicon|USA}} Fred Haas, {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Souchak |- |align=center|3 |align=right|Mar 4, 1956 |Baton Rouge Open |−11 (67-71-70-69=277) |3 strokes |{{flagicon|USA}} Walter Burkemo, {{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Demaret,<br>{{flagicon|USA}} Doug Ford, {{flagicon|USA}} Fred Haas,<br>{{flagicon|USA}} Fred Hawkins |}
'''PGA Tour playoff record (1–1)''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponents!!Result |-style="background:#F2C1D1;" |align=center|1 |1953 |Houston Open |{{flagicon|AUS}} Jim Ferrier, {{flagicon|USA}} Cary Middlecoff,<br>{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Nary, {{flagicon|USA}} Earl Stewart |Middlecoff won 18-hole playoff;<br>Middlecoff: −3 (69),<br>Ferrier: −1 (71),<br>Mayfield: −1 (71),<br>Stewart: E (72),<br>Nary: +3 (75) |-style="background:#D0F0C0;" |align=center|2 |1955 |Thunderbird Invitational |{{flagicon|USA}} Fred Haas, {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Souchak |Won with birdie on second extra hole after 18-hole playoff;<br>Mayfield: −3 (69),<br>Souchak: −3 (69),<br>Haas: −2 (70) |}
Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shelley Mayfield |url=https://www.pgatour.com/player/16851/shelley-mayfield |access-date=2025-09-15 |publisher=PGA Tour}}</ref>
===Other wins (2)=== ''this list is probably incomplete'' *1954 San Francisco Open *1957 Long Island Open
==Results in major championships== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !1953 !1954 !1955 !1956 !1957 !1958 !1959 !1960 !1961 !1962 !1963 !1964 !1965 |- |align=left|Masters Tournament |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T36 |style="background:yellow;"|T8 |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|U.S. Open |T33 |style="background:yellow;"|T6 |T12 |T29 |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T35 |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |WD |- |align=left|PGA Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:yellow;"|QF |style="background:yellow;"|SF |R32 |R64 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T32 |T22 |T30 |T53 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |} ''Note: Mayfield never played in The Open Championship.''<br> {{legend|yellow|Top 10}} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} WD = withdrew<br> CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play<br> "T" indicates a tie for a place
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