# Lee Trevino

Lee Buck Trevino (born December 1, 1939) is an American retired professional golfer who is regarded as one of the greatest players in golf history. He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1981. Trevino won six major championships and 29 PGA Tour events over the course of his career. He is one of only four players to twice win the U.S. Open, The Open Championship and the PGA Championship. The Masters Tournament was the only major that eluded him. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "the Merry Mex" and "Supermex," both affectionate nicknames given to him by other golfers.

## Early life

Trevino was born in Garland, Texas, into a family of Mexican ancestry. He was raised by his mother, Juanita Trevino, and his grandfather, Joe Trevino, a gravedigger. Trevino never knew his father, Joseph Trevino, who left when his son was small. During his childhood, Trevino occasionally attended school and worked to earn money for the family. At age 5, he started working in the cotton fields.
Trevino was introduced to golf when his uncle gave him a few golf balls and an old golf club. He then spent his free time sneaking into nearby country clubs to practice and began as a caddie at the Dallas Athletic Club, near his home. He soon began caddying full-time. Trevino left school at age 14 to go to work. He earned $30 a week as a caddie and shoe shiner. He was also able to practice golf since the caddies had three short holes behind their shack. After work, he would hit at least 300 balls. Many of these practice shots were struck from the bare ground with very little grass (known locally as 'Texas hardpan') and often in very windy conditions. It is this that is widely believed to be the reason Trevino developed his extremely distinct, unique (many would say unorthodox), and compact swing method, which he went on to develop with tremendous effect. A very pronounced controlled "fade" was his signature shot, although he had many other shot types in his repertoire and he is, still to this day, remembered as one of the very finest shot-makers of all time.
When Trevino turned 17 in December 1956, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, and served four years as a machine gunner and was discharged in December 1960 as a corporal with the 3rd Marine Division. He spent part of his time playing golf with Marine Corps officers. He played successfully in Armed Forces golf events in Asia, where one rival was Orville Moody, who would follow Trevino to the PGA Tour in the late 1960s.

## Professional career

After Trevino was discharged from the Marines, he went to work as a club professional in El Paso, Texas. He made extra money by gambling for stakes in head-to-head matches. He qualified for the U.S. Open in 1966, made the cut, and tied for 54th, earning $600. He qualified again in 1967 and shot 283 (+3), eight shots behind champion Jack Nicklaus, and only four behind runner-up Arnold Palmer. Trevino earned $6,000 for finishing fifth, which earned him Tour privileges for the rest of the 1967 season. He won $26,472 as a rookie, 45th on the PGA Tour money list, and was named Rookie of the Year by Golf Digest. The fifth-place finish at the U.S. Open also earned him an exemption into the following year's event.
In 1968, his second year on the circuit, Trevino won the U.S. Open at Oak Hill Country Club, in Rochester, New York, four strokes ahead of runner-up Nicklaus, the defending champion. His rounds of 69-68-69-69 was the first time 70 was broken in all 4 rounds of a U.S. Open. During his career, Trevino won 29 times on the PGA Tour, including six majors. He was at his best in the early 1970s, when he was Jack Nicklaus's chief rival. He won the money list title in 1970, and had six wins in 1971 and four wins in 1972.
Trevino had a remarkable string of victories during a 20-day span in the summer of 1971. He defeated Nicklaus in an 18-hole playoff to win the 1971 U.S. Open. Two weeks later, he won the Canadian Open (the first of three), and the following week won The Open Championship (British Open), becoming the first player to win those three titles in the same year. Trevino was awarded the Hickok Belt as the top professional athlete of 1971. He also won Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsman of the Year" and was named ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year.
In 1972 at Muirfield in Scotland, Trevino became the first player to successfully defend The Open Championship since Arnold Palmer in 1962. In a remarkable third round at Muirfield, Trevino had five consecutive birdies from the 14th through the 18th, holing a bunker shot on the 16th and sinking a 30–foot chip on the 18th for a round of 66. In the final round, Trevino was tied for the lead on the 17th tee with Tony Jacklin. Trevino chipped in from rough on the back of the green for a par on the 17th. A shaken Jacklin three-putted the same hole from 15 feet for a bogey. Trevino parred the 18th hole for a final round of 71, winning him the Open by a stroke over Nicklaus, with Jacklin finishing third. Trevino holed out four times from off the greens during the tournament. Nicklaus had won the first two majors of the year (Masters, U.S. Open) and fell just short in the third leg of the grand slam. After holing his chip shot on the 17th in the final round, Trevino said: "I'm the greatest chipper in the world."
In 1974, Trevino won the Greater New Orleans Open without scoring any bogeys, the only time it had happened in a PGA Tour individual event until J. T. Poston accomplished the feat at the 2019 Wyndham Championship. At the PGA Championship he won the fifth of his six major championships. He won the title by a stroke, again over Nicklaus, the fourth and final time Nicklaus was a runner-up in a major to Trevino. At the Western Open near Chicago in 1975, Trevino was struck by lightning, and suffered injuries to his spine. He underwent surgery to remove a damaged spinal disk, but back problems continued to hamper his play. Nevertheless, he was ranked second in McCormack's World Golf Rankings in 1980 behind Tom Watson. Trevino had 3 PGA Tour wins in 1980 and finished runner-up to Tom Watson in the 1980 Open Championship. At the age of 44, Trevino won his sixth and final major at the PGA Championship in 1984, with a 15-under-par score of 273, becoming the first player to shoot all four rounds under 70 in the PGA Championship. He was the runner-up the following year in 1985, attempting to become the first repeat champion since Denny Shute in 1937.
In the early 1980s, Trevino was second on the PGA Tour's career money list, behind only Nicklaus. From 1968 to 1981 inclusive, Trevino won at least one PGA Tour event a year, a streak of 14 seasons. He also won more than 20 international and unofficial professional tournaments. He was one of the charismatic stars who was instrumental in making the Senior PGA Tour (now the PGA Tour Champions) an early success. He claimed 29 senior wins, including four senior majors. He topped the seniors' money list in 1990 and 1992.
Like many American stars of the era, Trevino played a considerable amount overseas. Early in his career he played sporadically on the Australasian Tour. He finished runner-up in the 1969 and 1970 Dunlop International and ultimately won down under at the 1973 Chrysler Classic. He also won an event on the Japan Golf Tour, the Casio World Open in 1981. Trevino also had a great deal of success in Europe. Among his greatest triumphs were at the 1971 Open Championship and 1972 Open Championship. Trevino was also invited to play at the very prestigious (though unofficial) Piccadilly World Match Play Championship three times (1968, 1970, 1972). He reached the finals twice. His most notable performance probably came in 1970 when he defeated defending Masters champion Billy Casper in the quarterfinals and defending PGA champion Dave Stockton in the semifinals. He also won two regular European Tour events late in his career at 1978 Benson & Hedges International Open and 1985 Dunhill British Masters. In fact, his last regular tour win was at the British Masters. Additionally, he finished runner-up at three European Tour events: the 1980 Bob Hope British Classic, 1980 Open Championship, and the 1986 Benson & Hedges International Open.
From 1983 to 1989, he worked as a color analyst for PGA Tour coverage on NBC television. In 2014 Trevino was named "Golf Professional Emeritus" at The Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, a position previously held by Sam Snead and Tom Watson.

### Masters Tournament

At the Masters Tournament in 1989, 49-year-old Trevino opened with a bogey-free five-under-par 67 to become the oldest to lead the field after a round in the tournament. It came despite Trevino's words twenty years earlier, when he said after the 1969 edition: "Don't talk to me about the Masters. I'm never going to play there again. They can invite me all they want, but I'm not going back. It's just not my type of course." Trevino said that he felt uncomfortable with the atmosphere at Augusta National and that he disliked the course because his style of play, where he liked to fade low shots left to right, was not suited to the course.
Trevino did not accept invitations to the Masters in 1970, 1971, and 1974. In 1972, after forgoing the previous two Masters tournaments, he stored his shoes and other items in the trunk of his car, rather than use the locker room facilities in the clubhouse. Trevino complained that had he not qualified as a player, the club would not have let him onto the grounds except through the kitchen. But he later described his boycott of the Masters as "the greatest mistake I've made in my career" and called Augusta National "the eighth wonder of the world."
After his opening round 67 in 1989, Trevino tied for eighteenth; his best career result at the Masters was a tie for tenth (1975, 1985).

## Distinctions and honors

* Trevino was the first player to shoot all four regulation rounds under par at the U.S. Open. At Oak Hill in 1968, Trevino played rounds of 69-68-69-69.
* A major street in El Paso, Texas was named Lee Trevino Drive in his honor, and streets in Rio Rancho and Belen, New Mexico were also named for him.
* Trevino received the 1971 BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year Award.
* One of two golfers to win the PGA Tour's three oldest events in the same year: The Open Championship (1860), the U.S. Open (1895), and the Canadian Open (1904). Trevino won in 1971 and Tiger Woods won in 2000
* Trevino played for the United States in the Ryder Cup six times (1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1979, 1981), and had an impressive 17–7–6 (.667) record. He also served as team captain in 1985.
* Trevino won the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average five times: 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974 and 1980.
* Trevino has established numerous scholarships and other financial aid to Mexican-Americans.
* Trevino was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1981.
* In 2000, Golf Digest magazine ranked Trevino as the 14th-greatest golfer of all time.

## Humor

Throughout his career, Trevino was seen as approachable and humorous, and was frequently quoted by the press. Late in his career, he remarked, "I played the tour in 1967 and told jokes and nobody laughed. Then I won the Open the next year, told the same jokes, and everybody laughed like hell."
At the beginning of Trevino's 1971 U.S. Open playoff against Jack Nicklaus, he threw a rubber snake that his daughter had put in his bag as a joke at Nicklaus, who later admitted that he asked Trevino to throw it to him so he could see it. Trevino grabbed the rubbery object and playfully tossed it at Nicklaus, getting a scream from a nearby woman and a hearty laugh from Nicklaus. Trevino shot a 68 to defeat Nicklaus by three strokes.
During one tournament, Tony Jacklin, paired with Trevino, said: "Lee, I don't want to talk today." Trevino retorted: "I don't want you to talk. I just want you to listen."
Trevino made a notable cameo appearance in the comedy Happy Gilmore, appearing in several scenes where he's a witness to Happy's anger outbursts, always shaking his head in shocked disapproval. His only spoken line is when the movie's antagonist, Shooter McGavin, says to Happy in sarcasm, "Yeah, right, and Grizzly Adams had a beard," to which an unexpected Trevino appears and says to McGavin, "Grizzly Adams did have a beard." Trevino would later regret appearing in the film, due to the amount of swearing.
After he was struck by lightning at the 1975 Western Open, Trevino was asked by a reporter what he would do if he were out on the course and it began to storm again. Trevino answered he would take out his 1-iron and point it to the sky, "because not even God can hit a 1-iron." Trevino said later in an interview with David Feherty that he must have tempted God the week before by staying outside during a lightning delay to entertain the crowds, saying "I deserved to get hit...God can hit a 1-iron."
Trevino said: "I've been hit by lightning and been in the Marine Corps for four years. I've traveled the world and been about everywhere you can imagine. There's not anything I'm scared of except my wife."

## Professional wins (92)
### PGA Tour wins (29)

* Legend
* Major championships (6)
* Players Championships (1)
* Other PGA Tour (22)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
| 1 | Jun 16, 1968 | U.S. Open | 69-68-69-69=275 | −5 | 4 strokes | Jack Nicklaus |
| 2 | Nov 10, 1968 | Hawaiian Open | 68-71-65-68=272 | −16 | 2 strokes | George Archer |
| 3 | Feb 23, 1969 | Tucson Open Invitational | 67-70-68-66=271 | −17 | 7 strokes | Miller Barber |
| 4 | Feb 15, 1970 | Tucson Open Invitational (2) | 66-68-72-69=275 | −13 | Playoff | Bob Murphy |
| 5 | Mar 29, 1970 | National Airlines Open Invitational | 69-66-68-71=274 | −14 | Playoff | Bob Menne |
| 6 | Apr 25, 1971 | Tallahassee Open Invitational | 69-67-69-68=273 | −15 | 3 strokes | Jim Wiechers |
| 7 | May 30, 1971 | Danny Thomas Memphis Classic | 66-66-69-67=268 | −12 | 4 strokes | Lee Elder, Jerry Heard, Hale Irwin, Randy Wolff |
| 8 | Jun 21, 1971 | U.S. Open (2) | 70-72-69-69=280 | E | Playoff | Jack Nicklaus |
| 9 | Jul 4, 1971 | Canadian Open | 73-68-67-67=275 | −13 | Playoff | Art Wall Jr. |
| 10 | Jul 10, 1971 | The Open Championship | 69-70-69-70=278 | −14 | 1 stroke | Lu Liang-Huan |
| 11 | Oct 31, 1971 | Sahara Invitational | 69-72-73-66=280 | −8 | 1 stroke | George Archer |
| 12 | May 21, 1972 | Danny Thomas Memphis Classic (2) | 70-72-72-67=281 | −7 | 4 strokes | John Mahaffey |
| 13 | Jul 15, 1972 | The Open Championship (2) | 71-70-66-71=278 | −6 | 1 stroke | Jack Nicklaus |
| 14 | Sep 4, 1972 | Greater Hartford Open Invitational | 64-68-72-65=269 | −15 | Playoff | Lee Elder |
| 15 | Sep 17, 1972 | Greater St. Louis Golf Classic | 65-68-66-70=269 | −11 | 1 stroke | Deane Beman |
| 16 | Feb 25, 1973 | Jackie Gleason Inverrary-National Airlines Classic | 69-69-69-72=279 | −9 | 1 stroke | Forrest Fezler |
| 17 | Mar 11, 1973 | Doral-Eastern Open | 64-70-71-71=276 | −12 | 1 stroke | Bruce Crampton, Tom Weiskopf |
| 18 | Mar 31, 1974 | Greater New Orleans Open | 67-68-67-65=267 | −21 | 8 strokes | Bobby Cole, Ben Crenshaw |
| 19 | Aug 11, 1974 | PGA Championship | 73-66-68-69=276 | −4 | 1 stroke | Jack Nicklaus |
| 20 | Mar 9, 1975 | Florida Citrus Open | 69-66-70-71=276 | −12 | 1 stroke | Hale Irwin |
| 21 | May 16, 1976 | Colonial National Invitation | 68-64-68-73=273 | −7 | 1 stroke | Mike Morley |
| 22 | Jul 24, 1977 | Canadian Open (2) | 67-68-71-74=280 | −8 | 4 strokes | Peter Oosterhuis |
| 23 | May 14, 1978 | Colonial National Invitation (2) | 66-68-68-66=268 | −12 | 4 strokes | Jerry Heard, Jerry Pate |
| 24 | Jun 24, 1979 | Canadian Open (3) | 67-71-72-71=281 | −3 | 3 strokes | Ben Crenshaw |
| 25 | Mar 23, 1980 | Tournament Players Championship | 68-72-68-70=278 | −10 | 1 stroke | Ben Crenshaw |
| 26 | Jun 29, 1980 | Danny Thomas Memphis Classic (3) | 67-68-68-69=272 | −16 | 1 stroke | Tom Purtzer |
| 27 | Sep 21, 1980 | San Antonio Texas Open | 66-67-67-65=265 | −15 | 1 stroke | Terry Diehl |
| 28 | Apr 19, 1981 | MONY Tournament of Champions | 67-67-70-69=273 | −15 | 2 strokes | Raymond Floyd |
| 29 | Aug 19, 1984 | PGA Championship (2) | 69-68-67-69=273 | −15 | 4 strokes | Gary Player, Lanny Wadkins |
PGA Tour playoff record (5–5)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
| 1 | 1970 | Tucson Open Invitational | Bob Murphy | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 2 | 1970 | National Airlines Open Invitational | Bob Menne | Won with par on second extra hole |
| 3 | 1970 | Kaiser International Open Invitational | Ken Still, Bert Yancey | Still won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 4 | 1971 | Kemper Open | Dale Douglass, Gary Player, Tom Weiskopf | Weiskopf won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 5 | 1971 | U.S. Open | Jack Nicklaus | Won 18-hole playoff; Trevino: −2 (68), Nicklaus: +1 (71) |
| 6 | 1971 | Canadian Open | Art Wall Jr. | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 7 | 1972 | Greater Hartford Open | Lee Elder | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 8 | 1978 | Danny Thomas Memphis Classic | Andy Bean | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
| 9 | 1978 | Greater Milwaukee Open | Lee Elder | Lost to par on eighth extra hole |
| 10 | 1980 | Michelob-Houston Open | Curtis Strange | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |

### European Tour wins (5)

* Legend
* Major championships (3)
* Other European Tour (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
| 1 | Jul 15, 1972 | The Open Championship | 71-70-66-71=278 | −6 | 1 stroke | Jack Nicklaus |
| 2 | Aug 11, 1974 | PGA Championship | 73-66-68-69=276 | −4 | 1 stroke | Jack Nicklaus |
| 3 | Aug 12, 1978 | Benson & Hedges International Open | 69-67-72-66=274 | −10 | Playoff | Neil Coles, Noel Ratcliffe |
| 4 | Aug 19, 1984 | PGA Championship (2) | 69-68-67-69=273 | −15 | 4 strokes | Gary Player, Lanny Wadkins |
| 5 | Jun 10, 1985 | Dunhill British Masters | 74-68-69-67=278 | −10 | 3 strokes | Rodger Davis |
European Tour playoff record (1–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
| 1 | 1978 | Benson & Hedges International Open | Neil Coles, Noel Ratcliffe | Won with par on fourth extra hole Ratcliffe eliminated by par on first hole |
| 2 | 1986 | Benson & Hedges International Open | Hugh Baiocchi, Mark James | James won with birdie on first extra hole |

### PGA of Japan Tour wins (1)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
| 1 | Nov 29, 1981 | Casio World Open | 68-67-71-69=275 | −13 | 4 strokes | Isao Aoki |

### Southern Africa Tour wins (1)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
| 1 | Feb 7, 1981 | Sun City Classic | 72-64-72-73=281 | −7 | 1 stroke | Mark McNulty |

### PGA Tour of Australia wins (1)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
| 1 | Nov 4, 1973 | Chrysler Classic | 68-72-69-68=277 | −15 | 4 strokes | Stewart Ginn |

### Canadian Tour wins (2)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
| 1 | Sep 2, 1979 | Labatt's International Golf Classic | 67-76-72-70=285 | +1 | 3 strokes | Lanny Wadkins |
| 2 | Jul 10, 1983 | Labatt's International (2) | 67-65-69-70=271 | −17 | 3 strokes | Tsuneyuki Nakajima |

### Other wins (17)

* 1965 Texas State Open
* 1966 Texas State Open, New Mexico Open
* 1969 World Cup (team with Orville Moody), World Cup Individual Trophy
* 1971 World Cup (team with Jack Nicklaus)
* 1972 New Mexico Open
* 1973 Mexican Open
* 1974 World Series of Golf
* 1975 Mexican Open
* 1977 Morocco Grand Prix
* 1978 Lancome Trophy
* 1980 Lancome Trophy, Johnnie Walker Trophy
* 1981 PGA Grand Slam of Golf
* 1987 Skins Game
* 2001 Tylenol Par-3 Shootout

### Senior PGA Tour wins (29)

* Legend
* Senior PGA Tour major championships (4)
* Other Senior PGA Tour (25)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
| 1 | Feb 4, 1990 | Royal Caribbean Classic | 71-67-68=206 | −10 | 1 stroke | Butch Baird, Jim Dent |
| 2 | Feb 18, 1990 | Aetna Challenge | 66-67-67=200 | −16 | 1 stroke | Bruce Crampton |
| 3 | Mar 4, 1990 | Vintage Chrysler Invitational | 66-67-72=205 | −11 | 1 stroke | Dale Douglass, Mike Hill, Don Massengale |
| 4 | May 20, 1990 | Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity Classic | 67-67-69=203 | −13 | 6 strokes | Gary Player |
| 5 | Jun 3, 1990 | NYNEX Commemorative | 66-66-67=199 | −11 | Playoff | Mike Fetchick, Jimmy Powell, Chi-Chi Rodríguez |
| 6 | Jul 1, 1990 | U.S. Senior Open | 67-68-73-67=275 | −13 | 2 strokes | Jack Nicklaus |
| 7 | Oct 21, 1990 | Transamerica Senior Golf Championship | 73-67-65=205 | −11 | 2 strokes | Mike Hill |
| 8 | Feb 17, 1991 | Aetna Challenge (2) | 71-68-66=205 | −11 | 1 stroke | Dale Douglass |
| 9 | Mar 17, 1991 | Vantage at The Dominion | 67-70=137* | −7 | 2 strokes | Mike Hill, Charles Coody, Rocky Thompson |
| 10 | Aug 25, 1991 | Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf Classic | 66-65-69=200 | −16 | 4 strokes | Jim O'Hern, Chi-Chi Rodríguez |
| 11 | Mar 15, 1992 | Vantage at The Dominion (2) | 68-66-67=201 | −15 | 2 strokes | Chi-Chi Rodríguez |
| 12 | Apr 5, 1992 | The Tradition | 67-69-68-70=274 | −14 | 1 stroke | Jack Nicklaus |
| 13 | Apr 19, 1992 | PGA Seniors' Championship | 72-64-71-71=278 | −10 | 1 stroke | Mike Hill |
| 14 | May 3, 1992 | Las Vegas Senior Classic | 71-68-67=206 | −10 | 1 stroke | Orville Moody |
| 15 | May 24, 1992 | Bell Atlantic Classic | 65-72-68=205 | −5 | 1 stroke | Gibby Gilbert |
| 16 | May 30, 1993 | Cadillac NFL Golf Classic | 67-70-72=209 | −7 | 2 strokes | Bruce Crampton, Raymond Floyd |
| 17 | Sep 26, 1993 | Nationwide Championship | 66-66-73=205 | −11 | 2 strokes | George Archer, Jim Ferree, Mike Hill, Dave Stockton, Rocky Thompson |
| 18 | Oct 3, 1993 | Vantage Championship | 65-67-66=198 | −18 | 5 strokes | DeWitt Weaver |
| 19 | Feb 6, 1994 | Royal Caribbean Classic (2) | 66-73-66=205 | −8 | Playoff | Kermit Zarley |
| 20 | Apr 17, 1994 | PGA Seniors' Championship (2) | 70-69-70-70=279 | −9 | 1 stroke | Jim Colbert |
| 21 | May 15, 1994 | PaineWebber Invitational | 70-65-68=203 | −13 | 1 stroke | Jim Colbert, Jimmy Powell |
| 22 | May 29, 1994 | Bell Atlantic Classic (2) | 71-67-68=206 | −4 | 2 strokes | Mike Hill |
| 23 | Jun 19, 1994 | BellSouth Senior Classic | 67-65-67=199 | −17 | 1 stroke | Jim Albus, Dave Stockton |
| 24 | Jul 31, 1994 | Northville Long Island Classic | 66-69-65=200 | −17 | 7 strokes | Jim Colbert |
| 25 | Aug 20, 1995 | Northville Long Island Classic (2) | 67-69-66=202 | −14 | 4 strokes | Buddy Allin |
| 26 | Oct 8, 1995 | The Transamerica (2) | 66-69-66=201 | −15 | 3 strokes | Bruce Summerhays |
| 27 | Nov 3, 1996 | Emerald Coast Classic | 69-70-68=207 | −3 | Playoff | Bob Eastwood, David Graham, Mike Hill, Dave Stockton |
| 28 | Mar 29, 1998 | Southwestern Bell Dominion (3) | 69-69-67=205 | −11 | 2 strokes | Mike McCullough |
| 29 | Jun 25, 2000 | Cadillac NFL Golf Classic (2) | 66-67-69=202 | −14 | 2 strokes | Walter Hall |
*Note: The 1991 Vantage at The Dominion was shortened to 36 holes due to rain.
Senior PGA Tour playoff record (3–3)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
| 1 | 1990 | NYNEX Commemorative | Mike Fetchick, Jimmy Powell, Chi-Chi Rodríguez | Won with birdie on fifth extra hole Powell and Rodríguez eliminated by birdie on first hole |
| 2 | 1990 | New York Life Champions | Dale Douglass, Mike Hill | Hill won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 3 | 1993 | Ping Kaanapali Classic | George Archer, Dave Stockton | Archer won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 4 | 1994 | Royal Caribbean Classic | Kermit Zarley | Won with par on fourth extra hole |
| 5 | 1996 | Emerald Coast Classic | Bob Eastwood, David Graham, Mike Hill, Dave Stockton | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 6 | 1997 | Home Depot Invitational | Jim Dent, Larry Gilbert | Dent won with birdie on second extra hole Gilbert eliminated by birdie on first hole |

### Other senior wins (10)

* 1991 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Mike Hill)
* 1992 Mitsukoshi Classic, Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Mike Hill)
* 1993 American Express Grandslam
* 1994 American Express Grandslam
* 1995 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Mike Hill)
* 1996 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Mike Hill), Australian PGA Seniors Championship
* 2000 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf – Legendary Division (with Mike Hill)
* 2003 ConAgra Foods Champions Skins Game

## Major championships
### Wins (6)

| Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner(s)-up |
| 1968 | U.S. Open | 1 shot deficit | −5 (69-68-69-69=275) | 4 strokes | Jack Nicklaus |
| 1971 | U.S. Open (2) | 4 shot deficit | E (70-72-69-69=280) | Playoff$^1$ | Jack Nicklaus |
| 1971 | The Open Championship | 1 shot lead | −14 (69-70-69-70=278) | 1 stroke | Lu Liang-Huan |
| 1972 | The Open Championship (2) | 1 shot lead | −6 (71-70-66-71=278) | 1 stroke | Jack Nicklaus |
| 1974 | PGA Championship | 1 shot lead | −4 (73-66-68-69=276) | 1 stroke | Jack Nicklaus |
| 1984 | PGA Championship (2) | 1 shot lead | −15 (69-68-67-69=273) | 4 strokes | Gary Player, Lanny Wadkins |
$^1$Defeated Jack Nicklaus in 18-hole playoff; Trevino 68 (−2), Nicklaus 71 (+1).

### Results timeline

| Tournament | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 |
| Masters Tournament | | | T40 | T19 |
| U.S. Open | T54 | 5 | 1 | CUT |
| The Open Championship | | | | T34 |
| PGA Championship | | | T23 | T48 |
| Tournament | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
| Masters Tournament | | | T33 | T43 | | T10 | T28 | | T14 | T12 |
| U.S. Open | T8 | 1 | T4 | T4 | CUT | T29 | | T27 | T12 | T19 |
| The Open Championship | T3 | 1 | 1 | T10 | T31 | T40 | | 4 | T29 | T17 |
| PGA Championship | T26 | T13 | T11 | T18 | 1 | T60 | CUT | T13 | T7 | T35 |
| Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
| Masters Tournament | T26 | CUT | T38 | T20 | 43 | T10 | 47 | CUT | CUT | T18 |
| U.S. Open | T12 | CUT | CUT | | T9 | CUT | T4 | CUT | T40 | CUT |
| The Open Championship | 2 | T11 | T27 | 5 | T14 | T20 | T59 | T17 | CUT | T42 |
| PGA Championship | 7 | DQ | | T14 | 1 | 2 | T11 | | CUT | CUT |
| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1994 | 1995 | 2000 |
| Masters Tournament | T24 | T49 | | | | |
| U.S. Open | | CUT | | | | |
| The Open Championship | T25 | T17 | T39 | CUT | CUT | CUT |
| PGA Championship | CUT | | | | | |
CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place.

### Summary

| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
| Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 17 |
| U.S. Open | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 15 |
| The Open Championship | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 22 |
| PGA Championship | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 16 |
| Totals | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 22 | 45 | 90 | 70 |
* Most consecutive cuts made – 16 (1969 Open Championship – 1973 PGA)
* Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (seven times)

## The Players Championship
### Wins (1)

| Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
| 1980 | Tournament Players Championship | 1 shot lead | −10 (68-72-68-70=278) | 1 stroke | Ben Crenshaw |

### Results timeline

| Tournament | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 |
| The Players Championship | 18 | T50 | T17 | | WD | T5 | 1 | T12 | DQ | T68 | 2 | T55 | T21 | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut WD = withdrew DQ = disqualified "T" indicates a tie for a place.

## Champions Tour major championships
### Wins (4)

| Year | Championship | Winning Score | Margin | Runner(s)-up |
| 1990 | U.S. Senior Open | −13 (67–68–73–67=275) | 2 strokes | Jack Nicklaus |
| 1992 | The Tradition | −14 (67–69–68–70=274) | 1 stroke | Jack Nicklaus |
| 1992 | PGA Seniors' Championship | −10 (72–64–71–71=278) | 1 stroke | Mike Hill |
| 1994 | PGA Seniors' Championship (2) | −9 (70–69–70–70=279) | 1 stroke | Jim Colbert |

## U.S. national team appearances

Professional
* Ryder Cup: 1969 (tied), 1971 (winners), 1973 (winners), 1975 (winners), 1979 (winners), 1981 (winners), 1985 (non-playing captain)
* World Cup: 1968, 1969 (winners, individual winner), 1970, 1971 (winners), 1974