# Tom Byrum

Thomas Elliott Byrum (born September 28, 1960) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions.
Byrum was born in Onida, South Dakota. He attended the University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University before turning professional in 1984. He has played over five hundred events on the PGA Tour, with his sole victory coming at the 1989 Kemper Open. He owns two top-10 finishes in major championships: T8 in the 2002 U.S. Open at Bethpage and a 9th in the 1997 PGA Championship at Winged Foot. His older brother Curt is also a former PGA Tour winner and is now an analyst on the Golf Channel.

## Professional wins (1)
### PGA Tour wins (1)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
| 1 | Jun 4, 1989 | Kemper Open | −16 (66-69-65-68=268) | 5 strokes | Tommy Armour III, Billy Ray Brown, Jim Thorpe |
PGA Tour playoff record (0–2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
| 1 | 1994 | GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic | Mark Carnevale, David Edwards, Neal Lancaster, Yoshi Mizumaki, David Ogrin | Lancaster won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 2 | 1999 | Michelob Championship at Kingsmill | Notah Begay III | Lost to par on second extra hole |

## Playoff record

PGA Tour Champions playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
| 1 | 2016 | Dominion Charity Classic | Scott McCarron | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |

## Results in major championships

| Tournament | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
| Masters Tournament | | | | |
| U.S. Open | CUT | | | |
| The Open Championship | | | | |
| PGA Championship | | T47 | CUT | CUT |
| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1997 | 1998 |
| Masters Tournament | CUT | | | |
| U.S. Open | T33 | CUT | | |
| The Open Championship | | | | |
| PGA Championship | | | 9 | T62 |
| Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2007 |
| Masters Tournament | | | CUT | | | |
| U.S. Open | T44 | T8 | T15 | CUT | | CUT |
| The Open Championship | | | T43 | | CUT | |
| PGA Championship | | | | T24 | | |
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied

### Summary

| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
| Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 9 |
* Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (1997 PGA – 2002 U.S. Open)
* Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

## Results in The Players Championship

| Tournament | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
| The Players Championship | CUT | CUT | T67 |
| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
| The Players Championship | CUT | CUT | | | | | | | CUT | 70 |
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| The Players Championship | CUT | T55 | | CUT | T16 | T46 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied

## Results in senior major championships

Results not in chronological order before 2022.
| Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| The Tradition | | | | T43 | T41 | T35 | T13 | T16 | 5 | NT | T35 | T47 |
| Senior PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | T35 | CUT | CUT | T12 | T25 | T8 | CUT | NT | CUT | CUT |
| U.S. Senior Open | | T36 | | T14 | T26 | T27 | CUT | | T24 | NT | T13 | CUT |
| Senior Players Championship | | | T57 | T22 | T31 | T36 | T41 | T14 | T34 | T28 | T47 | T35 |
| Senior British Open Championship | T23 | | | | | T5 | | | | NT | | |
"T" indicates a tie for a place CUT = missed the halfway cut NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic