fullname open pga usopen extour birth_place weight pgawins height article_title prowins birth_date yearpro masters otherwins college name
richard karl cut : 1980 t55 : 1974 cut : 1980 pga tour champions tour johnson city , new york 170 lb kg st on 1 5 11 richie karl
 6 28 september 1944 1968 46th : 1975 5 florida state university richie karl
richie karl

richard karl -lrb- born september 28 , 1944 -rrb- is an american professional golfer who is best known as the last golf club professional to win an official pga tour event .
karl was born in johnson city , new york .
he played college golf at florida state university .
he won the alaska state amateur twice while stationed in the army there .
karl turned professional in 1968 .
he won the 1974 b.c. open by sinking a 35-foot putt on the first hole in a playoff with bruce crampton .
karl , who worked at the en-joie golf club in endicott , new york where the b.c. open was played and lived along the 10th fairway , is the last club professional to win on the pga tour .
karl played briefly on the senior pga tour -lrb- now champions tour -rrb- starting after he turned 50 in september 1994 .
his best finish in this venue was a t-5 at the ace group classic .
in 2007 , karl played as a sponsor 's exemption in the inaugural dick 's sporting goods open , a champions tour event played on his home course .
