Billy Joe Maxwell is an American professional golf

Golf

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er.

Maxwell was born in Abilene, Texas

Abilene, Texas

Abilene is a city in Taylor and Jones counties in west central Texas. The population was 117,063 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Abilene Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2006 estimated population of 158,063. It is the county seat of Taylor County...

. He played college golf at North Texas State College

University of North Texas

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 and helped them win four consecutive NCAA Division I team championships

NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships

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 (1949–1952). Maxwell also won the U.S. Amateur title in 1951. After an impressive amateur career, he served in the Army

United States Army

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 and turned pro in 1954.

Maxwell won seven times on the PGA Tour

PGA Tour

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. He also played on the 1963 Ryder Cup

Ryder Cup

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 team and was elected to the Texas Golf Hall of Fame. He has a twin brother, Bobby, who was also a golfer. He resides in Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville, Florida

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 where, along with former PGA touring pro, Chris Blocker, he owns and operates Hyde Park Golf Club, a Donald Ross designed course.

PGA Tour wins (7)

• 1955 (1) Azalea Open Invitational
  Azalea Open Invitational
  The Azalea Open Invitational was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It was last played in 1971. It was an official PGA Tour event in 1945 and from 1949 to 1970.It was also played under the names of the Azalea Open and the Wilmington Azalea Open....
  
  
• 1956 (1) Arlington Hotel Open
  Arlington Hotel Open
  The Arlington Hotel Open was a PGA Tour event that was played from 1955 to 1963 at the Arlington golf courses of the Hot Springs Country Club adjacent to the Arlington Hotel, now known as the Arlington Resort Hotel and Spa, a 484-room resort in the Ouachita Mountains of Hot Springs National Park in...
  
  
• 1957 (1) Hesperia Open Invitational
  Hesperia Open Invitational
  The Hesperia Open Invitational was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour in the late 1950s and early 1960s.It was played at the Hesperia Golf and County Club in the high desert town of Hesperia, California...
  
  
• 1958 (1) Memphis Open
• 1961 (2) Palm Springs Golf Classic, Insurance City Open Invitational
• 1962 (1) Dallas Open Invitational

Other wins

this list is probably incomplete

• 1956 Mexican Open
  Mexican Open
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• 1961 Puerto Rico Open
• 1973 Florida Open
  Florida Open
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Amateur wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Runner-up
1951	U.S. Amateur	4 & 3	Joseph F. Gagliardi

Results timeline

Amateur

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	T49	DNP
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Amateur	R16	1	R256	DNP
The Amateur Championship The Amateur Championship The Amateur Championship is a golf tournament which is held annually in the United Kingdom. It is one of the two leading individual tournaments for amateur golfers, alongside the U.S. Amateur...	DNP	DNP	R16	DNP

Professional

Tournament	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Masters Tournament	T43	T18	T34	WD	T9	T8
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	DNP	27	12	T8	T27	T26
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T25	T11

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Masters Tournament	T25	DNP	T5	T15	T18	T26	T39	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	DNQ	T22	T8	T5	DNQ	14	T36	DNP	T52	DNP
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...	T24	T27	WD	T5	T13	T43	DNP	DNP	DNP	T63

Tournament	1970	1971
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...	T10	T40

LA = Low Amateur

NYF = Tournament not yet founded

NT = No tournament

DNP = Did not play

WD = Withdrew

"T" indicates a tie for a place

DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion

R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play

Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

Source for The Masters: www.masters.com

Source for U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur: USGA Championship Database

Source for PGA Championship: PGA Championship Media Guide

Source for 1952 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, May 30, 1952, pg. 2.

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