David Frost (golfer)

David Frost
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	David Laurence Frost
Nickname	Frosty
Born	(1959-09-11) 11 September 1959 Cape Town, South Africa
Height
Weight	92 kg (203 lb; 14.5 st)
Nationality	South Africa
Residence	Paarl, South Africa West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Children	Sean, Noelle
Career
Turned professional	1981
Current tour(s)	Champions Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour PGA Tour Sunshine Tour European Seniors Tour
Professional wins	29
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	10
European Tour	2
Japan Golf Tour	1
Sunshine Tour	5
Champions Tour	6
European Seniors Tour	2
Other	4
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T5: 1995
U.S. Open	T15: 1986
The Open Championship	6th: 1987
PGA Championship	T10: 1987
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour Order of Merit winner	1998/99
Byron Nelson Award	1987

David Laurence Frost (born 11 September 1959) is a South African professional golfer who currently plays on the Champions Tour. He has previously played on the PGA Tour, European Tour and Sunshine Tour. Frost has thirty professional tournament wins to his name, spread across four continents.

Frost was born in Cape Town, South Africa and matriculated at Paarl Boys' High School in 1977. He turned professional in 1981. He used to be a cigarette salesman. He scored his first professional win in his home country in 1983 and has continued to play in South Africa in the northern winter, but like other leading South African golfers he has spent far more time playing internationally. In line with many other Commonwealth golfers his first move abroad was to the European Tour and he played that tour from 1982 to 1984.

From 1985 he was primarily on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, where he went on to win ten tournaments, the most prestigious of which was the 1989 NEC World Series of Golf which he won by defeating Ben Crenshaw at the second playoff hole. He made the top ten on the PGA Tour money list twice, placing 9th in 1988 and 5th in 1993 and was ranked in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for 86 weeks between 1988 and 1994. By his forties, he was no longer a regular contender on the tour, but in 2005 he set the all time PGA Tour 72-hole putting record with 92 putts at the MCI Heritage while finishing only tied 38th.

Since 2007 Frost has re-established his career on the European Tour.

In June 2013, Frost won his maiden senior major championship at the 2013 Regions Tradition. He won by a single stroke over Fred Couples to claim his first major title in his 17th attempt. It was also his fifth career victory on the Champions Tour. In March 2015, Frost won his sixth Champions Tour title at the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic by a single stroke over Tom Lehman and Kevin Sutherland.

Frost won the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit in 1998/99. He was a member of the International Team in the first staging of the Presidents Cup in 1994, and took part again in 1996. In 1997 and 1998 he captained South Africa to victory in the Alfred Dunhill Cup in Scotland. His team mates were Ernie Els and Retief Goosen.

Frost owns a wine business which produces vintages named after golf legends such as Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer.

Professional wins (29)

PGA Tour wins (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	2 Oct 1988	Southern Open	−10 (70-68-65-67=270)	Playoff	Bob Tway
2	6 Nov 1988	Northern Telecom Tucson Open	−22 (66-66-67-67=266)	5 strokes	Mark Calcavecchia, Mark O'Meara
3	27 Aug 1989	NEC World Series of Golf	−4 (70-68-69-69=276)	Playoff	Ben Crenshaw
4	29 Apr 1990	USF&G Classic	−12 (71-70-66-69=276)	1 stroke	Greg Norman
5	28 Jun 1992	Buick Classic	−16 (67-68-67-66=268)	8 strokes	Duffy Waldorf
6	20 Sep 1992	Hardee's Golf Classic	−14 (62-68-64-72=266)	3 strokes	Tom Lehman, Loren Roberts
7	12 Sep 1993	Canadian Open	−9 (72-70-69-68=279)	1 stroke	Fred Couples
8	19 Sep 1993	Hardee's Golf Classic	−21 (68-63-64-64=259)	7 strokes	Payne Stewart, D. A. Weibring
9	26 Jun 1994	Canon Greater Hartford Open	−12 (65-68-66-69=268)	1 stroke	Greg Norman
10	25 May 1997	MasterCard Colonial	−15 (66-63-69-67=265)	2 strokes	Brad Faxon, David Ogrin

PGA Tour playoff record (2–3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1986	Western Open	Fred Couples, Tom Kite, Nick Price	Kite won with birdie on first extra hole
2	1988	Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic	Seve Ballesteros, Ken Green, Greg Norman	Ballesteros won with birdie on first extra hole
3	1988	Southern Open	Bob Tway	Won with birdie on first extra hole
4	1989	NEC World Series of Golf	Ben Crenshaw	Won with par on second extra hole
5	1995	MCI Classic	Nolan Henke, Bob Tway	Tway won with par on second extra hole Frost eliminated with par on first hole

Sunshine Tour wins (5)

• 1983 Gordon's Gin Classic (South Africa)
• 1986 Southern Suns South African Open
• 1987 Safmarine South African Masters
• 1994 Lexington South African PGA Championship
• 1999 Mercedes-Benz - Vodacom South African Open (co-sanctioned with the European Tour)

European Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	18 Oct 1984	Compagnie de Chauffe Cannes Open	−8 (72-72-68-68=280)	2 strokes	Gordon Brand, Jnr, John Morgan
2	24 Jan 1999	Mercedes-Benz - Vodacom South African Open (co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour)	−5 (69-69-73-68=279)	1 stroke	Scott Dunlap, Jeev Milkha Singh

Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	22 Nov 1992	Dunlop Phoenix	−11 (72-69-69-67=277)	Playoff	Kiyoshi Murota

Other wins (4)

• 1989 Million Dollar Challenge (South Africa – unofficial event)
• 1990 Million Dollar Challenge (South Africa – unofficial event)
• 1992 Million Dollar Challenge (South Africa – unofficial event)
• 1994 Hong Kong Open

Champions Tour wins (6)

Legend

Champions Tour major championships (1)

Other Champions Tour (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	8 Aug 2010	3M Championship	−25 (64-66-61=191)	7 strokes	Mark Calcavecchia
2	22 Apr 2012	Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Michael Allen)	−29 (62-63-62=187)	1 stroke	John Cook & Joey Sindelar
3	28 Oct 2012	AT&T Championship	−8 (71-71-66=208)	Playoff	Bernhard Langer
4	17 Mar 2013	Toshiba Classic	−19 (63-66-65=194)	5 strokes	Fred Couples
5	9 Jun 2013	Regions Tradition	−16 (68-70-66-68=272)	1 stroke	Fred Couples
6	29 Mar 2015	Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic	−10 (68-70-68=206)	1 stroke	Tom Lehman, Kevin Sutherland

Champions Tour playoff record (1–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2010	Senior PGA Championship	Fred Couples, Tom Lehman	Lehman won with birdie on first extra hole
2	2012	AT&T Championship	Bernhard Langer	Won with birdie on second extra hole
3	2013	Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai	John Cook	Lost to birdie on second extra hole

European Seniors Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	12 Dec 2011	Mauritius Commercial Bank Open	−13 (70-64-69=203)	Playoff	Roger Chapman
2	9 Dec 2012	MCB Tour Championship	−11 (64-67-74=205)	1 stroke	Barry Lane, Peter Fowler

Results in major championships

Tournament	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T45	8	T18
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	T23	T15	T17	CUT	T18
The Open Championship	CUT	T47	T28	CUT	6	T7	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	CUT	T21	T10	CUT	T27

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	CUT	T32	DNP	CUT	T35	T5	T10	37	T26	DNP
U.S. Open	T33	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT	DNP	T24	T51	T31	T40	CUT	T42	T7
PGA Championship	T31	T48	T73	CUT	T25	T67	CUT	CUT	T56	T21

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
The Open Championship	T55	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	T15	DNP	CUT	T51	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	1	3	4	11	9
U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	0	4	14	5
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	3	5	21	13
PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	1	4	15	10
Totals	0	0	0	1	7	17	61	37

• Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (1986 PGA – 1988 Masters)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (1987 Open Championship – 1988 Masters)

Senior major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
2013	Regions Tradition	1 shot lead	−16 (68-70-66-68=272)	1 stroke	Fred Couples

Senior results timeline

Results are not be in chronological order prior to 2016.

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
The Tradition	DNP	T21	11	T18	1	T25	T34	T17
Senior PGA Championship	DNP	T2	T22	T4	DNP	T5	T58	T7
Senior Players Championship	T24	T25	T55	T28	T27	T15	T59
Senior British Open Championship	DNP	T14	6	T15	T3	T21	T67
U.S. Senior Open	DNP	62	DQ	WD	T20	T3	T33

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
DQ = disqualified
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

• Hennessy Cognac Cup (representing the Rest of the World): 1984
• Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing South Africa): 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997 (winners), 1998 (winners), 1999, 2000
• Presidents Cup (International Team): 1994, 1996
• World Cup (representing South Africa): 1998, 1999

See also

• List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins
• List of golfers with most Sunshine Tour wins

External links

• David Frost at the PGA Tour official site
• David Frost at the European Tour official site
• David Frost at the Sunshine Tour official site
• David Frost at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• David Frost at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
• David Frost Wines