| Vance Randall Leicester, North Carolina |
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| Career Statistics | ||
| Professional Status Earned: | 1960 | |
| Career Money Winnings: | $75,000 | |
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| National Tournaments Won: | 1979 PPA Japan National Champion 1973 Duncan, OK Open 1973 Waco, Texas Open 1971 World Putting Champion 1969 PPA National Medal-Play Champion 1967 PPA National Medal-Play Champion 1965 Ft. Wayne, IN Open | |
| National Awards and Honors: | 18-hole Better Ball World Record Holder (18 - 18-under par) with Steve Lyon 1987 PPA Hall of Fame Inductee 1960's Putter of the Decade 1969 PPA Player of the Year 1967 PPA Player of the Year 1963 PPA Low Stroke Average Award 1963 PPA Player of the Year 1962 PPA Low Stroke Average Award | |
| Television Appearances | 1961, 62, 63, 67, 69, 71, 73, and 79 | |
| Vance Randall, the most honored player in PPA history, is a charter member of the PPA. Randall was the first player inducted into the PPA Hall of Fame in 1987, after a 20-year career that saw him win the televised 1971 PPA World Championship, the 1969 PPA National Championship and the 1967 PPA National Championship. He was the "Putter of the Decade'' for the 1960s. He was the PPA Player of the Year in 1963, 1967 and 1969. He owns 8 television appearances, including the "Parade of Champions'' syndicated series in 1961, 1962, 1963, 1967 and 1969. He appeared on the 1979 "Greatest of the Great'' television series in 1979, the same year he won the PPA Japanese National Championship. A winner of countless PPA regular tour events, Randall won low stroke average on the PPA Tour in 1962 and 1963. In addition to winning two PPA National Championships, he was runner-up in 1961, 1962 and 1974. His PPA lifetime money earnings are $70,207.43. Randall was a member of the PPA Pros-Players Committee from 1961 to 1964. He retired from PPA competition in 1980, after an exhibition tour that took him to more than 50 Putt-Putt Golf Course franchises across America. Randall returned to PPA tournament play in 2000 to compete in the $100,000 PPA National Championship in Fayetteville, NC, birthplace of Putt-Putt Golf Courses of America. | ||
