Tommy Bolt
| Tommy Bolt | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Thomas Henry Bolt |
| Nickname | Thunder, Terrible Tommy |
| Born |
March 31, 1916 Haworth, Oklahoma |
| Died | August 30, 2008 (aged 92) Cherokee Village, Arkansas |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 13 st) |
| Nationality |
 United States
|
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1946 |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 18 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 15 |
| Other | 3 |
| Best results in major championships (wins: 1) |
|
| Masters Tournament | T3: 1952 |
| U.S. Open | Won: 1958 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
| PGA Championship | 3rd/T3: 1954, 1955, 1971 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| World Golf Hall of Fame | 2002 (member page) |
Thomas Henry Bolt (March 31, 1916 – August 30, 2008) was an American professional golfer.
Bolt was born in Haworth, Oklahoma. He served in the United States Army during World War II and turned professional in 1946. He worked as a caddie and club professional in Shreveport, Louisiana. He did not join the PGA Tour until he was in his thirties, but he went on to win fifteen PGA Tour titles, including one major championship, the 1958 U.S. Open. He was the fifth PGA Tour player to shoot a 60 (11 birdies) in an 18-hole round when he did it in the second round of the Insurance City Open outside Hartford, Connecticut Previously, Al Brosch, Wally Ulrich, Ted Kroll and Bill Nary had also shot 60s. Bolt had a putt for a 59, but he missed his 15-footer for birdie on the 18th green at the par-71 Wethersfield Country Club. He followed that round with a 69-71 over his final 36 holes that got him into a playoff with Earl Stewart, an extra session Bolt won.
Bolt was a member of the United States Ryder Cup teams of 1955 and 1957. His career Ryder Cup record was 3-1, including a singles victory over Christy O'Connor Snr in 1955 at Thunderbird Golf and Country Club in Palm Springs, California He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2002.
Bolt's fiery disposition earned him the nickname "Thunder" and "Terrible Tommy". He was known to break clubs during rounds, and his penchant for throwing clubs led to the adoption of a rule prohibiting such behavior. In his later years, he admitted that a lot of his on-course eruptions were merely showmanship and that he felt they had detracted from his playing.
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