Jack Rule Jr.

Jack Rule Jr.
Jack Rule Jr.
	Rule with wife Loretta after winning the 1963 St. Paul Open Invitational
Personal information
Full name	Jack D. Rule Jr.
Born	November 13, 1938 (age 86); Mason City, Iowa, U.S.
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg; 13 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Career
College	University of Iowa
Turned professional	1961
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	2
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	CUT: 1964
PGA Championship	T39: 1964
U.S. Open	T54: 1974
The Open Championship	DNP

Jack D. Rule Jr. (born November 13, 1938) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s.

Life

Rule was born in Mason City, Iowa^[1] and grew up in Waterloo, Iowa. He defeated Jack Nicklaus in the 1956 U.S. Junior Amateur semi-finals but lost to Harlan Stevenson in the finals. He graduated from the University of Iowa and turned professional in 1961.^[1]

Rule won twice on the PGA Tour, the 1963 St. Paul Open Invitational and the 1965 Oklahoma City Open Invitational. His best finish in a major was T39 at the 1964 PGA Championship.^[2]

Rule played sparingly on the Champions Tour from 1989 to 2001, mostly in the U.S. Senior Open.

In 1993, Rule was inducted into the Iowa Golf Hall of Fame.^[3]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Aug 4, 1963	St. Paul Open Invitational	−22 (67-61-65-73=266)	5 strokes	Fred Hawkins
2	Sep 5, 1965	Oklahoma City Open Invitational	−5 (72-71-70-70=283)	1 stroke	Bobby Nichols

^ ^a ^b Elliott, Len; Kelly, Barbara (1976). Who's Who in Golf. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House. p. 165. ISBN 0-87000-225-2.
^ "Jack Rule". Golf Major Championships. Retrieved December 29, 2007.
^ [1]Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine