What is Ben Crenshaw's net worth?
Ben Crenshaw is an American professional golfer who has a net worth of $15 million. Ben Crenshaw began his career on the PGA Tour in 1973 after being a star collegiate golfer at the University of Texas at Austin. He won 19 PGA Tour events during his career, the most notable being the Masters Tournament in both 1984 and 1995. Despite his many successes, Crenshaw also compiled the worst playoff record in PGA Tour history, at 0-8.
Real Estate
In 1988, Ben and his wife Julie purchased a 7,000-square-foot mansion in Austin, Texas. They listed this home for sale in 2016 for $6.2 million. They ultimately pulled the listing after several price cuts, and appear to still own this home today.
Early Life and Education
Ben Crenshaw was born on January 11, 1952 in Austin, Texas. He went to Austin High and then to the University of Texas at Austin, playing golf at both schools. As a Longhorn at UT, Crenshaw won three consecutive NCAA Championships from 1971 to 1973.
PGA Tour
Crenshaw turned professional in 1973. That summer, he played his first PGA Tour event as a professional at the USI Classic in Sutton, Massachusetts, where he finished tied for 35th place. In November, Crenshaw won his first PGA Tour event, the San Antonio Texas Open. He had his biggest year yet in 1976 when he won three events: the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am, the Hawaiian Open, and the Ohio Kings Island Open. The year after that, Crenshaw won the Colonial National Invitation. Closing out the decade, he won the Phoenix Open and then the Walt Disney World National Team Championship, the latter alongside his teammate George Burns. In the early 1980s, Crenshaw won the Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic (1980) and the Byron Nelson Golf Classic (1983).
Following five runner-up finishes in major championships between 1978 and 1981, including a sudden-death playoff at the 1979 PGA Championship, Crenshaw won the Masters Tournament in 1984. He beat Tom Watson by two strokes to claim his first major championship title. Crenshaw's subsequent victories were at the Buick Open and the Vantage Championship, both in 1986. In 1987, he won the USF&G Classic, and in 1988 he won the Doral-Ryder Open. At the end of the decade, he came in second in the World Series of Golf. Kicking off the 1990s, Crenshaw won the Southwestern Bell Colonial. His subsequent wins came at the 1993 Nestle Invitational and the 1994 Freeport-McMoRan Classic. In 1995, Crenshaw won his second Masters Tournament; it was his 19th and final PGA Tour title.
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Other Events
Crenshaw competed in a number of other golf events outside of the PGA Tour, several of which were abroad. In 1976, he won the Irish Open, and in 1978 he came in second at both the British Open and Australian Open. Crenshaw finished second at the British Open again in 1979. In 1981, he won the Mexican Open, and the following year he was runner-up at the Australian PGA Championship. Later in the decade, Crenshaw won both individual and team titles at the 1988 World Cup of Golf. Among his other major events, he played with the United States national team in five Ryder Cups, winning the Cup in 1981, 1983, and 1999. Crenshaw later played on the Champions Tour.
Honors and Awards
Crenshaw has received a number of honors and awards for his prolific golf career. For three consecutive years from 1971 to 1973, while he was a student-athlete at the University of Texas at Austin, he won the Haskins Award as the most outstanding collegiate golfer in the United States. During his career on the PGA Tour, Crenshaw won the Bob Jones Award in 1991, the Old Tom Morris Award in 1997, and the Payne Stewart Award in 2001. In 2002, he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Coore & Crenshaw
Since 1986, Crenshaw has been a legal partner with Bill Coore in the firm Coore & Crenshaw, which designs golf courses.
Personal Life
Crenshaw was married to his first wife, Polly, from 1976 until their divorce in 1985. He subsequently wed Julie. Crenshaw has three daughters named Claire, Anna, and Katherine, all of whom were presented at the International Debutante Ball at the Waldorf Astoria New York.
