Murphy turned professional in 1967,[1] and won five tournaments on the PGA Tour.[2] He was a member of the victorious U.S. team in the 1975 Ryder Cup competition.[7] His best finish in a major tournament was a second-place tie at the 1970 PGA Championship.[8] Murphy won 11 times on the Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour).
Murphy first got into broadcasting while still playing. He joined CBS Sports as a tower announcer in 1984, working for CBS through 1991. He then joined ESPN as a color commentator, where he stayed through 1994. After a break from TV to play on the Senior PGA Tour, he joined NBC Sports in November 1999, and was a tower announcer for the PGA Tour on NBC through 2009, at which point he retired.[2][7]
He was inducted into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.
Tournament | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Masters Tournament | T59 LA | 52 LA | CUT | |
U.S. Open | T15 LA | T23 | T32 | 5 |
The Open Championship | ||||
PGA Championship | T63 |
Tournament | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masters Tournament | T23 | T13 | T43 | 42 | T28 | T31 | ||||
U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | T63 | T20 | T3 | CUT | CUT | T25 | ||
The Open Championship | T48 | |||||||||
PGA Championship | T2 | T46 | T40 | T35 | T32 | T25 | CUT | T25 | T54 | CUT |
Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | |||||||
U.S. Open | CUT | T50 | CUT | |||||
The Open Championship | ||||||||
PGA Championship | T20 | 18 | T34 | CUT | T62 | 69 |
LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 9 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 14 |
Totals | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 43 | 32 |
Tournament | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Players Championship | T6 | T4 | T43 | CUT | 71 | T64 | CUT | CUT | T32 | CUT | T14 | T44 |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place