David Toms

Sport: Golf

Induction Year: 2017

University: LSU

 Induction Year: 2017

DAVID TOMS — A two-time first-team All-American at LSU in 1988 and ’89, Toms, a Monroe native and Shreveport resident, is one of the best golfers to ever come out of Louisiana.  Toms has completed his 24th season on the PGA Tour this fall and has 13 career victories plus two more on the Web.com Tour.  He ranked 10th on the PGA Tour’s all-time money list with a little more than $41.8 million — winning more than $2 million in a season 10 times — including six years with at least $3 million. His top earning season was in 2005 when he piled up $3,962,013 on 11 top-10 finishes.  Toms was in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking for 175 weeks between 2001 and 2006, rising as high as fifth in 2002 and ’03. His PGA Tour wins include the 2001 PGA Championship and 2001 Compaq Classic of New Orleans when he became the first Louisiana native to win the Tour’s annual stop in the Crescent City. He took the PGA Championship by one stroke over Phil Mickelson after outlasting “Lefty” by two swings three months earlier in New Orleans.  Toms also has 16 runner-up finishes on Tour while making 411 cuts in 611 career starts.. While not an extraordinarily long hitter off the tee, he makes up for it from the fairway in with pinpoint shot-making. As a result, he’s excelled on golf’s biggest stages, making a World Cup (2002), three U.S. Ryder Cup teams (2002, ’04, ’06) with a 4-6-2 record and four Presidents Cup squads (2003, ’05, ’07, ’11). He was 4-0-1 in helping the USA win the ’07 Presidents Cup.  Toms has a sparkling record in golf’s four majors, making the cut in 37 of 61 career starts with six top-five efforts and 11 top-10s — including three Masters and three U.S. Opens. In addition to his win at the 2001 PGA, his top major finishes were a tie for fourth at the U.S. and British opens and a tie for sixth at the Masters. Built the David Toms Academy 265 in Shreveport, a world class instruction and training facility to help local youths, and is active in golf course design. He shared the 2006 Golf Writers Association of America’s Charlie Bennett Award with fellow Louisianans Kelly Gibson and Hal Sutton for helping raise $2 million toward the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Born 1-4-67 in Monroe, La.