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{{Short description|American professional golfer (1923–1997)}}
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{{Infobox golfer
| name              = Jay Hebert
| image             = 
| imagesize         = <!-- e.g. 250px (default is 200px) -->
| caption           = 
| fullname          = Junius Joseph Hebert
| nickname          = Jay
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1923|2|14}}
| birth_place       = [[St. Martinville, Louisiana]], U.S.
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|1997|5|25|1923|2|14}}
| death_place       = [[Houston|Houston, Texas]], U.S.
| height            = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}
| weight            = {{convert|175|lb|kg st|abbr=on}}
| nationality       = {{USA}}
| spouse            = Barbara J. Henny
| partner           = 
| children          = 2<!--Jean-Paul, Jason-->
| college           = [[Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns|Southwestern Louisiana]]<br />[[LSU Tigers|Louisiana State]]
| status            = Professional
| yearpro           = 1949
| retired           = <!-- Year retired -->
| extour            = [[PGA Tour]]
| prowins           = 10
| pgawins           = 7
| otherwins         = 3
| majorwins         = 1
| masters           = T8: [[1959 Masters Tournament|1959]]
| usopen            = T7: [[1958 U.S. Open (golf)|1958]]
| open              = DNP
| pga               = '''Won''': [[1960 PGA Championship|1960]]
| wghofid           = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID -->
| wghofyear         = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted -->
| award1            = <!-- Achievement or award details -->
| year1             = <!-- Year(s) of achievement or award -->
| award2            = 
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| awardssection     = <!-- location of awards page or section -->
}}
{{Infobox military person|
|allegiance    = {{USA}}
|branch        = [[File:USMC logo.svg|15px]] [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]]
|rank          = [[File:US-O3 insignia.svg|12px]] &nbsp;[[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]]
|unit          = [[5th Marine Division (United States)|5th Marine Division]]
|serviceyears  = <!-- 194x–194x -->
|battles       = [[World War II]]<br />[[Pacific Ocean theater of World War II|Pacific theater]]<br />[[Battle of Iwo Jima]]
|awards        = [[File:Purple Heart ribbon.svg|25px]] [[Purple Heart]]
}}
'''Junius Joseph "Jay" Hebert''' (February 14, 1923 – May 25, 1997) was an American [[professional golfer]]. He won seven times on the [[PGA Tour]] including the [[1960 PGA Championship]].<ref name=jhrtwpwt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pMlaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PWwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7455%2C5708552 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |last=Gundelfinger |first=Phil |title=Jay Hebert Rallies to Win PGA With 281 |date=July 25, 1960 |pages=20, 23}}</ref>  His younger brother, [[Lionel Hebert]], also won the PGA Championship, in [[1957 PGA Championship|1957]], the last edition at [[match play]]. Jay played on the [[1959 Ryder Cup|1959]] and [[1961 Ryder Cup|1961]] [[Ryder Cup]] teams and was captain for the [[1971 Ryder Cup|1971]] team.

==Career==
Hebert served in the [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]] in [[World War II]] and rose to the rank of [[Captain (United States O-3)|captain]]. He was wounded in the left thigh at the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]] and awarded a [[Purple Heart]].<ref name=mrabmi>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1960/08/01/588765/mr-abear-makes-it<!--http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1071608/index.htm--> |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |last=Wright |first=Alfred |title=Mr. 'a-bear' Makes It |date=August 1, 1960 |page=12}}</ref><ref name=gdxldr>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1961/07/24/586575/golf-dixieland-and-dirty-rice<!-- http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1072800/index.htm--> |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Cave |first=Ray |title=Golf, Dixieland And Dirty Rice |date=July 24, 1961 |page=24}}</ref> Following the war, he played golf at [[LSU Tigers|LSU]], where he and teammate [[Gardner Dickinson]] led the Tigers to the [[NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships|national championship]] in 1947.

Hebert worked as the playing pro at Mayfair Country Club in [[Sanford, Florida]], in the 1950s. The club was home to a PGA Tour event, the [[Mayfair Inn Open]], from 1955 to 1958.<ref>{{cite web |title=A snowbird sanctuary: Mayfair Inn brought a spark to Central Florida |last=Cobb |first=Charles |date=March 21, 1982 |newspaper=Seminole Little Sentinel |url=http://www.sanfordnavalacademy.com/history/a-snowbird-sanctuary.pdf |access-date=February 11, 2013 |archive-date=November 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105185419/http://www.sanfordnavalacademy.com/history/a-snowbird-sanctuary.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Hebert was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lasportshall.com/inductees/golf/jay-hebert/?back=inductee |publisher=Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame |title=Jay Hebert profile |access-date=November 5, 2013}}</ref> and the Texas Golf Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite web|url=http://texasgolfhof.org/index.php/component/zoo/item/jay-hebert |publisher=Texas Golf Hall of Fame |title=Jay Hebert profile |access-date=November 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105185115/http://texasgolfhof.org/index.php/component/zoo/item/jay-hebert |archive-date=November 5, 2013 }}</ref> in 1982.

==Personal life==
A [[Cajun]] by [[ethnicity]], he was born in [[St. Martinville, Louisiana]], and died in [[Houston]], [[Texas]].  His son, Jean-Paul Hebert, played golf at the [[Texas Longhorns|University of Texas]].<ref name=tctineam>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XRNJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vQUNAAAAIBAJ&dq=hebert&pg=4364%2C3710656 |newspaper=[[The Hour (newspaper)|The Hour]] |location=[[Norwalk, Connecticut]] |title=Three collegians tied in Northeast Amateur |agency=Associated Press |date=June 22, 1990 |page=44 |access-date=February 11, 2013}}</ref>

==Professional wins (10)==
===PGA Tour wins (7)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Legend
|- style="background:#e5d1cb;"
| Major championships (1)
|- 
| Other PGA Tour (6)
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!To par!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner(s)-up
|-
| align=center|1 || align=right|Jan 13, 1957 || [[Bing Crosby National Pro-Am Golf Championship]] ||  align=right|74-69-70=213 ||align=center|−3 || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Cary Middlecoff]]
|-
| align=center|2 || align=right|Feb 17, 1957 || [[Texas Open Invitational]] || align=right|68-69-67-67=271||align=center|−13 || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ed Furgol]]
|-
| align=center|3 || align=right|Apr 27, [[1958 PGA Tour|1958]] || [[Lafayette Open Invitational]] || align=right|69-69-68-67=273 ||align=center|−11|| 5 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Leo Biagetti]], {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Rosburg]]
|-
| align=center|4 || align=right|Oct 18, [[1959 PGA Tour|1959]] || [[Orange County Open Invitational]] || align=right|68-68-68-69=273 ||align=center|−11|| 2 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Fleck]], {{flagicon|CAN|1957}} [[Jerry Magee (golfer)|Jerry Magee]]
|-style="background:#e5d1cb;"
| align=center|5 || align=right|Jul 24, [[1960 PGA Tour|1960]] || '''[[1960 PGA Championship|PGA Championship]]''' || align=right|72-67-72-70=281 ||align=center|+1|| 1 stroke || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jim Ferrier]]
|-
| align=center|6 || align=right|Apr 24, [[1961 PGA Tour|1961]] || [[Houston Classic]] || align=right|69-71-69-67=276 ||align=center|−4|| Playoff || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ken Venturi]]
|-
| align=center|7 || align=right|Aug 27, 1961 || [[American Golf Classic]] || align=right|70-67-68-73=278 ||align=center|−2|| Playoff || {{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[Gary Player]]
|}

'''PGA Tour playoff record (2–1)'''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent(s)!!Result
|-style="background:#F2C1D1;"
|align=center|1
|1956
|[[Western Open]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Fetchick]], {{flagicon|USA}} [[Doug Ford (golfer)|Doug Ford]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Don January]]
|Fetchick won 18-hole playoff;<br>Fetchick: −6 (66),<br>Hebert: −1 (71),<br>Ford: E (72),<br>January: +3 (75) 
|-style="background:#D0F0C0;"
|align=center|2
|[[1961 PGA Tour|1961]]
|[[Houston Classic]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ken Venturi]]
|Won with birdie on first extra hole after 18-hole playoff;<br>Hebert: −1 (69),<br>Venturi: −1 (69)
|-style="background:#D0F0C0;"
|align=center|3
|1961
|[[American Golf Classic]]
|{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[Gary Player]]
|Won with birdie on second extra hole 
|}

===Other wins (2)===
*1954 [[Long Island Open]]
*1955 [[Long Island PGA Championship]]

===Senior wins (1)===
*1994 [[Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf]] – Demaret Division (with [[Al Balding]])

==Major championships==

===Wins (1)===
{|class="wikitable"
!Year!!Championship!!54 holes!!Winning score!!Margin!!Runner-up
|- style="background:#D8BFD8;"
| [[1960 PGA Championship|1960]] ||[[PGA Championship]] ||1 shot deficit ||+1 (72-67-72-70=281) ||1 stroke ||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jim Ferrier]]
|}

===Results timeline===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament
!1953
!1954
!1955
!1956
!1957
!1958
!1959
|-
|align=left|[[Masters Tournament]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T16
|T15
|T53
|style="background:yellow;"|10
|style="background:yellow;"|T9
|style="background:yellow;"|T8
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
|style="background:yellow;"|T9
|17
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T17
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:yellow;"|T7
|T17
|-
|align=left|[[PGA Championship]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|R32
|R64
|style="background:yellow;"|7
|style="background:yellow;"|T5
|T25
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament
!1960
!1961
!1962
!1963
!1964
!1965
!1966
!1967
!1968
!1969
|-
|align=left|[[Masters Tournament]]
|T39
|T30
|WD
|27
|T30
|CUT
|style="background:yellow;"|T10
|T21
|T28
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
|CUT
|T49
|T17
|T38
|CUT
|CUT
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[PGA Championship]]
|style="background:lime;"|'''1'''
|13
|style="background:yellow;"|10
|T40
|CUT
|T54
|T12
|CUT
|CUT
|T63
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament
!1970
!1971
!1972
!1973
!1974
!1975
!1976
!1977
|-
|align=left|[[Masters Tournament]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[PGA Championship]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|CUT
|}
''Note: Hebert never played in [[The Open Championship]].''<br />
{{legend|lime|Win}}
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1964 PGA Championship)<br />
WD = withdrew<br />
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF, F = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play<br/>
"T" = tied

===Summary===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
!Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made
|-
|align=left|[[Masters Tournament]]         || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||  4 ||  7 || 15 || 13
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||  2 ||  6 || 12 ||  8
|-
|align=left|[[The Open Championship]]      || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0
|-
|align=left|[[PGA Championship]]           || 1 || 0 || 0 || 2 ||  4 ||  8 || 19 || 12
|-
!Totals                                    !! 1 !! 0 !! 0 !! 2 !! 10 !! 21 !! 46 !! 33
|}
*Most consecutive cuts made – 17 (1953 U.S. Open – 1960 Masters)
*Longest streak of top-10s – 6 (1957 Masters – 1959 Masters)

==U.S. national team appearances==
'''Professional'''
*[[Ryder Cup]]: [[1959 Ryder Cup|1959]] (winners), [[1961 Ryder Cup|1961]] (winners), [[1971 Ryder Cup|1971]] (non-playing captain, winners)

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography}}
*[[List of men's major championships winning golfers]]

==Video==
*{{YouTube|C9uVrlQUN60|Jay Hebert}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.raginpagin.com/louisiana/showthread.php?2178-Athlete-(1944)-Jay-Hebert RaginPagin.com] – Jay Hebert

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