Inducted, 1991

Johnny Miller won the U.S. Open Championship in 1973 and the British Open Championship in 1976. He has won 21 other tournaments and earned more than $2.5 million in prize money. He is recognized world wide as one of the greatest players in the history of the game.

Miller's U.S. Open Championship came in spectacular fashion at the Oakmont Country Club where he shot a final round of 63, a U.S. Open record, and in the process left legendary golfers Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, and Lee Trevino in his wake.

That stunning U.S. Open victory thrust Miller into the international spotlight. He was featured on the cover of major news magazines throughout the world and became an international celebrity.

He proved it wasn't a fluke as he followed up that grand entrance into the golfing spotlight with a steady string of successes.

In 1974 he won eight tournaments, a feat no golfer has accomplished since then.

He produced such a phenomenal stretch of shotmaking on the Arizona desert in 1975 that there was talk of banning him from the tour. "He's in a league of his own," was the common talk.

In back-to-back tournaments at the Tucson and Phoenix Opens he shot eight consecutive rounds in the 60s and tallied a two tournament total of 49 under par and won by a total of 23 strokes. At Phoenix he shot 67-61-68-64-260. Could there ever be an encore? At Tucson he shot 66-69-67-61-263.

Those eight consecutive rounds that included two 61s have never been equaled since and come as close as anything to achieving the unending quest of man actually being victorious over golf rather than the other way around.

It was during that period of time that even the greatest of them all, Jack Nicklaus, was moved to say, "There has never been anyone put on a pair of golf cleats who ever struck it purer than Johnny Miller."

Miller was born April 29, 1947 in San Francisco, California and has made his home in both Utah and California during his playing career. He graduated from BYU in 1969 where he was an All American.

Since semi-retiring from the PGA Tour he has become a national television commentator for NBC Sports, and is hoping to make a new career on the PGA Senior Tour.
He has been very instrumental in helping develop the strong junior golf program in Utah, and has been one of its biggest contributors.

He and his wife Linda have six children, John, Kelly, Casi, Scott, Brent, and Todd.