Lionel Hebert


Lionel Paul Hebert was an American professional golfer. He won five times on the PGA Tour, including the PGA Championship in 1957, the last edition held at match play. His older brother Jay won the same event at stroke play in 1960. Lionel also played on the Ryder Cup team in 1957. An ethnic Cajun from Louisiana, he was born and died in Lafayette.

PGA Tour wins (5)

is shown in bold.
PGA Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
11956St. Petersburg Open Mike FetchickLost to par on first extra hole
21962Memphis Open Invitational Gene Littler, Gary PlayerWon with birdie on first extra hole

Major championships

Wins (1)

Note: The PGA Championship was match play until 1958

Results timeline

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" = tied

Summary