SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Johnny Miller is saying goodbye. And he’s done so without offending any players on the PGA Tour. That’s different. Kidding, kidding. Mostly. Miller, 71, retired from the NBC booth Saturday at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, passing the analyst microphone to Paul Azinger, another straight-shooting former player.
Miller finished his career with 25 PGA Tour wins and 105 top-10 finishes. Miller finished runner-up three times at The Masters in 1971, 1975 and 1981. The only major championship Miller failed to have a top-3 finish in is the PGA Championship. He played on two Ryder Cup teams, 1975 and 1981.
Miller is a partner in a limited partnership which purchased Silverado Country Club in Napa, California on July 1, 2010. He also owns a golf design company and a golf academy and designed the Thanksgiving Point Golf Course in Lehi, Utah, host of the Champion's Challenge.
Miller's final round of 66 at Royal Birkdale tied the course record. Following his 1976 Open Championship win, Miller, never known as an outstanding putter, lost the form that made him a frequent winner in his early career and failed to win for the next three years, due to a putting affliction widely known as the " yips ".
Johnny Miller, co-owner of Silverado Resort and Spa, is known for being one of the greatest ball strikers to ever play the game of golf.
Napa's famed Silverado Resort and Spa has a new owner. On Tuesday affiliates of KSL Capital Partners, LLC and Arcade Capital LLC bought the 1,200-acre property, according to a news release. Based on the transfer tax on the deed, the group paid $62.4 million for the resort.
Silverado's green fees top out at $189 for the North Course and $139 for the South Course (except when the price increases to $179 in October around the Safeway Open).
The Silverado Resort and Spa is a 1,200-acre (4.9 km2) golf, tennis, and spa resort in Napa County, California, United States....Silverado Resort and Spa.Club informationDesigned byRobert Trent Jones Jr. (1966 redesign) Johnny Miller (2011 redesign)Par72Length7,166 yards (6,553 m)Course rating74.312 more rows
Napa Valley, California's Silverado Resort and Spa includes among its owners Johnny Miller.
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The North Course at Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa Valley, California, is the host site of this week's Fortinet Championship, the first event on the PGA Tour's 2021-22 schedule.
Although Miller became eligible for the Senior PGA Tour in 1997, he decided to forgo regular play on the senior tour in part due to the strain the sport puts on the knees of a player. Instead, he has focused on his role as lead golf analyst for NBC Sports' limited golf schedule and other business ventures. This was despite his victory in the 1994 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, at age 46, after he had semi-retired in 1990 to take up broadcasting.
Born and raised in San Francisco, California, Miller was invited to join the Olympic Club in 1963 as a Junior Golf Section member, and became the top player on its junior team. He won the San Francisco city junior title in 1963 at age 16, and the following year won the 1964 U.S. Junior Amateur. After graduation from Abraham Lincoln High School in 1965, he enrolled at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
Miller joined the PGA Tour in 1969 at age 22, and won his first tour event in 1971. He made a double eagle on the fifth hole at Muirfield during the second round of the 1972 Open Championship. During his professional career, Miller won two major titles: the 1973 U.S. Open and the 1976 Open Championship.
Coming into the U.S. Open at the challenging par-71 Oakmont, Miller was a 26-year-old with just t…
Miller is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He and his wife Linda have six children and live in Napa, California and Utah. During the 2018 Ryder Cup broadcast, he announced that his 25th grandchild was born. His son Andy won a Buy.com Tour event and played on the PGA Tour.
Professional
• Ryder Cup: 1975 (winners), 1981 (winners)
• World Cup: 1973 (winners, individual winner), 1975 (winners, individual winner), 1980
• Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (representing Senior PGA Tour): 1997
• Spring 1969 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
• List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins
• Longest PGA Tour win streaks
• Most PGA Tour wins in a year
• Johnny Miller at the PGA Tour official site
• Johnny Miller at the European Tour official site
• Johnny Miller at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• Johnny Miller at the Official World Golf Ranking official site