Turned Professional: 1972

Joined PGA Tour: 1972

PGA Tour Playoff Record: 1-2

Joined Senior PGA Tour: 1999

PGA Tour Victories: 3 - 1978 NBC New Orleans Open, 1979 Bing Crosby Pro-Am, World Series of Golf

Senior PGA Tour Victories: 0

Ben Hogan Tour Wins: 1 - 1991 Quicksilver Open

Other Victories: Won The 1978 J.C. Penney Classic with Pat Bradley

Player Notes: Played in 501 PGA Tour events, winning three times, runner-up seven times and 56 top-10 finishes with $1,607,691 in earnings.

Also has played in 44 Buy.Com tour events, winning once, runner-up once and four top-10 finishes.

Only fitting that he would return to Inverness Golf Club which was the site of the 1979 U.S. Open. Hinkle and the USGA made news when Hinkle decided to cut the dogleg on the 8th hole by playing it in the 17th hole. After Hinkle found success in that strategy in the first round many others followed suit so the next morning before the start of the second round the USGA put in a 24-foot Black Hills spruce tree that was named the "Hinkle Tree".

1999 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 8; top 10 finishes - 0; stroke average 73.04; money - $20,841 (ranked 108th); best finish, T42nd, EMC Kaanapali Classic.

2000 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 10; top 10 finishes - 0; stroke average 73.10; money - $67,869 (ranked 91st); best finish, T12th, Audi Senior Classic.

2001 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 13; top 10 finishes - 0; stroke average 73.56 (ranked 78th); money - $74,396 (ranked 95th); best finish, T14th, Mexico Senior Classic. Went to Senior PGA Tour qualifying tournament and didn't get his card finishing T27th.

2002 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 5; top 10 finishes - 0; stroke average 74.08 (ranked N/A); money - $57,252 (ranked 97th); Best finish, T-13th NFL Golf Classic.