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Dale Hayes (born 1 Jul 1952) is a South African
golfer.

==Career outline==
Hayes won the 15-17 Boys category at the Junior
World Golf Championships in 1969. He turned
professional the following year and quickly became
a successful pro. He won more than a dozen events
in South Africa, and was runner up on the Sunshine
Tour|South African Tour Order of Merit in 1974,
1975, 1976 and 1979. In 1976 he won the World Cup
of Golf for South Africa in partnership with Bobby
Cole.

In 1971 Hayes won the Spanish Open (golf)|Spanish
Open at the age of 18 years and 290 days, becoming
the youngest winner on the European Tour, a record
which still stands of as 2005. By 1973 he was
fourth on the European Tour Order of Merit,
improving to second in 1974 and first in 1975. He
also finished in the top four in 1978 and 1979,
but played little professional golf after his late
twenties. 

Since he stopped playing tour golf Hayes has
remained involved in the sport in a variety of
ways. He has worked as a broadcaster in South
Africa and for the Golf Channel, edited a golf
magazine and helped to found an internet golf
shopping business. He is involved in golf course
design through a company called Matkovich & Hayes,
although he deals only with marketing and public
relations, while the actual design is handled by
his business partner Peter Matkovic, a 
professional golfer with a modest playing record.
Hayes also works as a public speaker and gives
golf clinics.

==European Tour wins==
*1971 Spanish Open (golf)|Spanish Open
*1975 Swiss Open
*1978 Italian Open, French Open (golf)|French Open
*1979 Spanish Open (golf)|Spanish Open

==Other professional wins==
:This list is incomplete.
*1974 South African PGA Championship
*1975 South African PGA Championship
*1976 South African Open, South African PGA
Championship
*1978 South African Masters
*1980 Columbian Open 

==Amateur wins==
*1969 Junior World Golf Championships|World Junior
Championship (Boys 15-17), South African Amateur
Stroke Play Championship, German Amateur
Championship, Brazilian Amateur Championship
*1970 South African Amateur Stroke Play
Championship, Scottish Amateur Stroke Play
Championship

==External links==
*http://www.europeantour.com/players/bio.sps?iPlay
erNo=77 Profile on the European Tour's official
site
*http://www.matkovichandhayes.co.za/ Matkovich &
Hayes Golf Course Architects