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EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31 on All-Time Money List
FULL NAME: James Christian Albus
HEIGHT: 6-1
WEIGHT: 215
BIRTHDATE: June 18, 1940
BIRTHPLACE: Staten Island, NY
RESIDENCE: Sarasota, FL
FAMILY: Wife, Brenda; Kathleen (5/3/71), Mark (2/7/73),
one grandchild
EDUCATION: Bucknell, UCLA (1965)
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1968
JOINED TOUR: 1990
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| SENIOR TOUR Victories |
| (6) 1991 Mazda Presents the SENIOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP.
1993 GTE Suncoast Classic. 1994 Vantage At The Dominion,
Bank of Boston Senior Classic. 1995 SBC Presents The Dominion
Seniors. 1998 GTE Classic. |
| Other Victories |
| 1970 and 1985 Metropolitan Open. |
| Current Year SENIOR PGA TOUR
Money and Positions |
| $85,498 (80) |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best
Finishes |
| T16--NFL Golf Classic; T23--SBC Senior Classic; T24--Bruno's
Memorial Classic |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best
Round |
| 68 at Round 2, Bruno's Memorial Classic |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| T26--1982 Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classi. |
| Best 2001 SENIOR TOUR Finishes |
| T6--Mexico Senior Classic; T10--FORD SENIOR PLAYERS
Championship |
| 2001 Season SENIOR TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--31; in money--31; Top-10 finishes--2 |
| 2001 Season Highlights |
| Enjoyed a productive first full season as a member of
the Georgia-Pacific Super Seniors and placed ninth on
the final over-60 money list with $153,125. Only Georgia-Pacific
victory came late in the campaign at the SBC Championship.
Birdied the last four holes for the second straight day
to nip DeWitt Weaver by a stroke at The Dominion...Also
defeated Jim Dent 1-up to with the Super Seniors Match
Play Championship near St. Louis...Teamed with Simon Hobday
to win the Legendary Champions division at the Liberty
Mutual Legends of Golf. The duo posted a better-ball total
of 12-under 132, one shot better than three other teams...Had
a pair of top-10 finishes overall. T6 at the Mexico Senior
Classic thanks to consecutive rounds of 66 on the weekend
in Puebla...Also T10th at the FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship
after posting a 68 on Sunday at the TPC of Michigan. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2000: Joined the ranks of the Georgia-Pacific Super
Seniors in mid-June and won the first over-60 event he
was eligible for at the State Farm Senior Classic. Vaulted
over Lee Trevino for the victory by holing a pitch shot
for an eagle on the final hole. Finished his campaign
with a playoff loss to Al Geiberger in the Georgia-Pacific
Super Seniors Championship and placed eighth on the final
Georgia-Pacific money list with $208,917. Best overall
effort was a T5 at the State Farm Senior Classic thanks
to three straight sub-par rounds...Went over the $5-million
mark in SENIOR TOUR career money at the Nationwide Championship.
1999: Underwent left hip replacement surgery after the
last full-field event of the year. 1998: Had his most
productive year on the SENIOR TOUR since 1995. Won $643,380,
good enough for the 27th spot on the final money list...Notched
his first victory in three years. Used a final-round 70
to slip past Simon Hobday, Kermit Zarley and Jose Maria
Canizares by a stroke at the GTE Classic, his second victory
in the Tampa Bay area. 1997: Missed nearly two months
of the season after he suffered a fractured ankle that
kept him out of action from early May until early July...Had
three top-10 finishes, highlighted by a T3 at the American
Express Invitational in his hometown of Sarasota. 1996:
Underwent neck surgery early in the season and was out
of action for two months before returning at Bruno's Memorial
Classic...Best efforts that year were T7s at the First
of America Classic and the Bank One Classic. 1995: One
of only two players to successfully defend a title, claiming
a second consecutive SBC Dominion Seniors in San Antonio...Also
second at the Senior Tournament of Champions, where he
fell on the third playoff hole to Jim Colbert...Finished
in the top 10 in a third of his starts...Named March Player
of the Month. 1994: One of six SENIOR TOUR players over
the million-dollar mark and the first former club professional
to top $1 million in a season...One of nine players to
win more than once that year...Claimed the Bank of Boston
Senior Classic, holding off Raymond Floyd and Lee Trevino
down the stretch...Also won the Vantage at The Dominion,
going wire-to-wire for a one-stroke victory over Trevino,
Graham Marsh and George Archer...Set a then-SENIOR TOUR
record for most rounds in the 60s in a season (54) and
most birdies in one year (453). 1993: Captured the GTE
Suncoast Classic, defeating Don Bies and Gibby Gilbert
by two strokes. 1992: The SENIOR TOUR's 'ironman', playing
every round in each of 37 official events. 1991: Surprised
the golf world by winning the 1991 Mazda Presents THE
SENIOR PLAYERS Championship at the TPC of Michigan in
only his sixth SENIOR TOUR start. Came from three strokes
back to defeat Bob Charles, Dave Hill and Charles Coody
by one stroke. Became eligible to play in the event after
shooting a final-round 64 at the NYNEX Commemorative and
finishing T8. |
| Personal |
| Played basketball, baseball and was an intramural boxer
at Bucknell University...Coaxed into the game of golf
by fraternity brothers while in college...Was an All-Middle
Atlantic Conference outfielder in 1962, when he hit .421
Eighth-leading hitter in the school's history...Later
transferred to UCLA, where he earned an undergraduate
degree in 1965...First got into the golf business as an
assistant pro at Mission Viejo CC...Moved back east two
years later and was the head pro at Latourette Golf Club
on Staten Island, NY from 1969-78...Honored in June 1999
by the Met Golf Writers Association as its Comeback Player
of the Year. |
| SENIOR TOUR Playoff Record |
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