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EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31 on All-Time Money List
FULL NAME: James Lacey Dent
HEIGHT: 6-3
WEIGHT: 224
BIRTHDATE: May 9, 1939
BIRTHPLACE: Augusta, GA
RESIDENCE: Tampa, FL
FAMILY: Wife, Willye; Radiah (4/1/73), James Antonio
(6/2/76), Jamie (8/15/94), Victoria (3/20/95), Joshua James
(8/11/99) and Joseph Samuel (8/11/99)
EDUCATION: Paine College
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Fishing, listening to jazz and
blues, antique cars, cooking
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1966
JOINED TOUR: 1989
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| SENIOR TOUR Victories |
| (12) 1989 MONY Syracuse Senior Classic, Newport Cup.
1990 Vantage At The Dominion, MONY Syracuse Senior Classic,
Kroger Senior Classic, Crestar Classic. 1992 Newport Cup.
1994 Bruno's Memorial Classic. 1995 BellSouth Senior Classic
at Opryland. 1996 Bank of Boston Senior Classic. 1997
The Home Depot Invitational. 1998 The Home Depot Invitational. |
| Current Year Charles Schwab
Cup Points and Positions |
| 99 (T44th) |
| Current Year SENIOR PGA TOUR
Money and Positions |
| $256,713 (40) |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best
Finishes |
| T3--ACE Group Classic |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best
Round |
| 66 at Round 3, ACE Group Classic |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Highlights |
| Posted his best finish since the 2000 Vantage Championship
at The ACE Group Classic. Fired three consecutive rounds
in the 60s at The Club at TwinEagles and T3 with Jim Thorpe,
two strokes behind Hale Irwin...Won his first Georgia-Pacific
Super Seniors title of the season at the TD Waterhouse
Championship. Defeated Dave Stockton, Larry Ziegler and
J.C. Snead with an eight-foot birdie putt on the second
playoff hole. |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| T2--1972 Walt Disney World Open Invitational. |
| Best 2001 SENIOR TOUR Finishes |
| T14--State Farm Senior Classic; T15--TD Waterhouse Championship;
T16--Farmers Charity Classic; T17--Bruno's Memorial Classic,
3M Championship; T22--SBC Senior Open; T24--Enterprise
Rent-A-Car Match Play Champ |
| 2001 Season SENIOR TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--28; in money--28; Top-10 finishes--0 |
| 2001 Season Highlights |
| Saw his streak of years among the SENIOR TOUR's top-31
money-winners end at 12 straight. Went without a top-10
finish for the first time in his senior career...Tied
for second in the Legendary Champions portion of the Liberty
Mutual Legends of Golf with partner George Archer. Fell
one stroke short of Jim Albus/Simon Hobday with a 36-hole
better-ball score of 11-under 133...Best official performance
was a tie for 14th at the State Farm Senior Classic near
Baltimore thanks to a 68 on Saturday. Recorded back-to-back
rounds in the 60s for the only time all season during
the first two days of the TD Waterhouse Championship and
eventually tied for 15th in the Kansas City event despite
a 73 on Sunday...Won his sixth career title in the Georgia
Pacific Super Seniors competition at the SBC Senior Open.
Defeated J.C. Snead and Jimmy Powell in a playoff for
the over-60 title at Kemper Lakes after having lost to
Mike Hill in overtime of the Georgia-Pacific event at
the Farmers Charity Classic two weeks earlier...Placed
sixth on the final Georgia-Pacific Super Seniors money
list with $209,708. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2000: Extended his streak of years finishing among the
top-31 money-winners to 12 consecutive seasons (best on
SENIOR TOUR)...Even after being out of action for most
of April with a rotator cuff injury in his left shoulder,
still had his best financial season since 1994...Despite
reaching his 61st birthday in early May, was among the
top 10 in a quarter of his 28 starts, highlighted by a
playoff loss to Larry Nelson at the Vantage Championship...Shot
three straight rounds of 66 at Tanglewood to join Gil
Morgan and Nelson in the overtime session, but was eliminated
on the first extra hole...Won a pair of Georgia-Pacific
Super Seniors events and finished second to George Archer
on the final over-60 money list with $309,391...Defeated
Jim Albus by three strokes in the Super Senior competition
at The Instinet Classic and beat Larry Ziegler by four
strokes at the Vantage Championship...Went over the $7
million mark in SENIOR TOUR career money at the Royal
Caribbean Classic. 1999: Made over $700,000 in official
money for the first time since 1996 and joined the ranks
of the Georgia-Pacific Super Seniors during the spring...Claimed
three titles in the over-60 competition and placed second
to Tom Shaw on the final Georgia-Pacific money list with
$302,750. Best overall effort was a T2 at the Coldwell
Banker Burnet Classic, two strokes back of Hale Irwin.
1998: Successfully defended his Home Depot Invitational
title in Charlotte, besting Bob Charles on the second
hole of a sudden-death playoff...Went over the $6 million
mark in SENIOR TOUR career earnings when he pocketed $2,990
at the Comfort Classic in Indianapolis. 1997: Won 11th
SENIOR TOUR title when he defeated Lee Trevino and Larry
Gilbert in a playoff at The Home Depot Invitational. Missed
a two-foot birdie putt on the final hole of regulation,
but sank a 10-footer on the second playoff hole to defeat
Trevino after Gilbert had been eliminated one hole earlier.
1996: Was 14th on final money list, thanks in part to
victory at Bank of Boston Classic and 10 other top-10
finishes. In win in suburban Boston, came from two strokes
down on the final day to triumph by one. 1995: Won largest
check of his career ($165,000) with his win at the BellSouth
Senior Classic at Opryland, holding off Bob Murphy down
the stretch for the title. 1994: Easily enjoyed his best
financial season when he pocketed $950,891...Ended a two-year
victory drought when he made up two strokes on the final
day at the Bruno's Memorial Classic and won by two...Driving
Distance leader for sixth straight year at 275.5, more
than two yards per drive better than runner-up Tom Weiskopf.
1993: Twice a runner-up including a playoff loss to Dale
Douglass at Ralphs Senior Classic. 1992: Recorded win
at the Newport Cup when he posted three straight rounds
in the 60s...Reached $2 million in SENIOR TOUR earnings
during year. 1991: Was second four times, including three
losses by one stroke. 1990: Posted a career-best four
wins, and a top-10 finish on the money list...Defended
title at MONY Syracuse Senior Classic and came from six
strokes back to win the Crestar Classic. 1989: Named Rookie
of the Year by several publications after winning twice
and finishing 12th on the money list...Came from five
strokes back in each victory. |
| Personal |
| Grew up in Augusta, GA, serving as a caddie at both
Augusta National Golf Club and Augusta CC...Played prep
football at Laney HS with former New York Jets star Emerson
Boozer...Inducted into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame in
Jan. 1994...Nicknamed "Big Boy" by his fellow professionals...His
two oldest children have worked as his caddie in the past...He
and his wife adopted an infant son and daughter early
in 1995, and adopted two infant sons in 1999. |
| SENIOR TOUR Playoff Record |
| 2-2 |
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