| PGA TOUR Victories |
| (10) 1973 Sahara Invitational. 1978 PGA Championship,
American Optical Classic. 1979 Bob Hope Desert Classic.
1980 Kemper Open. 1981 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic. 1984
Bob Hope Classic. 1985 Texas Open. 1986 Tournament Players
Championship. 1989 Federal Express St. Jude Classic. |
| SENIOR TOUR Victories |
| (1) 1999 Southwestern Bell Dominion. |
| Other Victories |
| 1970 NCAA Championship. 1978 World Cup (Individual). |
| Current Year SENIOR PGA TOUR Money
and Positions |
| $68,794 (62) |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Finishes |
| T13--SBC Senior Classic |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round |
| 68 at Round 3, Bob Hope Chrysler Classic |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Round |
| 68 at Round 3, Toshiba Senior Classic |
| Best 2001 SENIOR TOUR Finishes |
| T4--The Transamerica; T7--U.S. Senior Open; T9--SBC
Senior Classic; T10--FleetBoston Classic |
| 2001 Season SENIOR TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--25; in money--24; Top-10 finishes--4 |
| 2001 Season Highlights |
| Fell out of the top 31 on the money list for the first
time since 1998 despite hitting more than 73% of his Greens
in Regulation for the fourth straight year...Had four
top-10 finishes with three of them coming in the last
half of the season...Registered a pair of top 10s in back-to-back
weeks in the Boston area during the summer. Was T7 at
the U.S. Senior Open at Salem CC, his best finish ever
in a SENIOR TOUR major. Rebounded from a 78 on Thursday
with three straight rounds in the 60s...Had T10 the week
prior at the FleetBoston Classic thanks to consecutive
rounds of 69s on the weekend at Nashawtuc...Highlight
of his year came in his last start at The Transamerica.
Finished T4 in Napa after battling Allen Doyle and eventual
winner Sammy Rachels down to the wire. Vaulted into contention
on Saturday when he fired a Silverado South course-record
10-under 62, his career-low score. Reeled off 11 birdies
in the round and seven in a row (holes 1-7), a 2001 best
run. Had a 7-under 28 on the front nine, a numerical low
for nine holes last year...Also T9 early in the season
at the SBC Senior Classic. Improved from a T33 after Saturday
thanks to a 7-under 65 in the last round at Valencia Country
Club...Had a 9-under 63 on the last day of the Mexico
Senior Classic and T14 at LaVista Golf Club in Puebla. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2000: Among the top 10 in nine of 31 starts...Best effort
was a solo third-place finish at the Kroger Senior Classic...Played
his best golf in the first portion of the season with
seven of his nine top-10 finishes coming prior to July
1...Went over $2 million in SENIOR TOUR earnings at the
Bank One Senior Championship. 1999: Consistently on the
leaderboard throughout the year and developed into one
of the SENIOR TOUR's top ball-strikers...Won his first
SENIOR TOUR event at the Southwestern Bell Dominion. Victory
in San Antonio came 14 years after he claimed the Texas
Open in the same city on the PGA TOUR, and made him the
sixth of a record 11 first-time winners on the circuit.
Made a 30-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole
to beat Jose Maria Canizares and Bruce Fleisher. Holed
a clutch 20-foot birdie putt at the 17th hole in regulation
to get into the overtime session...Teamed with Tom Wargo
for a runner-up performance at the Liberty Mutual Legends
of Golf, three strokes back of the Hubert Green/Gil Morgan
team...Hit 77 percent of Greens in Regulation, the highest
mark in the history of the SENIOR TOUR at that time (since
surpassed by Tom Kite's 78.0 in 2000) 1998: Debuted on
the SENIOR TOUR at the Saint Luke's Classic near Kansas
City and was T26...Played in 23 events and had his best
finish at the Utah Showdown...Fired a final-round 68 in
Park City and T2, four strokes back of Gil Morgan. |
| Personal |
| Early in his career, was sought out by other players
to do imitations...Many thought his comic imitation of
Chi Chi Rodriguez's swing was even better than the real
thing. |
| PGA TOUR Playoff Record |
| 3-2 |
| SENIOR TOUR Playoff Record |
| 1-0 |
