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Bruce Summerhays
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EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31
on 2001 SENIOR TOUR Money List
FULL NAME: Bruce Patton Summerhays
HEIGHT: 5-9
WEIGHT: 175
BIRTHDATE: February 14, 1944
BIRTHPLACE: St. Louis, MO
RESIDENCE: Heber City, UT
FAMILY: Wife, Carolyn; Shelly (7/4/65), Bryan (10/2/67),
Joseph (9/16/71), William (2/16/73), Rachel (7/10/74), Susanna
(3/2/76), Bruce, Jr. (12/23/77), Carrie (6/21/80); 17 grandchildren
EDUCATION: University of Utah
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Family, fishing, music, sports,
church service
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1966
JOINED TOUR: 1994
CLUB AFFILIATION: The Homestead Resort, Midway,
UT
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| SENIOR TOUR Victories |
| (2) 1997 Saint Luke's Classic. 1998 State Farm Senior
Classic. |
| Other Victories |
| 1976 Northern California Open, 1966, 1991 and 1993 Provo
Open, 1975 and 1977 Northern California Match Play, 1974
and 1977 Northern California Medal Play, 1979, 1981 and
1986 Wasatch Open, 1981, 1982 Rocky Mountain PGA Section
Championship, 1991 Utah Section Championship, 1992 Dixie
Open, Wendover Open, 2001 Champions Challenge hosted by
Johnny Miller (with son, Joseph). |
| Current Year Charles Schwab Cup
Points and Positions |
| 44 (T42nd) |
| Current Year SENIOR PGA TOUR Money
and Positions |
| $108,396 (43) |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Finishes |
| T7--Verizon Classic |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Round |
| 65 at Round 1, Verizon Classic |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Highlights |
| Was among the leaders for the first two days of the
Verizon Classic, but faded into T7 with a final-round
75 at the TPC of Tampa Bay. |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| T3--1974 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am. |
| Best BUY.COM Finishes |
| T33--1991 Ben Hogan Utah Classic. |
| Best 2001 SENIOR TOUR Finishes |
| T4--Kroger Senior Classic, Allianz Championship; T6--TD
Waterhouse Championship, State Farm Senior Classic, Novell
Utah Showdown; T7--Turtle Bay Championship; 9--NFL Golf
Classic, Enterprise Rent-A-Car Match Play Champ; T10--Mexico
Senior Classic, Senior PGA Championship |
| 2001 Season SENIOR TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--34; in money--34; Top-10 finishes--10 |
| 2001 Season Highlights |
| Once again, a fixture among the top 31 money winners,
the seventh consecutive year he has earned his way into
that elite group, tying him with Hale Irwin for second
place behind Jim Colbert (11 straight times among top
31)...Continued to be among the busiest players on the
SENIOR TOUR with 34 starts, the seventh consecutive year
he has played 30 or more official events...Among the top
10 in 10 events for a second straight year and now has
gone four straight campaigns where he has reached double
figures in that category...Had two stretches where he
posted successive top-10 finishes. Ran off three straight
top 10s in May at the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Match Play
Championship (T9), TD Waterhouse Championship (T6) and
Senior PGA Championship (T10). Also strung together three
more top 10s late in the summer at the Novell Utah Showdown
(T6), Kroger Senior Classic (T4) and Allianz Championship
(T4). Held sole posssession of the 36-hole lead in Utah
before being seeing his quest for his first win since
1998 go awry with a double-bogey at the par-5 17th hole
on Sunday...Still ranks as one of the longest drivers
on the SENIOR TOUR with a personal-best average of 283.2...Led
all players in eagles with 19...Took time in June to win
the Champions Challenge hosted by Johnny Miller in Utah,
teaming with his son, Joseph for the title. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2000: Caddied for his youngest daughter Carrie at the
U.S. Women's Open outside of Chicago...Opened with a career-low
10-under 62 at the LiquidGolf.com Invitational and was
the 36-hole leader at the TPC at Prestancia before eventually
T8 in Sarasota after a final-round 74...First-round leader
at the EMC Kaanapali Classic following a 66 and eventually
T6...Best overall finishes all came in the Midwest --
solo 3rd at SBC Senior Open near Chicago, T4 at Boone
Valley Classic near St. Louis and 5th at the TD Waterhouse
Championship in Kansas City and Kroger Senior Classic
near Cincinnati...Went over the $5 million mark in SENIOR
TOUR Career Money by pocketing at The Transamerica. 1999:
Late push carried him to a personal-earnings best...Made
more than a third of his total official money in his last
eight appearances and was par/better in 23 of his last
25 rounds...Started his run with a second at the inaugural
Bank One Championship, five strokes back of Tom Watson...Was
also in contention at the Pacific Bell Senior Classic
and closed with a 66 at Wilshire CC to T2, two strokes
behind Joe Inman...Was tied for the 18- and 54-hole leads
at the season-ending IR SENIOR TOUR Championship before
eventually finishing fourth at Myrtle Beach. 1998: Went
over the $1-million mark for the first time and tasted
victory at the State Farm Senior Classic. Made a 20-foot
birdie putt on the 18th green to avert a playoff with
Walter Hall and Hale Irwin...Also finished second to Hugh
Baiocchi at the Comfort Classic despite posting an 18-under
198 total at Brickyard Crossing...Led the SENIOR TOUR
in Total Birdies (430). 1997: Earned his first SENIOR
TOUR victory in his 102nd start. Claimed the Saint Luke's
Classic in suburban Kansas City in a playoff over Baiocchi.
Trailed by six strokes entering the final round, but made
birdie on two of the last three holes to tie Baiocchi,
then defeated him with a par on the second extra hole...Came
close to a second title two months later in Hawaii. Had
opening rounds of 64-65 at the Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali
Classic, but shot a 74 on the final day to finish T2,
three strokes behind Hale Irwin...35 starts were one shy
of the leading total of 36 by Bobby Stroble and Walter
Morgan that year...Saw his string of consecutive official
events end at 96 straight when he skipped the BankBoston
Classic in August due to a back problem. 1996: Earned
the "ironman" title after setting a SENIOR TOUR record
by playing an amazing 119 rounds (the old mark was 115
by Rives McBee and John Paul Cain in 1990)...Best finish
was a T4 at the BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland,
closing with 65 in the final round. 1995: Collected a
career-best 14 top-10 finishes and was nominated for Rookie
of the Year honors...Had two stretches that produced four
consecutive top-10s and came close to a victory several
times...Blitzed the Golf Club of Georgia with a course-record
63 in the first round of the Nationwide Championship and
was tied with Larry Laoretti after 36 holes. Settled for
a T2 with Hale Irwin, two behind Bob Murphy...Came close
again in his native Utah, but was one of six players to
fall one stroke short of Tony Jacklin at the Franklin
Quest Championship...Also led with six holes to play at
The Transamerica, but lost to Lee Trevino down the stretch...Finished
the year No. 1 in birdies with 411, one more than Dave
Stockton. 1994: Earned a full exemption for 1995 after
a fourth-place finish at the National Qualifier...Played
in four events (three Monday qualifying/one sponsor exemption)...Best
finish was a T16 at The Transamerica after closing with
66. |
| Personal |
| Was inducted into the University of Utah Athletic Hall
of Fame prior to the start of the 1998 season...Father,
Pres, was the head baseball coach at the University of
Utah and also served as an assistant football coach at
the school...Favorite golf courses are The Olympic Club
in San Francisco and the TPC of Tampa Bay...Likes the
Discovery Channel and his favorite athletes are John Stockton
and Cal Ripken...Favorite movies are Hoosiers and Field
of Dreams...Biggest thrill in golf was winning the Champions
Challenge event last year with his son, Joseph...Favorite
books are The Book of Mormon and The Bible...Daughter,
Carrie, is an All-America golfer at Brigham Young University
and she has played in two U.S. Women's Opens. |
| SENIOR TOUR Playoff Record |
| 1-1 |
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