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Dana Quigley
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EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31
on 2001 SENIOR TOUR Money List
FULL NAME: Dana Quigley
HEIGHT: 6-2
WEIGHT: 190
BIRTHDATE: April 14, 1947
BIRTHPLACE: Lynnfield Centre, MA
RESIDENCE: West Palm Beach, FL
FAMILY: Wife, Angie; Nicole (8/25/81), Devon (8/18/84)
EDUCATION: University of Rhode Island (1969, Business)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Baseball, hockey, all sports,
planes, boats
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1971
JOINED TOUR: 1997
CLUB AFFILIATION: Crestwood CC, Rehoboth, MA
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| SENIOR TOUR Victories |
| (6) 1997 Northville Long Island Classic. 1998 Emerald
Coast Classic, Raley's Gold Rush Classic. 2000 TD Waterhouse
Championship. 2001 SBC Senior Open. 2002 Siebel Classic
in Silicon Valley. |
| Other Victories |
| 1986, 1987 Vermont Open; 1973, 1981, 1992, 1993, 1995,
1996 Rhode Island Open; 1982,1983,1984 Massachusetts Open,
1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1996 New England PGA Section Championship. |
| Current Year Charles Schwab Cup
Points and Positions |
| 624 (3rd) |
| Current Year SENIOR PGA TOUR Money
and Positions |
| $667,343 (3) |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Finishes |
| 1--Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley; 4--MasterCard Championship,
Audi Senior Classic; 5--Toshiba Senior Classic, ACE Group
Classic, Emerald Coast Classic; T7--Verizon Classic |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Round |
| 63 at Round 1, Emerald Coast Classic |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Highlights |
| Claimed sixth title of his career when he nipped Bob
Gilder and Fuzzy Zoeller by one stroke at the Siebel Classic
in Silicon Valley. Closed with a 2-under-par 70 on Sunday
in cold, rainy conditions at Coyote Creek GC. Win near
San Jose marked the third year in succession he has claimed
an event and the fifth time in his six years on the SENIOR
TOUR with at least one victory...Started his year with
a solo fourth finish at the MasterCard Championship thanks
to three straight sub-par rounds at Hualalai...Also T4
at the Audi Senior Classic...Was tied for the lead in
The ACE Group Classic after 11 holes on Sunday, but eventually
finished T5 along with Allen Doyle and Sammy Rachels...Was
also the first-round leader at the Emerald Coast Classic
after shooting a 7-under 63, his numerical low this year,
but eventually T5 in the rain-shortened event. ...Placed
solo fifth at the Toshiba Senior Classic with three consecutive
sub-70 scores. |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| 6--1980 Greater Milwaukee Open. |
| Best 2001 SENIOR TOUR Finishes |
| 1--SBC Senior Open; 2--ACE Group Classic, TD Waterhouse
Championship; 3--Kroger Senior Classic, Farmers Charity
Classic; 5--Royal Caribbean Classic, FleetBoston Classic;
T6--The Instinet Classic; T7--BellSouth Senior Classic
at Opryland, Allianz Championship; T8--The Home Depot
Invitational; T9--Verizon Classic; T10--State Farm Senior
Classic, SAS Championship |
| 2001 Season SENIOR TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--37; in money--37; Top-10 finishes--14 |
| 2001 Season Highlights |
| Once again, among the leading money winners on the SENIOR
TOUR and also the busiest with 37 starts, the most by
any player on the SENIOR TOUR...Posted 14 top-10 finishes,
including his fifth SENIOR TOUR title at the SBC Senior
Open near Chicago. Three consecutive sub-70 rounds gave
him a five-stroke victory over Jay Sigel...Twice a runner-up
during the year...Second to Gil Morgan by two strokes
at The ACE Group Classic and was one of three players
to finish second at the TD Waterhouse, an event Ed Dougherty
set a SENIOR PGA TOUR scoring record...Was T3 at the Farmers
Charity Classic and solo third at the Kroger Senior Classic...His
victory at the SBC Senior Open pushed him over the $1
million mark in season earnings for the fourth consecutive
year...Was two strokes off the lead after 54 holes at
the U.S. Senior Open but finished with a 74 for a T11...Had
the year's final hole-in-one at the SENIOR TOUR Championship
at Gaillardia in the third round...Third in sub-par rounds
with 68...Played more rounds than any other player --
112. Will begin the 2002 season with a streak of 152 straight
tournaments played overall and 166 for which he has been
eligible. The last time he did not play in a SENIOR TOUR
event was at the close of the 1997 season when he was
not eligible for the IR SENIOR TOUR Championship. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2000: Had his finest season, finishing fourth on the
money list with $1,802,063...No player had a busier schedule.
Set a new mark when he played in all 39 official events,
breaking the old record of 38, held by four players, including
himself. Played more rounds than any other player (114).
One of a then record 15 millionaires on the SENIOR TOUR.
Joined those ranks in early July when he earned $18,148
for a T26 at the U.S. Senior Open...Had just one victory
but it was memorable. Drained a 12-foot birdie putt on
the final hole to nip hometown favorite Tom Watson for
the TD Waterhouse Championship title in May. That winning
putt came just moments after Watson had placed his 8-iron
approach shot within a foot of the cup, setting up a possible
playoff. The victory was worth $195,000, then a career
best...Had five other runner-up finishes...Fell two strokes
short of Bruce Fleisher at the Lightpath Long Island Classic
and seemed in command at the FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship,
holding the lead heading into final hole, before a bogey
at No. 18, coupled with birdie by Ray Floyd, gave Floyd
his first title in four years. His effort in Dearborn
helped push him over $4 million in SENIOR TOUR career
earnings...Placed second in season opener at Hualalai
and closed with rounds of 66-68 at the GTE Classic for
solo 2nd in Tampa...Sank a 15-foot birdie putt on the
final hole to eventually T2 at the rain-shortened PGA
Seniors' Championship at PGA National...Held the 36-hole
lead at both the Bruno's Memorial Classic and State Farm
Senior Classic before finishing solo 3rd in those events...Second
in Sub-Par Rounds (79).1999: The SENIOR TOUR "ironman,"
he played every round (119) of every official event (38)
for the second straight year...Did everything but win,
registering 18 top 10s (second to Bruce Fleisher) and
set a record for most money earned in a year without a
victory, $1,327,658...Fired a closing-round 66 and contended
for the Bruno's Memorial Classic title before finishing
one stroke back of Larry Nelson...Set an all-time record
at the Novell Utah Showdown for lowest 36-hole score in
relation to par (18-under 126) when he posted his two
lowest rounds of the season on successive days...Set the
Park Meadows CC course-record on Saturday with a sizzling
10-under 62, then added a 64 on Sunday to move into a
tie with Dave Eichelberger at the end of regulation...Lost
to Eichelberger in overtime when he missed a short par
putt on the first extra hole...Also contended at the Kroger
Senior Classic, but came in third near Cincinnati, three
strokes shy of Gil Morgan despite three straight sub-70
rounds...Led the circuit in Sub-Par Rounds (77), Total
Birdies (418) and was third in Rounds in the 60s (45).
1998: Won a pair of titles and was over the $1 million
mark in official earnings for the first time in his career...Made
a 33-foot birdie putt on the last hole of the Emerald
Coast Classic to edge Jim Colbert in Pensacola...Used
a sizzling 64, his low round of the campaign, on Sunday
at Serrano CC to come from three shots back of John Morgan
and win the Raley's Gold Rush Classic...Voted SENIOR TOUR's
October Player of the Month...Topped the SENIOR TOUR in
Sub-Par Rounds (71). 1997: Became the sixth open qualifier
in SENIOR TOUR history to win an event when he defeated
Jay Sigel in a three-hole playoff for the Northville Long
Island Classic...Learned his father, Wally, had passed
away following a long bout with cancer just minutes after
the tournament ended...Made his SENIOR TOUR debut at the
PGA Seniors' Championship just four days after turning
50...Monday qualified for four of his first eight starts
before winning in New York. |
| Personal |
| Got his start in golf while serving as a caddie at Rhode
Island CC...Played collegiately at the University of Rhode
Island and is a member of that school's Hall of Fame...Inducted
into the New England PGA Hall of Fame after the 2000 season...Served
as head professional at Crestwood CC in Rehoboth, MA from
1983-96 before being elevated to Director of Golf in 1997...Nephew
Brett has played on both the PGA TOUR and BUY.COM TOUR
in recent years and finished 56th on the PGA TOUR's 2001
money list with $956,934. |
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