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Dave Eichelberger
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EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31 on All-Time
Money List
FULL NAME: Martin Davis Eichelberger, Jr.
HEIGHT: 6-1
WEIGHT: 195
BIRTHDATE: September 3, 1943
BIRTHPLACE: Waco, TX
RESIDENCE: New Canaan, CT
FAMILY: Wife, D.C.; Martin (9/28/69), Clint (3/14/73), twins
Emalia and Davis (10/22/97), two grandchildren
EDUCATION: Oklahoma State University (B.A., 1965)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Hunting, fishing, cooking
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1966
JOINED TOUR: 1993
CLUB AFFILIATION: The Stanwich Club, Greenwich, CT
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| PGA TOUR Victories |
| (4) 1971 Greater Milwaukee Open. 1977 Greater Milwaukee Open. 1980
Bay Hill Classic. 1981 Tallahassee Open. |
| SENIOR TOUR Victories |
| (6) 1994 Quicksilver Classic. 1996 VFW Senior Championship. 1997
The Transamerica. 1999 U.S. Senior Open, Novell Utah Showdown. 2002
Emerald Coast Classic. |
| International Victories |
| 1994 Diners Club Matches (with Raymond Floyd). |
| Other Victories |
| 1979 JCPenney Mixed Team Classic (with Murle Breer). |
| Current Year Charles Schwab Cup Points and
Positions |
| 256 (13th) |
| Current Year SENIOR PGA TOUR Money and Positions |
| $330,623 (12) |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Finishes |
| 1--Emerald Coast Classic; T8--SBC Senior Classic |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Round |
| 65 at Round 1, Emerald Coast Classic, at Round 2, Emerald Coast
Classic |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Highlights |
| Captured the Emerald Coast Classic when the final round of the event
was canceled by a heavy thunderstorm. Victory was his first on the
SENIOR TOUR since the 1999 Novell Utah Showdown and triumph near Pensacola
at age 58 made him the SENIOR TOUR's oldest champion since Jim Colbert
won the 2001 SBC Senior Classic at 60 years, 2 days. Made the first
hole-in-one of his SENIOR TOUR career at The Moors, holing a 7-iron
shot from 190 yards on the eighth hole in the opening round...Also
T8 at the SBC Senior Classic at Valencia CC near Los Angeles. |
| Best BUY.COM Finishes |
| T51--1991 Ben Hogan Tulsa Open. |
| Best 2001 SENIOR TOUR Finishes |
| 5--TD Waterhouse Championship; T7--Lightpath Long Island Classic;
T10--MasterCard Championship, NFL Golf Classic |
| 2001 Season SENIOR TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--31; in money--31; Top-10 finishes--4 |
| Career Highlights |
| 2000: Had just three top-10s during the campaign with two of those
coming on successive weeks and none after late June...T9 at the SBC
Senior Open in Chicago and then T7 at the Cadillac NFL Golf Classic
thanks to rounds of 67-68 on the weekend at Upper Montclair...Best
overall effort came early in the year when he T5 at the rain-shortened
Toshiba Senior Classic after being the first-round co-leader...Was
among five different players tied for the 36-hole lead at The ACE
Group Classic in Naples, but eventually T13 after a final-round 73...Made
the cut at the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach and finished T57. His second-round
69 matched Tiger Woods for the day's lowest round...Made his 1,000th
career start (PGA/SENIOR TOUR combined) at the BellSouth Senior Classic
at Opryland (T37)...Was inducted into the Waco High School Sports
Hall of Fame late in the year. 1999: In the span of three weeks in
July, became a multiple winner in the same season for the first time
in his professional career. First won his biggest tournament ever,
claiming the U.S. Senior Open at Des Moines G&CC. Outdueled Ed Dougherty
over the final nine holes and eventually triumphed by three strokes.
His final-round 68 was the lowest in the field that particular Sunday...Rebounded
from a double bogey down the stretch to win the Novell Utah Showdown
title in a playoff over Dana Quigley. Had his two best rounds of the
season on consecutive days at Park Meadows and his 15-under-par 129
total for the first 36 holes was a '99 best on the circuit. Utah triumph
also came at 55 years, 10 months, 29 days making him the oldest champion
on the circuit in 1999...Ended the campaign with over $800,000 in
official money, his finest financial season ever. 1997: Had only one
top-10 finish in the first half of the season, but reeled off 10 in
the second half after finding a new driver...Starting at the First
of America Classic, was among the top 10 in eight of his last 11 tournaments...Recorded
seven consecutive sub-70 rounds from late September through mid-October...Runner-up
at the Vantage Championship, when he equaled Hale Irwin's Tanglewood
Park course record and his career-low round of 62 on the last day
of the tournament...Won his third SENIOR TOUR title the next week
at The Transamerica and became the circuit's 20th different winner
that year...Had bogeys on three of his first four holes on Sunday,
but eventually overcame a three-stroke deficit to win by four at Silverado.
1996: Outdueled local favorite Jim Colbert to win the VFW Senior Championship
by two strokes. 1995: Did not win an event, but recorded 11 top-10
finishes, including a playoff loss to Bruce Devlin at the rain-shortened
FHP Health Care Classic in Ojai, CA. 1994: Selected by his peers as
the Comeback Player of the Year after claiming his first win in 13
years at the Quicksilver Classic...Victory came in the midst of a
12-week run in which he missed the top 20 only once...Almost became
a multiple champion, but fell to Bob Murphy in a five-hole playoff
at the Raley's Senior Gold Rush. 1993: Made the first of seven 1993
appearances at the GTE North Classic after turning 50 in early September. |
| Personal |
| Blossomed into one of the country's finest amateurs while at Oklahoma
State...Started in the game at age 13 in the junior programs at his
family's club in Waco, TX. |
| PGA TOUR Playoff Record |
| 1-1 |
| SENIOR TOUR Playoff Record |
| 1-2 |
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