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Dave Stockton
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EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31
on All-TIme Money List
FULL NAME: David Knapp Stockton
HEIGHT: 5-11
WEIGHT: 185
BIRTHDATE: November 2, 1941
BIRTHPLACE: San Bernardino, CA
RESIDENCE: Mentone, CA
FAMILY: Wife, Catherine; David (7/31/68), Ronald
(9/16/70); two grandchildren
EDUCATION: University of Southern California (1964,
General Management)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Bison Ranching, hunting, fishing
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1964
JOINED TOUR: 1991
CLUB AFFILIATION: FiestAmericana Resort, Los Cabos,
Mexico
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| PGA TOUR Victories |
| (11) 1967 Colonial National Invitation Tournament, Haig
Scotch Foursome Invitational. 1968 Cleveland Open Invitational,
Greater Milwaukee Open. 1970 PGA Championship. 1971 Massachusetts
Classic. 1973 Greater Milwaukee Open. 1974 Glen Campbell-Los
Angeles Open, Quad Cities Open, Sammy Davis Jr. Greater
Hartford Open. 1976 PGA Championship. |
| SENIOR TOUR Victories |
| (14) 1992 Mazda Presents The SENIOR PLAYERS Championship.
1993 Murata Reunion Pro-Am, Southwestern Bell Classic,
Franklin Quest Championship, GTE Northwest Classic, The
Transamerica. 1994 Nationwide Championship, FORD SENIOR
PLAYERS Championship, Burnet Senior Classic. 1995 GTE
Suncoast Classic, Quicksilver Classic. 1996 U.S. Senior
Open, First of America Classic. 1997 Franklin Quest Championship. |
| Current Year Charles Schwab Cup
Points and Positions |
| 198 (15th) |
| Current Year SENIOR PGA TOUR Money
and Positions |
| $302,031 (15) |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Finishes |
| T3--Verizon Classic, Toshiba Senior Classic |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Round |
| 66 at Round 3, Toshiba Senior Classic |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Highlights |
| Birdied the final three holes at the TPC of Tampa Bay
to close with a 68 and tie for third at the Verizon Classic,
his best finish in a SENIOR TOUR event since placing second
at the 2000 Foremost Insurance Championship in Grand Rapids,
MI...Along with Al Geiberger, lost to George Archer in
a six-hole playoff for the Georgia-Pacific Super Seniors
title at the Royal Caribbean Classic...Added a second
tie for third place when he did so at the Toshiba Senior
Classic where he had rounds of 68-68-66. |
| 2001 Season PGA TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--1; in money--0; Top-10 finishes--0 |
| Best 2001 SENIOR TOUR Finishes |
| T4--Toshiba Senior Classic; T5--ACE Group Classic; T7--U.S.
Senior Open, Allianz Championship; T8--Las Vegas Senior
Classic; T9--Enterprise Rent-A-Car Match Play Champ; T10--Bruno's
Memorial Classic |
| 2001 Season SENIOR TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--24; in money--24; Top-10 finishes--7 |
| 2001 Season Highlights |
| Enjoyed his most lucrative year on the SENIOR TOUR since
1998 with $522,444 in 24 starts...Finished 36th on the
money list for the second straight year...Collected seven
top-10 finishes, the most since 1998, and more top 10s
than his previous two years combined...Two best finishes
of the campaign came early in the year -- T4 at the Toshiba
Senior Classic in March and T5 at the ACE Group Classic
in February. Reached career milestones at both events.
Went over the $9-million mark in SENIOR TOUR career earnings
at the Toshiba even and eclipsed the $10 million plateau
in PGA TOUR/SENIOR TOUR combined earnings at The ACE Group
Classic...Also had strong showings at the U.S. Senior
Open and Allianz Championship where he T7 at each event...Still
ranks as one of the top putters on the SENIOR TOUR. Led
all players in fewest putts per round (28.46). |
| Career Highlights |
| 2000: Posted four top-10 efforts, including a solo second
at the Foremost Insurance Championship. Shot rounds of
70-66-65 and finished three strokes behind wire-to-wire
winner Larry Nelson...Also T6 at the Las Vegas Senior
Classic and T6 again at the U.S. Senior Open at Saucon
Valley after rounds of 66-72-70-69. 1999: Did not finish
in the top 10 on the money list for the first time since
joining the SENIOR TOUR (45th)...Best performance came
at the Pacific Bell Senior Classic, the final full field
event of the year. Led by two strokes heading into the
final round, but a 70 on Sunday left him T2 behind Joe
Inman...Went over $8 million in SENIOR TOUR career earnings
at the EMC Kaanapali Classic. 1998: Went over the million-dollar
mark ($1,040,524) in yearly earnings for a fifth time,
the first SENIOR TOUR player to do so for five consecutive
years...Secured the 10th spot on the final money list
to extend his streak of years among the top 10 to seven
consecutive seasons...Opened with his lowest round of
the year, a 7-under 64, at the Royal Caribbean Classic,
but eventually lost to David Graham in a 10-hole playoff,
the longest sudden-death affair in SENIOR TOUR history...Made
a brief run at Larry Nelson on the final nine holes of
the American Express Invitational, but settled for the
runner-up spot. 1997: Birdied three of the final four
holes to post a two-stroke win over Kermit Zarley at the
Franklin Quest Championship. Second career win in Utah
extended to six his string of years with at least one
SENIOR TOUR title...Also made a run at the FORD SENIOR
PLAYERS Championship, where he was tied for the lead in
the final round before slipping down the stretch to finish
T2, three back of Larry Gilbert...Went over the $6 million
mark in SENIOR TOUR career earnings at the Cadillac NFL
Golf Classic. 1996: Won multiple titles and earned more
than $1 million for a fourth straight year, the first
player ever to do so...Victorious at the U.S. Senior Open
at Canterbury GC in Cleveland. After opening with a 70,
fired back-to-back 67s to open a seven-shot lead after
54 holes and then held off a late charge by Hale Irwin
to win by two strokes. $212,500 check was the largest
of his professional career...Came from four strokes back
a month later to win the First of America Classic near
Grand Rapids...Eclipsed the $5 million level in SENIOR
TOUR career earnings after he T8 at the Pittsburgh Senior
Classic. 1995: Claimed the earliest win of his SENIOR
TOUR career when he triumphed at the GTE Suncoast Classic
near Tampa, his first Florida title...Came from four back
to win the Pittsburgh Senior Classic later in the season..SENIOR
TOUR leader in Rounds in the 60s (50) and Sub-Par Rounds
(71). 1994: Claimed a second consecutive Arnold Palmer
Award as the circuit's leading money-winner, the first
player to do so since Bob Charles in 1988-89...Earnings
of over $1.4 million were a personal-best and greater
than his total amount in 27 years on the PGA TOUR...Voted
Player of the Year by the Golf Writers Association of
America...Won three times and was among the top three
in over a third of his starts...Nabbed wins at the Nationwide
Championship and a second FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship
title, where he was six strokes better than Jim Albus...Also
won the Burnet Senior Classic...SENIOR TOUR's top-ranked
putter with an average of 1.730 strokes. 1993: Collected
both the Arnold Palmer Award and the SENIOR TOUR Player
of the Year Award after winning a career-high five tournaments...Won
back-to-back events at the Franklin Quest Championship
and the GTE Northwest Classic...Tied a 54-hole SENIOR
TOUR record for largest victory margin when he won by
nine strokes in Utah...Was the circuit's only wire-to-wire
winner of the season at the GTE Northwest event near Seattle...Voted
Player of the Year by the Golf Writers Association of
America and other assorted publications. 1992: Voted SENIOR
TOUR Rookie of the Year after 14 top 10s in 32 starts...Won
his first event at the Mazda Presents THE SENIOR PLAYERS
Championship, coming from behind to edge J.C Snead and
Lee Trevino on the last hole. 1991: Debuted on the circuit
at the First Development Kaanapali Classic. Shot three
sub-70 rounds and finished 12th at the final full-field
event of the year. |
| Personal |
| Former Chairman of the SENIOR TOUR Player Advisory Council...Served
as a Player Director on the PGA TOUR Policy Board in 1975
and 1976...Made history in March 1996, when he and his
two sons each played a different TOUR event on the same
weekend...Dave was at the FHP Health Care Classic, Dave
Jr. was playing at the Doral-Ryder Open and youngest son
Ronnie was playing in the NIKE Inland Empire Open...Became
co-owner of a bison ranch in northern California in 1996...Served
as honorary chairman for the 1995 Heartland of America
Pro-Am that raised more than $400,000 to build a new day
care center for Oklahoma City...Was known as "King of
the Corporate Outings" during the 1980s, when he averaged
more than 90 days a year mixing business with the game
of golf. |
| PGA TOUR Playoff Record |
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| SENIOR TOUR Playoff Record |
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