Dick Mast


 

  EXEMPT STATUS: 8th at 2001 SENIOR PGA TOUR National Qualifying Tournament
FULL NAME: Dick Mast
HEIGHT: 5-10
WEIGHT: 180
BIRTHDATE: March 23, 1951
BIRTHPLACE: Bluffton, OH
RESIDENCE: Winter Garden, FL
FAMILY: Wife, Roberta; Richard (4/9/79), Joshua (4/1/83), Caleb (6/11/86), Jonathan (3/14/89), Jacob (12/5/90)
EDUCATION: St. Petersburg Junior College (1971, Business)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Family, bible study, all sports
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1972
JOINED TOUR: 2001
CLUB AFFILIATION: West Orange Country Club, Winter Garden, FL
 BUY.COM Victories
(4) 1990 Ben Hogan Gulf Coast Classic, Ben Hogan Pensacola Open, Ben Hogan Ft. Wayne Open. 1999 NIKE New Mexico Classic.
 Current Year Charles Schwab Cup Points and Positions
84 (50th)
 Current Year SENIOR PGA TOUR Money and Positions
$210,103 (49)
 Current Year BUY.COM Money and Positions
$7,131 (192)
 Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Finishes
T8--Emerald Coast Classic; T9--The Countrywide Tradition
 Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Round
66 at Round 1, Royal Caribbean Classic
 Best PGA TOUR Finishes
2--1992 Greater Milwaukee Open.
 Best SENIOR TOUR Finishes
T6--2001 TD Waterhouse Championship.
 Best 2001 PGA TOUR Finishes
T68--BellSouth Classic
 2001 Season PGA TOUR
Tournaments Entered--3; in money--2; Top-10 finishes--0
 Best 2001 SENIOR TOUR Finishes
T6--TD Waterhouse Championship; T7--Farmers Charity Classic; T10--State Farm Senior Classic
 2001 Season SENIOR TOUR
Tournaments Entered--12; in money--12; Top-10 finishes--3
 Best 2001 BUY.COM Finishes
T26--BUY.COM Virginia Beach Open
 2001 Season BUY.COM
Tournaments Entered--4; in money--3; Top-10 finishes--0
 2001 Season Highlights
Joined the SENIOR TOUR in the spring shortly after turning 50 and made his debut at the Bruno's Memorial Classic near Birmingham as a Monday qualifier and finished T38...Through a combination of open qualifying and sponsor exemptions, he played in 12 events and finished with $244,245 in earnings...Posted three top-10 finishes. The first came in just his second start in Kansas City when he shot three straigth sub-par rounds to finish T6 to earn his largest check of the year -- $54,000...Added a second top 10 in July when he was T7 at the Farmers Charity Classic in Michigan and then picked up his third in his next start at the State Farm Senior Classic when he was a T10. Was in the top 25 in eight of his 12 starts. ..Also played four tournaments on the BUY.COM TOUR and made three cuts and had three starts on the PGA TOUR and made two cuts, including the BellSouth Classic and the B.C. Open...Will be fully exempt for the 2002 season after finishing eighth at the 2001 SENIOR PGA TOUR National Qualifying Tournament. Was one of seven player that competed for the final two fully exempt spots and grabbed the eighth and final position when he birdied the second playoff hole.
 Career Highlights
Played primarily on the PGA TOUR from 1974-2001 with 326 starts to his credit. Made 176 cuts on the PGA TOUR during that period and earnings totalled $1,110,985...Also played in 103 events on the BUY.COM TOUR and made 63 cuts with total earnings of $311,028...Best year on the PGA TOUR came in 1993 when he earned a career-best $210,125 and finished 82nd on the money list his highest finish ever...Best finish on the PGA TOUR was in 1992 when he was second at the Greater Milwaukee Open...Owns four BUY.COM TOUR victories, including three in 1990 -- Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic, Pensacola Open and the Ft. Wayne Open. Added a fourth in 1999 when he captured the New Mexico Classic. Finished third on the money list on the BUY.COM TOUR in 1990 to earn his PGA TOUR card again...Has one career hole-in-one.
 Personal
Biggest thrill in golf was finishing 32-under-par in a regional PGA TOUR qualifier in 1985...Heroes are Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player...His father, a former club pro, got him started in golf as a child.


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