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Doug Tewell
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EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31
on 2001 SENIOR TOUR Money List
FULL NAME: Douglas Fred Tewell
HEIGHT: 5-10
WEIGHT: 200
BIRTHDATE: August 27, 1949
BIRTHPLACE: Baton Rouge, LA
RESIDENCE: Edmond, OK
FAMILY: Wife, Pam; Kristi (9/24/69), Jay (3/31/75);
four grandchildren
EDUCATION: Oklahoma State University (1971, Speech
Communications)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Family, broadcasting, auto racing
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1971
JOINED TOUR: 1999
CLUB AFFILIATION: Oak Tree GC, Edmond, OK
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| PGA TOUR Victories |
| (4) 1980 Sea Pines Heritage, IVB-PHILADELPHIA. 1986
Los Angeles Open. 1987 Pensacola Open. |
| SENIOR TOUR Victories |
| (6) 2000 PGA Seniors' Championship, SBC Championship,
Novell Utah Showdown. 2001 The Countrywide Tradition.
2002 Verizon Classic, Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf. |
| Other Victories |
| 1978 South Central PGA Championship. 1982 Oklahoma Open.
1988 Acom Team Championship (Japan) with Bob Gilder. |
| Current Year Charles Schwab Cup
Points and Positions |
| 741 (2nd) |
| Current Year SENIOR PGA TOUR Money
and Positions |
| $806,155 (2) |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Finishes |
| 1--Verizon Classic, Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf;
2--Emerald Coast Classic; T8--SBC Senior Classic; T9--MasterCard
Championship |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Round |
| 63 at Round 2, Emerald Coast Classic |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Highlights |
| Came from three strokes back to win the Verizon Classic
by one stroke over Hale Irwin. Was the only player in
the field to record three consecutive rounds in the 60s
at the TPC of Tampa Bay and hit 41 of 42 fairways...Made
the first hole-in-one of the 2002 season when he aced
the 217-yard eighth hole with a 4-iron at Hualalai Golf
Club during the opening round of the MasterCard Championship.
Ace was the 11th of his professional career and first
in MasterCard Championship history...Also finished second
to Dave Eichelberger at the Emerald Coast Classic when
the final round was washed out. |
| Best BUY.COM Finishes |
| T5--1998 NIKE Shreveport Open. |
| Best 2001 SENIOR TOUR Finishes |
| 1--The Countrywide Tradition; 2--FORD SENIOR PLAYERS
Championship, 3M Championship, SENIOR TOUR Championship,
Las Vegas Senior Classic, The Transamerica; 4--SBC Championship,
SAS Championship; T6--Royal Caribbean Classic, The Instinet
Classic; T7--FleetBoston Classic; T8--MasterCard Championship,
Senior PGA Championship; T10--AT&T Canada Senior Open
Championship |
| 2001 Season SENIOR TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--28; in money--27; Top-10 finishes--14 |
| 2001 Season Highlights |
| Surpassed the $1 million mark in yearly earnings for
the second consecutive season and was again among the
top players on the SENIOR TOUR with a win and five second-place
finishes...Seventh on the final money list with a career
best total of $1,721,339...Highlight of his year came
in April when he closed with a course-record 10-under-par
62 at The Countrywide Tradition to go wire-to-wire and
win his second senior major championship by a whopping
nine strokes. Needed just 19 putts in his final round
and his 72-hole total of 23-under-par 265 was the best
four-round score on the SENIOR TOUR since Jack Nicklaus
posted an all-time record of 27-under 261 at the 1990
FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship. The nine-stroke win
was also the largest margin of victory since Hale Irwin
won the 1997 PGA Seniors' Championship by 12 strokes.
His 62 was also the lowest score ever shot in a SENIOR
TOUR major championship. Victory near Phoenix was his
fourth SENIOR TOUR title, coming in his 40th career start.
Did not register his fourth win on the PGA TOUR until
his 541st start...Nearly won his third career major in
July, but fell in a one-hole playoff to Allen Doyle at
the FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship. Rallied from an
opening-round 74 to shoot scores of 66-67-66 and appeared
on the verge of claiming the title before Doyle drained
a 35-foot putt on the 72nd hole to force the overtime
session...Closed the season with a solo second-place finish
at the SENIOR TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP at Gaillardia near his
home in Edmond, OK and also was second at the 3M Championship,
T2 at both the Las Vegas Senior Classic and The Transamerica...Was
one of the hottest players on the SENIOR TOUR in the last
part of the year with four top-five finishes in his last
five starts. Was a combined 58-under-par in that stretch
with 11 of 15 rounds in the 60s. Ended the year with 14
consecutive sub-par rounds...Player of the Month in April. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2000: Earned Rookie of the Year honors thanks to three
victories, including a win in a SENIOR TOUR major, and
$1,408,194 in earnings, eighth on the final money list...Broke
through in a big way with his first SENIOR TOUR title,
the rain-shortened PGA Seniors' Championship. Victory
was his first since the '87 Pensacola Open and included
rounds of 68-66-67. Became just the 10th player ever to
make his first senior victory a major championship when
he waltzed to a seven-shot triumph over Dana Quigley,
Tom Kite, Larry Nelson and Hale Irwin at PGA National.
First-place check of $324,000 was easily his largest ever
and more than he made in his best season on the PGA TOUR
(1986--$310,285)...Added his second victory at the SBC
Championship in San Antonio, holing a birdie putt on the
final hole for a one-stroke win over Walter Hall and Larry
Nelson...Claimed his third title at the Novell Utah Showdown,
outdistancing his neighbor, Gil Morgan, by two strokes
in Park City...Other strong efforts include: T2 at the
Audi Senior Classic in Mexico, a third at the AT&T Canada
Senior Open and T4 at the LiquidGolf.com Invitational,
one stroke out of a playoff. 1999: Made five appearances
on the SENIOR TOUR after turning 50 in August...Did not
play his first event until the first of October, due to
a back injury he sustained right before he was eligible
to play...Made debut on the SENIOR TOUR at the Vantage
Championship, and had a pair of 66s on the weekend to
finish T15...Closed with a 66 at the Raley's Gold Rush
Classic to finish T15. |
| Personal |
| Daughter Kristi is married to Pat Bates, a member of
the PGA TOUR in 2002. Bates was a three-time winner on
the BUY.COM TOUR in 2001, including the season-ending
BUY.COM TOUR Championship...Biggest thrills in golf were
his winning the Los Angeles Open in 1986 and the 2000
PGA Seniors' Championship, each by seven strokes...Lists
his father and Labron Harris, Sr. as the most influential
people in his golf career...Got started in the game by
working as a caddie for his father in Stillwater, OK...Has
worked with such instructors as Gary Smith, Jim Flick
and Labron Harris...Attended Oklahoma State his freshman
year on a basketball scholarship from the legendary coach
Henry Iba...Has worked as an on-course commentator for
The Golf Channel, ESPN and Fox Sports...Favorite golf
course is Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, SC...Biggest
thrill outside of golf was attending Race Driving School
with Rick Mears, Bobby Rahal and Al Unser, Sr...Nickname
is "Tewell Time." |
| PGA TOUR Playoff Record |
| 1-0 |
| SENIOR TOUR Playoff Record |
| 0-1 |
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