Player Notes: Head professional at Innisbrook Resort
in Tarpon Springs, Fla., and through May 2000 was vice president
of all golf operations on the 90-hole resort complex. . . In
1982, developed Golf Institute at Innisbrook and Tamarron,
the largest resort-owned and operated golf school in North
America, training more than 1,000 players annually. . . Attended
Duke University on a football scholarship from 1960-70. . . Named
NAIA All-American in 1973 at Campbell College in Buies Creek,
N.C. . . Member, NAIA national co-champion
team. . . Was named head professional at
Pinehurst Resort and Golf Club in 1975, overseeing all five
of the resort’s original five courses . .. Tied for fifth
on Feb. 3, in the Royal Caribbean Classic for his best career
finish in a Senior PGA Tour event. Earned a career-best
paycheck of $63,800. . . Competed on the
PGA Tour in 1993, the 1991 U.S. Open and eight PGA Championships,
including a career-best finish of T-17 in 1988 at Oak Tree
Golf Club in Edmond, Okla. . . During that
Championship, Overton set the PGA Championship 36-hole standard
for a PGA club professional, including a second-round 66. . . Has
competed in 14 major championships. . . Winner,
2001 PGA Senior Club Professional Player of the Year Award,
based on six top-25 finishes in Senior PGA Tour events,
highlighted by a tie for sixth in the SAS Championship . . . Winner,
2001 North Florida PGA Senior Open, 2001 North Florida PGA
Senior Championship, 2000 Senior PGA Tour Regional Qualifying
School (by six strokes before failing to earn a berth in
the finals). . . Winner, 1997-98 Southern
Club Championships. . . Tied for second in
the 2001 PGA Senior Club Professional Championship r and
gained 50 points for winning the North Florida PGA Senior
Championship. . . Winner, 1982 PGA Merchandiser
of the Year Award (resort facilities), 1989 Chrysler National
putting Championship. . . Owns course record
64 on Innisbrook’s Copperhead Course. Tried to get his Senior
tour card at the National qualifying tournament but finished
T57th so he will be Monday qualifying in 2002.
Personal:Wife, Sally; children, Jason, Parker; Hobbies:
Fishing, scuba diving.
