| SENIOR TOUR Victories |
| (1) 1999 AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship. |
| Current Year SENIOR PGA TOUR Money and Positions |
| $42,187 (77) |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Finishes |
| T24--Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Round |
| 69 at Round 2, ACE Group Classic, at Round 1, Verizon Classic |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| T9--1973 Quad Cities Open. |
| Best 2001 SENIOR TOUR Finishes |
| 2--Farmers Charity Classic; 3--Emerald Coast Classic; T6--State
Farm Senior Classic; T7--U.S. Senior Open, SBC Senior Open,
3M Championship; T8--Bruno's Memorial Classic; T9--SBC Senior
Classic, BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland |
| 2001 Season SENIOR TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--31; in money--30; Top-10 finishes--9 |
| 2001 Season Highlights |
| Found a place among the top-31 players on the final money
list for the first time in his SENIOR TOUR career...Had nine
top-10 performances during the season...Neck problems during
the middle of the summer forced him to miss almost a month of
action. Returned at the U.S. Senior Open and recorded five top-10
finishes during a six-week stretch. Highlight of this run was
a second-place effort at the Farmers Charity Classic near Grand
Rapids, MI. Shot rounds of 67-66 on the weekend, but fell one
stroke short of Larry Nelson...Turned in a solo third-place
performance at the Emerald Coast Classic. Jumped into contention
with a 6-under 64 at The Moors on Saturday, equaling his career-low
round on the SENIOR TOUR. Remained among the leaders on Sunday
until triple-bogeying the 10th hole...Also trailed by one stroke
through two rounds of the SBC Senior Classic, but tied for ninth
at Valencia CC after a final-round 74. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2000: Finished second to Gil Morgan by a stroke at the rain-shortened
Comfort Classic in Indianapolis. Moved into contention at Brickyard
Crossing on Saturday with a sizzling 8-under 64, his SENIOR
TOUR career low, but never had the opportunity to challenge
Morgan as bad weather moved into the area and washed out the
final round...Inducted into the South Dakota Sports Hall of
Fame during the season. 1999: Captured his first SENIOR TOUR
event in just his seventh start, defeating Hale Irwin in a playoff
at the AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship. Made par on the
second extra hole for the win after holing a clutch 30-foot
birdie putt on the 18th green in regulation to force the overtime
session. Canadian triumph at Richelieu Valley near Montreal
earned him an immediate full exemption for a calendar year.
Had successfully open qualified to get into the tournament and
thus became just the seventh Monday qualifier in history to
win a SENIOR TOUR event and the first since Dana Quigley at
the 1997 Northville Long Island Classic...Selected by the PGA
of America as the Senior Club Professional Player of the Year.
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| Personal |
| Owns and operates Executive Golf Ltd., a company specializing
in corporate golf outings...Played collegiately at Oklahoma
State with fellow SENIOR TOUR players Mark Hayes and Doug Tewell...Was
the head teaching professional from 1980 to 1985 at Des Moines
Golf and Country Club, site of the 1999 U.S. Senior Open. |
| SENIOR TOUR Playoff Record |
| 1-0 |
