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John Schroeder
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EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31
on 2001 SENIOR TOUR Money List
FULL NAME: John Lawrence Schroeder
HEIGHT: 5-10
WEIGHT: 180
BIRTHDATE: November 12, 1945
BIRTHPLACE: Great Barrington, MA
RESIDENCE: Rancho Santa Fe, CA
FAMILY: Wife, Kathy; Patty (2/18/74), Molly (4/17/76),
Jenny (11/13/79)
EDUCATION: University of Michigan
SPECIAL INTERESTS: TV broadcasting, University of
Michigan athletics, spinal cord research and rehabilitation
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1969
JOINED TOUR: 1995
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| PGA TOUR Victories |
| (1) 1973 Liggett and Myers Open Match Play. |
| SENIOR TOUR Victories |
| (1) 2001 NFL Golf Classic. |
| Other Victories |
| 1977 Colombian Open (Bogota, Colombia), 1981 Rover Open
(Bordeaux, France) |
| Current Year SENIOR PGA TOUR Money
and Positions |
| $122,439 (37) |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Finishes |
| T12--Royal Caribbean Classic; T16--MasterCard Championship;
T18--Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley; T22--Audi Senior
Classic |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Round |
| 68 at Round 1, Royal Caribbean Classic |
| Best BUY.COM Finishes |
| 5--1995 NIKE Utah Classic. |
| Best 2001 SENIOR TOUR Finishes |
| 1--NFL Golf Classic; T4--Emerald Coast Classic, Kroger
Senior Classic |
| 2001 Season SENIOR TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--28; in money--27; Top-10 finishes--3 |
| 2001 Season Highlights |
| Easily enjoyed the most successful year of his career...Earned
$716,197, surpassing his previous best of $470,789 in
his rookie year on the SENIOR TOUR in 1996...Gained his
first SENIOR TOUR victory when he defeated Allen Doyle
in a two-hole playoff to capture the NFL Golf Classic
in New Jersey. Birdied the 18th hole in regulation at
Montclair Country Club to help set up the playoff, and
then got up and down for a par-3 on the second extra hole
to earn the win. It was his first professional title since
the 1973 Liggett & Myers Open Match Play Championship,
ending a drought of 27 years, nine months and 15 days,
the second-longest gap between a final PGA TOUR victory
and first SENIOR TOUR triumph (Mike Fetchick --28 years,
9 months and 27 days)...Held sole possession of the lead
after the first- and second-rounds at the Emerald Coast
Classic near Pensacola in March before a final-round 72
left him T4...Also T4 at the rain-shortened Kroger Senior
Classic where he shot a 7-under-par 63 on Sunday, his
best round as a SENIOR TOUR player and also matching the
low round of his PGA TOUR career. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2000: Played in just five SENIOR TOUR events with best
finish a T14 at the rain-shortened Comfort Classic...Regained
some exempt status for the first time since 1998 when
he finished in the 10th position at the National Qualifying
Tournament at Eagle Pines Golf Course. Was one of five
players tied at 10-under 278 after 72 holes, but made
bogey on the first playoff hole...Advanced to the final
stage with a third-place effort at the Southern California
regional. 1999: Played in 11 SENIOR TOUR events and T24
at the State Farm Senior Classic. 1998: Participated in
27 SENIOR TOUR events after finishing ninth at the 1997
National Qualifying Tournament...T4 at the Northville
Long Island Classic and then T5 at the Novell Utah Showdown...Finished
out of the top-50 on the money list and then lost his
Player's Card for 1999 after placing T49 at the National
Qualifying Tournament at Grenelefe. 1997: Had his best
outing of the season in his first start, T3 at the Royal
Caribbean Classic. Carded rounds of 69-67 on the weekend
and pocketed $56,100, the second largest check of his
career...Also T6 at the Kroger Senior Classic and T8 at
the Northville Long Island Classic. 1996: Was fully exempt
after finishing eighth at the 1995 SENIOR TOUR National
Qualifier. Made birdie on the first extra hole of a four-man
playoff...Finished 25th on the money list in his first
season...Almost won the Bell Atlantic Classic, but lost
along with Tom Wargo, to Dale Douglass in a playoff near
Philadelphia. Claimed a then career-best paycheck of $72,000
at Chester Valley as a result of his second-place effort...Also
T4 at the FHP Health Care Classic at Ojai, CA and T7 in
the PGA Seniors' Championship. |
| Personal |
| Is the son of tennis star Ted Schroeder, winner of the
1942 U.S. Open and 1949 Wimbledon Championship and standout
performer on 10 American Davis Cup teams...Got started
in the game by playing and caddieing for his father...Was
an All-America selection at the University of Michigan
in 1968 and a member of its Hall of Fame...Is a long-time
supporter of the school and made a sizeable contribution
to the school's athletic department in 1997...Has worked
as a golf commentator for ABC, ESPN and was a member of
NBC's golf broadcast team for more than a dozen years
before joining the SENIOR TOUR in 1996...Says his wife
has been the most influential person is his career...Biggest
thrills in golf were qualifying for the SENIOR TOUR and
playing the final two days of the 1970 Byron Nelson Classic
with Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus...Spent six years
as a golf professional at Rancho Santa Fe Farms GC...One
of the original owners of Cobra Golf...Lists Pebble Beach
as his favorite golf course. |
| PGA TOUR Playoff Record |
| 0-1 |
| SENIOR TOUR Playoff Record |
| 1-1 |
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