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Andy North |
EXEMPT STATUS: Top 50 on 2002 Champions Tour Money List FULL NAME: Andy North HEIGHT: 6-4 WEIGHT: 200 BIRTHDATE: March 9, 1950 BIRTHPLACE: Thorpe, WI RESIDENCE: Madison, WI FAMILY: Wife, Susan; Nichole (11/30/74), Andrea (8/22/78) EDUCATION: University of Florida (B.S.,1972) SPECIAL INTERESTS: All sports, gardening, snow shoeing, biking, golf course design TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1972 JOINED TOUR: 2000 |
| PGA TOUR Victories |
| (3) 1977 American Express Westchester Classic. 1978 U.S. Open Championship. 1985 U.S. Open Championship. |
| International Victories |
| 2000, 2001 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Jim Colbert). |
| Other Victories |
| 1969 Wisconsin Amateur. 1971 Western Amateur. |
| Current Year Champions Tour Money and Positions |
| $78,239 (70) |
| Current Year Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| T24--Kinko's Classic of Austin |
| Current Year Champions Tour Best Round |
| 66 at Round 1, Emerald Coast Classic |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| 1--1977 American Express Westchester Classic. 1978 U.S. Open Championship. 1985 U.S. Open Championship. |
| Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 2--2001 Emerald Coast Classic. |
| Best 2002 Champions Tour Finishes |
| T7--3M Championship, T8--Kroger Senior Classic, 10--Turtle Bay Championship |
| 2002 Season Champions Tour |
| Tournaments Entered--23; in money--23; Top 10 finishes--3 |
| 2002 Season Highlights |
| Earned first top-10 in more than a year with T7 at the 3M Championship in August...Added second top-10 performance in September with T8 at the Kroger Senior Classic. Tied a Tournament Players Club at River's Bend course record with an 8-under-par 64 on Friday (later eclipsed on Sunday by Tom Jenkins and Bruce Lietzke) and was just one stroke off the pace after 36 holes...Held a one-stroke lead after two rounds at the SAS Championship, but shot a final-round 76 and finished T11. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2001: Turned in his top effort in late March at the Emerald Coast Classic near Pensacola, losing a one-hole playoff with Mike McCullough. Closed with a 65 at The Moors GC to get himself into contention after prior rounds of 67-68...Teamed with Jim Colbert to win a second consecutive Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf title. Duo fired a better-ball score of 20-under 124 at the rain-shortened event and defeated Bruce Fleisher and David Graham by three strokes. 2000: Became eligible for the Champions Tour in March and was a winner in his first start of the year. Teamed with Jim Colbert to win the unofficial Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf. Best individual outing came in his first official start at The Countrywide Tradition when he T6 in Arizona and earned a season-best $60,000...Also was T6 at the Bruno's Memorial Classic near Birmingham after posting three consecutive sub-par rounds. |
| Personal |
| Served as a color analyst on ESPN golf telecasts prior to joining the Champions Tour in 2000 and has continued to do some work for the network....Was a three-time All-America selection at the University of Florida...Turned to golf in the seventh grade because bone in knee stopped growing and was disintegrating, causing him to give up football and basketball...Later returned to basketball, earning all-state honors...An avid follower of University of Wisconsin sports and, at one time, assisted the Badger football staff. |
| Champions Tour Playoff Record |
| 0-1 |
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