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Birth Date: Sept. 10, 1951
Birthplace: Waco, Texas
Age: 51 Ht.: 6’0" Wt.: 148
Home: San Antonio, Texas
College: Houston
Turned Professional: 1974
Joined PGA Tour: 1975
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Played the PGA Tour from 1975-88 playing in 343 events.
He won five times, finished runner-up nine times and was in the
top-10, 61 times. Enjoyed his greatest success in 1981 with three
victories on the PGA Tour. Biggest win of his career came at the
1981 British Open, defeating Bernhard Langer by four stokes at Royal
St. Georges. Named to the 1981 Ryder Cup squad and was the PGA Player
of the Year the same year. . . Chosen for the University
of Houston Hall of Honor in 1981 after winning All-America honors
for the Cougars as a collegian. Roomed with Bruce Lietzke at UH. . . Amateur
career also included a Southern Amateur title in 1972 and a spot
on the 1973 Walker Cup Team. . . Biggest thrill in
golf was representing the U.S. as an amateur and professional player. . . Started
playing golf as a nine-year-old in Montgomery, Alabama and lived
at various locales around the world while his father was a lieutenant
colonel in the Air Force. Spent time in Germany and Morocco as a
youngster. When he left playing on the PGA TOur in 1988, he became
the director of golf at the San Antonio C.C. He did that for ten
years and then moved on to helphing the Briggs Ranch Golf Club in
the San Antonio area.
Played once on the Senior PGA Tour in 2001 finishing 75th in the
SBC Championship.
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