U.S. Senior Open

PGA TOUR Victories

(1) 1991 New England Classic.

Champions Tour Victories

(16) 1999 Royal Caribbean Classic, American Express Invitational, The Home Depot Invitational, BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland, Lightpath Long Island Classic, The Transamerica, EMC Kaanapali Classic. 2000 Royal Caribbean Classic, GTE Classic, The Home Depot Invitational, Lightpath Long Island Classic. 2001 Las Vegas Senior Classic, The Home Depot Invitational, U.S. Senior Open. 2002 RJR Championship. 2003 Verizon Classic.

International Victories

2000 AIB Irish Seniors Open

Other Victories

1968 U.S. Amateur, 1971 Brazilian Open. 1989 PGA Club Pro Championship, 1990 PGA Cup (team), Jamaican Open, Bahamas Open, Brazilian Open.

Current Year Charles Schwab Cup Points and Positions

458 (11)

Current Year Champions Tour Money and Positions

$541,610 (6)

Current Year Best Champions Tour Finishes

1--Verizon Classic, 2--Bruno's Memorial Classic, T7--MasterCard Championship

Current Year Champions Tour Best Round

64 at Round 1, Emerald Coast Classic

Current Year Champions Tour Highlights

Won his second Verizon Classic in the last four years when he outdueled Hale Irwin at the TPC of Tampa Bay. Was the beneficiary of a two-stroke swing at the 17th hole on Sunday and went on to record his 16th career title on the circuit.

Best PGA TOUR Finishes

1--1991 New England Classic.

Best Champions Tour Finishes

1--1999 Royal Caribbean Classic, American Express Invitational, The Home Depot Invitational, BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland, Lightpath Long Island Classic, The Transamerica, EMC Kaanapali Classic. 2000 Royal Caribbean Classic, GTE Classic, The Home Depot Invitational, Lightpath Long Island Classic. 2001 Las Vegas Senior Classic, The Home Depot Invitational, U.S. Senior Open. 2002 RJR Championship. 2003 Verizon Classic.

Best Nationwide Tour Finishes

T2--1990 Ben Hogan Gateway Open.

Best 2002 Champions Tour Finishes

1--RJR Championship, T2--Royal Caribbean Classic, NFL Golf Classic, BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland, Napa Valley Championship presented by Beringer Vineyards, 3--SBC Senior Open, T3--Verizon Classic, T4--Audi Senior Classic, 5--Lightpath Long Island Classic, T5--MasterCard Championship, Greater Baltimore Classic, T6--TD Waterhouse Championship, Senior PGA Championship, T7--Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley, 3M Championship, Allianz Championship, T8--Bruno's Memorial Classic, Kroger Senior Classic, T9--The Countrywide Tradition, SAS Championship,

2002 Season Champions Tour

Tournaments Entered--31; in money--30; Top 10 finishes--20

2002 Season Highlights

Again, one of the most consistent players on the Champions Tour...Finished third on the money list and recorded 20 top-10 finishes and 46 rounds in the 60s, both second to Hale Irwin (22, 50)...Claimed his first title in more than 12 months when he had a record-setting performance at the RJR Championship. Was a five-stroke victor over Hale Irwin, and in the process, set Champions Tour 36-and 54-hole scoring records. His 54-hole total of 191 (19-under-par) broke the previous low by two strokes (set in 1989 by Bob Charles and matched by Charles Coody in 1991 and Gibby Gilbert in 1992) and his 36-hole score broke the old mark by two strokes as well (set by Jim Colbert in 1994 and matched by Hale Irwin in 1997). Opened the tournament by tying the Champions Tour record with a 60 (10-under-par) that included pars on the last four holes. Had 10 birdies and 23 putts on the par-70 Tanglewood course. His win made him the last of three wire-to-wire winners during the year (Tom Kite, MasterCard Championship, and Bob Gilder, FleetBoston Classic)...Closed with 67 at Silverado to finish T2 along with Fred Gibson at the Napa Valley Championship, one stroke short of Tom Kite. Had a chance to tie on the final hole, but missed a six-foot birdie putt. Runner-up performance in Napa was his fourth straight top-10 finish in the event...Nearly won the first full-field event of the campaign when he made a late run at his third Royal Caribbean Classic title before coming up one stroke short of John Jacobs. Was T2 near Miami with Isao Aoki and Tom Watson. Birdied the par-3 17th hole to close within a shot of the lead, but saw his hopes for victory dashed when he pushed his drive on the 18th tee to the right into Crandon Park's mangrove trees...Also T2 at the NFL Golf Classic. Moved into contention early in the final round with a 31 on the front nine, but eventually came up two strokes short of James Mason...T2 again at the BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland thanks in part to an 8-under-par 64 in the second round...Was the 36-hole leader at the Verizon Classic, but eventually tied for third in Tampa, his fourth consecutive top-3 finish at that event. Final-round 75 ended his run of 11 straight sub-par rounds at the TPC of Tampa Bay...Had a run of 27 straight par/better rounds during the last half of the year, a Champions Tour-best streak in 2002. Started the string in the second round of the FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship and saw it end in the opening round of the Turtle Bay Championship. He also had the best streak in that category in 2001 as well with 24...Birdied 149 of 336 par-5s (44%) and led all players in that category.

Career Highlights

2001: Earned over $2 million for the third straight year and averaged $77,791 per start...Went down to the wire with Allen Doyle for the top spot in the first Charles Schwab Cup competition and the money list...Among his three victories was his first major championship on the Champions Tour at the U.S. Senior Open...Joined Doyle as the only players to finish in the top 10 in all four senior major championships...Of his 94 rounds, 48 were in the 60s and he had 70 sub-par rounds...Claimed his biggest career victory at the U.S. Senior Open at Salem CC near Boston, one year after losing the 54-hole lead at Saucon Valley and finishing second to Hale Irwin. Was among four players four strokes back with one round to play, but carded a steady 68 in the final round to edge Gil Morgan and Isao Aoki by one stroke...Started a streak of 24 straight rounds of par or better on the last day of the U.S. Senior Open, a best for the 2001 campaign...Overcame a two-stroke deficit entering the final round of the Las Vegas Senior Classic to win by three strokes...Became just the sixth player in Champions Tour history to win the same event three straight times when he triumphed at The Home Depot Invitational with a tournament-record score of 15-under 201. Was the only player in the field to post three rounds in the 60s and was three strokes better than John Bland...Almost won a fourth tournament at the State Farm Senior Classic, but fell to Allen Doyle on the third extra playoff hole. 2000: Had a total of 19 top-10 finishes, second only to Larry Nelson's 23...Was only out of the top-10 in consecutive starts twice during the season and averaged $79,133 per start)...Successfully defended three titles during the year... Edged Vicente Fernandez by two points at the Royal Caribbean Classic thanks to five birdies on Sunday in the modified Stableford-format event. Bested Hubert Green in a playoff at The Home Depot Invitational, making birdie on the third extra hole of overtime. Went wire-to-wire for the second year in a row to claim the Lightpath Long Island Classic by two strokes over Dana Quigley. Never looked back after opening with a course-record 63 at the Meadow Brook Club, the lowest start by a winner in 2000, and posted a tournament-record score of 18-under 198...Had outdistanced Quigley by four strokes earlier in the year at the GTE Classic in Tampa and earned February Player of the Month honors. GTE Classic win gave him nine victories in his first 36 senior career starts and the nine wins came in a period of one year, 15 days, the fastest anyone has reached that mark in Champions Tour history...Suffered his most disappointing defeat of the season at the U.S. Senior Open at Saucon Valley. Fired a course-record 7-under 64 on the first day and was also the 36- and 54-hole leader before being overtaken by Hale Irwin on Sunday...Was the first player over the $2-million mark in single-season earnings in 2000 with his $78,000 check at the FleetBoston Classic. 1999: Was the dominant player on the Champions Tour and collected all top post-season honors including Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year and the Byron Nelson Trophy for lowest scoring average (69.19)...Was the first rookie since Lee Trevino in 1990 to win the Arnold Palmer Award as the leading money-winner with $2,515,705 ($78,894/start), the second highest single-season total in the history of the circuit at the time...Also joined Trevino (1990), Bruce Crampton (1986) and Miller Barber (1981) as the only players to win seven official events in their first year on the Champions Tour...Had 56 rounds in the 60s, a record at the time, and was under par in 75 of his 96 rounds played (78.1%)...Became the eighth player in Champions Tour history to win his debut when he went wire-to-wire in claiming the Royal Caribbean Classic at Key Biscayne...Won the American Express Invitational in Sarasota by three strokes over Larry Nelson the very next week to become the first player ever to claim his first two starts on the circuit...Added a third title in late April at The Home Depot Invitational, edging Terry Dill and Jim Holtgrieve by a stroke in Charlotte...Used a 9-under-par 63 on Saturday, his low round of the year, to nip Al Geiberger by a shot for the BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland title in Nashville...Went wire-to-wire in early August to clip Allen Doyle by two strokes at the Lightpath Long Island Classic...Outdueled Doyle again late in the season at The Transamerica, then clinched the money title two weeks later by edging Doyle again at the EMC Kaanapali Classic...Also finished second seven times including a playoff loss to John Mahaffey at the Southwestern Bell Dominion. 1998: Earned a full exemption for the 1999 season after finishing second at the Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament at Grenelefe...Fired four consecutive sub-par rounds and ended up three strokes back of Allen Doyle.

Personal

Worked as a club professional in the mid-to-late 1980s, including a stint at Williams Island CC in North Miami Beach...Lists Arnold Palmer and President George W. Bush as his heroes...Favorite golf course is Muirfield Village...Got started in golf at age 7 by working as a caddie with his two brothers...Says the biggest influence in his career was Henry Atkinson, an assistant pro in Wilmington, NC, and the person that helped teach him the golf swing and how to play the game...His favorite meal is his wife's fried chicken with mashed potatoes on the side.

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