| PGA TOUR Victories |
| (3) 1969 Azalea Open Invitational, Kemper
Open. 1970 Phoenix Open Invitational. |
| Champions Tour Victories |
| (11) 1986 Vintage Invitational, Johnny Mathis
Senior Classic, U.S. Senior Open, Fairfield Barnett
Classic. 1988 GTE Suncoast Classic. 1990
Bell Atlantic Classic. 1991 Showdown Classic.
1992 NYNEX Commemorative, Ameritech Senior Open.
1993 Ralphs Senior Classic. 1996 Bell Atlantic
Classic. |
| International Victories |
| 1990 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Charles Coody).
1994 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Charles Coody). 1998
Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Charles Coody). |
| Current Year Champions Tour Money
and Positions |
| $63,201 (60) |
| Current Year Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| T18--SBC Classic |
| Current Year Champions Tour Best Round |
| 68 at Round 2, Emerald Coast Classic |
| Current Year Champions Tour Highlights |
| Became just the fifth player to make at least 500 appearances
on the Champions Tour when he made his 500th official start
at the Royal Caribbean Golf Classic...Went on to win the Georgia-Pacific
Grand Champions competition at Key Biscayne. Defeated Isao Aoki
with a four-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole after
both players had finished 36 holes at 1-under 143. |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| 1--1969 Azalea Open Invitational, Kemper Open.
1970 Phoenix Open Invitational. |
| Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--1986 Vintage Invitational, Johnny Mathis Senior
Classic, U.S. Senior Open, Fairfield Barnett Classic.
1988 GTE Suncoast Classic. 1990 Bell Atlantic
Classic. 1991 Showdown Classic. 1992
NYNEX Commemorative, Ameritech Senior Open. 1993
Ralphs Senior Classic. 1996 Bell Atlantic Classic. |
| Best 2002 Champions Tour Finishes |
| T5--Emerald Coast Classic |
| 2002 Season Champions Tour |
| Tournaments Entered--27; in money--26; Top 10 finishes--3 |
| 2002 Season Highlights |
| Bettered his age for the first time when he posted a 7-under
63 in the second round of the Emerald Coast Classic. Round was
his best on the Champions Tour since he fashioned a 61 in the
final round of the 1994 Ralphs Senior Classic. The score also
made him, at the time, the second-youngest player in Champions
Tour history to better his age (Joe Jimenez shot 63 at age 65
in the 1991 GTE Northwest Classic; Walter Morgan shot 60 at
AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship at age 61 in July).
T5 in the rain-shortened event, his best performance since the
1999 campaign...Later matched his age with a 5-under-par 66
in the second round of the Allianz Championship...Earned a T8
at the Lightpath Long Island Classic where he was also runner-up
to Mike Hill in the Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions competition...Added
a third top-10 finish with a T10 at the Uniting Fore Care Classic...Was
the oldest player (66) in the field to make the cut at the U.S.
Senior Open...Seventh on the Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions
final money list for the year with $207,958. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2001: Lone top-20 finish came at the AT&T Canada Senior
Open Championship. Posted four straight par/better rounds at
Mississaugua G&CC near Toronto to tie for 18th...Won his
11th career Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions title at the Toshiba
Senior Classic. Carded a pair of 69s on the first two days of
the tournament to defeat Bob Charles and Lee Trevino by two
strokes in the over-60 competition. 2000: Placed ninth on the
final Georgia-Pacific money list with $176,279. 1999: Finished
seventh on the Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions final money list
with $239,904. Won the over-60 event at the Nationwide Championship
by one stroke over three other players. 1998: Made 29 starts
and finished 31st on the final money list...Appeared headed
for a playoff with Gil Morgan at the LG Championship before
Morgan made eagle on the final hole to drop him into a second-place
tie with Raymond Floyd...Continued to make his mark in the MasterCard
Champions competition, with five wins and a second-place finish
behind Bob Charles on the Grand Champions money list with $249,790...Teamed
with Charles Coody for their third Liberty Mutual Legends of
Golf title. 1997: Earned almost one-third of his season earnings
at the PGA Seniors' Championship, making $105,000 for a distant
T2 behind Hale Irwin...Runner-up performance at PGA National
was his best in a major since the 1994 Tradition...Finished
third on the MasterCard Champions money list with $209,810 and
recorded his only 60-and-over victory at the Boone Valley Classic,
a two-stroke decision over Dick Hendrickson. 1996: The second
of only four Super Seniors (60 and older) to win a MasterCard
Champions event and then claim the overall tournament when he
triumphed at the Bell Atlantic Classic in a playoff with Tom
Wargo and John Schroeder...Made birdie on third extra hole after
knocking a 6-iron five feet from the pin at Chester Valley.
1994: Shot best round of his career, a final-round 61 at Rancho
Park in defense of his title at Ralphs Senior Classic, but still
finished second at the event to Jack Kiefer...Also lost to Raymond
Floyd on the first playoff hole at The Tradition despite four
straight rounds in the 60s and a 17-under-par total for 72 holes.
1993: Shot a sizzling 64 on Sunday and then defeated Jim Dent
with birdie on first extra playoff hole to win the Ralphs Senior
Classic at Rancho Park. 1992: Posted 16 top-10 finishes, including
wins at the rain-shortened NYNEX Commemorative (defeated Terry
Dill in a playoff) and the Ameritech Senior Open...Was sixth
on final money list with career-best $694,564. 1991: Surpassed
$600,000 in season earnings with victory at Showdown Classic
in Utah...Trio of second places were among 17 top-10 finishes.
1990: Went over half-million dollar mark for first time and
was eighth on the final money list...Beat Gary Player in a playoff
for Bell Atlantic title and also teamed with Charles Coody for
first of three wins at unofficial Liberty Mutual Legends of
Golf. 1988: Victorious at GTE Suncoast Senior Classic, leading
event from start to finish. 1986: Had banner rookie year, finishing
third on the money list and garnering four wins, including U.S.
Senior Open at Scioto CC by one stroke over Gary Player...Was
the leader or co-leader in nine of his first 10 rounds on the
Champions Tour. |
| Personal |
| Tournament Policy Board Player Director 1971-72...Vice President
of the PGA in 1972...Served on the Champions Tour Division Board
as a Player Director from 1990-1994 and again in 1996-97. |
| PGA TOUR Playoff Record |
| 0-3 |
| Champions Tour Playoff Record |
| 4-4 |
