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Dana Quigley  |
EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31 on 2002 Champions Tour Money List FULL NAME: Dana Quigley HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 190 BIRTHDATE: April 14, 1947 BIRTHPLACE: Lynnfield Centre, MA RESIDENCE: West Palm Beach, FL FAMILY: Wife, Angie; Nicole (8/25/81), Devon (8/18/84) EDUCATION: University of Rhode Island (1969, Business) SPECIAL INTERESTS: Baseball, hockey, all sports, planes, boats TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1971 JOINED TOUR: 1997 |
| Champions Tour Victories |
| (8) 1997 Northville Long Island Classic. 1998 Emerald Coast Classic, Raley's Gold Rush Classic. 2000 TD Waterhouse Championship. 2001 SBC Senior Open. 2002 Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley, SBC Championship. 2003 MasterCard Championship. |
| International Victories |
| 2001 Hyundai Team Matches (with Allen Doyle). 2002 Hyundai Team Matches (with Allen Doyle). |
| Other Victories |
| 1973 Rhode Island Open. 1981 Rhode Island Open. 1982 Massachusetts Open. 1983 Massachusetts Open. 1984 Massachusetts Open. 1985 New England PGA Championship. 1986 Vermont Open. 1987 Vermont Open. 1989 New England PGA Championship. 1991 New England PGA Championship. 1992 Rhode Island Open. 1993 Rhode Island Open, New England PGA Championship. 1995 Rhode Island Open. 1996 Rhode Island Open, New England PGA Championship. |
| Current Year Charles Schwab Cup Points and Positions |
| 870 (6) |
| Current Year Champions Tour Money and Positions |
| $858,708 (2) |
| Current Year Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--MasterCard Championship, T2--Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, T3--Columbus Southern Open, T5--Emerald Coast Classic, T7--Verizon Classic, T8--MasterCard Classic, T10--Royal Caribbean Golf Classic |
| Current Year Champions Tour Best Round |
| 65 at Round 2, MasterCard Championship |
| Current Year Champions Tour Highlights |
| Made the most of his first start of the campaign at the MasterCard Championship. Birdied two of the last three holes in Sunday's final round, including the 18th, to nip Larry Nelson by two strokes for his eighth career Champions Tour win. Earned a career-best $250,000 and pushed his career earnings over $8 million...Also T2 along with David Eger at the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, one stroke back of Bruce Lietzke...Finished T3 at the Columbus Southern Open after three consecutive rounds in the 60s. |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| 6--1980 Greater Milwaukee Open. |
| Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--1997 Northville Long Island Classic. 1998 Emerald Coast Classic, Raley's Gold Rush Classic. 2000 TD Waterhouse Championship. 2001 SBC Senior Open. 2002 Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley, SBC Championship. 2003 MasterCard Championship. |
| Best 2002 Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley, SBC Championship, T2--BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland, 4--MasterCard Championship, T4--Audi Senior Classic, 5--Toshiba Senior Classic, T5--ACE Group Classic, Emerald Coast Classic, The Instinet Classic, T7--Verizon Classic, T10--Senior PGA Championship |
| 2002 Season Champions Tour |
| Tournaments Entered--35; in money--35; Top 10 finishes--12 |
| 2002 Season Highlights |
| Was the last of six multiple winners on the Champions Tour. Claimed more than one event in a season for the first time since 1998 and was over seven figures in official earnings for the fifth consecutive year. Had 11 of his 12 top 10s in the first half of the year, but his lone top-10 performance in the second half of the season was a big one. Celebrated his 200th consecutive start by winning the SBC Championship in San Antonio. Seventh victory of his career came by one stroke over Bob Gilder at Oak Hills Country Club and $217,500 first-place check was largest of his career...Named the Champions Tour's Player of the Month for March after claiming his sixth career title. Nipped Bob Gilder and Fuzzy Zoeller by one stroke at the Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley. Finished with a 2-under-par 70 on Sunday in cold, rainy conditions at Coyote Creek GC...At Bruno's Memorial Classic, lost to Sammy Rachels on second hole of playoff. Tournament was his 178th consecutive start for which he was eligible, a new Champions Tour record, surpassing Mike McCullough's mark of 177...Made his second career hole-in-one on the Champions Tour in the second round of the SBC Senior Open. Holed a 7-iron shot from 163 yards on the 13th hole of the Port Course at Harborside International...Thanks to 10 3s on the scorecard, fired a 7-under 63 on Friday at the Emerald Coast Classic, his low numerical round of the campaign. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2001: The busiest player on the Champions Tour with 37 official starts (112 rounds)...Won his fifth Champions Tour title at the SBC Senior Open near Chicago. Three consecutive sub-70 rounds gave him a five-stroke victory over Jay Sigel at Kemper Lakes...Had the year's final hole-in-one at the SENIOR TOUR Championship at Gaillardia in the third round...Third in sub-par rounds with 68. 2000: Had his finest financial season, finishing fourth on the money list with $1,802,063...Set a new mark when he played in all 39 official events, breaking old record of 38, held by four players, including himself. Played more rounds than any other player (114)...Drained a 12-foot birdie putt on the final hole to defeat hometown favorite Tom Watson for the TD Waterhouse Championship title in Kansas City. Winning putt came just moments after Watson had placed his 8-iron approach shot within a foot of the cup, setting up a possible playoff...Second in Sub-Par Rounds (79). 1999: The Champions Tour "ironman," he played every round (119) of every official event (38)...Registered 18 top 10s (second to Bruce Fleisher) and set a record for most money earned in a year without a victory, $1,327,658...Set an all-time record for lowest 36-hole score in relation to par (18-under 126) at the Novell Utah Showdown when he posted his two lowest rounds of the season on successive days. Set the Park Meadows CC course record on Saturday with a sizzling 10-under 62, then added a 64 on Sunday to move into a tie with Dave Eichelberger at the end of regulation. Lost to Eichelberger in overtime when he missed a short par putt on the first extra hole...Led the circuit in Sub-Par Rounds (77) and Total Birdies (418). 1998: Won a pair of titles and was over the $1 million mark in official earnings for the first time in his career...Made a 33-foot birdie putt on the last hole of the Emerald Coast Classic to edge Jim Colbert in Pensacola...Used a sizzling 64, his low round of the campaign, on Sunday at Serrano CC to come from three shots back of John Morgan and win the Raley's Gold Rush Classic. Topped the Champions Tour in Sub-Par Rounds (71). 1997: Became the sixth open qualifier in Champions Tour history to win an event when he defeated Jay Sigel in a three-hole playoff for the Northville Long Island Classic. Learned his father, Wally, had passed away following a long bout with cancer just minutes after the tournament ended...Made his Champions Tour debut at the PGA Seniors' Championship just four days after turning 50...Monday qualified for four of his first eight starts before winning in New York. |
| Personal |
| Got his start in golf while serving as a caddie at Rhode Island CC...Played collegiately at the University of Rhode Island and is a member of that school's Hall of Fame...Inducted into the New England PGA Hall of Fame after the 2000 season...Served as head professional at Crestwood CC in Rehoboth, MA from 1983-96 before being elevated to Director of Golf in 1997...Lists Arnold Palmer as his favorite athlete...Favorite all-time movie is "The Godfather"...Has no other hobbies besides golf and plays virtually every day...Nephew Brett has played on both the PGA TOUR and Nationwide Tour in recent years. |
| Champions Tour Playoff Record |
| 1-2 |