Birth Date: May 3, 1950
Birthplace: Atlanta, Ga.
Age: 53 Ht.: 5’10" Wt.: 150
Home: Atlanta, Ga.
College: Georgia

An insurance company executive. . . A member of U.S. Walker Cup Teams in 1989 and ’93, compiling record of 0-1-1 in foursomes play, 3-0 singles record. The 1993 team beat Great Britain, 19-5, winning by largest margin in championship history. . . captain of Walker Cup squads in ’99 and ’01. Beyond his international playing experience, Yates continues to be one of the best amateur golfers in the U.S. . . He won the 1992 U.S. Mid-Amateur championship and was runner-up in the 1988 U.S. Amateur. By winning the Mid-Amateur, he was invited to play in the 1993 Masters Tournament. In all, he has played in nearly 40 USGA championships, including one U.S. Open, in 1971, where he made the 36-hole cut. He has qualified for 17 U.S. Amateurs and 17 U.S. Mid-Amateurs. . . learned to love the game thanks to his father, Dan, and uncle, Charlie, who won the 1938 British Amateur and played for the Walker Cup in 1936 and 1938. All three are Georgia State Amateur champions. Danny won the Georgia Amateur in 1977, 1989 and 1996, becoming one of only two players to win the title in each of three decades. . . has been the state’s Player of the Year four times (1989, 1993, 1995 and 1996), and he is a member of the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame and the Southern Golf Association Golf Hall of Fame. . . Danny is a 1972 graduate of the University of Georgia. . . He is married to the former Lois Miner with two children, Maggie, 24, and Daniel, 23. . . He served as director of the Atlanta Junior Golf Association (1982-1992), served on the USGA Junior Committee from 1985 to 1997 and currently serves on the USGA Green Section. . . in 2002, played in US Amateur and mid-Amateur, failed to make match play