| PGA TOUR Victories |
| (4) 1971 Greater Milwaukee Open. 1977
Greater Milwaukee Open. 1980 Bay Hill Classic.
1981 Tallahassee Open. |
| Champions Tour Victories |
| (6) 1994 Quicksilver Classic. 1996
VFW Senior Championship. 1997 The Transamerica.
1999 U.S. Senior Open, Novell Utah Showdown.
2002 Emerald Coast Classic. |
| International Victories |
| 1994 Diners Club Matches (with Raymond Floyd). |
| Other Victories |
| 1979 JCPenney Mixed Team Classic (with Murle Breer). |
| Current Year Champions Tour Money
and Positions |
| $64,999 (59) |
| Current Year Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| T31--Royal Caribbean Golf Classic |
| Current Year Champions Tour Best Round |
| 68 at Round 3, MasterCard Championship |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| 1--1971 Greater Milwaukee Open. 1977 Greater
Milwaukee Open. 1980 Bay Hill Classic. 1981
Tallahassee Open. |
| Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--1994 Quicksilver Classic. 1996 VFW Senior
Championship. 1997 The Transamerica. 1999
U.S. Senior Open, Novell Utah Showdown. 2002
Emerald Coast Classic. |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes |
| T51--1991 Ben Hogan Tulsa Open. |
| Best 2002 Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--Emerald Coast Classic, T2--NFL Golf Classic, T3--FleetBoston
Classic, T8--SBC Senior Classic |
| 2002 Season Champions Tour |
| Tournaments Entered--31; in money--30; Top 10 finishes--4 |
| 2002 Season Highlights |
| Flirted with a return to the top 31 for the first time since
the 1999 season but missed a chance to compete in the season-ending
event in Oklahoma City when he ended up 32nd on the final money
list...Captured the Emerald Coast Classic when the final round
of the event was canceled by a heavy thunderstorm. Victory was
his first on the Champions Tour since the 1999 Novell Utah Showdown
and triumph near Pensacola at age 58 made him the Champions
Tour's oldest champion since Jim Colbert won the 2001 SBC Senior
Classic at 60 years, 2 days. Made the first hole-in-one of his
Champions Tour career at The Moors (third in tournament history),
holing a 7-iron shot from 190 yards on the eighth hole in the
opening round...Made a late run at the NFL Golf Classic, but
a bogey at Upper Montclair's par-3 17th hole in the final round
killed his chances and he finished T2, two strokes back of James
Mason...Also T3 at the FleetBoston Classic, one stroke out of
a playoff with John Mahaffey and Bob Gilder. Was the only player
in the field to post three consecutive scores in the 60s at
Nashawtuc...Only other top-10 finish came early in the year
at the SBC Senior Classic when he was T8. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2001: Played over 30 events for eighth straight year with
best finish a solo fifth at the TD Waterhouse Championship,
one of four top-10 efforts. 2000: Three top-10s with two of
those coming on successive weeks and none after late June...T9
at the SBC Senior Open and then T7 at the Cadillac NFL Golf
Classic...Best overall effort came early in the year when he
T5 at the rain-shortened Toshiba Senior Classic after being
the first-round co-leader...Made the cut at the U.S. Open at
Pebble Beach and finished T57. His second-round 69 matched Tiger
Woods for the day's lowest round...Made his 1,000th career start
(PGA/Champions Tour combined) at the BellSouth Senior Classic
at Opryland (T37)...Was inducted into the Waco High School Sports
Hall of Fame late in the year. 1999: In the span of three weeks
in July, became a multiple winner in the same season for the
first time in his professional career. First won his biggest
tournament ever, claiming the U.S. Senior Open at Des Moines
G&CC. Outdueled Ed Dougherty over the final nine holes and
eventually triumphed by three strokes. His final-round 68 was
the lowest in the field that particular Sunday...Rebounded from
a double-bogey down the stretch to win the Novell Utah Showdown
title in a playoff over Dana Quigley. Had his two best rounds
of the season on consecutive days at Park Meadows and his 15-under-par
129 total for the first 36 holes was a '99 best on the circuit.
Utah triumph also came at 55 years, 10 months, 29 days making
him the oldest champion on the circuit in 1999...Ended the campaign
with his finest financial season ever. 1997: Had only one top-10
finish in the first half of the season, but reeled off 10 in
the second half after finding a new driver...Starting at the
First of America Classic, was among the top 10 in eight of his
last 11 tournaments...Runner-up at the Vantage Championship,
when he equaled Hale Irwin's Tanglewood Park course record at
the time and his career-low round of 62 on the last day of the
tournament...Won his third Champions Tour title the next week
at The Transamerica and became the circuit's 20th different
winner that year...Had bogeys on three of his first four holes
on Sunday, but eventually overcame a three-stroke deficit to
win by four at Silverado. 1996: Outdueled local favorite Jim
Colbert to win the VFW Senior Championship by two strokes. 1995:
Did not win an event, but recorded 11 top-10 finishes, including
a playoff loss to Bruce Devlin at the rain-shortened FHP Health
Care Classic in Ojai, CA. 1994: Selected by his peers as the
Comeback Player of the Year after claiming his first win in
13 years at the Quicksilver Classic...Victory came in the midst
of a 12-week run in which he missed the top 20 only once...Almost
became a multiple champion, but fell to Bob Murphy in a five-hole
playoff at the Raley's Senior Gold Rush. 1993: Made the first
of seven 1993 appearances at the GTE North Classic after turning
50 in early September. |
| Personal |
| Blossomed into one of the country's finest amateurs while
at Oklahoma State...Started in the game at age 13 in the junior
programs at his family's club in Waco, TX. |
| PGA TOUR Playoff Record |
| 1-1 |
| Champions Tour Playoff Record |
| 1-2 |
