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Doug Tewell  |
EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31 on 2002 Champions Tour Money List FULL NAME: Doug Tewell HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 200 BIRTHDATE: August 27, 1949 BIRTHPLACE: Baton Rouge, LA RESIDENCE: Edmond, OK FAMILY: Wife, Pam; Kristi (9/24/69), Jay (3/31/75); four grandchildren EDUCATION: Oklahoma State University (1971, Speech Communications) SPECIAL INTERESTS: Family, broadcasting, auto racing TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1971 JOINED TOUR: 1999 |
| PGA TOUR Victories |
| (4) 1980 Sea Pines Heritage, IVB-Philadelphia Classic. 1986 Los Angeles Open. 1987 Pensacola Open. |
| Champions Tour Victories |
| (6) 2000 PGA Seniors' Championship, SBC Championship, Novell Utah Showdown. 2001 The Countrywide Tradition. 2002 Verizon Classic, Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf. |
| Other Victories |
| 1978 South Central PGA Championship. 1982 Oklahoma Open. 1988 Acom Team Championship (with Bob Gilder). |
| Current Year Charles Schwab Cup Points and Positions |
| 379 (19) |
| Current Year Champions Tour Money and Positions |
| $451,312 (20) |
| Current Year Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| T3--Columbus Southern Open |
| Current Year Champions Tour Best Round |
| 64 at Round 2, Columbus Southern Open |
| Current Year Champions Tour Highlights |
| Third-place finisher at the Columbus Southern Open on the strength of a second-round 64...Was a T5 at the Senior PGA Championship...Finished T6 in defense of his Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf title. |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| 1--1980 Sea Pines Heritage, IVB-Philadelphia Classic. 1986 Los Angeles Open. 1987 Pensacola Open. |
| Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--2000 PGA Seniors' Championship, SBC Championship, Novell Utah Showdown. 2001 The Countrywide Tradition. 2002 Verizon Classic, Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf. |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes |
| T5--1998 NIKE Shreveport Open. |
| Best 2002 PGA TOUR Finishes |
| T68--WORLDCOM CLASSIC - The Heritage of Golf |
| Best 2002 Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--Verizon Classic, Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, 2--Emerald Coast Classic, T2--Greater Baltimore Classic, T3--3M Championship, 5--FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, 7--Lightpath Long Island Classic, T7--AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship, T8--SBC Senior Classic, T9--MasterCard Championship, SBC Senior Open, T10--RJR Championship |
| 2002 Season PGA TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--1; in money--1; Top 10 finishes--0 |
| 2002 Season Champions Tour |
| Tournaments Entered--27; in money--27; Top 10 finishes--12 |
| 2002 Season Highlights |
| Among the top five in almost a quarter of his appearances and was the third of six multiple winners on last year's Champions Tour...Came from three strokes back to win the Verizon Classic by one stroke over Hale Irwin. Was the only player in the field to record three consecutive rounds in the 60s at the Tournament Players Club of Tampa Bay and hit 41 of 42 fairways...Held off Bobby Wadkins by a stroke to win the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf. Again drove the ball in 41 of 42 fairways at the King & Bear course...Made the first hole-in-one of the 2002 season when he aced the 217-yard eighth hole with a 4-iron at Hualalai Golf Club during the opening round of the MasterCard Championship. Ace was the 11th of his professional career and first in MasterCard Championship history...Also finished second to Dave Eichelberger at the Emerald Coast Classic when the final round was washed out...Closed with a 5-under-par 67 on Sunday at the Greater Baltimore Classic and was one of three players to finish one stroke behind J.C. Snead...Closing-round 5-under-par 67 at the 3M Championship helped vault him to a T3 finish...Rebounded from an opening-round 73 to place fifth in the FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship in July...Made first PGA TOUR start since 1999 and made his fifth consecutive cut, finishing T68 at the WORLDCOM CLASSIC-The Heritage of Golf at Harbour Town, site of his first TOUR victory in 1980...Led the Champions Tour in Driving Accuracy for the second straight year (83.6 percent) and finished third in Greens-In-Regulation (73.3 percent). |
| Career Highlights |
| 2001: In April, closed with a Cochise course-record 10-under-par 62 at Desert Mountain, the lowest score ever shot in a major championship on the Champions Tour, and completed a wire-to-wire victory at The Countrywide Tradition. Victory at Desert Mountain Golf Club was his second major victory on the Champions Tour. Needed just 19 putts in his final round and his 72-hole total of 23-under-par 265 was the best four-round score on the Champions Tour since Jack Nicklaus posted an all-time record of 27-under 261 at the 1990 FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship. The nine-stroke win was also the largest margin of victory since Hale Irwin won the 1997 PGA Seniors' Championship by 12 strokes. Victory near Phoenix was his fourth Champions Tour title, coming in his 40th career start. Did not register his fourth win on the PGA TOUR until his 541st start...Almost claimed a second major title at the FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, but fell in a one-hole playoff to Allen Doyle. Appeared on the verge of claiming the title before Doyle drained a 35-foot putt on the 72nd hole to force the overtime session...Closed the season with a solo second-place finish at the SENIOR TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP at Gaillardia. 2000: Earned Rookie of the Year honors thanks to three victories, including a win in a Champions Tour major...Broke through in a big way with his first Champions Tour title, the rain-shortened PGA Seniors' Championship. Victory was his first since the '87 Pensacola Open. Became just the 10th player ever to make his first victory on the Champions Tour, a major when he waltzed to a seven-shot triumph over Dana Quigley, Tom Kite, Larry Nelson and Hale Irwin at PGA National...Added his second victory at the SBC Championship in San Antonio, holing a birdie putt on the final hole for a one-stroke win over Walter Hall and Larry Nelson...Claimed his third title at the Novell Utah Showdown, outdistancing his neighbor Gil Morgan by two strokes in Park City. 1999: Turned 50 in August, but did not play his first event until early October due to a back injury he sustained right before he was eligible to play...Made debut on the Champions Tour at the Vantage Championship and finished T15. |
| Personal |
| Daughter, Kristi, is married to Pat Bates, a member of the PGA TOUR. Bates was a three-time winner on the Nationwide Tour in 2001, including the season-ending Tour Championship...Biggest thrills in golf were his winning the Los Angeles Open in 1986 and the 2000 PGA Seniors' Championship, each by seven strokes...Lists his father and Labron Harris, Sr. as the most influential people in his golf career...Got started in the game by working as a caddie for his father in Stillwater, OK...Has worked with such instructors as Gary Smith, Jim Flick and Labron Harris...Attended Oklahoma State his freshman year on a basketball scholarship from the legendary coach Henry Iba...Has worked as an on-course commentator for The Golf Channel, ESPN and Fox Sports...Favorite golf course is Harbour Town GL in Hilton Head, SC...Biggest thrill outside of golf was attending Race Driving School with Rick Mears, Bobby Rahal and Al Unser, Sr...Nickname is "Tewell Time." |
| PGA TOUR Playoff Record |
| 1-0 |
| Champions Tour Playoff Record |
| 0-1 |