Birth Date: Oct. 23, 1949
Birthplace: Birmingham, Ala.
Age: 53 Ht.: 6’1" Wt.: 185
Home: Birmingham, Ala.
Turned Professional: 1972

Entered the Air Force after high school, served 8 months and 29 days before his father died and he returned home. . . stationed at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. . . went to work as assistant golf professional after the Air Force, turning professional in 1972. . . worked as head professional at Woodward Country Club in Bessemer, Alabama, from 1974-77. . . currently works part-time at, ironically, the Inverness Golf Shop in Birmingham. . . currently trying to play the Champions Tour through Monday qualifying, most recently has played events on the Tight lies/Cadillac Senior Series. . . did go out for the Q-school in 2001, got to the final stage and made the cut but did not get his card. . . has played in the last two Brunos Memorial Classics on the Champions Tour at his home course of Greystone Golf and Country Club in Birmingham. . . shot 72-66-82 last year, played with John Jacobs in final round. . . in 2002 won the Alabama Open Championship for the second time and, at 52-years old, the oldest player to win. . . won the Alabama Open Championship, in 1977, on the same golf course (Pine Tree Golf Club) by the same exact score of 8-under par. . . has tried 29 times to qualify for the U.S. Open, got to sectional qualifying 8 times. . . first alternate in 1978 at Cherry Hills. . . third time trying to qualify for the Senior Open, first time he’s qualified. . . qualified from Old Hickory CC in Nashville, earned only spot out of 57 players with a 68, getting up and down for par on 17 and birdying the final hole to qualify. . . immediately after qualifying went to Tyler, Texas, for the Tight Lies/Senior Classic, tied for sixth with a 71-67-71. . . has been married for 24 years to Patricia, a 12-handicap herself who has won the club championship nine times. . . has a daughter, 32, Schelane Lacy