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Fuzzy Zoeller  |
EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31 on 2002 Champions Tour Money List FULL NAME: Fuzzy Zoeller HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 190 BIRTHDATE: November 11, 1951 BIRTHPLACE: New Albany, IN RESIDENCE: New Albany, IN FAMILY: Wife, Diane; Sunnye Noel (5/5/79), Heide Leigh (8/23/81), Gretchen Marie (3/27/84), Miles Remington (6/1/89) EDUCATION: Edison Junior College and University of Houston SPECIAL INTERESTS: All sports, golf course design TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1973 JOINED TOUR: 2002 |
| PGA TOUR Victories |
| (10) 1979 Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational, Masters Tournament. 1981 Colonial National Invitation Tournament. 1983 Sea Pines Heritage, Panasonic Las Vegas Pro Celebrity Classic. 1984 U.S. Open Championship. 1985 Hertz Bay Hill Classic. 1986 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Sea Pines Heritage, Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic. |
| Champions Tour Victories |
| (1) 2002 Senior PGA Championship. |
| International Victories |
| 2002 Senior Slam |
| Other Victories |
| 1985 and 1986 Skins Games, 1987 Merrill Lynch Shoot-Out Championship |
| Current Year Charles Schwab Cup Points and Positions |
| 582 (14) |
| Current Year Champions Tour Money and Positions |
| $436,843 (21) |
| Current Year Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 3--MasterCard Championship, T3--Senior PGA Championship, T6--Bayer Advantage Celebrity Pro-Am, T9--Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round |
| 77 at Round 1, Masters Tournament |
| Current Year Champions Tour Best Round |
| 63 at Round 2, MasterCard Championship |
| Current Year Champions Tour Highlights |
| Opened the season with a third-place finish at the MasterCard Championship. Moved into contention with a course-record-tying, 9-under-par 63 in the second round, but could not hold off a late charge by Dana Quigley on Sunday and finished three strokes back...Unable to defend his title at the Senior PGA Championship despite being the only player in the field to shoot par or better for all four rounds. Finished T3, three strokes behind winner John Jacobs at Aronimink GC near Philadelphia. |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| 1--1979 Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational, Masters Tournament. 1981 Colonial National Invitation Tournament. 1983 Sea Pines Heritage, Panasonic Las Vegas Pro Celebrity Classic. 1984 U.S. Open Championship. 1985 Hertz Bay Hill Classic. 1986 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Sea Pines Heritage, Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic. |
| Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--2002 Senior PGA Championship. |
| Best 2002 Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--Senior PGA Championship, T2--Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley, T5--SENIOR TOUR Championship at Gaillardia, T6--SBC Championship, T7--BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland, T9--Napa Valley Championship presented by Beringer Vineyards, T10--FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship |
| 2002 Season PGA TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--2; in money--; Top 10 finishes--0 |
| 2002 Season Champions Tour |
| Tournaments Entered--21; in money--21; Top 10 finishes--7 |
| 2002 Season Highlights |
| Among the top 10 in one-third of his starts as a Champions Tour rookie...Became the 11th player to make his first Champions Tour title a major when he held off Bobby Wadkins and Hale Irwin for the Senior PGA Championship crown. Was the only player in the 144-man field to finish under par (2-under) over 72 holes at Firestone and ended a TOUR victory drought of 15 years, 10 months and 27 days dating back to the 1986 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic...Challenged Dana Quigley earlier in the year for the Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley title before eventually T2 in San Jose with Bob Gilder...Registered three straight top-10 finishes near the end of the year including a T5 at the SENIOR TOUR Championship at Gaillardia thanks to four consecutive par/better scores...Held off Don Pooley by one stroke to win the Senior Slam on the Lost Gold course at Superstition Mountain in early November. 36-hole score of 6-under 138 in the event matching the winners of the four major championships earned him a $300,000 check...Made his official debut on the Champions Tour at the Royal Caribbean Classic, tying for 51st at Crandon Park with a 1-under 143 total in the rain-shortened event...Played in both the Masters and PGA Championship at Hazeltine in Minnesota, but missed the cut in both events. |
| Personal |
| Long a gallery favorite for his relaxed approach to the game...Has an interest in golf course design and one of his projects is the Tournament Players Club at Summerlin, host course of the Invensys Invitational in Las Vegas...Won USGA's Bob Jones Award in 1985. Award given in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf...Lists Wayne Gretzky and Michael Jordan as his favorite athletes and Arnold Palmer as his idol growing up...Enjoys the outdoors and went on a sheep hunt to Alaska in 2001...Web site is fuz.com. |
| PGA TOUR Playoff Record |
| 2-2 |