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Birth Date: Oct. 11, 1944
Birthplace: Chicago, Ill.
Age: 58 Ht.: 6’0" Wt.: 160
Home: Lake Bluff, Ill.
College: Michigan State
Turned Professional: 1968
Joined PGA Tour: 1971
Joined Senior PGA Tour: 1995
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Played on the PGA tour between 1971 and 1978. . . best
year on tour 1975, $68,296 in winnings ranked 31st. . . Winner
of 1975 Hawaiian Open and five PGA Tour second events. . . Missed
the cut in three PGA Championships (1975 ’81 and ’93). . . Played
in 3 U.S. Opens (1971, ’75 and ’77), best finish T-18th in 1975.
Has been head professional the past 23 years at Bob O’ Link Golf
Club in Lake Bluff, Ill. . . Winner, 1983, ’86, ’96 Illinois PGA
Player of the Year . . . Competed in 15 PGA Club Professional Championships,
with career best finish T-9 in 1994. . .A dominant PGA Professional
in both the junior and senior ranks. . .Winner, 1983, ’86, ’96 Illinois
PGA Player of the Year, 1994 Illinois Open, 1996-99 Illinois PGA
Senior Player of the Year, ’95, ’97 Illinois PGA Senior Match Play
Championship, 1995-97, ’99 Illinois PGA Senior Championship. . .
Member on Senior PGA Tour in 1995, in his career has played in 28
Champion Tour events, best finish T-17th in the 1995 Ameritech Open
. . Owns seven course records, including 64 in 1985 at world-renowned
Ballybunion in Ireland. . .In 1985, became the first player to reach
in two strokes the uphill, par-5, 572-yard 15th hole at U.S. top-ranked
Pine Valley Golf Club.
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