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Hubert Green  |
EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31 on 2002 Champions Tour Money List FULL NAME: Hubert Green HEIGHT: 6-1 WEIGHT: 175 BIRTHDATE: December 28, 1946 BIRTHPLACE: Birmingham, AL RESIDENCE: Panama City Beach, FL FAMILY: Wife, Michelle; Hubert Myatt, Jr. (8/18/75), Patrick (10/17/78), James Thomas (2/11/84) EDUCATION: Florida State University (1968, Marketing) SPECIAL INTERESTS: Fishing, gardening TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1969 JOINED TOUR: 1996 |
| PGA TOUR Victories |
| (19) 1971 Houston Champions International. 1973 Tallahassee Open, B.C. Open. 1974 Bob Hope Desert Classic, Greater Jacksonville Open, IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic, Walt Disney World National Team Championship. 1975 Southern Open. 1976 Doral-Eastern Open, Greater Jacksonville Open, Sea Pines Heritage Classic. 1977 U.S. Open Championship. 1978 Hawaiian Open, Heritage Classic. 1979 Hawaiian Open, First NBC New Orleans Open. 1981 Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open. 1984 Southern Open. 1985 PGA Championship. |
| Champions Tour Victories |
| (4) 1998 Bruno's Memorial Classic. 2000 Audi Senior Classic, Kroger Senior Classic. 2002 Lightpath Long Island Classic. |
| International Victories |
| 1999 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Gil Morgan). |
| Other Victories |
| 1975 Dunlop Phoenix. 1977 Irish Open. 1980 Jerry Ford Invitational (co-winner). |
| Current Year Charles Schwab Cup Points and Positions |
| 342 (22) |
| Current Year Champions Tour Money and Positions |
| $428,579 (23) |
| Current Year Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| T4--Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, 5--Royal Caribbean Golf Classic, T5--SBC Classic, T7--Columbus Southern Open, T8--Toshiba Senior Classic |
| Current Year Champions Tour Best Round |
| 64 at Round 2, Columbus Southern Open, at Round 3, Columbus Southern Open |
| Current Year Champions Tour Highlights |
| In contention after 36 holes of the Royal Caribbean Golf Classic. Eventually finished solo fifth at Key Biscyane, four strokes back of Dave Barr...Rebounded from a 79 on Saturday to shoot a 6-under 65 on the final day of the Verizon Classic to move up 34 spots into a T15...Made his third career ace on the Champions Tour during the final round of the Bayer Advantage Celebrity Pro-Am. Holed a 9-iron shot from 128 yards on the 14th hole at The National GC of Kansas City...Was T7 at the Columbus Southern Open, the same site (Green Island CC) where he posted two of his career wins on the PGA TOUR...Diagnosed with throat cancer in late May and will begin treatment following the Senior PGA Championship. |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| 1--1971 Houston Champions International. 1973 Tallahassee Open, B.C. Open. 1974 Bob Hope Desert Classic, Greater Jacksonville Open, IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic, Walt Disney World National Team Championship. 1975 Southern Open. 1976 Doral-Eastern Open, Greater Jacksonville Open, Sea Pines Heritage Classic. 1977 U.S. Open Championship. 1978 Hawaiian Open, Heritage Classic. 1979 Hawaiian Open, First NBC New Orleans Open. 1981 Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open. 1984 Southern Open. 1985 PGA Championship. |
| Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--1998 Bruno's Memorial Classic. 2000 Audi Senior Classic, Kroger Senior Classic. 2002 Lightpath Long Island Classic. |
| Best 2002 Champions Tour Finishes |
| 2--3M Championship, T2--FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, 4--Emerald Coast Classic, T5--Napa Valley Championship presented by Beringer Vineyards, T9--Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, T10--RJR Championship |
| 2002 Season Champions Tour |
| Tournaments Entered--31; in money--31; Top 10 finishes--7 |
| 2002 Season Highlights |
| Voted the Champions Tour Comeback Player of the Year...Returned from an inconsistent 2001 season in a big way, finishing 16th on the money list after dropping to 51st the previous year...Earned nearly $900,000 more than he did the previous season and claimed his first title in nearly two years when he defeated Hale Irwin in a seven-hole playoff at the Lightpath Long Island Classic. Was tied for the 36-hole lead with Irwin, but fell behind by as many as four strokes with 12 holes to play. However, collected five birdies over the last 11 holes and then drained a 25-foot putt on the seventh extra hole for the victory. Earned $255,000 for his victory, the largest check of his pro career. Got in position for the win with a second-round, 7-under-par 64...Followed his victory in New York with another strong showing the following week at the 3M Championship, a solo second, three strokes behind Irwin...Prior to his win in New York, had finished T2 at the FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship. Was the leader at the halfway point by three strokes after firing a second-round 9-under-par 63 (tied tournament record)...Placed fourth at the rain-shortened Emerald Coast Classic and T5 at the Napa Valley Championship after posting an 8-under 64 on the final day at Silverado...Showed a marked improvement with his putting, moving up from 56th in 2001 to 14th last year. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2001: Struggled with his game for the majority of the year and finished out of the top 50 on the money list for the first time in his senior career. Posted a pair of top-10 finishes...Highlight of his year came late in the campaign when he was T5 at the Turtle Bay Championship. Along with John Jacobs, trailed Hale Irwin by two strokes entering the final round in Hawaii before losing by six strokes...Placed T10 at The Countrywide Tradition. 2000: Won multiple tournaments in the same year for the first time since 1979...Collected a pair of official victories and pocketed almost as much official money as he made over the 1998 and 1999 seasons combined...14 top-10s overall equaled the combined total of his previous two Champions Tour campaigns...Posted his first victory in over 22 months at the inaugural Audi Senior Classic in Mexico. Birdied eight of his first 10 holes on Sunday en route to a Champions Tour career-low round of 62 at LaVista CC and a five-stroke triumph over Jim Colbert, Dean Overturf and Doug Tewell...Also won the Kroger Senior Classic during the fall, holding off Larry Nelson by a stroke at Kings Island...Came close to a third victory at The Home Depot Invitational during the spring, but eventually lost to Bruce Fleisher on the fourth extra playoff hole despite shooting a course-record 63 at the TPC at Piper Glen in the second round...Had a streak of 72 holes without a bogey late in the summer. Played all 54 holes without a blemish at the Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic (T5) before the run came to an end during the first round of the FleetBoston Classic...Registered the second ace of his Champions Tour career in the final round of the State Farm Senior Classic, his second ace as a senior. 1999: Teamed with Gil Morgan to win the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf. Duo went wire-to-wire on The Slammer & Squire course at World Golf Village and bested Tom Wargo and John Mahaffey by three strokes for the title...Was tops on the Champions Tour in Driving Accuracy (80.8%) and led the circuit in Putts-Per-Round (28.47). 1998: Fired a final-round 64 in front of his hometown fans in Birmingham to win his first Champions Tour title at the Bruno's Memorial Classic...Made an eagle, par and four birdies over his last six holes to beat Hale Irwin by a stroke at Greystone GC...Carded his first ace on the Champions Tour in the opening round of the Comfort Classic. 1997: During a streaky rookie season, posted nine top-10 finishes and collected more than $500,000 in official earnings, more than twice what he made in his best year on the PGA TOUR (1978/$247,406)...Made a serious bid for his first Champions Tour title at the Northville Long Island Classic...Was one stroke off the lead after 36 holes before finishing T3, one stroke out of playoff contention...Sixth-place finish at the Ralphs Senior Classic netted him a $40,000 paycheck and vaulted him into the top 31 and a spot in the Energizer SENIOR TOUR Championship...Needed only 18 putts to shoot a 66 in his second official round on the Champions Tour at the Royal Caribbean Classic, one off the all-time record. |
| Personal |
| Started to play golf at age 5, but participated in all sports as a teenager...Uses an unorthodox but effective swing...Turned professional in 1970 and worked one summer as an assistant pro at famed Merion GC in Ardmore, PA...Active in golf course design...Worked with Fuzzy Zoeller on the TPC at Southwind, venue for the PGA TOUR's FedEx St. Jude Classic...Also helped design Greystone GC in Birmingham with Bob Cupp. The course is the site of the Bruno's Memorial Classic..His hero was baseball great Ted Williams. |
| PGA TOUR Playoff Record |
| 2-3 |
| Champions Tour Playoff Record |
| 1-1 |