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James Mason  |
EXEMPT STATUS: 2002 Champions Tour Tournament Winner FULL NAME: James Mason HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 240 BIRTHDATE: January 7, 1951 BIRTHPLACE: Duluth, GA RESIDENCE: Dillard, GA FAMILY: Wife, Suzie; Steve, Chris EDUCATION: Auburn University (1973, Business Administration) SPECIAL INTERESTS: Cooking, traveling, farming TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1973 JOINED TOUR: 2002 |
| Champions Tour Victories |
| (1) 2002 NFL Golf Classic. |
| Current Year Charles Schwab Cup Points and Positions |
| 37 (54) |
| Current Year Champions Tour Money and Positions |
| $229,021 (37) |
| Current Year Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| T10--Bayer Advantage Celebrity Pro-Am |
| Current Year Champions Tour Best Round |
| 67 at Round 2, MasterCard Championship, at Round 1, SBC Classic, at Round 1, Emerald Coast Classic, at Round 2, Emerald Coast Classic, at Round 3, Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, at Round 2, Kinko's Classic of Austin, at Round 2, Music City Championship at Gaylord Opryland |
| Current Year Champions Tour Highlights |
| Lone top-10 finish was a T10 at the Bayer Advantage Celebrity Pro-Am in Kansas City. |
| Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--2002 NFL Golf Classic. |
| Best 2002 Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--NFL Golf Classic, T3--3M Championship |
| 2002 Season Champions Tour |
| Tournaments Entered--20; in money--20; Top 10 finishes--2 |
| 2002 Season Highlights |
| Became just the eighth open qualifier in Champions Tour history to win a tournament when he triumphed at the NFL Golf Classic in Clifton, NJ. Qualified for the event on Tuesday when he posted a 67 at Green Brook Country Club in North Caldwell, NJ. Eventually held off Morris Hatalsky, Bruce Fleisher and Dave Eichelberger at Upper Montclair to win by two strokes. Final-round 69 included holing a wedge shot from the fairway (105 yards) on the second hole and holing a greenside bunker shot at the sixth hole...Open qualified the week prior at the Farmers Charity Classic and T57 at Egypt Valley thanks to a final-round 68...Picked up his second top-10 finish with T3 at the 3M Championship. Opened with a course-record 8-under-par 64 and was tied with eventual winner Hale Irwin after 36 holes but closed with an even-par 72. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2001: Played in five Champions Tours events, all via successfully open qualifying...Best finish of 2001 was a T38 at the Allianz Championship. |
| Personal |
| Family owned Sky Valley Resort in north Georgia from 1975-1991...Lowest competitive round was a 62 in an American Senior Golf Association event in 2002...Biggest thrill in golf was playing in the 1997 PGA Championship at Winged Foot...Once served as the assistant pro at Druid Hills CC in Atlanta...Heroes include Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and chef Emeril Lagasse...Loves to cook in his free time...Nicknamed "Big Daddy" when in school at Auburn...Starting wearing knickers in the mid-'80s after he and his wife visited the Teabury Knicker Company in California and he purchased several pairs...Once roomed with Fuzzy Zoeller when they were each starting their professional careers. |
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