Birth Date: June 15, 1949
Birthplace: Carbondale, Ill.
Age: 54 Ht.: 5’11" Wt.: 170
Home: Stuart, Fla.
College: Southern Illinois
Turned Professional: 1976

PGA Life Member and Master Professional, and the player director for the United America Senior Tour, where he was the leading money-winner in 2001. . .Winner of the 1999 Reebok Golf PGA Match Play Championship. . . Tied for 15th in the 2001 PGA Senior Club Professional Championship . .The all-time leader in Senior Division victories on the PGA Tournament Series, conducted in South Florida in the winter. . .Won a record six events in 2001-02 PGA Tournament Series, and was the top money-winner . ..Former head professional at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, site of the 1992 PGA Championship. . . Missed qualifying for the Senior PGA Tour by one stroke in the 1999 and 2000 Senior PGA Tour Qualifying Tournaments. . . Competed in 1989 and 1992 PGA Championships and 1981 and 1984 U.S. Open. . Winner, 1991 Gateway Shootout (with John Daly) . . . .Competed in 16 PGA Club Professional Championships with career best finish T34 in 1988. . . Winner, 1993 Gateway PGA Player of the Year, 1994 Gateway PGA Professional of the Year, 1988 Gateway PGA Teacher of the Year, 1990 Gateway PGA Horton Smith Award, 1981 Gateway PGA Assistant Professional of the Year and finished 18th in 1981 FootJoy PGA Assistant Professional Championship. . . Captained the 1975-76 Southern Illinois University golf team. . . Credited with developing points system to rank the playing performances of PGA Professionals. . . Winner, 2000 South Florida PGA Senior Player of the Year.. .Won 2000 South Florida PGA Senior Championship.. .Owner of 14 course records and five holes-in-one, including two in competition. . .Has continued as a teacher of the short game, and to accentuate his love of teaching the short game, has built a replica of the No. 12 hole at Augusta Golf Club on his property.