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Jim Ahern  |
EXEMPT STATUS: T3 at 2002 Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament FULL NAME: Jim Ahern HEIGHT: 5-9 WEIGHT: 160 BIRTHDATE: February 26, 1949 BIRTHPLACE: Duluth, MN RESIDENCE: Phoenix, AZ FAMILY: Wife, Tudy EDUCATION: Oklahoma State University (1972, Agronomy) SPECIAL INTERESTS: Stock market, sports TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1972 JOINED TOUR: 1999 |
| Champions Tour Victories |
| (2) 1999 AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship. 2003 Music City Championship at Gaylord Opryland. |
| Current Year Charles Schwab Cup Points and Positions |
| 251 (27) |
| Current Year Champions Tour Money and Positions |
| $336,819 (28) |
| Current Year Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--Music City Championship at Gaylord Opryland, T8--Toshiba Senior Classic |
| Current Year Champions Tour Best Round |
| 63 at Round 2, Music City Championship at Gaylord Opryland |
| Current Year Champions Tour Highlights |
| Found his winning ways for the first time since 1999 when he was a four-stroke victor over Jose Maria Canizares at the Music City Championship at Gaylord Opryland. Opened with rounds of 64-63 and held a six-stroke margin heading into Sunday's final round. Saw the lead shrink to two strokes over Canizares after 14 holes but turned things around and cruised to his first win since winning in Canada in 1999. Set a new tournament mark by finishing at 20-under-par 196.His second-round 9-under-par 63 was a career best...Was the first-round leader at the Toshiba Senior Classic after opening with a 7-under-par 64 and eventually finished T8 after a final-round 2-over-par 73. His opening-round 7-under-par 64 matched his low round on the Champions Tour before his 63 in Nashville. |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| T9--1973 Quad Cities Open. |
| Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--1999 AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship. 2003 Music City Championship at Gaylord Opryland. |
| Best 2002 Champions Tour Finishes |
| 5--Bruno's Memorial Classic, T5--Greater Baltimore Classic, T6--SAS Championship, T9--SBC Senior Open |
| 2002 Season Champions Tour |
| Tournaments Entered--29; in money--29; Top 10 finishes--4 |
| 2002 Season Highlights |
| Will be fully-exempt for the 2003 season after T3 with Mike Smith at the Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament at World Woods Golf Club in Florida...Had finished 39th on the 2002 money list after posting four top-10 finishes, highlighted by a fifth place at Bruno's Memorial Classic. Closed with a 66 at the Alabama event, his best on the Champions Tour since finishing second at the 2001 Farmers Charity Classic...One of three first-round leaders at the Greater Baltimore Classic after shooting his low round of the year, a 7-under-par 65, and eventually finished T5...Led all players in Total Driving and was fifth in Driving Distance at 281.0. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2001: Finished among the top-31 players for the first time in his Champions Tour career...Neck problems during the middle of the summer forced him to miss almost a month of action. Returned at the U.S. Senior Open and recorded five top-10 finishes during a six-week stretch. Highlight of this run was a second-place effort at the Farmers Charity Classic near Grand Rapids, MI, falling one stroke short of Larry Nelson...Equaled career low round with 64 at Emerald Coast Classic. 2000: Finished second to Gil Morgan by a stroke at the rain-shortened Comfort Classic in Indianapolis. Moved into contention at Brickyard Crossing on Saturday with a sizzling 8-under 64, his Champions Tour career low, but never had the opportunity to challenge Morgan as bad weather washed out the final round...Inducted into the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame during the season. 1999: Captured his first Champions Tour event in just his seventh start, defeating Hale Irwin in a playoff at the AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship. Made par on the second extra hole for the win after holing a clutch 30-foot birdie putt on the 18th green in regulation to force the overtime session. Canadian triumph at Richelieu Valley near Montreal earned him an immediate full exemption for a calendar year. Had successfully open qualified to get into the tournament and became just the seventh Monday qualifier in history to win a Champions Tour event and the first since Dana Quigley at the 1997 Northville Long Island Classic...Selected by the PGA of America as the Senior Club Professional Player of the Year. |
| Personal |
| Owns and operates Executive Golf Ltd., a company specializing in corporate golf outings...Played collegiately at Oklahoma State with fellow Champions Tour players Mark Hayes and Doug Tewell...Was the head teaching professional from 1980 to 1985 at Des Moines (IA) G&CC, site of the 1999 U.S. Senior Open. |
| Champions Tour Playoff Record |
| 1-0 |
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