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Jim Albus  |
EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31 on All-Time Money List FULL NAME: Jim Albus HEIGHT: 6-1 WEIGHT: 215 BIRTHDATE: June 18, 1940 BIRTHPLACE: Staten Island, NY RESIDENCE: Sarasota, FL FAMILY: Wife, Brenda; Kathleen (5/3/71), Mark (2/7/73), one grandchild EDUCATION: Bucknell, UCLA (1965) TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1968 JOINED TOUR: 1990 |
| Champions Tour Victories |
| (6) 1991 Mazda Presents THE SENIOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP. 1993 GTE Suncoast Classic. 1994 Vantage At The Dominion, Bank of Boston Senior Classic. 1995 SBC Presents The Dominion Seniors. 1998 GTE Classic. |
| International Victories |
| 2001 Georgia-Pacific Super Seniors Match-Play Championship. |
| Other Victories |
| 1970 and 1985 Metropolitan Open. |
| Current Year Champions Tour Money and Positions |
| $48,958 (81) |
| Current Year Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| T31--MasterCard Classic |
| Current Year Champions Tour Best Round |
| 69 at Round 2, Emerald Coast Classic |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| T26--1982 Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic. |
| Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--1991 Mazda Presents THE SENIOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP. 1993 GTE Suncoast Classic. 1994 Vantage At The Dominion, Bank of Boston Senior Classic. 1995 SBC Presents The Dominion Seniors. 1998 GTE Classic. |
| Best 2002 Champions Tour Finishes |
| T11--3M Championship |
| 2002 Season Champions Tour |
| Tournaments Entered--28; in money--26; Top 10 finishes--0 |
| 2002 Season Highlights |
| Failed to post a top-10 finish for first time in his career...Top finishes were a T11 at the 3M Championship and a T16 at the NFL Golf Classic...Capped his season with a T6 at the Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions Championship in Oklahoma City...Was 10th on the final Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions money list...Missed a month after suffering injuries in a mountain bike accident at Park City, UT in August. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2001: Enjoyed a productive first full season as a member of the Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions, finishing ninth on the final over-60 money list and winning the event at the SBC Championship...Also defeated Jim Dent 1-up to win the Grand Champions Match Play Championship near St. Louis...Was T6 at the Mexico Senior Classic. 2000: Joined the ranks of the Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions in mid-June and won the first over-60 event he was eligible for at the State Farm Senior Classic. Nipped Lee Trevino for the victory by holing a pitch shot for an eagle on the final hole. Finished year with a playoff loss to Al Geiberger in the Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions Championship...Best overall finish was a T5 at the State Farm Senior Classic. 1999: Underwent left hip replacement surgery after the last full-field event of the year. 1998: Notched his first victory in three years, nipping Simon Hobday, Kermit Zarley and Jose Maria Canizares by a stroke at the GTE Classic, his second victory in the Tampa Bay area. 1997: Missed nearly two months of the season after he suffered a fractured ankle that kept him out of action from early May until early July...Best finish a T3 at the American Express Invitational in his hometown of Sarasota. 1996: Underwent neck surgery early in the season and was out of action for two months before returning at Bruno's Memorial Classic. 1995: One of only two players to successfully defend a title, claiming a second consecutive SBC Dominion Seniors in San Antonio...Also second at the Senior Tournament of Champions, where he fell on the third playoff hole to Jim Colbert. 1994: One of six Champions Tour players over the million-dollar mark and the first former club professional to top $1 million in a season...Claimed the Bank of Boston Senior Classic, holding off Raymond Floyd and Lee Trevino...Also won the Vantage at The Dominion, going wire-to-wire for a one-stroke victory over Trevino, Graham Marsh and George Archer...Set a then-Champions Tour record for most rounds in the 60s in a season (54) and most birdies in one year (453). 1993: Captured the GTE Suncoast Classic, defeating Don Bies and Gibby Gilbert by two strokes. 1992: The Champions Tour 'ironman', playing every round in each of 37 official events. 1991: Surprised the golf world by winning the 1991 Mazda Presents THE SENIOR PLAYERS Championship at the TPC of Michigan in only his sixth Champions Tour start. Came from three strokes back to defeat Bob Charles, Dave Hill and Charles Coody by one stroke. Became eligible to play in the event after shooting a final-round 64 at the NYNEX Commemorative and finishing T8 the week before. |
| Personal |
| Played basketball, baseball and was an intramural boxer at Bucknell University...Coaxed into the game of golf by fraternity brothers while in college...Was an All-Middle Atlantic Conference outfielder in 1962, when he hit .421. Eighth-leading hitter in the school's history...Later transferred to UCLA, where he earned an undergraduate degree in 1965...First got into the golf business as an assistant pro at Mission Viejo CC...Moved back east two years later and was the head pro at Latourette Golf Club on Staten Island, NY from 1969-78...Honored in June 1999 by the Met Golf Writers Association as its Comeback Player of the Year. |
| Champions Tour Playoff Record |
| 0-3 |
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