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Jim Dent  |
EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31 on All-Time Money List FULL NAME: Jim Dent HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 224 BIRTHDATE: May 9, 1939 BIRTHPLACE: Augusta, GA RESIDENCE: Tampa, FL FAMILY: Wife, Willye; Radiah (4/1/73), James Antonio (6/2/76), Jamie (8/15/94), Victoria (3/20/95), twins Joshua James and Joseph Samuel (8/11/99) EDUCATION: Paine College SPECIAL INTERESTS: Fishing, listening to jazz and blues, antique cars, cooking TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1966 JOINED TOUR: 1989 |
| Champions Tour Victories |
| (12) 1989 MONY Syracuse Senior Classic, Newport Cup. 1990 Vantage At The Dominion, MONY Syracuse Senior Classic, Kroger Senior Classic, Crestar Classic. 1992 Newport Cup. 1994 Bruno's Memorial Classic. 1995 BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland. 1996 Bank of Boston Senior Classic. 1997 The Home Depot Invitational. 1998 The Home Depot Invitational. |
| Current Year Champions Tour Money and Positions |
| $87,622 (65) |
| Current Year Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| T16--Columbus Southern Open |
| Current Year Champions Tour Best Round |
| 65 at Round 3, Columbus Southern Open |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| T2--1972 Walt Disney World Open Invitational. |
| Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--1989 MONY Syracuse Senior Classic, Newport Cup. 1990 Vantage At The Dominion, MONY Syracuse Senior Classic, Kroger Senior Classic, Crestar Classic. 1992 Newport Cup. 1994 Bruno's Memorial Classic. 1995 BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland. 1996 Bank of Boston Senior Classic. 1997 The Home Depot Invitational. 1998 The Home Depot Invitational. |
| Best 2002 Champions Tour Finishes |
| T3--ACE Group Classic, 4--Georgia-Pacific Super Seniors Championship |
| 2002 Season Champions Tour |
| Tournaments Entered--26; in money--26; Top 10 finishes--1 |
| 2002 Season Highlights |
| Lone top-10 came early in the year in just his second start. Posted his best finish since the 2000 Vantage Championship where he T3 at The ACE Group Classic. Fired three consecutive rounds in the 60s at The Club at TwinEagles and finished T3 with Jim Thorpe, two strokes behind Hale Irwin...Won his first Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions title of the season at the TD Waterhouse Championship. Defeated Dave Stockton, Larry Ziegler and J.C. Snead with an eight-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole...Claimed his second over-60 title of the year at the FleetBoston Classic, defeating Terry Dill by three strokes thanks to a 7-under 65 in the second round, his low score of the year...Had nice showing in season-ending Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions Championship when he was solo fourth...Ended the year fifth on that money list with $271,350. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2001: Saw his streak of years among the Champions Tour's top-31 money-winners end at 12 straight seasons. Went without a top-10 finish for the first time in his senior career...Best official performance was a T14 at the State Farm Senior Classic...Won his sixth career title in the Georgia Pacific Super Seniors competition at the SBC Senior Open...Placed sixth on the final Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions money list with $209,708. 2000: Despite being out of action for most of April with a rotator cuff injury in his left shoulder, still had his best financial season since 1994...Was among the top 10 in a quarter of his 28 starts, highlighted by a playoff loss to Larry Nelson at the Vantage Championship...Shot three straight rounds of 66 at Tanglewood to join Gil Morgan and Nelson in the overtime session, but was eliminated on the first extra hole...Won a pair of Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions events and finished second to George Archer on the final money list with $309,391. 1999: Made over $700,000 in official money for the first time since 1996 and joined the ranks of the Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions during the spring...Claimed three titles in the over-60 competition and placed second to Tom Shaw on the final Georgia-Pacific money list with $302,750. Best overall effort was a T2 at the Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic, two strokes back of Hale Irwin. 1998: Successfully defended his Home Depot Invitational title in Charlotte, besting Bob Charles on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff. 1997: Won 11th Champions Tour title when he defeated Lee Trevino and Larry Gilbert in a playoff at The Home Depot Invitational. Missed a two-foot birdie putt on the final hole of regulation, but sank a 10-footer on the second playoff hole to defeat Trevino after Gilbert had been eliminated one hole earlier. 1996: Was 14th on final money list, thanks in part to victory at Bank of Boston Classic and 10 other top-10 finishes. Came from two strokes down on the final day to triumph by one at Boston event. 1995: Won largest check of his career ($165,000) with his win at the BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland, holding off Bob Murphy down the stretch for the title. 1994: Easily enjoyed his best financial season and ended a two-year victory drought when he made up two strokes on the final day at the Bruno's Memorial Classic and won by two...Driving Distance leader for sixth straight year at 275.5, more than two yards per drive better than runner-up Tom Weiskopf. 1993: Twice a runner-up including a playoff loss to Dale Douglass at Ralphs Senior Classic. 1992: Recorded win at the Newport Cup and reached $2 million in Champions Tour earnings during year. 1991: Was second four times, including three losses by one stroke. 1990: Defended title at MONY Syracuse Senior Classic and came from six strokes back to win the Crestar Classic. 1989: Named Rookie of the Year by several publications after winning twice and finishing 12th on the money list...Came from five strokes back in each victory. |
| Personal |
| Grew up in Augusta, GA, serving as a caddie at both Augusta National Golf Club and Augusta CC...Played prep football at Laney HS with former New York Jets star Emerson Boozer...Inducted into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame in Jan. 1994...Nicknamed "Big Boy" by his fellow professionals...His two oldest children have worked as his caddie in the past...He and his wife adopted an infant son and daughter early in 1995, and adopted two infant sons in 1999. |
| Champions Tour Playoff Record |
| 2-2 |
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