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John Jacobs  |
EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31 on 2002 Champions Tour Money List FULL NAME: John Jacobs HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 225 BIRTHDATE: March 18, 1945 BIRTHPLACE: Los Angeles, CA RESIDENCE: Scottsdale, AZ FAMILY: Wife, Valerie EDUCATION: University of Southern California SPECIAL INTERESTS: Opera and classical music TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1967 JOINED TOUR: 1995 |
| Champions Tour Victories |
| (5) 1998 Nationwide Championship. 1999 MasterCard Championship. 2000 Bruno's Memorial Classic. 2002 Royal Caribbean Classic. 2003 Senior PGA Championship. |
| International Victories |
| 1995 Senior Series Gulfport Open. |
| Other Victories |
| 1984 Dunlop International, Republic of China Open. 1986 Singapore Rolex Open. 1991 Republic of China Open. |
| Current Year Charles Schwab Cup Points and Positions |
| 1,257 (1) |
| Current Year Champions Tour Money and Positions |
| $685,089 (8) |
| Current Year Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--Senior PGA Championship, T3--Toshiba Senior Classic, T6--Bruno's Memorial Classic, T10--Bayer Advantage Celebrity Pro-Am |
| Current Year Champions Tour Best Round |
| 65 at Round 2, MasterCard Championship |
| Current Year Champions Tour Highlights |
| Claimed the largest check of his professional career when he was a two-stroke victor over Bobby Wadkins at the Senior PGA Championship at Aronimink GC near Philadelphia. Three of his four rounds were in the 60s, including a closing-round 68. In the process became the oldest winner of that event (58 years-old) since Pete Cooper was victorious at age 61 in 1976...Posted first top-10 finish of the year with a T3 at the Toshiba Senior Classic and was also T6 at Bruno's Memorial Classic. |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| 2--1971 United Air Lines - Ontario Open. 2--1972 Greater Jacksonville Open. 2--1976 Greater Milwaukee Open. |
| Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--1998 Nationwide Championship. 1999 MasterCard Championship. 2000 Bruno's Memorial Classic. 2002 Royal Caribbean Classic. 2003 Senior PGA Championship. |
| Best 2002 Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--Royal Caribbean Classic, 2--MasterCard Championship, The Instinet Classic, T5--Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley, T6--Bruno's Memorial Classic, SBC Championship, 7--Uniting Fore Care Classic Presented by Novell, T7--Toshiba Senior Classic, T8--Emerald Coast Classic |
| 2002 Season Champions Tour |
| Tournaments Entered--32; in money--31; Top 10 finishes--10 |
| 2002 Season Highlights |
| Had a career-best year from an earnings standpoint with $1,224,737. Moved up 11 spots on the money list and increased his earnings by nearly $500,000 over his 2001 total...Also doubled his top-10 finishes as well...Made a crucial par save on the final hole to win the rain-shortened Royal Caribbean Classic, his first victory since the 2000 Bruno's Memorial Classic. Edged Isao Aoki, Tom Watson and Bruce Fleisher by a stroke at Crandon Park with an 11-under 133 total...Started the season by finishing second to Tom Kite at the MasterCard Championship. Final-round 68 at Hualalai included the first double-eagle of his career on the par-5, 566-yard 10th hole (driver/ 8-iron, 189 yards)...Third-round leader at The Countrywide Tradition following a 66 and then finished tied with Jim Thorpe after 72 holes at Superstition Mountain. Lost to Thorpe in the year's first major championhip when, on the first extra playoff hole, his four-foot birdie attempt lipped out...Recorded third runner-up finish of the year in May at The Instinet Classic, four strokes behind Isao Aoki...Made 24 points on Saturday, the most in one day at the Uniting Fore Care Classic. Eventually placed seventh in the Modified Stableford event in Utah when he registered minus-two points on Sunday...Had the longest drive of the year when he drove a ball 372 yards during the Farmers Charity Classic. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2001: Did not win a tournament for the first time in four years, but finished among the top-31 money-winners for a sixth straight season...Best effort came late in the year in Hawaii when he dueled Hale Irwin on the back nine of the Turtle Bay Championship before losing by three strokes...Hit the longest drive on the Champions Tour. Blasted his opening tee shot in the final round of the Farmers Charity Classic an amazing 403 yards. 2000: Eclipsed the $1-million mark for the first time in his professional career...Defeated Gil Morgan in overtime at the Bruno's Memorial Classic. Came from six strokes back on Sunday with a final-round 64 at Greystone GC and then defeated Morgan with a par on the first playoff hole. Come-from-behind margin was the biggest by a Champions Tour player since Bruce Summerhays rallied from six shots back at the 1997 Saint Lukes Classic near Kansas City...Was the only player to post four straight rounds in the 60s at the IR SENIOR TOUR Championship and eventually finished second to Tom Watson by a stroke at the TPC of Myrtle Beach...Matched his career-low round with a 9-under 63 on Sunday at the Gold Rush Classic and finished third...Aced the eighth hole in the third round of the FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, the seventh in tournament history and his second hole-in-one on the Champions Tour. 1999: Went wire-to-wire at the beginning of the year for a three-stroke victory over Jim Colbert and Raymond Floyd at the MasterCard Championship...Was also the 18- and 36-hole leader at the Toshiba Senior Classic, but lost to good friend Gary McCord in an exciting four-way playoff at Newport Beach. First shot his career-low round, an 8-under 63, on Saturday at the EMC Kaanapali Classic. 1998: Tasted victory for the first time in his Champions Tour career when he came from three strokes back on Sunday to claim the Nationwide Championship near Atlanta. Trailed Gil Morgan and Bob Eastwood by three strokes at the start of the final round, but jumped into contention with birdies on five of his first nine holes. Made a key birdie at the 17th hole down the stretch to nip Hale Irwin by a stroke for the title. 1997: Nearly posted his first Champions Tour victory at the Southwestern Bell Dominion...Held a one-stroke lead over David Graham before Graham eagled the final hole to overtake him by one stroke...Knocked on the victory door again three weeks later when he was just two off the lead after 36 holes at the Las Vegas Senior Classic before finishing T3. 1996: Was 23rd on the final money list with best finish a solo second at the rain-shortened Brickyard Crossing Championship. 1995: Earned fully-exempt status by finishing T2 at the 1995 Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament...Made his debut on the Champions Tour in 1995, shortly after turning 50, and Monday qualified for three events. |
| Personal |
| Grew up on a golf course as a child as his father was Director of Parks and Recreation for the City of Los Angeles...Was assisted in the development of his game by his brother, Tommy, a four-time winner on the PGA TOUR...His dream foursome would include his brother, Arnold Palmer and Walter Hagen with maybe Ben Hogan thrown in to offset Hagen...Enjoys horse racing and says if he could have one job outside of golf it would be having the opportunity to call a race at a track...Enjoys Italian food...Favorite athletes are Michael Jordan and Arnold Palmer...Selects Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt as the two people in history he would mostl ike to meet because their decisions changed our world...Biggest thrill in golf was making the Champions Tour. |
| PGA TOUR Playoff Record |
| 0-1 |
| Champions Tour Playoff Record |
| 1-2 |