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John Schroeder  |
EXEMPT STATUS: Top 50 on 2002 Champions Tour Money List FULL NAME: John Schroeder HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 180 BIRTHDATE: November 12, 1945 BIRTHPLACE: Great Barrington, MA RESIDENCE: Rancho Santa Fe, CA FAMILY: Wife, Kathy; Patty (2/18/74), Molly (4/17/76), Jenny (11/13/79) EDUCATION: University of Michigan SPECIAL INTERESTS: TV broadcasting, University of Michigan athletics, spinal cord research and rehabilitation TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1969 JOINED TOUR: 1996 |
| PGA TOUR Victories |
| (1) 1973 Liggett and Myers Open Match Play. |
| Champions Tour Victories |
| (1) 2001 NFL Golf Classic. |
| Other Victories |
| 1977 Colombia Open. 1981 Rover Open. |
| Current Year Charles Schwab Cup Points and Positions |
| 99 (38) |
| Current Year Champions Tour Money and Positions |
| $204,340 (41) |
| Current Year Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| T3--SBC Classic |
| Current Year Champions Tour Best Round |
| 66 at Round 1, SBC Classic, at Round 2, Kinko's Classic of Austin |
| Current Year Champions Tour Highlights |
| Posted first top-10 finish of the campaign when he was T3 at the rain-shortened SBC Classic in California in March. |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| 1--1973 Liggett and Myers Open Match Play. |
| Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--2001 NFL Golf Classic. |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes |
| 5--1995 NIKE Utah Classic. |
| Best 2002 Champions Tour Finishes |
| T12--Royal Caribbean Classic |
| 2002 Season Champions Tour |
| Tournaments Entered--29; in money--29; Top 10 finishes--0 |
| 2002 Season Highlights |
| Was among the top 25 in 12 tournaments, but did not register a performance better than T12 (Royal Caribbean Classic) in his 29 starts...Has partially-exempt status for the 2003 season based on finishing among the top 50 on the 2002 money list. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2001: Selected as the Champions Tour's Comeback Player of the Year...Gained his first Champions Tour victory when he defeated Allen Doyle in a two-hole playoff to capture the NFL Golf Classic in New Jersey. Birdied the 18th hole in regulation at Upper Montclair to help set up the playoff, and then got up and down for a par-3 on the second extra hole to earn the win. Win was his first TOUR victory since the 1973 Liggett & Myers Open Match Play Championship, ending a drought of 27 years, nine months and 15 days, the second-longest gap between a final PGA TOUR victory and first Champions Tour triumph (Mike Fetchick--28 years, 9 months and 27 days). 2000: Regained some exempt status for the first time since 1998 when he finished in the 10th position at the National Qualifying Tournament at Eagle Pines Golf Course. Was one of five players tied at 10-under 278 after 72 holes, but made bogey on the first playoff hole...Advanced to the final stage with a third-place effort at the Southern California regional. 1998: Participated in 27 Champions Tour events after finishing ninth at the 1997 National Qualifying Tournament...T4 at the Northville Long Island Classic...Finished out of the top-50 on the money list and then lost his Player's Card for 1999 after placing T49 at the National Qualifying Tournament at Grenelefe. 1996: Was fully exempt after finishing eighth at the 1995 Champions Tour National Qualifier. Made birdie on the first extra hole of a four-man playoff...Almost won the Bell Atlantic Classic, but lost along with Tom Wargo, to Dale Douglass, in a playoff near Philadelphia. |
| Personal |
| Is the son of tennis star Ted Schroeder, winner of the 1942 U.S. Open and 1949 Wimbledon Championship and standout performer on 10 American Davis Cup teams...Got started in the game by playing and caddieing for his father...Was an All-America selection at the University of Michigan in 1968 and a member of its Hall of Fame. Is a long-time supporter of the school and made a sizeable contribution to the school's athletic department in 1997...Has worked as a golf commentator for ABC, ESPN and was a member of NBC's golf broadcast team for more than a dozen years before joining the Champions Tour in 1996...Says his wife has been the most influential person is his career...Biggest thrills in golf were qualifying for the Champions Tour and playing the final two days of the 1970 Byron Nelson Classic with Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus...Spent six years as a golf professional at Rancho Santa Fe Farms GC...One of the original owners of Cobra Golf...Lists Pebble Beach as his favorite golf course...Involved in the promotion of both junior golf and junior tennis programs in the San Diego area. |
| PGA TOUR Playoff Record |
| 0-1 |
| Champions Tour Playoff Record |
| 1-1 |