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Morris Hatalsky  |
EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31 on 2002 Champions Tour Money List FULL NAME: Morris Hatalsky HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 175 BIRTHDATE: November 10, 1951 BIRTHPLACE: San Diego, CA RESIDENCE: Fairview, NC FAMILY: Wife, Tracy; Daniel Kenneth (12/11/80), Laura Rose (2/26/83) EDUCATION: U.S. International University, Arizona State University SPECIAL INTERESTS: Family activities, Wake Forest and Bucknell basketball TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1973 JOINED TOUR: 2002 |
| PGA TOUR Victories |
| (4) 1981 Hall Of Fame. 1983 Greater Milwaukee Open. 1988 Kemper Open. 1990 Bank Of Boston Classic. |
| Champions Tour Victories |
| (2) 2002 Uniting Fore Care Classic Presented by Novell. 2003 Columbus Southern Open. |
| Other Victories |
| 1968 Mexico National Junior Championship. |
| Current Year Charles Schwab Cup Points and Positions |
| 360 (20) |
| Current Year Champions Tour Money and Positions |
| $474,846 (19) |
| Current Year Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--Columbus Southern Open, T6--Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, T7--Kinko's Classic of Austin |
| Current Year Champions Tour Best Round |
| 64 at Round 2, Emerald Coast Classic |
| Current Year Champions Tour Highlights |
| Claimed second Champions Tour title when he defeated Allen Doyle by one stroke at the Columbus Southern Open. Played all 54 holes without a bogey, and in the process became the first player to win an event without a bogey since Bruce Fleisher did so at the 1999 The Transamerica...Extended his bogey-free streak to 98 holes to set a new Champions Tour standard, breaking the old record of 97 set by the late Jack Kiefer in 1994. Started his streak on the 12th hole of his second-round at the Bayer Advantage Celebrity Pro-Am and saw it end at the second hole of his second-round at the Music City Championship at Gaylord Opryland...Was T6 at the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf and T7 at the Kinko's Classic of Austin. |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| 1--1981 Hall Of Fame. 1983 Greater Milwaukee Open. 1988 Kemper Open. 1990 Bank Of Boston Classic. |
| Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--2002 Uniting Fore Care Classic Presented by Novell. 2003 Columbus Southern Open. |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes |
| T2--1993 NIKE White Rose Classic. T2--1995 NIKE South Carolina Classic. |
| Best 2002 Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--Uniting Fore Care Classic Presented by Novell, 2--Farmers Charity Classic, T2--NFL Golf Classic, AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship, T3--Lightpath Long Island Classic, T5--BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland, U.S. Senior Open, SENIOR TOUR Championship at Gaillardia, T6--Turtle Bay Championship, T7--Toshiba Senior Classic, RJR Championship, T10--Audi Senior Classic, The Instinet Classic, Senior PGA Championship, |
| 2002 Season Champions Tour |
| Tournaments Entered--24; in money--24; Top 10 finishes--14 |
| 2002 Season Highlights |
| Voted by his peers as the Rookie of the Year...Won more money than any other Champions Tour rookie and was one of the great success stories on the Champions Tour...Began the season as a non-exempt player. However, took full advantage of open qualifying, sponsor' exemptions and his Past Champion status to parlay those early appearances into exempt status via the Tour reshuffle...Registered his first Champions Tour victory at the Uniting Fore Care Classic. Pulled away from the field with five birdies on the front nine and won by 12 points in the Modified Stableford System event. Victory in Park City ended a drought of 12 years, one month and 10 days and put him over the $1 million mark in just his 16th event of the season...Enjoyed great early success as an open qualifier, posting four top-10s in five starts via that route, including a runner-up effort to Jay Sigel at the Farmers Charity Classic, one of three 2002 second-place finishes. Held the lead at one point, but closing-round 68 could not overtake Sigel...Also finished in T2 at the NFL Golf Classic the following week thanks to a final-round 67 at Upper Montclair. Prior to his strong showing at Grand Rapids, had open qualified at The Instinet Classic and finished T10...His other T2 was at the AT&T Canada Senior Open. Was tied with Tom Jenkins for the lead after 36 holes, but lost out to Jenkins by three strokes despite closing with a 4-under 67 at Essex...Played well in several of the senior majors, finishing T10 at the Senior PGA Championship at Firestone and T5 at the U.S. Senior Open at Caves Valley where he had to qualify...His first appearance on the Champions Tour came via a sponsor exemption into the Verizon Classic and tied for 17th...At one point during the year he put together a string of seven consecutive top-10 finishes (T10/The Instinet Classic thru T2/AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship)...Closed out a strong campaign with a T5 at the SENIOR TOUR Championship at Gaillardia. |
| Career Highlights |
| Played full-time on the PGA TOUR from 1977-94 and had four victories, the last coming at the 1990 Bank of Boston Classic. Birdied three of the last four holes on Sunday to nip Scott Verplank by one stroke...Twice won titles in playoffs. Beat George Cadle in a playoff at the 1983 Greater Milwaukee Open and defeated Tom Kite in a playoff at the 1988 Kemper Open...Played in 451 career events and made 284 cuts...Earned $1,707,280 in his career...Best years came in 1988 and 1990 when he earned $239,019 and $253,639, respectively...Was 47th on the 1988 money list, his best finish on the PGA TOUR...Led all PGA TOUR players in Putting in 1983. |
| Personal |
| Played collegiately at U.S. International University where he won NAIA All-America honors in 1972 and served as captain of the team...Originally started his career at Arizona State University as a freshman and was a teammate of current Champions Tour players Bob Gilder, Howard Twitty and Tom Purtzer...Daughter, Laura, plays basketball at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania...Is a partner in the Trillium Links & Lake Club in western North Carolina...Lists the birth of his two children as his biggest thrill outside of golf and qualifiying for the PGA TOUR in 1976 as his biggest thrill in golf...Got started in the sport when his older brother bought him a set of junior clubs when he was 10 years old...Favorite athletes as a youngster were Sandy Koufax and golf's Big Three--Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player...Away from the course, enjoys following the activities of his two children...First car he ever owned was a 1963 Volvo with a stick shift..Considers making it through the PGA TOUR Qualifying School in 1976 as his greatest achievement because he had decided it would be the last time he was going to attempt to qualify...Favorite golf course is Cypress Point...He and his family have two West Highland White Terriers named Hazard and Niblick. |
| PGA TOUR Playoff Record |
| 2-1 |