Birth Date: Oct. 14, 1949
Birthplace: Tulsa, Ok.
Age: 53 Ht.: 5’11" Wt.: 170
Home: Ponca City, Ok.
College: Northeastern State
Turned Professional: 1969

Self-employed in the auto business. This marks the 37th time he has tried to qualify for a USGA event, and the second time he has qualified; tried to qualify for the U.S. Open every year from age 16 to 50, closest he ever came was a seven-hole playoff in sectional qualifying; this will be his second U.S. Senior Open, first played in 2000 Senior Open at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pa.; shot 75-78, missed the cut; qualified for 2003 Senior Open from Staley Farms CC in Kansas City, shot a 70 which put him in a four-person playoff for two spots. Earned a par on the first hole and qualified; won the 1999 Heartland Tour senior event in 1999. Before starting in the auto business, worked for 14 years as a club pro, started out in Kansas City, also worked in Omaha and in Oklahoma City; the husband of his next door neighbor, David Mosley, will caddie for him at the Senior Open.