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Tom Wargo  |
EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31 on All-Time Money List FULL NAME: Tom Wargo HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 200 BIRTHDATE: September 16, 1942 BIRTHPLACE: Marlette, MI RESIDENCE: Centralia, IL FAMILY: Wife, Irene; Michelle (12/12/65); two grandchildren SPECIAL INTERESTS: Cooking, hunting, fishing and bowling TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1976 JOINED TOUR: 1993 |
| Champions Tour Victories |
| (4) 1993 PGA Seniors' Championship. 1994 Doug Sanders Celebrity Classic. 1995 Dallas Reunion Pro-Am. 2000 LiquidGolf.com Invitational. |
| International Victories |
| 1994 Senior British Open |
| Other Victories |
| 1990 Gateway PGA Sectional Championship. 1991 PGA Club Professional Winter Stroke Play Championship, Gateway PGA Sectional Championship. |
| Current Year Charles Schwab Cup Points and Positions |
| 39 (50) |
| Current Year Champions Tour Money and Positions |
| $184,202 (42) |
| Current Year Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| T9--SBC Classic |
| Current Year Champions Tour Best Round |
| 67 at Round 2, Toshiba Senior Classic, at Round 2, Emerald Coast Classic |
| Current Year Champions Tour Highlights |
| Was T9 at the SBC Classic and then a week later won his first Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions title when he defeated Dave Stockton in two extra holes. |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| T28--1992 PGA Championship. |
| Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--1993 PGA Seniors' Championship. 1994 Doug Sanders Celebrity Classic. 1995 Dallas Reunion Pro-Am. 2000 LiquidGolf.com Invitational. |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes |
| T12--1990 Ben Hogan Greater Ozarks Open. |
| Best 2002 Champions Tour Finishes |
| T3--TD Waterhouse Championship, 4--Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley, T4--Farmers Charity Classic, T5--SBC Senior Open |
| 2002 Season Champions Tour |
| Tournaments Entered--23; in money--22; Top 10 finishes--4 |
| 2002 Season Highlights |
| Had his season cut short in mid-September when he suffered a heart attack just prior to the start of the final round at the RJR Championship. Underwent angioplasty shortly after in Winston-Salem, NC, and did not play the remainder of the year...Best showing came in Kansas City where he vaulted from a T25 into a T3 at the rain-shortened TD Waterhouse Championship thanks to a 7-under 65 in the second round. It was his best performance since a T3 at the rain-shortened Comfort Classic in 2000...Also shared the first-round lead at the Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley and was in contention for most of the final round before finishing fourth, two strokes back of Dana Quigley. Had a rare feat at the AT&T Canada Senior Open when he eagled the par-5 13th hole at Essex all three days. Was 6-under on that hole, but played his other 51 holes for the week 1-over par. Made his third hole-in-one on the Champions Tour (12th overall) in the opening round of the FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship. Aced the 192-yard fourth hole with a 5-iron. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2000: Ended a victory drought of nearly five years when he defeated Gary McCord and J.C. Snead in a three-hole playoff at the LiquidGolf.com Invitational, his first Champions Tour title since the 1995 Dallas Reunion Pro-Am (120 starts). Came from three strokes back of Bruce Summerhays with a final-round 68 at The TPC at Prestancia. 1997: T3 at the U.S. Senior Open at Olympia Fields CC near Chicago. Shared the first-round lead after opening with a 69, and followed with rounds of 70-73-70 to finish two strokes behind Graham Marsh. 1996: Lost to Dale Douglass on the third playoff hole for the Bell Atlantic Classic title near Philadelphia. 1995: Easily won the Dallas Reunion Pro-Am with the first of only two wire-to-wire performances on the circuit that year. 54-hole score of 13-under 197 was seven shots better than Dave Stockton and Dave Eichelberger...Almost captured the Emerald Coast Classic, but fell to Raymond Floyd in a playoff. 1994: Was the Champions Tour's "ironman," playing in 36 tournaments and 112 rounds...Defeated Bob Murphy at the Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity Classic...Journeyed across the pond and won the Senior British Open at Royal Lytham & St. Annes in England. 1993: First Champions Tour victory was memorable. Made a par on the second playoff hole to defeat Bruce Crampton at the PGA Seniors' Championship in just his sixth senior start. 1992: Initially earned a conditional exemption with a 10th-place finish at the Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament. Shot rounds of 69-66-77-74--286 and then made birdie on the first playoff hole to earn his position. |
| Personal |
| Raised on a Michigan dairy farm...Didn't play golf until he taught himself at age 25...Owner of Greenview GC in Centralia, IL...Jobs prior to golf included iron worker, assembly-line auto worker and bartender...An accomplished bowler who once thought about a professional career in that sport...Says biggest thrill in golf was winning the 1993 PGA Seniors' Championship. |
| Champions Tour Playoff Record |
| 2-2 |
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