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| Wayne Carey |
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Birth Date: May 2, 1944 |
| Player Notes: |
| Lives on TPC at Sugarloaf. . . Went to work for Atlanta Fire Department out of high school, firefighter for 30 years and retired in 1992. . . turned professional in 1994, played first professional event in ’94 Senior Open at Pinehurst No. 2. . . greatest golf moment is playing in 1994 Senior Open at Pinehurst, shot 68-73-78-80. . . played with Dale Douglass and Bill Lydle in third round as third-to-last group. . . finished championship pair with Tommy Aaron and Jim Powell (4th). . . Pinehurst experience taught him to zone out the crowd. . . recently played in Georgia State Senior Open, finished tied for seventh (71-73-74). . . wife is orthopedic surgeon, Yvonne. . . two children, 22 month old twins Christopher and Nicole . . . son from previous marriage, Scott, will be caddieing for him. . . played in quite a few events on Champions tour through Monday qualifying in 1990s, but never made it past Q-school. Won Senior Series mini-tour event in 1994 at Fuzzy Zoeller-designed Covered Bridge in Southern Indiana. . . had to take some time off from golf recently because underwent three operations in 2001. . . had two neck operations, had ruptured disks and bone spurts were removed. . . also underwent knee operation, foot operation. Qualified comfortably for Senior Open at Rivermont Golf and Country Club in Atlanta, shot one-under 71. Motivated to attempt to qualify because believed he was finally back to where he was competitive. . . health remains good. |
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