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GIL MORGAN
Birth Date: September 25, 1946
Birthplace: Wewoka, Okla.
Age: 57 Ht.: 5'9" Wt.: 175
Home: Edmond, Okla.
College: Southern College of Optometry

Turned Professional: 1972

Joined PGA Tour: 1973

PGA Tour Playoff Record: 3-4

Joined Senior PGA Tour: 1996

Senior PGA Tour Playoff Record: 0-4

PGA Tour Victories: 7 - 1977 B.C. Open, 1978 Los Angeles Open, World Series of Golf, 1979 Danny Thomas-Memphis Classic, 1983 Tucson Open, Los Angeles Open, 1990 Kemper Open

Champions Tour Victories: 23 - 1996 Ralphs Senior Open, 1997 Tradition, Ameritech Senior Open, BellSouth Senior Classic At Opryland, First of America Classic, Ralphs Senior Classic, Energizer Senior Tour Championship, 1998 MasterCard Championship, LG Championship, The Tradition, Ford Senior Players Championship, Utah Showdown, Vantage Championship, 1999 Comfort Classic, Kroger Senior Classic, 2000 Emerald Coast Classic, The Instinet Classic, Comfort Classic, 2001 ACE Group Classic, 2001 Instinet Classic, 2002 BellSouth Senior Classic At Opryland, 2003 Kroger Classic, 2004 SBC Classic

Other Victories: 1999 Senior Slam, 1999 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (teamed With Hubert Green).

Player Notes: Started playing golf at age 15, holds a Doctor of Optometry degree and still keeps a current license even though he has never practiced. . .Underwent rotator cuff surgery in September of 1986 . . . Member 1979 and '83 Ryder Cup Team. . . With his win in the Ralph's Senior Open 11 days after his 50th birthday, Morgan became the youngest winner in Champions Tour history. in 2001, Bobby Wadkins broke his record by winning 10 days after his 50th birthday.

1990 PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 24; in money - 19; top-10 finishes - 5; scoring average 70.32 (ranked 20th); money - $702,629 (ranked 11th).

1991 PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 24; in money - 16; top-10 finishes - 2; scoring average 70.89 (ranked 68th); money - $232,913 (ranked 70th); best finish, T-2nd Phoenix Open.

1992 PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 23; in money - 19; top-10 finishes - 3; scoring average 70.32 (ranked 21st); money - $272,959 (ranked 56th); best finish, 5th Hardee's Golf Classic and T-5th Canon Greater Hartford Open.

1993 PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 24; in money - 20; top-10 finishes -9; scoring average 70.12 (ranked 11th); money - $610,312 (ranked 24th); best finish, T-3rd Players Championship and Kmart GGO.

1994 PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 18; in money - 14; top-10 finishes - 3; scoring average 69.96 (ranked 15th); money - $309,690 (ranked 54th); best finish, 2nd, Texas Open.

1995 PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 21; in money - 14; top-10 finishes - 3; scoring average 70.71 (ranked T-51st); money - $255,565 (ranked 73rd); best finish, 2nd, Deposit Guaranty.

1996 PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 18; in money - 12; top-10 finishes - 2; scoring average 70.52 (ranked T-30th); money - $259,776 (ranked 85th); best finish, T-4th, FedEx St. Jude Classic.

1996 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 5; top-10 finishes - 1; scoring average 70.87; money - $157,339 (ranked 70th); winner at Ralph's Senior Classic.

1997 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 25; top-10 finishes - 19; scoring average 69.29 (ranked 2nd); money - $2,160,562 (ranked 2nd); winner at The Tradition, Ameritech Senior Open, BellSouth Senior Classic, First of America Classic, Ralph's Senior Classic, Energizer Senior Tour Championship.

1998 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 25; top-10 finishes - 18; scoring average 69.46 (ranked 2nd); money - $2,179,047 (ranked 2nd); winner, MasterCard Championship, LG Championship, The Tradition, Ford Senior Players Championship, Utah Showdown, Vantage Championship.

1999 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 27; top-10 finishes - 15; scoring average 69.69 (ranked 3rd); money - $1,493,282 (ranked 5th); winner, Comfort Classic and Kroger Senior Classic.

2000 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 23; top-10 finishes - 16; scoring average 69.83 (ranked 1st); money - $1,873,216 (ranked 4th); winner, Emerald Coast Classic, Instinet Classic and Comfort Classic. Missed the first two months of the Year following an off-season rib-cage injury.

2001 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 24; top-10 finishes - 14; scoring average 69.20 (ranked 1st); money - $1,885,871 (ranked 5th); winner, ACE Group Classic and The Instinet Classic. Again hampered with injuries this time it was a sore back throughout the season, which forced him to cut back and not play more than three events in a row.

2002 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 24; top-10 finishes - 11; scoring average 69.88 (ranked 7th); money - $1,343,276 (ranked 11th); best finish, Winner BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland.

2003 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -25; top 10 finishes -14; stroke average 69.71 (ranked 5th); money - $1,620,206 (ranked 3rd); Best finish, Win Kroger Classic.