HOWARD TWITTY
Birth Date: January 15, 1949
Birthplace: Phoenix, Ariz.
Age: 55 Ht.: 6'5" Wt.: 210
Home: Scottsdale, Ariz.
College: Arizona State
Turned Professional: 1974
Joined PGA Tour: 1975
PGA Tour Playoff Record: 1-0
Joined Senior PGA Tour: 1999
PGA Tour Victories: 3 - 1979 B.C. Open, 1980 Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open, 1993 Hawaiian Open
Champions Tour Victories: 0
Player Notes: Had a long and successful career on the PGA Tour from 1974 to '98. He played in 670 events with three wins, six runner-up finishes and 52 times in the top-10 with $2.7 million in earnings. . . Missed part of 1996 season due to surgery on his feet, and now wears sandals with golf spikes on the bottom during when he plays.
1999 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 32; top-10 finishes - 1; scoring average 71.65 (ranked 46th); money - $308,655 (ranked 53rd); best finish, T9th, The Tradition.
2000 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 32; top-10 finishes - 2; scoring average 71.54 (ranked 48th); money - $428,874 (ranked 41st); best finish, T2nd, Toshiba Senior Classic.
2001 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 29; top-10 finishes - 3; scoring average 71.79 (ranked 43rd); money - $431,932 (ranked 44th); best finish, T7th, The Countrywide Tradition. Went back to the Senior Tour qualifying tournament were he was the medalist.
2002 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 30; top-10 finishes - 0; scoring average 72.59 (ranked 69th); money - $206,890 (ranked 69th); best finish, T-18th SBC Senior Classic. Missed a month of the season due to the drowning death of his oldest son, Kevin.
2003 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -25; top 10 finishes -0; stroke average 72.68 (ranked 71st); money - $151,555 (ranked 77th); Best finish, T-19th Turtle Bay Championship.
Returned to the National Qualifying Tournament in an attempt to improve his playing status for 2004 but missed the cut at the TPC at Eagle Trace.
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