JEFF THOMSEN

Birthdate: September 20, 1953

Birthplace: Idaho Falls, Idaho

Age: 51 Ht: 5'11" Wt: 195

Home: Boise, Idaho

College: Arizona State

Turned Professional: 1976

Player Notes: Head professional at family-operated Jeff Thomsen Golf Academy at Indian Lake Golf Club in Boise, Idaho, where he teaches and joins his brothers in operations. . . Winner of 2003 Callaway Golf PGA Senior Club Professional Championship, his first victory as a senior professional . . Also won the 2004 Colorado Senior Open... Missed by three strokes in earning "Conditional Status" on the Champions Tour during 2003 Qualifying School. . .Competed on the PGA Tour from 1979 to 1982, and made sporadic appearances on the Tour through 1998, with best performance T-10 in the 1979 American Optical Classic in Sutton, Mass. . . Competed in four major championships: 1978 British Open, 1983 U.S. Open and the 1990 and 1998 PGA Championships. . .As an amateur, was the youngest (16) winner of the Idaho Amateur. . .Earned All-American honors in 1975-76 at Arizona State University. . .Competed on the Australia-New Zealand Tour in 1976, the European Tour (1977-78) and the Asian Tour (1979). . .Winner of four Rocky Mountain PGA Championships (1989, '90, '91, '93) and was a seven-time Rocky Mountain PGA Player of the Year (1987, '88, '89, '91, '94, '96, '97). . .