KEITH GOCKENBACH

Birthdate: August 29, 1955

Birthplace: Akron, Ohio

Age: 50 Ht: 6'2" Wt: 200

Home: Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

College: Clemson & MIT

Turned Professional: 2005

Player Notes: This year was the first time that Gockenbach attempted for the U.S. Senior Open…The retired Vice President of Eastman Chemical Company was the medalist of his Sarasota, Fla., qualifying site, where he birdied four of the last seven holes…He has not played in any previous USGA events…Won the 1971 Quail Creek Club Championship, the 1974 Vincennes Open and the 1981 Graysburg Hills Club Championship…Most memorable golf experience was caddieing for Bob Goalby in the Robinson Open, when he was 15…Lowest competitive 18-hole score is 63, shot two times and has one double eagle…On business, explored the largest coal mine in China, in Outer Mongolia…Named Top Chemical Engineering Graduate at Clemson University 1977…Part of the Eastman Chemical Team which won the 1984 Kirkpatrick Award from Chemical Engineering Magazine…Sloan Fellow, MIT School of Business (1996-1997)…Lorne LeBere, better known as "Rabbit", will caddie…Rabbit caddied for Hubert Green when he won the 1985 PGA Championship and for George Archer when he won on the Champions Tour.