Player Profiles

DOUG BAILESS

Birthdate: July 9, 1953

Birthplace: Anadarko, Ohio

Age: 52

Home: Spring, Texas

College: Wichita State

Player Notes: This will be the first U.S. Senior Open for Bailess…He has attempted to qualify three times prior…Was the medalist at his Prosper, Texas, sectional qualifying site…Competed in the 1984 U.S. Amateur Championship and the 1981 Oklahoma State Amateur…Lowest competitive 18-hole score is 64 and has seven holes-in-one…Named Wichita State Player of the Year (1975)…Named Coach of the Year while at Southwestern Oklahoma State…Golf Salesman of the Year for the Southern Texas PGA…As a superstition, he always plays lower number balls, with nothing higher than three…Blaine Knott, his college roommate and teammate on the Wichita State golf team, will be on the bag for the championship.