BOB KEARNEY

Birthdate: June 24, 1956

Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pa.

Age: 50 Ht: 6'2" Wt: 175

Home: Houston, Texas

College: Connecticut

Player Notes: Kearney qualified for the first U.S. Senior Open that he was eligible to enter…Outlasted the competition at his Houston, Texas qualifying site in a four-player playoff to secure one of two spots…Kearney did not qualify for a USGA event until 1995 but since then has qualified for 14 events, including the U.S. Mid-Amateur, U.S. Amateur, U.S. Open, USGA State Team Championship and now the U.S. Senior Open…In the 1995 U.S. Mid-Amateur, lost in semifinals to runner-up Warren Sye…1999 U.S. Amateur, was defeated in third round by 1999 Amateur Public Links Champion, Hunter Haas…Won the Texas Mid-Amateur Match Play (1999, 2003), the 2003 Trans Mississippi Mid-Amateur, the Texas State Amateur (2001) and the Texas State Mid-Amateur Stroke Play (1998)…Also, won the Harvey Penick Invitational (2003, 2004) and the Houston City Amateur (1996, 1998)…Kearney was named the Southern Texas PGA Amateur of the Year (1997) and the Southern Texas Golf Association Player of the Year (1996, 1998, 2000)…Club Champion at Pine Forest C.C. three times, which is also the site where he qualified for the U.S. Senior Open…Has six holes-in-one, and one double eagle…Lists playing in the 1997 U.S. Open as his most memorable golf experience...Enjoys to travel with wife, Lillian…Gary Cohen, teammate on Connecticut golf team, will most likely caddie.