Frank Ford III

Born: Feb. 23, 1952

Birthplace: Charleston, S.C.

Age: 56

Residence: Charleston, S.C.

College: Furman

Player notes: Earned spot in field by reaching the semifinals of the 2007 USGA Senior Amateur…Competed in 10 U.S. Amateur, the last coming in 1996, and three U.S. Mid-Amateurs (1982, ’92 and ’96)…Represented South Carolina at the 1995 and ’97 USGA State Team Championship…Won the 1996 South Carolina Amateur and 1992 Carolinas Amateur…Runner-up at the 1988 Southern Amateur…Runner-up at 2007 South Carolina Senior Amateur…Carolinas Player of the Year and South Carolina Player of the Year in 1992…Elected to the South Carolina Golf Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Furman University Sports Hall of Fame in 2006…Financial advisor and senior vice president of investments for Smith Barney…Wife, Frances and has four children and four grandchildren…Has five career holes-in-one.