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Wayne Grady
Born: July 26, 1957
Birthplace: Brisbane, Australia
Age: 51
Residence: Orlando, Fla.
Turned pro: 1978
Player notes: Collected only two PGA Tour wins, but one was the 1990 PGA Championship at Shoal Creek, site of this year’s U.S. Junior Amateur…Lone top-10 Champions Tour finish in 2008 came at season-opening Turtle Bay Championship…Former chairman of the Australasian PGA Tour…As a youth, dreamed about becoming a pilot in the Australian Air Force…First turned pro at 16 and then regained his amateur status before turning pro for good at 21…Part-owner of a popular sports bar in Brisbane…Biggest thrill outside of golf was landing on the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier and spending five hours with the crew…Heroes are Tom Watson and Alan Border, a professional cricket player…Will be competing in first U.S. Senior Open.
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