Name: BERT ATKINSON

Birthdate: April 5, 1958

Birth Place: Atlanta, Ga.

Age: 51 Ht.: 5'8" Wt.: 200

Home: Charleston, S.C.

College: Francis Marion

Player Notes: Shot 64 at the Florence, S.C., sectional to earn medalist honors and qualify for his second U.S. Senior Open ... Tied for 52nd at the 2008 U.S. Senior Open ... Runner-up at the 1991 U.S. Mid-Amateur, falling to Jim Stuart in the final, 1 up, at Long Cove Club in Hilton Head Island, S.C. ... Was medalist at the 1997 U.S. Mid-Amateur, shooting 68-64-132 for the lowest 36-hole score in the championship's history; also tied the record for lowest score for nine holes, carding 29 on the first nine of the second round ... A two-time representative of South Carolina at the USGA Men's State Team (2001 and 2003) ... Has also played in the U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Amateur ... A two-time winner of both the South Carolina Amateur and the Rice Planters Amateur ... Is the owner of O'Connor, Inc., a custom embroidery business.