Name: DAVID EDWARDS
Birthdate: April 18, 1956
Birth Place: Neosho, Mo.
Age: 53 Ht.: 5'8" Wt.: 165
Home: Stillwater, Okla.
College: Oklahoma State
Turned Professional: 1978
Joined PGA Tour: 1979
PGA Tour Playoff Record: 1-1
PGA Tour Victories: 4 - 1980 Walt Disney World National Team Championship (with Danny Edwards), 1984 Los Angeles Open, 1992 Memorial Tournament, 1993 MCI Heritage
Champions Tour Victories: 1 - 2006 3M Championship
Player Notes: Started playing the game at age 12 because his older brother Danny was playing and he would tag along with him. Won the Oklahoma State Junior title in 1973 and won the National Collegiate championship for Oklahoma State in 1978. He was named twice to the collegiate All-American team. Qualified for the Tour in 1978 and has been on the top-100 money list 16 of 17 years. In the fall of 1980 he won the Walt Disney Team Championship with his brother, Danny. His best year has to be 1993 when he won the Heritage Classic and finished 20th on the money list with $653,086... Played on the PGA Tour between 1978 through this year when he turned 50. Has played in 561 events on that tour, winning four times and finishing in the top-10 67 times. Was runner-up nine times.
2006 Champions Tour Summary: tournaments entered - 20; top-10 finishes - 8; scoring average 69.94 (ranked 5th); money - $1,191,086 (ranked 10th); best finish, Win 3M Championship.
2007 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 26; top-10 finishes -6; scoring average 71.17 (ranked 30th); money - $756,767 (ranked 27th); best finish, 2nd JELD-WEN Tradition.
2008 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 24; top-10 finishes- 3; scoring average 71.59 (ranked 44th); money - $430,974 (ranked 44th); best finish - T6th, Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf and U.S. Senior Open.
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