Name: GEORGE "BUDDY' MARUCCI JR.

Birthdate: March 6, 1952

Birth Place: Malvern, Pa.

Age: 57 Ht.: 6' Wt.: 170

Home: Villanova, Pa.

College: Maryland

Player Notes: Fully exempt for the U.S. Senior Open with his win at the 2008 USGA Senior Amateur ... He beat George Zahringer in the final, 2 up, at Shady Oaks Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas ... Has played in more than 50 USGA championships ... Captain of the 2007 USA Walker Cup team, which beat Great Britain and Ireland, 12 ½ to 11 ½ ... Will serve as captain of the 2009 USA Walker Cup team and will be unable to defend his title at the 2009 USGA Senior Amateur due to overlapping schedules ... Quarterfinalist at the 2007 USGA Senior Amateur ... Selected for Walker Cup teams in 1995 and 1997, going 3-0 in foursomes (alternate shot), 1-1-1 in singles and leading the USA to victory in 1997 ... Runner-up at the 1995 U.S. Amateur, where Tiger Woods prevailed, 2 up, in the final ... 1996 Masters participant ... Reached match play at the 2006 U.S. Mid-Amateur ... Two-time quarterfinalist at the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur ... Four-time Pennsylvania State Amateur champion (1982, 1983, 1987 and 1991) and two-time winner of the Philadelphia Amateur.