Statistics

Featured Wins:
1968 United States Amateur
1970 Brazilian Open
1981 Panama Open
1989 PGA Club Pro Championship
1990 Brazilian Open
1990 Jamaican Open
1990 Bahamas Open
1990 PGA Cup (team)
1991 New England Classic
1999 Royal Caribbean Classic
1999 American Express Invitational
1999 The Home Depot Invitational
1999 Bell South Senior Classic at Opryland
1999 Lightpath Long Island Classic
1999 The Transamerica
1999 EMC Kaanapali Classic
2000 Royal Caribbean Open
2000 GTE Classic
2000 The Home Depot Invitational
2000 Lightpath Long Island Classic
2000 Irish Senior Open
2001 Las Vegas Senior Classic
2001 The Home Depot Invitational
2001 United States Senior Open
2002 RJR Championship
2003 Verizon Classic
2004 Royal Caribbean Classic
2004 Bruno’s Memorial Classic
Featured Awards:
Player of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Byron Nelson Award for Best Scoring Average
Arnold Palmer Award for Leading Money Winner
Cadillac Series Winner

2004 Champions Tour Highlights:
Finished in the top 10 on the money list and went over $1 million in season earnings for the sixth consecutive year…Got off to a fast start early in the season when he prevailed by one stroke over Dana Quigley at the Royal Caribbean Golf Classic. Continued his mastery at the Crandon Park GC, winning the event for the third time in six tries. His 6-under-par total of 210 was the highest winning total in tournament history. He was the only player to finish all three rounds under par, including a final-round 71 in windy conditions. Birdied the final hole to hold off Quigley, and in the process became the first three-time winner in tournament history. The victory also marked the second time in his career he had won the same event three times, having done so at the Home Depot Invitational from 1999-01. Win near Miami marked the sixth straight year he had posted at least one victory…Became the first multiple winner of the 2004 season when he went wire-to-wire near Birmingham and cakewalked to a seven-stroke victory at the Bruno’s Memorial Classic. Victory was his 18th career title on the Champions Tour, and he won his 12th different tournament. Made just two bogeys in the event and led the field by hitting 48 of 54 greens (90.7 percent). Winning margin at Greystone was his biggest ever…Was thwarted in his bid to win a third title at the Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn in August. Started the final round with a three-stroke advantage but was overtaken by Doug Tewell and finished second in Hickory despite posting a 4-under 68 on Sunday…His solo third-place finish at the Ford Senior Players Championship was his best finish ever in that event…Finished T4 at the JELD-WEN Tradition after a closing-round, 6-under-par 66. Was also T4 at the SBC Championship.

2003 Highlights:
Was among the top three in five tournaments and ranked fourth in Sub-Par Rounds, with 58, 40 of them in the 60s…After placing among the top three money-winners for four straight years, slipped to 10th in official earnings…Extended to five consecutive, his streak of years with at least one Champions Tour victory when he claimed his second Verizon Classic in the last four years early in the campaign. Outdueled Hale Irwin down the stretch at the TPC of Tampa Bay. Was the beneficiary of a two-stroke swing at the 17th hole on Sunday and went on to record his 16th career title on the circuit…Also challenged Tom Jenkins down the stretch at the Bruno’s Memorial Classic, but finished solo second after making bogey on two of the last three holes…Made a spirited bid for another victory at the Columbus Southern Open, but his closing-round, 8-under-par 62 fell two strokes shy of eventual winner Morris Hatalsky…Opened with a 7-under-par 64 at the FleetBoston Classic in August and hung in contention for the duration before falling by three strokes to Allen Doyle and finishing T2 along with Bob Gilder…Also T2 at the Allianz Championship despite shooting a 7-under 64 in the second round, the low 18-hole score in the event…The week prior at the Long Island Classic, set a tournament mark by opening with an 8-under-par 62 on the Eisenhower Red course, but slipped to T16 after rounds of 72-71 on the weekend.

2002 Highlights:
Recorded 20 top-10 finishes with 46 rounds in the 60s, both second to Hale Irwin (22/50)…Claimed his first title in more than 12 months when he had a record-setting performance at the RJR Championship. Was a five-stroke victor over Hale Irwin, and in the process, set Champions Tour 36- and 54-hole scoring records. His 54-hole total of 191 (19-under-par) broke the previous low by two strokes (set in 1989 by Bob Charles and matched by Charles Coody in 1991 and Gibby Gilbert in 1992) and his 36-hole score broke the old mark by two strokes, as well (set by Jim Colbert in 1994 and matched by Hale Irwin in 1997). Opened the tournament by tying the Champions Tour record with a 60 (10-under-par) that included pars on the last four holes. Had 10 birdies and 23 putts on the par-70 Tanglewood course. Victory made him the last of three wire-to-wire winners during the year (Tom Kite, MasterCard Championship, and Bob Gilder, FleetBoston Classic.

2001 Highlights:
Earned over $2 million for the third straight year and went down to the wire with Allen Doyle for the top spot in the first Charles Schwab Cup competition and the money list…Among his three victories was his first major championship on the Champions Tour at the U.S. Senior Open…Joined Doyle as the only players to finish in the top 10 in all four senior major championships…Of his 94 rounds, 48 were in the 60s, and he had 70 sub-par rounds…Claimed his biggest career title at the U.S. Senior Open at Salem CC near Boston, one year after losing the 54-hole lead at Saucon Valley and finishing second to Hale Irwin. Was among four players four strokes back with one round to play, but carded a steady 68 in the final round to edge Gil Morgan and Isao Aoki by one stroke…Earlier in the year, overcame a two-stroke deficit entering the final round of the Las Vegas Senior Classic to win by three strokes…Became just the sixth player in Champions Tour history to win the same event three straight times when he triumphed at The Home Depot Invitational with a tournament-record score of 15-under 201. Was the only player in the field to post three rounds in the 60s and was three strokes better than John Bland.

2000 Highlights:
Successfully defended three titles during the year…Edged Vicente Fernandez by two points at the Royal Caribbean Classic, thanks to five birdies on Sunday in the Modified Stableford format event…Bested Hubert Green in a playoff at The Home Depot Invitational, making birdie on the third extra hole of overtime. Went wire-to-wire for the second year in a row to claim the Lightpath Long Island Classic, defeating Dana Quigley by two strokes…Had outdistanced Quigley by four strokes earlier in the year at the GTE Classic in Tampa and earned February Player of the Month honors. GTE Classic win gave him nine victories in his first 36 senior career starts and the nine wins came in a period of one year, 15 days, the fastest anyone has reached that mark in Champions Tour history… Suffered his most disappointing defeat of the season at the U.S. Senior Open at Saucon Valley. Fired a course-record, 7-under 64 on the first day and was also the 36- and 54-hole leader before being overtaken by Hale Irwin on Sunday.

1999 Highlights:
Was the dominant player on the Champions Tour and collected all top post-season honors including Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year and the Byron Nelson Trophy for lowest scoring average (69.19)…Was the first rookie since Lee Trevino in 1990 to win the Arnold Palmer Award as the leading money-winner with $2,515,705 ($78,894/start), the second highest single-season total in the history of the circuit at the time…Also joined Trevino (1990), Bruce Crampton (1986) and Miller Barber (1981) as the only players to win seven official events in their first year on the Champions Tour…Had 56 rounds in the 60s, a record at the time, and was under par in 75 of his 96 rounds played (78.1 percent)…Became the eighth player in Champions Tour history to win his debut when he went wire-to-wire in claiming the Royal Caribbean Classic at Key Biscayne…Won the American Express Invitational in Sarasota by three strokes over Larry Nelson the very next week to become the first player ever to claim his first two starts on the circuit…Added a third title in late April at The Home Depot Invitational, edging Terry Dill and Jim Holtgrieve by a stroke in Charlotte…Used a 9-under-par 63 on Saturday, his low round of the year, to nip Al Geiberger by a shot for the BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland title in Nashville…Went wire-to-wire in early August to clip Allen Doyle by two strokes at the Lightpath Long Island Classic…Outdueled Doyle again late in the season at The Transamerica, then clinched the money title two weeks later by edging Doyle again at the EMC Kaanapali Classic.

1998 Highlights:
Earned a full exemption for the 1999 season after finishing second at theChampions Tour National Qualifying Tournament at Grenelefe…Fired four consecutive sub-par rounds and ended up three strokes back of Allen Doyle.