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1991. Made up four-stroke deficit at 1991 Southwestern
Bell Colonial with closing 64, good for three-stroke victory.
NEC World Series of Golf win that season earned him
a 10-year exemption that expired when he turned
50…Won first TOUR title at Riviera in 1977 at the Glen
Campbell-Los Angeles Open, edging Lanny Wadkins by a
shot…Other wins came at 1984 Phoenix Open and 1988
Gatlin Brothers-Southwest Classic…Was the medalist in
the 1979 U.S. vs. Japan event and played for the PGA
TOUR in the Four Tours Championship in 1991…Has had
eight career holes-in-one in competitive rounds.
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 1997
CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORIES (10): 1997
Northville Long Island Classic. 1998 Emerald Coast
Classic, Raley's Gold Rush Classic. 2000 TD
Waterhouse Championship. 2001 SBC Senior Open.
2002 Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley, SBC
Championship. 2003 MasterCard Championship. 2005
MasterCard Championship, Bayer Advantage Classic.
OTHER SENIOR VICTORIES (2): 2001 Hyundai
Team Matches [with Allen Doyle]. 2002 Hyundai Team
Matches [with Allen Doyle].
2005 CHARLES SCHWAB CUP FINISH:
2nd - 2,733 points
BEST PGA TOUR CAREER FINISH:
6—1980 Greater Milwaukee Open.
OTHER VICTORIES (16): 1973 Rhode Island Open.
1981 Rhode Island Open. 1982 Massachusetts Open. 1983
Massachusetts Open. 1984 Massachusetts Open. 1985
New England PGA Championship. 1986 Vermont Open.
1987 Vermont Open. 1989 New England PGA
Championship. 1991 New England PGA Championship.
1992 Rhode Island Open. 1993 Rhode Island Open, New
England PGA Championship. 1995 Rhode Island Open.
1996 Rhode Island Open, New England PGA
Championship.
PGA TOUR CAREER EARNINGS: $92,298
BEST 2005 CHAMPIONS TOUR FINISHES:
1—MasterCard Championship, Bayer Advantage Classic;
2—Turtle Bay Championship, FedEx Kinko's Classic, JELD-
WEN Tradition, Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn,
Senior PGA Championship; T4—Allianz Championship,
SBC Championship; 5—Bruno's Memorial Classic, Ford
Senior Players Championship, Charles Schwab Cup
Championship.
Tom Purtzer (Continued)
PERSONAL:
Has been described as having "sweetest" swing on
TOUR…Brother Paul played PGA TOUR in 1970s and early
1980s…Close friend of former Milwaukee Brewer star
and Hall of Famer Robin Yount as well as country singer
Vince Gill…Lists the births of his kids as his biggest thrill
outside of golf…Favorite golf course is Riviera CC near
Los Angeles…Enjoys Mexican food.
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Dana Quigley
EXEMPT STATUS: Top 30 on 2005 Champions Tour
Money List
FULL NAME: Dana C. Quigley
HEIGHT: 6-2
WEIGHT: 190
BIRTHDATE: April 14, 1947
BIRTHPLACE: Lynnfield Centre, MA
RESIDENCE: West Palm Beach, FL
2004 SEASON:
Won Player of the Year honors for the first time with
career season that saw him, at age 58, become the oldest
player ever to claim the Arnold Palmer Award signifying
the leading money-winner on the circuit. Was the only
player to eclipse the $2-million mark in single-season
earnings, making almost $400,000 more than his previousbest
season (2000)…Led the Charles Schwab Cup for 17
consecutive weeks (19 overall), but got nipped in the season-ending
Charles Schwab Cup Championship and placed
second in the year-long competition (247 points behind
Tom Watson). Earned a $500,000 annuity and donated the
entire amount to four different charities…Set the pace on
the Champions Tour for Sub-Par Rounds with 60 and also
Rounds in the 60s (42 of 84)…Along with Mark McNulty,
registered a Champions Tour-best 15 top-10 finishes, with
four of them coming in his four appearances in major
championships…Was involved in half of the eight playoffs
during the season, winning twice for the first time
since 2002…Got his year off to a great start when he captured
the season-opening MasterCard Championship in a
three-hole playoff with Tom Watson. Made par on the
third extra hole to defeat Watson and win the event for the
second time in three seasons and earn the $272,000 first
prize, which pushed his career earnings in the event to
$998,875. His 18-under-par 198 total equaled the lowest
54-hole score in relation to par on the circuit in 2005.
Three consecutive rounds in the 60s gave him 11 straight
sub-70 scores at Hualalai…Second title came when he
birdied the first extra hole at the rain-shortened Bayer
Advantage Classic to hold off Tom Watson and Gil
Morgan. Had finished his second round the previous day
before play was extended into Monday due to weather
problems…Along with Jerry Pate, lost in a playoff at the
Senior PGA Championship. Third-round 66 at Laurel Valley
was the only round in the 60s among the 72 players making
the 36-hole cut. Seemed in control for most of the final
round, but played the back nine at Laurel Valley in 2-over
to fall into a playoff with Reid and Pate. Lost to Reid when
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PLAYER STATISTICS
MISCELLANEOUS CHAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS
2005 Low Round: 63–2 times, most recent SBC
Championship/3
Career Low Round: 60–2004 Toshiba Senior Classic/1
Career Largest Paycheck: $262,500–2005 3M
Championship/1
MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS
2005 Low Round: 64–Bank of America Colonial/4
Career Low Round: 62–1988 Northern Telecom Tucson
Open/2
Career Largest Paycheck: $216,000–2 times, most recent
1991 NEC World Series of Golf/1
FAMILY: Wife, Angie; Nicole (8/25/81), Devon (8/18/84)
CLUB AFFILIATION: Crestwood CC (Rehoboth, MA)
EDUCATION: University of Rhode Island (1969,
Business)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Baseball, hockey, all sports,
planes, boats
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1971
JOINED PGA TOUR: 1973
he dumped his second shot in the water on the par-5 18th
(first extra hole)…Last playoff came at the JELD-WEN
Tradition, the season's final major championship. Again
appeared in control and on his way to his first major championship
crown, when he was up by two strokes with two
holes to play. Costly bogey at No. 17 and subsequent
birdie at No. 18 by Loren Roberts forced the overtime sesssion.
Roberts eventually prevailed, despite a bogey on the
second extra hole…Also finished as a runner-up in three
other events…Followed strong play at Hualalai with a
second-place finish the following week at the Turtle Bay
Championship, five strokes behind Hale Irwin on Oahu's
North Shore…Runner-up again in early May at the FedEx
Kinko's Classic. Contended early on the back nine, but
eventually finished four strokes back of good friend Jim
Thorpe in Austin…A second-round, 8-under-par 64 helped
propel him to a one-stroke margin after 36 holes over
Roberts at the Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn, but
finished second after he could not hold off a late charge by
eventual-winner Jay Haas…Was the 36-hole leader again
at the SBC Championship and was tied for the lead with
Haas through 14 holes Sunday before making bogeys on
the last three holes to finish T4 at Oak Hills. His $83,700
check pushed single-season earnings over $2-million
mark…Was a fifth-place finisher at the Bruno's Memorial
Classic, but made headlines when he tied the Champions
Tour's all-time record by stringing together eight straight
birdies (holes 10-17) in his opening-round, 7-under-par 65.
Eight straight birdies tied the mark set in 1987 by Chi Chi
Rodriguez (Silver Pages Classic) and matched in 2000 by
Jim Colbert (TD Waterhouse Championship)…Became the
first player to go over the $1-million mark in 12th event of
the campaign when he T4 at the Allianz Championship in
early June and earned a check for $69,000…Made headlines
when he skipped a tournament for the first time in
nine years, withdrawing from the Senior British Open due
to a sore right hip and travel complications. Record streak
ended at 278 consecutive tournaments played for which
he was eligible and 264 consecutive overall…Topped the
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