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JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 1994
CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORIES (8): 1994
GTE West Classic. 1996 Energizer SENIOR TOUR
Championship. 1997 Bruno’s Memorial Classic, Kroger
Senior Classic. 1998 Bell Atlantic Classic, EMC
Kaanapali Classic. 2002 Farmers Charity Classic. 2003
Bayer Advantage Celebrity Pro-Am.
2005 CHARLES SCHWAB CUP FINISH:
54th - 95 points
GEORGIA-PACIFIC GRAND CHAMPIONS
VICTORIES (4): 2004 Bruno’s Memorial Classic,
Bank of America Championship, Greater Hickory Classic
at Rock Barn. 2005 Bruno's Memorial Classic.
BEST PGA TOUR CAREER FINISH: T18—1979
IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic.
OTHER VICTORIES (15): 1975 Porter Cup. 1976
Sunnehanna Amateur. 1978 Sunnehanna Amateur. 1979
British Amateur. 1981 Porter Cup. 1982 U.S. Amateur.
1983 U.S. Amateur, U.S. Mid-Amateur. 1984 Northeastern
Amateur. 1985 U.S. Mid-Amateur, Northeastern Amateur.
1987 Porter Cup, U.S. Mid-Amateur. 1988 Sunnehanna
Amateur. 1991 Northeastern Amateur.
BEST 2005 CHAMPIONS TOUR FINISHES:
T5—Turtle Bay Championship; T8—Bruno's Memorial
Classic.
2005 SEASON:
Registered a pair of top-10 finishes, with both coming in
the first third of the season…Finished T5 at the Turtle Bay
Championship in late January, thanks to three consecutive
sub-par rounds…Had a satisfying weekend at the Bruno's
Memorial Classic in May. Defended his Georgia-Pacific
Grand Champions title at the event on Saturday and then
shot his third straight sub-par round on Sunday to finish
T8 near Birmingham… Eventually placed fourth on the
final Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions money list, with
$79,000.
CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2004: All six top-10 efforts came prior to mid-August and
best efforts were a pair of T4s at the MasterCard Classic in
Mexico and the Allianz Championship in Iowa. The leading
player among the Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions, with
three over-60 titles and $219,292. Won his first Grand
Jay Sigel (SIG-ul)
EXEMPT STATUS: Top 30 on All-Time Money List
FULL NAME: Robert Jay Sigel
HEIGHT: 6-1
WEIGHT: 212
BIRTHDATE: November 13, 1943
BIRTHPLACE: Bryn Mawr, PA
RESIDENCE: Berwyn, PA
CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 2-2
Year Events Played 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank
1994 29 1 3 14 20 $634,130 12
1995 31 1 2 9 22 567,557 21
1996 32 1 3 15 26 1,094,630 6
1997 31 2 2 1 19 25 1,294,838 4
1998 32 2 1 6 14 25 1,403,912 4
1999 31 2 6 15 549,061 35
2000 32 2 13 362,707 52
2001 18 1 4 8 516,027 37
2002 30 1 1 4 16 843,526 24
2003 30 1 4 10 721,989 29
2004 28 6 12 593,815 31
2005 25 2 4 281,414 56
Total 349 8 9 14 99 196 8,863,605
COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $8,863,605
Champions event at the Bruno's Memorial Classic, edging
Dave Eichelberger by one stroke when Eichelberger made
bogey on the 18th hole Saturday…Claimed his second
Grand Champions event near Boston at the Bank of America
Championship. Birdied four consecutive holes midway
through the back nine to overtake Graham Marsh…Won his
third Georgia-Pacific title at the Greater Hickory Classic at
Rock Barn. Made birdie on the 36th hole to tie Bob Charles,
and then defeated Charles on the first playoff hole when he
got up and down from the bunker for a par while Charles
three-putted for a bogey. 2003: Won for the eighth time in
his career when he made a nine-foot birdie putt on the last
hole to defeat Mike McCullough at the Bayer Advantage
Celebrity Pro-Am. Came from two strokes back on the final
day with a course-record tying 7-under 65 at The National
GC of Kansas City. Victory, at age 59, made him the oldest
Champions Tour winner ever in Kansas City. 2002: Voted as
the Champions Tour's Comeback Player of the Year…Earned
first victory since October 1998 with a two-stroke win over
Morris Hatalsky at the Farmers Charity Classic. Was tied for
lead after 36 holes with Rodger Davis and Dan O'Neill and
closed with a 5-under-par 67 at Egypt Valley. Helped his
cause with a pair of eagles in the final round. 2001: Missed
the first five months of the season, recovering from rotator
cuff surgery on both shoulders (left shoulder in Nov. 2000;
right shoulder in Jan. 2001)…Returned to action at the
BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland (T58)…Finished second
at the SBC Senior Classic. 2000: Troubled most of the
year by a left shoulder problem and underwent arthroscopic
surgery in November. 1999: The 36-hole leader at the
BankBoston Classic before finishing T3 after missing birdie
opportunities on the 53rd and 54th hole…Third-place finisher
at the Vantage Campionship. 1998: Defeated Jose Maria
Canizares with a birdie on the third extra hole of a playoff for
the Bell Atlantic Classic title. Course-record 62 at Hartefeld
National on Saturday included an amazing 27 on the front
nine. Champions Tour-record nine-hole score featured an
eagle and seven straight birdies, the best eagle-birdie run in
the history of the circuit…Went wire-to-wire for victory at
the EMC Kaanapali Classic. Fired a career-best 10-under 61
in the opening round. 1997: Tied Gil Morgan for the most top-
10 finishes (19) in the campaign, while compiling multiple
wins for the first time as a professional…Captured his first
victory of the year in Birmingham at the Bruno's Memorial
Classic, holding off Gil Morgan by three strokes…Six consecutive
top 10s from mid-June to mid-July were highlighted
by a win at the Kroger Senior Classic. Waltzed to a sevenstroke
victory over Isao Aoki at Kings Island, setting a tournament
record with an 18-under-par 195 total…Came close
PGATOUR.com Champions Tour 2006 Guide
FAMILY: Wife, Betty; Jennifer (12/29/72), Amy
(12/30/74), Megan (1/3/79)
CLUB AFFILIATIONS: Aronimink GC (Newtown Square,
PA), Pine Valley GC (Pine Valley, NJ)
EDUCATION: Wake Forest University (1967, Sociology)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Charity work, insurance business
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1993
to winning two other events…Lost to Bob Murphy in a ninehole
playoff at the Toshiba Senior Classic when Murphy sank
an 80-foot birdie putt…Also fell to open qualifier Dana
Quigley in a three-hole playoff at the Northville Long Island
Classic. 1996: Posted the biggest victory of his Champions
Tour career in the year's final official event, a two-stroke win
over Kermit Zarley at the Energizer SENIOR TOUR
Championship in Myrtle Beach, SC. Helped his cause with a
hole-in-one in the third round (10th of his career). 1995:
Broke Jim Dent's run as the Champions Tour's longest hitter,
winning that statistical category with an average of 277.4
yards per drive. 1994: Garnered Rookie of the Year honors
after completing one of the most remarkable come-frombehind
victories in golf history at the GTE West Classic in
Ojai, CA. Rallied from 10 strokes down to catch Jim Colbert
in regulation and then defeated him on the fourth extra playoff
hole for his first professional win…Final-round courserecord
63 at The Dunes Club came on his 51st birthday during
the GOLF MAGAZINE SENIOR TOUR Championship and
included both an eagle and rare double-eagle (15th/5wood/220
yards). 1993: Earned a conditional card at the
Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament, finishing
11th at Grenelefe Resort.
OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
One of the country's all-time finest amateur
golfers…Captured back-to-back U.S. Amateur crowns in
1982-83, three U.S. Mid-Amateur titles and the 1979 British
Amateur title…Served as playing captain of the 1983 and
1985 United States Walker Cup teams and was a member of
the 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991 and
1993 squads. Holds record for most appearances and total
points won in Walker Cup history…Played on a record
seven American teams in the World Amateur Team
Championship…Was low amateur in the 1981, 1982
and 1988 Masters, as well as the 1980 British Open and
1984 U.S. Open…Captured three Porter Cups, three
Northeast Amateur titles, four Pennsylvania Open
Championships, 11 Pennsylvania Amateur titles and seven
Philadelphia Open Championships…Also won three
Sunnehanna Amateur titles and had the 11th hole at
Sunnehanna CC dedicated to him in 1979…Nine-time
Crump Cup champion at Pine Valley GC…Received the Bob
Jones Award and Ben Hogan Award in 1984…Also received
the 1984 Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation's Athlete of
the Year Award…Included in the list of 100 Heroes of
American Golf, and was inducted into the Collegiate Golf
Coaches of America Hall of Fame in 1988…Was selected to
Pennsylvania's Sports Hall of Fame in 1993 and the
CHAMPIONS TOUR MAJOR TOURNAMENT SUMMARY
Year 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05
Senior PGA Championship 13 T30 T11 T40 T6 T22 T12 T57 T17 T27 CUT
Ford Senior Players 9 T18 T16 T10 T12 T37 T52 T8 T17 T35 T34 T39
Senior British Open T27
U.S. Senior Open T7 T21 T5 T10 T28 CUT CUT T11 T21 T30 T54 T50
JELD-WEN Tradition T52 T6 11 5 66 T28 T19 T75 T28 T45 T42
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