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SECTION 2 PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES
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April…Finished T15 three weeks later at the Blue Angels
Classic near Pensacola. Shot the lowest round of his
Champions Tour career, a 6-under 64, in final round at The
Moors, topping his 65 in the second round of the 2002
Kroger Classic. Overall 54-hole total of 10-under 200
featured three consecutive rounds in the 60s, a first in his
Champions Tour career…Registered back-to-back T18
performances near the end of the season at the Wal-Mart
First Tee Open at Pebble Beach and the Administaff Small
Business Classic…Was T5 after 36 holes at the Toshiba
Senior Classic after opening with rounds of 68-67 but shot
a final-round 77 to finish T34…Played in his 34th
consecutive Masters but failed to make the cut.
CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2004: Topped the Champions Tour in Putts Per Round
(28.15). 2003: Best career performance on the Champions
Tour came when he finished T4 at the 3M Championship
near Minneapolis in August. Held the lead late in the final
round, but had a double-bogey and bogey on two of the
final five holes to slip back…Backed up his Minnesota
performance two weeks later by placing T10 at the Allianz
Championship in Iowa. Finish at Glen Oaks CC gave
him back-to-back top 10s for the first time since 1995
campaign on the PGA TOUR (T5-Mercedes
Championship/3-Phoenix Open)…Named as a Player
Ambassador for the World Golf Hall of Fame midway
through the season. 2002: Champions Tour debut came at
The ACE Group Classic in Naples, a T43 with a 1-under
215 total at The Club at TwinEagles…Debut was delayed
one week by illness…T8 in early September at the Kroger
Senior Classic near Cincinnati…Went 281 holes without a
three-putt at one point during the year and had only 15
three-putts in 61 rounds…Voted into the World Golf Hall
of Fame via the PGA TOUR Ballot, and was inducted on
Nov. 1.
OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Was the captain of the 1999 U.S. Ryder Cup team, which
staged greatest comeback in event's history—winning 8
1/2 points in singles matches on final day to come from
four points back for victory. His team was the first U.S.
squad to win Ryder Cup since 1993…Played the PGA
TOUR on a full-time basis from 1974-2001…Underwent
foot surgery in 1997…Won his second Masters title in
CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-0
Year Events Played 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank
2002 20 1 4 $204,528 71
2003 19 2 3 231,512 58
2004 18 2 113,343 83
2005 18 5 206,795 65
Total 75 3 14 756,177
COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $7,847,343
Ben Crenshaw (Continued)
1995. Earlier in week had served as pallbearer at funeral
of long-time friend and teacher Harvey Penick. Closed with
a 68 to defeat Davis Love III by one stroke…Produced a
victory each year from 1992 through 1995. From July 1992
until April 1994, his only three top-10 finishes were
victories. Received the Bob Jones Award from USGA in
1991 and was honored with the Old Tom Morris Award in
1997…Earned the second of two Colonial titles in 1990,
his fifth PGA TOUR win in his native state of Texas…Won
William Richardson Award in 1989, given by Golf Writers
Association of America…Earned his first Masters victory
in 1984. Two strokes off lead entering final round, shot
closing 68 to defeat Tom Watson by two
strokes…Prevailed at the 1983 Byron Nelson
Classic…Claimed the first of his two MasterCard Colonial
titles in 1977…Won three events in 1976 (and finished
second three times) on way to second-place finish on
money list behind Jack Nicklaus. Despite opening 75, won
Bing Crosby National Pro-Am by two over Mike Morley.
The following week, closed with rounds of 65-66 to win
Hawaiian Open by four over Larry Nelson and Hale Irwin.
Third victory came at Ohio Kings Island Open. Had 14 top-
10 finishes that year, a total he matched in 1987, when he
placed third on the money list…Was the medalist in the
1973 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament by then-record 12stroke
margin…In his first start as a PGA TOUR member,
defeated Orville Moody by two strokes in the San Antonio-
Texas Open…Winner of three straight NCAA
Championships (1971-73), sharing the 1972 title with
University of Texas teammate Tom Kite…Winner of Fred
Haskins Award as nation's outstanding collegiate golfer
each of those years…Was a member of the United States
Ryder Cup teams in 1981, 1983, 1987, 1995 and served as
the captain of the 1999 American squad…Played on two
U.S. World Cup teams (1985, 1988), was the captain of the
American team in the 1988 Kirin Cup and played on the
U.S. Dunhill Cup team in 1995…Has had five career
holes-in-one in competitive rounds.
PERSONAL:
Noted golf historian…Also renowned as a golf course
designer, having formed a partnership with Bill Coore in
1986. Duo created noted courses like Sand Hills GC in
Nebraska, The Plantation Course at Kapalua, site of the
PGA TOUR's Mercedes Championships, and the newly
Champions Tour 2006 Guide
CHAMPIONS TOUR MAJOR TOURNAMENT SUMMARY
Year 02 03 04 05
Senior PGA Championship T27 CUT WD T31
Ford Senior Players T53 T61 T56 T66
Senior British Open CUT
U.S. Senior Open CUT CUT CUT T58
JELD-WEN Tradition T64 T33 T55 T56
opened Bandon Trails GC on the Oregon
Coast…Introduced to golf by his father and won his first
tournament as a fourth-grader…Fought winning battle
against Graves Disease (disease of the thyroid) in mid-
1980s…1996 PGA National Golf Day Honorary
Chairperson…His book, A Feel for the Game, reached No.
25 on the New York Times best-seller list in
2001…Appointed to President's Commission on White
House Fellowships by President George W. Bush…Lists
Bobby Jones as his hero and Pine Valley GC as his favorite
course.
PLAYER STATISTICS
2005 CHAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS:
Scoring Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72.02 (55)
Driving Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263.1 (65)
Driving Accuracy Percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67.5% (54)
Greens in Regulation Pct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62.8% (71)
Putting Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.775 (21)
MISCELLANEOUS CHAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS
2005 Low Round: 64–Blue Angels Classic/3
Career Low Round: 64–2005 Blue Angels Classic/3
Career Largest Paycheck: $85,750–2003 3M
Championship/T4
MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS
2005 Low Round: 76–Masters Tournament/1
Career Low Round: 61–1979 Phoenix Open/2
Career Largest Paycheck: $396,000–1995 Masters
Tournament/1
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