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JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 1989
CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORIES (1): 1992
Bank One Classic.
GEORGIA-PACIFIC GRAND CHAMPIONS
VICTORIES (3): 1999 State Farm Senior Classic.
2000 FleetBoston Classic, Kroger Senior Classic.
BEST PGA TOUR CAREER FINISH: T2—1970
Sahara Invitational.
PGA TOUR CAREER EARNINGS: $255,050
BEST 2005 CHAMPIONS TOUR FINISH: T34—
Toshiba Senior Classic.
2005 SEASON:
Played just six events, with his last appearance coming at
the Constellation Energy Classic near Baltimore…Best
overall effort was a T34 at the Toshiba Senior Classic in
March, thanks to a final-round 68…Played in four
Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions events and finished
24th on the final over-60 money list, with $11,292…Spent
last half of the season raising funds for an upcoming bid
for a seat in the state of Texas House of Representatives.
CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2004: Aced the par-3 11th hole at Valhalla GC during the
opening round of the Senior PGA Championship, his
second hole-in-one on the Champions Tour…Finished
fourth in Driving Distance, the 16th straight year he has
been among the leaders. 2003: T18 at both the Emerald
Coast Classic and the FleetBoston Classic, where he also
finished second to Dave Stockton in the Georgia-Pacific
Grand Champions event. 2002: Twice a runner-up in the
Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions competition. Fell one
stroke shy of Jim Dent at the FleetBoston Classic and lost
by one point to Walter Morgan in the Modified Stableford
format at the Uniting Fore Care Classic…Was the only
player over the age of 60 to finish in the top 10 in Driving
Terry Dill
EXEMPT STATUS: Net-70 on All-Time Money List
FULL NAME: Terrance Darby Dill
HEIGHT: 6-3
WEIGHT: 195
BIRTHDATE: May 13, 1939
BIRTHPLACE: Fort Worth, TX
RESIDENCE: Lakeway, TX
FAMILY: Wife, Linda; Terrance, Jr. (9/22/63), Jefferson
CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-1
Year Events Played 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank
1989 15 3 9 $82,332 50
1990 32 2 1 7 20 278,372 19
1991 33 7 15 242,191 31
1992 33 1 1 3 5 211,998 34
1993 33 1 12 179,976 50
1994 31 3 12 224,885 36
1995 34 1 6 9 289,652 40
1996 33 1 3 15 319,507 44
1997 31 1 2 13 325,522 48
1998 33 1 8 20 701,210 20
1999 34 1 1 4 17 583,637 33
2000 32 1 6 280,275 61
2001 30 8 251,150 64
2002 26 1 3 166,448 80
2003 26 3 155,834 76
2004 20 1 67,762 92
2005 6 13,586 137
Total 482 1 5 5 49 168 4,374,336
COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $4,631,299
Distance (7th-280.1 avg.) 2001: Among the early leaders at
The Countrywide Tradition and eventually T16. Also T17 at
the Senior PGA Championship…Was third in Driving
Distance with an average of 284.3. 2000: Became the
oldest player to win the Driving Distance title when, at age
61, he averaged 286.2 yards per drive…Won last two
Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions titles within a four-week
period late in the summer campaign. Defeated Lee Trevino
by a stroke at the FleetBoston Classic and then bested
Butch Baird and Simon Hobday by a stroke for the Grand
Champions title at the Kroger Senior Classic. 1999: Had
four top-10 finishes, highlighted by a T2 at The Home
Depot Invitational, one stroke short of Bruce
Fleisher…Won initial Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions
event at the State Farm Senior Classic, holing a three-foot
birdie putt on the last hole. 1998: Enjoyed most-productive
year of his Champions Tour career, finishing 20th on the
final money list with career-best $701,210…Posted his
Champions career-low round of 62 on the last day of the
Vantage Championship. 1997: T2 at The Transamerica, his
best effort since 1992. 1996: Earned the Driving Distance
title for the first time with an average of 287.2 yards perdrive…T3
at American Express Invitational. 1992:
Recorded only Champions Tour victory when he prevailed
by four strokes over Bruce Crampton and Dale Douglass at
the Bank One Senior Classic in Lexington…One of only
three wire-to-wire winners that year…Also second at the
rain-shortened NYNEX Commemorative, losing a playoff
on the first extra hole to Dale Douglass. 1991: Took
advantage of fully-exempt status for first time with seven
top-10 finishes and over $200,000 in earnings. 1990: Was
36-hole leader at Southwestern Bell Classic before
finishing T2 in Oklahoma City…Also T2 at Greater Grand
Rapids Open, missing a playoff by one stroke. 1989: Made
15 starts, mostly as an open qualifier.
OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Played the PGA TOUR from 1962 to 1972 and again in 1975
and 1976…Was among the top 60 money-winners on
TOUR five times from 1964 to 1970…Best year was 1970,
when he earned $41,108 for 56th position on the money
PGATOUR.com Champions Tour 2006 Guide
(J.R., 8/7/64), Blake (12/22/64), Melinda (6/3/68),
Andrew (8/28/73), Clarke (12/21/74); nine grandchildren
EDUCATION: University of Texas (B.A.,1962), University
of Texas (J.D., 1976)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Gardening, impressionist
landscape painting
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1962
JOINED PGA TOUR: 1962
list…Southwest Conference medalist in 1960 while at
Texas…Has had two holes-in-one in his professional
career.
PERSONAL:
Graduated from the University of Texas Law School in
1976…Taught tax law at Texas A&M for three years but
decided to resume his professional golf career when
federal regulations changed…Is a licensed Financial
Planner…Had surgery to remove a malignant tumor near
his right ear in the fall of 1991 and has no hearing on that
side…Enjoys painting and finished a landscape portrait of
the third hole at Greystone G&CC and presented it to the
club as a gift from the players during the 2002 Bruno's
Memorial Classic.
CHAMPIONS TOUR MAJOR TOURNAMENT SUMMARY
Year 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01
Senior PGA Championship T16 T36 CUT T45 CUT T16 T46 CUT T29 T24 CUT T17
Ford Senior Players T23 T5 T54 T40 T42 T55 T75 T34 T15 T68 T64 T59
U.S. Senior Open 17 T11 WD T23 T32 CUT T32 T53 CUT
JELD-WEN Tradition T10 T40 T31 T17 T45 59 T31 T8 T17 T9 T61 T16
Year 02 03 04
Senior PGA Championship CUT CUT
Ford Senior Players T64 T58
JELD-WEN Tradition T48 T69 T70
PLAYER STATISTICS
2005 CHAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS:
Scoring Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75.39 (N/A)
Driving Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279.8 (N/A)
Driving Accuracy Percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51.8% (N/A)
Greens in Regulation Pct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59.0% (N/A)
Putting Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.958 (N/A)
MISCELLANEOUS CHAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS
2005 Low Round: 68–2 times, most recent Blue Angels
Classic/3
Career Low Round: 62–1998 Vantage Championship/3
Career Largest Paycheck: $96,000–1999 The Home Depot
Invitational/T2
MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS
Career Low Round: 64–1969 Phoenix Open Invitational/2
Career Largest Paycheck: $7,733–1970 Sahara Invitational/T2
SEE SECTION 6 FOR COMPLETE PGA TOUR SUMMARY
SECTION 2 PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES
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