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SECTION 2 PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES
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JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 1998
CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORIES (2): 2000
Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic. 2001 TD Waterhouse
Championship.
PGA TOUR VICTORIES (1): 1995 Deposit Guaranty
Golf Classic.
PGA TOUR CAREER EARNINGS: $1,323,769
BEST 2005 CHAMPIONS TOUR FINISHES:
T12—Bank of America Championship; T14—Allianz
Championship.
2005 SEASON:
Played a full season for the first time since 2003, yet did
not register a top-10 finish during the year for the first
time in his career…Played his best golf from early June to
early July, placing among the top 25 in four straight
events, including a T14 at the Allianz Championship. His
best effort, a T12, came at the Bank of America
Championship. Was among the early leaders at the Allianz
event after opening with a 4-under 67 at the Tournament
Club of Iowa
CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2004: Returned to action in late June following his offseason
shoulder surgery and was T57 in his first start at
the Bank of America Championship near Boston…Best
finish was a T7 at The First Tee Open at Pebble Beach.
2003: Experienced shoulder problems late in the
season…Closed with 66 in Nashville to T4 at the Music
City Championship at Gaylord Opryland…T4 again three
weeks later at the Farmers Charity Classic. Was the 36hole
leader in Grand Rapids, but fell back after posting an
even-par 72 on Sunday. Underwent right shoulder surgery
in October. 2002: Was the 36-hole leader by two strokes
at the Audi Senior Classic after rounds of 71-65 and
eventually T4…Was in contention at the U.S. Senior
Open, trailing by four strokes after three rounds. Shot a 1under
70 on Sunday and finished solo fourth at Caves
Valley…Also T4 at the RJR Championship in September
with three straight sub-70 rounds. 2001: Enjoyed his finest
season in professional golf…Went over the $1-million
mark in earnings as a result of career-best 10 top-10
finishes…Recorded wire-to-wire victory at the TD
Waterhouse Championship. Tied the Champions Tour
record for lowest 54-hole score in relation to par
(Raymond Floyd/1993 Gulfstream Aerospace Invitational)
when he blitzed the Tiffany Greens GC course with a 22under-par
194 total. His 36-hole score of 16-under 128
also tied the then-Champions Tour's all-time mark in
relation to par (Hale Irwin/1997 Vantage Championship)
Ed Dougherty (DOCK-ur-tee)
EXEMPT STATUS: Net-70 on All-Time Money List
FULL NAME: Edward Matthew Dougherty
HEIGHT: 6-1
WEIGHT: 225
BIRTHDATE: November 4, 1947
BIRTHPLACE: Chester, PA
RESIDENCE: Port St. Lucie, FL
CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-1
Year Events Played 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank
1998 19 1 6 15 $412,679 44
1999 25 4 1 7 18 951,072 16
2000 37 1 1 8 20 953,374 17
2001 36 1 1 4 10 21 1,330,818 13
2002 34 7 18 896,843 22
2003 29 4 12 565,146 33
2004 13 1 2 125,074 80
2005 22 6 243,900 59
Total 215 2 6 6 43 112 5,478,907
COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $6,803,116
for the first two rounds. His 10-under 62 on Friday was a
Champions Tour career-best and was his lowest score
since shooting 62 at the 1992 Chattanooga Classic on the
PGA TOUR. Made a 12-foot birdie putt on the last hole to
win by eight strokes over Walter Morgan, Hugh Baiocchi
and Dana Quigley, the largest margin of victory in a 54hole
event since the 1993 Franklin Quest
Championship…Almost won again at the AT&T Canada
Senior Open. Fired a 6-under 65 on the last day to come
from five strokes back and catch Walter Hall in regulation.
Fell to Hall on the first playoff hole after making bogey for
the second time on Mississauga's 18th hole on Sunday.
2000: Registered his first victory in 69 Champions Tour
starts at the Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic. Defeated
Hale Irwin and Gil Morgan with a tournament record score
of 19-under-par at Bunker Hills. The $240,000 first-place
check was more than he made in his best year on the PGA
TOUR (1992/$237,525). Was the August Player of the
Month…Shot 19-under 197 again at the Gold Rush
Classic, but finished second to Jim Thorpe by two
strokes…Had his first hole-in-one on the Champions Tour
in the opening round of the SBC Championship. 1999: Took
advantage of his first full year on the Champions Tour by
earning over $900,000 and a spot among the top 20
money-winners…Made headlines by being the 18-, 36and
54-hole leader at the U.S. Senior Open at Des Moines
G&CC. Lost to Dave Eichelberger on the final day by three
strokes…Took a one-stroke lead into the final round of the
TD Waterhouse Championship, but finished two shots
back of Allen Doyle despite a final-round 68…Was again
the runner-up the next week at the Comfort Classic, falling
two strokes short of Gil Morgan…Was also the 36-hole
leader at the Kroger Senior Classic, but lost to Morgan
again by two strokes despite posting a final-round 67.
1998: Made debut on the Champions Tour in May at the
Saint Luke's Classic and T19 in Kansas City…Best finish
came near his home in the Philadelphia area. Playing on a
sponsor exemption, he closed with a 64 at Hartefeld
National and T3 at the Bell Atlantic Classic.
OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Long-time player on the PGA TOUR, where he competed
from 1975-97…Had 460 starts in his career and made 243
cuts…No doubt the high point of his golf career came in
1995 when he prevailed at the Deposit Guaranty Golf
Classic. Idled much of the early portion of the year by a
shoulder injury suffered while lifting one of his vintage
pinball machines, he shot rounds of 68-68-70 and stood in
seventh place, three behind Dickey Thompson after 54
holes. Finished with a 66, which included 32 on the second
nine and that was good enough to give him a two-stroke
win over Gil Morgan. The victory, at age 47, made him the
oldest first-time winner on the PGA TOUR since John
Barnum captured the 1962 Cajun Classic at age 51…Lost
Champions Tour 2006 Guide
FAMILY: Wife, Carolyn
CLUB AFFILIATION: Ibis G&CC (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Lionel toy trains, old Gottlieb
pinball machines
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1969
JOINED PGA TOUR: 1975
in a playoff to Jim Gallagher, Jr. at the 1990 Greater
Milwaukee Open and was also second at the Anheuser-
Busch Golf Classic and the Chattanooga Classic in backto-back
weeks in 1992…Made three successful trips to
the PGA TOUR National Qualifying Tournament in 1983,
1986 and 1989…Named PGA of America's Club
Professional of the Year in 1985 after winning the Club
Professional Championship at Mission Hills CC in Rancho
Mirage, CA…Has had six holes-in-one during competitive
rounds.
PERSONAL:
Is a serious model train enthusiast who has a vast
collection of Lionel trains ranging from around 1900 to
1969. Houses his train collection in a two-story, 20-by-30
building. Usually makes it a point to visit train stores in
cities while on TOUR…In recent years, has also begun
refurbishing old pinball machines…Also collects cars and
owns two 1958 Chevys and a 1963 Corvette…Served a
tour in Vietnam and joins a host of players on the
Champions Tour who served in the military…Returned
from Southeast Asia and took up golf seriously at Fort
Lewis, WA, when he wasn't allowed to play
baseball…Played golf for the first time when he was
working in the post office in Linwood, PA, at age
19…Follows the Philadelphia-area pro sports
teams…Has started to learn to play the guitar and is a
self-described "36-handicapper" with it…Nickname is
“Doc”.
PLAYER STATISTICS
2005 CHAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS:
Scoring Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71.77 (45)
Driving Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275.6 (39)
Driving Accuracy Percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78.5% (6)
Greens in Regulation Pct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68.7% (40)
Putting Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.816 (56)
MISCELLANEOUS CHAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS
2005 Low Round: 67–5 times, most recent SBC
Championship/1
Career Low Round: 62–2001 TD Waterhouse
Championship/1
Career Largest Paycheck: $240,000–2000 Coldwell
Banker Burnet Classic/1
MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS
Career Low Round: 62–1992 Chattanooga Classic/3
Career Largest Paycheck: $126,000–1995 Deposit
Guaranty Golf Classic/1
SEE SECTION 6 FOR COMPLETE PGA TOUR SUMMARY
CHAMPIONS TOUR MAJOR TOURNAMENT SUMMARY
Year 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05
Senior PGA Championship T11 T12 T49 T32 T40 CUT
Ford Senior Players T56 T22 T36 T4 T6 T9 74 T30
U.S. Senior Open T7 2 T37 CUT 4 T17 CUT
JELD-WEN Tradition T50 T9 T24 T16 T69 T67 T21
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