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JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 1991
CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORIES (6): 1992
Southwestern Bell Classic, Kroger Senior Classic, First
of America Classic. 1993 Las Vegas Senior Classic. 1996
Boone Valley Classic. 1997 Royal Caribbean Classic.
GEORGIA-PACIFIC GRAND CHAMPIONS
VICTORIES (2): 2002 SBC Senior Classic, Georgia-
Pacific Super Seniors Championship.
PGA TOUR VICTORIES (3): 1970 Houston
Champions International. 1976 Danny Thomas Memphis
Classic. 1977 Walt Disney World National Team
Championship [with Grier Jones].
OTHER VICTORIES (3): 1988 Tennessee Open. 1989
Tennessee Open. 1990 Tennessee Open.
PGA TOUR CAREER EARNINGS: $1,056,506
BEST 2005 CHAMPIONS TOUR FINISH: T18—
FedEx Kinko's Classic.
2005 SEASON:
Played just 10 official events, fewest in his Champions
Tour career…Teamed with Mike Hill to finish fifth in the
Raphael Division at the Liberty Mutual Legends of
Golf…A closing-round 69 helped him to a T18 finish at
the FedEx Kinko's Classic.
CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2004: Finished solo fifth, along with partner Jim Dent, in
the Raphael Division at the Liberty Mutual Legends of
Golf. 2003: Underwent hip and lower-back surgery in the
offseason. 2002: Won the season-ending Georgia-Pacific
event in Oklahoma City, defeating Dave Stockton and
Mike Hill by one stroke. Win was worth $150,000 and
vaulted him to a second place on the final Grand
Champions money list…T8 at the SBC Senior Classic near
Los Angeles. Defeated George Archer by one stroke at
that event to win first Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions
Gibby Gilbert
EXEMPT STATUS: Net-70 on All-Time Money List
FULL NAME: C.L. Gilbert, Jr.
HEIGHT: 5-9
WEIGHT: 190
BIRTHDATE: January 14, 1941
BIRTHPLACE: Chattanooga, TN
RESIDENCE: Chattanooga, TN
CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 2-1
Year Events Played 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank
1991 31 2 1 10 23 $392,351 14
1992 30 3 2 1 8 20 603,630 8
1993 32 1 2 2 10 25 661,378 11
1994 29 5 18 352,342 27
1995 31 1 3 15 361,645 34
1996 28 1 1 4 11 446,307 30
1997 30 1 4 15 440,533 34
1998 31 1 3 10 416,584 43
1999 26 1 8 270,484 57
2000 19 4 123,528 80
2001 21 1 134,828 82
2002 22 1 5 134,125 86
2003 21 1 2 100,290 87
2004 18 36,613 105
2005 10 1 42,419 100
Total 379 6 8 5 50 158 4,517,057
COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $5,573,563
title of his career. 2000: Missed almost three months of
the summer season when he was operated on for bone
spurs at the end of his collar bone and right rotator cuff.
Did not play any events from mid-June until mid-
September. 1998: T2 at the MasterCard Championship.
1997: Despite a hip injury, earned his sixth Champions
Tour title at the year's first full-field event, a four-stroke
win over David Graham at the Royal Caribbean Classic.
1996: Captured first title in three years at the inaugural
Boone Valley Classic. Was seemingly out of contention on
the final day after a quadruple bogey on the second hole
and trailed by six strokes on the front nine. Battled his way
back with six birdies over the final 14 holes, including one
at the 18th that forced a playoff with Hale Irwin. Won with
a par on the first playoff hole and earned the largest check
of his professional career: $180,000. 1993: Won the Las
Vegas Senior Classic thanks to a second-round 63, his lowest
score of the year, to hold off Mike Hill by one stroke.
1992: Posted back-to-back victories at the Southwestern
Bell Classic and Kroger Senior Classic…Became the first
of only two Champions Tour players to win back-to-back
events with sub-200 scores. Never looked back after firing
an 8-under-par 62 in the opening round of the
Southwestern Bell event. In Kansas City, equaled a then-
Champions Tour numerical record with a 17-under-par 193
total, and also tied the largest 54-hole victory margin ever
on the Champions Tour (nine strokes). One week later,
defeated good fried J.C. Snead on the second hole of a
playoff to win the Kroger event after both had posted 15under
198 totals…Matched his PGA TOUR career victory
total with a late-summer triumph at the First of America
Classic.
OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Collected more than $1 million in official earnings on the
PGA TOUR from 1968-1985 and was exempt for 14 of
those 17 years…First of his three PGA TOUR wins came at
the 1970 Houston Champions International, where he
defeated Bruce Crampton in a playoff…Best year was
1980, when he earned more than $100,000 for the only
time in his TOUR career…A runner-up, with Jack Newton,
FAMILY: Wife, Judy; Jeff (11/14/62), Gibby (10/21/65),
Mark (5/31/70), Melissa (3/4/84); four grandchildren
CLUB AFFILIATION: Valleybrook CC (Chattanooga, TN)
EDUCATION: University of Chattanooga
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Family, bowling
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1965
JOINED PGA TOUR: 1967
to Seve Ballesteros in the 1980 Masters…Along with several
others, owns the course record at the fabled Pinehurst
No. 2 Course, shooting 62 during the 1973 World Open. At
the time, the score shattered the old mark by three
strokes…Has made nine aces in competition.
PERSONAL:
Lists Arnold Palmer as his hero…Enjoys spending time
with his family…Got started in golf at age 13 by his
father…Lists Pebble Beach, Pinehurst No. 2 and Harbour
Town as his favorite golf courses…Former member of
Champions Tour Division Board…Son Gibby III has played
on the Nationwide Tour…Biggest thrill was winning his
first PGA TOUR event in Houston in 1970…Always marks
his ball tails up with a penny…Enjoys “Monday Night
Football.”
CHAMPIONS TOUR MAJOR TOURNAMENT SUMMARY
Year 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03
Senior PGA Championship T19 T27 T29 13 CUT T4 CUT T18 T25 CUT
Ford Senior Players T25 T27 T33 T25 T23 T6 T26 T19 73 T65
U.S. Senior Open T24 T11 T17 T20 T42 T21 T33
JELD-WEN Tradition T35 T36 T3 T7 T36 T43 T51 T60 T50 T58
Year 04 05
Senior PGA Championship CUT CUT
PGATOUR.com Champions Tour 2006 Guide
PLAYER STATISTICS
2005 CHAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS:
Scoring Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74.18 (N/A)
Driving Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254.0 (N/A)
Driving Accuracy Percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68.6% (N/A)
Greens in Regulation Pct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61.3% (N/A)
Putting Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.851 (N/A)
MISCELLANEOUS CHAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS
2005 Low Round: 69–FedEx Kinko's Classic/3
Career Low Round: 62–1992 Southwestern Bell Classic/1
Career Largest Paycheck: $180,000–1996 Boone Valley
Classic/1
MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS
Career Low Round: 64–2 times, most recent 1986 Deposit
Guaranty Golf Classic/4
Career Largest Paycheck: $43,200–1980 Manufacturers
Hanover Westchester Classic/2
SEE SECTION 6 FOR COMPLETE PGA TOUR SUMMARY
SECTION 2 PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES
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