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Pro-Am and Buick Invitational of California. Shot a closing
65 for a two-stroke victory over David Duval at Pebble
Beach and then used consecutive 68s on the weekend in
San Diego for a four-stroke win over four players at Torrey
Pines…First two-victory season came in 1984 when he
defeated Payne Stewart in a playoff for the Colonial
National Invitation title, which he dedicated to his father,
who had just undergone serious surgery…Two-stroke triumph
over Mark O'Meara at the Sammy Davis, Jr.-Greater
Hartford Open later that year highlighted by a third-round
63…Came from six strokes off the pace in final round for
first TOUR win at the 1990 Buick-Goodwrench Open in
Michigan…A member of the United States Ryder Cup
team in 1985 and 1995 and played for the American squad
in the 1984 U.S. vs. Japan matches. Also played in the
1995 Dunhill Cup…Three-time All-America selection at
University of Oregon.
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2004
CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORIES (2): 2004
Ford Senior Players Championship. 2005 The ACE Group
Classic.
OTHER SENIOR VICTORIES: (1): 2005 Bovis
Lend Lease European Senior Masters.
2005 CHARLES SCHWAB CUP FINISH:
19th - 831 points
BEST PGA TOUR CAREER FINISH: T8—1995
British Open Championship.
OTHER VICTORIES (22): 1974 English Amateur
Championship. 1977 Lusaka Open. 1978 Sun Alliance
Match Play Championship. 1979 Welsh Classic, Carrolls
Irish Open. 1980 Euro Masters Invitational, Carrolls Irish
Open. 1981 Sao Paulo Open. 1982 Italian Open. 1983 Euro
Masters Invitational, Tunisian Open. 1985 GSI Open. 1986
Benson & Hedges International Open. 1988 South African
TPC, Peugeot Open de Espana. 1989 Karl Litten Desert
Classic, AGF Open, NM English Open. 1990 Madeira
Island Open, Turespana Iberia Open de Canarias. 1995
Moroccan Open. 1997 Peugeot Open de Espana.
PGA TOUR CAREER EARNINGS: $169,100
BEST 2005 CHAMPIONS TOUR FINISHES:
1—The ACE Group Classic; 3—SBC Championship; 4—
JELD-WEN Tradition; 8—FedEx Kinko's Classic, Allianz
Championship; T10—Senior PGA Championship.
2005 SEASON:
Finished in the top 30 on the money list for the second
consecutive year and earned a spot in the season-ending
Peter Jacobsen (Continued)
PERSONAL:
Has own event management company, Peter Jacobsen
Productions, Inc. (pjp.com), which conducts the CVS
Charity Classic, the Save Mart Shootout and two
Champions Tour events, the JELD-WEN Tradition and the
Constellation Energy Classic. PJP also conducted the 2003
U.S. Women's Open…Co-owns Jacobsen Hardy Golf
Design Co. with former PGA TOUR player and swing
instructor Jim Hardy. The pair collaborated on the
Redstone GC in Humble, TX, site of the Shell Houston
Open…Heroes are Lance Armstrong and his
family…Favorite courses are Pebble Beach and Stone
Eagle GC…Favorites also include “Forrest Gump,” Danny
Gans, Golf in the Kingdom and barbecue.
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Mark James
EXEMPT STATUS: Top 30 on 2005 Champions Tour
Money List
FULL NAME: Mark Hugh James
HEIGHT: 5-11
WEIGHT: 185
BIRTHDATE: October 28, 1953
BIRTHPLACE: Manchester, England
Charles Schwab Cup Championship…His top two performances
came at different times during the year…In his
third start of the season, he won his second title (his 23rd
career start) at The ACE Group Classic in mid-February.
Edged Hale Irwin and Tom Wargo by two strokes with
birdies on the final two holes. Was the only player in the
field to record three consecutive rounds in the 60s at The
Club at TwinEagles…Had another strong finish in the
next-to-last event of the year in San Antonio at the SBC
Championship. On the leaderboard throughout the event
and was only one stroke off the lead through 36 holes
before finishing solo third at Oak Hills…Also had nice
showing at the JELD-WEN Tradition in late August, thanks
to four straight sub-par rounds which helped him to a
fourth-place finish, two behind winner Loren
Roberts…Played a few events on the European Seniors
Tour and won the Bovis Lend Lease European Senior
Masters title in a one-hole playoff against Sam Torrance
at the Woburn GC in England…Also T6 at the DeVere
Northumberland Seniors Classic.
CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2004: Enjoyed highly successful rookie season and played
some of his best golf in the Champions Tour
majors…Claimed one of the year's biggest prizes when he
was a one-stroke victor over Jose Maria Canizares at the
Ford Senior Players Championship. Win near Detroit was
the first by a European-born player in a Champions Tour
major championship, and he earned a career-best check
for $375,000 in Michigan. Started with three straight
rounds in the 60s but a 1-over-par 73 was good enough to
hold off Canizares by one stroke for the title…Followed
his win in Michigan with another strong showing at the
Senior British Open in Northern Ireland, placing fourth,
two strokes behind winner Pete Oakley at Royal
PGATOUR.com Champions Tour 2006 Guide
PLAYER STATISTICS
MISCELLANEOUS CHAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS
2005 Low Round: 65–2 times, most recent Blue Angels
Classic/3
Career Low Round: 64–2004 Commerce Bank Long Island
Classic/1
Career Largest Paycheck: $470,000–2004 U.S. Senior
Open/1
MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS
2005 Low Round: 66–Bob Hope Chrysler Classic/1
Career Low Round: 62–1982 Manufacturers Hanover
Westchester Classic/2
Career Largest Paycheck: $720,000–2003 Greater
Hartford Open/1
RESIDENCE: Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England
FAMILY: Wife, Jane
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Science fiction, gardening, skiing
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1976
Portrush…Earned July Player of the Month honors as a
result of his outstanding play…Made his debut on the
Champions Tour at the Royal Caribbean Golf Classic and
T18 at Crandon Park, six strokes back of winner Bruce
Fleisher…Suffered a torn meniscus in his left knee while
skiing in France prior to coming to America and had arthroscopic
surgery in Fort Lauderdale, FL, after the Royal
Caribbean event. Missed two other Florida tournaments,
but returned to action at the MasterCard Classic in Mexico
(T13)…Led all players in Total Driving.
OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
A mainstay on the European PGA Tour from 1976-2003,
with 564 career appearances on the circuit and 18 victories
between 1978-97…Finished third on the European
Tour Order of Merit in 1979 and fifth on the Order of Merit
in 1989 when he won three times, his most victories ever
in a single season…Finished among the top five in three
of the six British Open Championships played between 1976-
81 and T3 in the 1981 event at Royal St. George's…Also T4
in the 1994 British Open at Turnberry…Earned his biggest
check on the European Tour, €202,300, when he finished second
to Colin Montgomerie in the 1999 Volvo PGA
Championship…Received the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the
Year Award in 1976 and also secured the Tooting Bec Cup
that same year by firing a 66 at Royal Birkdale during the
British Open…Served a stint as the chairman of the
European Tour Tournament Committee…Played on seven
European Ryder Cup teams (1977, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1991,
1993, 1995) and captained the 1999 squad at The Country
Club in Brookline, MA…Also played for England in 10
World Cup competitions and seven Alfred Dunhill Cup
matches…Played sparingly on the PGA TOUR, with 14
made cuts in 27 official events…Has made three holes-inone
in his career.
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