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MARK CALCAVECCHIA (cal-kuh-VEK-ee-UH)

STATISTICS AND CAREER RECORDS:
EXEMPT STATUS: 107th on 2009 Money List
FULL NAME: Mark John Calcavecchia
HEIGHT: 6-0

WEIGHT: 230
BIRTHDATE: June 12, 1960
BIRTHPLACE: Laurel, NE
RESIDENCE: Tequesta, FL
FAMILY: Wife, Brenda; Britney Jo (8/8/89), Eric Jordan (1/1/94)
EDUCATION: University of Florida
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Bowling, music, guitar
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1981
Q SCHOOL: Spring 1981, 1983
MAJORS: (1) 1989 British Open

CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORIES: P1-Boeing Classic


JOHN COOK

STATISTICS AND CAREER RECORDS:
EXEMPT STATUS: Past Champion
FULL NAME: John Neuman Cook
HEIGHT: 6-0
WEIGHT: 175
BIRTHDATE: October 2, 1957
BIRTHPLACE: Toledo, OH
RESIDENCE: Windermere, FL
FAMILY: Wife, Jan; Kristin (7/20/81), Courtney (4/11/84), Jason (1/10/86)
EDUCATION: Ohio State University
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Auto racing, skiing, all sports
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1979
Q SCHOOL: Fall 1979
JOINED TOUR: 1979
CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORIES:
(8): 2007 AT&T Championship, 2008 AT&T Championship, 2009 Administaff Small Business Classic, 2009 Charles Schwab Cup Championship, 2010 Charles Schwab Cup Championship, 2011 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai, 2011 Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am, 2011 Montreal Championship


FRED COUPLES

STATISTICS AND CAREER RECORDS:
EXEMPT STATUS: 75th on 2009 money list
FULL NAME: Frederick Steven Couples
HEIGHT: 5-11
WEIGHT: 185
BIRTHDATE: October 3, 1959
BIRTHPLACE: Seattle, WA
RESIDENCE: La Quinta, CA
EDUCATION: University of Houston
SPECIAL INTERESTS: All sports, tennis, antiques, bicycling, vintage cars
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1980
Q SCHOOL: Fall 1980
JOINED TOUR: 1981
CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORIES
(6): 2010 The ACE Group Classic, 2012 Toshiba Classic, The Cap Cana Championship, The Administaff Small Business Classic, 2011 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship, 2011 AT&T
MAJORS: (1) 1992 Masters


FRED FUNK

STATISTICS AND CAREER RECORDS:
EXEMPT STATUS: Winner, 2005 PLAYERS Championship; multiple tournament winner (through 2011)
FULL NAME: Frederick Funk
HEIGHT: 5-8
WEIGHT: 165
BIRTHDATE: June 14, 1956
BIRTHPLACE: Takoma Park, MD
RESIDENCE: Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
FAMILY: Wife, Sharon; Eric (8/2/91), Taylor Christian (10/30/95), Perri Leigh (12/16/99)
EDUCATION: University of Maryland (1980, Law Enforcement)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Water and snow skiing
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1981
Q SCHOOL: 1988, 1989.
CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORIES:
(6): 2006 AT&T Championship. 2007 Turtle Bay Championship. 2008 MasterCard Championship at Hualalai, JELD-WEN Tradition. 2009 U.S. Senior Open Championship. 2010 JELD-WEN Tradition.

OTHER VICTORIES:

(2): 1993 Mexican Open. 2005 MerrillLynch Skins Game.

OTHER SENIOR VICTORIES:

(1): 2008Wendy’s 3-Tour Challenge [withJayHaas and NickPrice].

 


JAY HAAS

STATISTICS AND CAREER RECORDS:
EXEMPT STATUS: Top 50 on PGA TOUR Career Money List
FULL NAME: Jay Dean Haas
HEIGHT: 5-11
WEIGHT: 185
BIRTHDATE: December 2, 1953
BIRTHPLACE: St. Louis, MO
RESIDENCE: Greenville, SC
FAMILY: Wife, Janice; Jay, Jr. (3/8/81), William Harlan (5/24/82), Winona Haley (1/18/84); Emily Frances (9/25/87), Georgia Ann (3/12/92)
EDUCATION: Wake Forest University
SPECIAL INTERESTS: All sports
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1976
Q SCHOOL: Fall 1976
CLUB AFFILIATIONS: Thornblade GC (Greer, SC)
JOINED TOUR:
CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORIES
(15): 2005 Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn, 2005 SBC Championship. 2006 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, 2006 FedEx Kinko's Classic, 2006 Senior PGA Championship, 2006 Administaff Small Business Classic, 2006 Senior PGA Championship, 2007 Toshiba Classic, 2007 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, 2007 The Principal Charity Classic, 2007 Bank of America Championship, 2008 Senior PGA Championship, 2008 The Principal Charity Classic, 2009 Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn, 2009 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship.
PGA TOUR VICTORIES
(9): 1978 Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational. 1981 Greater Milwaukee Open, B.C. Open. 1982 Hall Of Fame, Texas Open. 1987 Big "I" Houston Open. 1988 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. 1992 Federal Express St. Jude Classic. 1993 H.E.B. Texas Open.
OTHER VICTORIES:
(4): 1975 NCAA Championship [indiv]. 1991 Mexican Open. 1996 Franklin Templeton Shootout [with Tom Kite]. 2004 CVS Charity Classic [with Bill Haas].


HALE IRWIN

STATISTICS AND CAREER RECORDS:
WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME MEMBER (Inducted 1992)
EXEMPT STATUS: Life Member
FULL NAME: Hale S. Irwin
HEIGHT: 6-0
WEIGHT: 185
BIRTHDATE: June 3, 1945
BIRTHPLACE: Joplin, MO
RESIDENCE: Paradise Valley, AZ
FAMILY: Wife, Sally; Becky (12/15/71), Steven (8/6/74); two grandchildren
EDUCATION: University of Colorado
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Photography, golf course design, fishing, bird hunting
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1968
JOINED TOUR: 1968
CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORIES
(45): 1995 Ameritech Senior Open, Vantage Championship. 1996 American Express Invitational, PGA Seniors' Championship. 1997 MasterCard Championship, LG Championship, PGA Seniors' Championship, Las Vegas Senior Classic, Burnet Senior Classic, BankBoston Classic, Boone Valley Classic, Vantage Championship, Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali Classic. 1998 Toshiba Senior Classic, PGA Seniors' Championship, Las Vegas Senior Classic, Ameritech Senior Open, U.S. Senior Open, BankBoston Classic, Energizer SENIOR TOUR Championship. 1999 Nationwide Championship, Boone Valley Classic, Ford Senior Players Championship, Ameritech Senior Open, Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic. 2000 Nationwide Championship, BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland, U.S. Senior Open, EMC Kaanapali Classic. 2001 Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley, Bruno's Memorial Classic, Turtle Bay Championship. 2002 ACE Group Classic, Toshiba Senior Classic, 3M Championship, Turtle Bay Championship. 2003 Kinko's Classic of Austin, Turtle Bay Championship. 2004 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, Senior PGA Championship. 2005 Turtle Bay Championship, Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am, Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach, SAS Championship. 2007 MasterCard Championship at Hualalai.
OTHER SENIOR VICTORIES
(8): 1996 Lexus Challenge [with Sean Connery]. 1997 Senior Slam at Los Cabos. 1998 Senior Match Play Challenge. 1999 Senior Skins Game, Wendy's Three-Tour Challenge [with Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson]. 2000 Our Lucaya Senior Slam. 2001 Senior Skins Game. 2002 Senior Skins Game. 2003 Office Depot Father/Son Challenge [with Steve]. 2005 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge [with Jay Haas and Craig Stadler].



PETER JACOBSON

STATISTICS AND CAREER RECORDS:
WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME MEMBER (Inducted 1992)
EXEMPT STATUS: Life Member
FULL NAME: Peter Erling Jacobsen
HEIGHT: 6-2
WEIGHT: 215
BIRTHDATE: March 4, 1954
BIRTHPLACE: Portland, OR
RESIDENCE: Bonita Springs, FL
FAMILY: Wife, Jan; Amy (7/19/80), Kristen (2/23/82), Mick (10/12/84); two grandsons
EDUCATION: University of Oregon
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Music, sports, guitar
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1976
Q SCHOOL: Fall 1976
JOINED TOUR:
CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORIES
(2): 2004 U.S. Senior Open. 2005 Ford Senior Players Championship.
OTHER SENIOR VICTORIES
(1): 2008 Wendy's Champions Skins Game [with Fuzzy Zoeller].
PGA TOUR VICTORIES
(7): 1980 Buick-Goodwrench Open. 1984 Colonial National Invitation, Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open. 1990 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. 1995 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Buick Invitational of California. 2003 Greater Hartford Open.
OTHER VICTORIES:
(7): 1974 Pacific-8 Conference Championship [indiv]. 1976 Oregon Open, Northern California Open. 1979 Western Australian Open. 1981 Johnnie Walker Cup. 1982 Johnnie Walker Cup. 1986 Fred Meyer Challenge [with Curtis Strange].
PGA TOUR CAREER EARNINGS:
7,799,810
BEST 2011 CHAMPIONS TOUR FINISHES:
T28—Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf


TOM LEHMAN (LAY-mun)

STATISTICS AND CAREER RECORDS:
EXEMPT STATUS: Past Champion
FULL NAME:Thomas Edward Lehman
HEIGHT: 6-2
WEIGHT: 215
BIRTHDATE: March 7, 1959
BIRTHPLACE: Austin, MN
RESIDENCE: Scottsdale, AZ
FAMILY: Wife, Melissa; Rachael (5/30/90), Holly (8/13/92), Thomas Andrew (7/24/95)
EDUCATION: University of Minnesota
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Fly fishing, golf course design, hunting, all sports
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1982
Q SCHOOL: 1983, 1984
CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORIES
(5): 2009 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, 2010 Senior PGA Championship, 2011 Allianz Championship, 2011 Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic, 2011 Regions Tradition.
PGA TOUR VICTORIES
(5): 1994 Memorial Tournament. 1995 Colonial National Invitation. 1996 British Open Championship, THE TOUR Championship. 2000 Phoenix Open.
OTHER VICTORIES:
(9): 1993 Casio World Open. 1995 Hyundai Team Matches [with Duffy Waldorf]. 1996 Hyundai Team Matches [with Duffy Waldorf], PGA Grand Slam of Golf, Skins Game. 1997 Loch Lomond World Invitational, Skins Game, Wendy's Three-Tour Challenge. 1999 Target World Challenge presented by Williams. 2000 Hyundai Team Matches [with Duffy Waldorf]. PGA TOUR CAREER EARNINGS:
21,250,748


MARK O'MEARA

STATISTICS AND CAREER RECORDS:
EXEMPT STATUS: Past Champion
FULL NAME: Mark Francis O'Meara
HEIGHT: 6-0
WEIGHT: 195
BIRTHDATE: January 13, 1957
BIRTHPLACE: Goldsboro, NC
RESIDENCE: Houston, TX
FAMILY: Wife, Meredith; Michelle (3/14/87), Shaun Robert (8/29/89), stepson Aidan Berkman (7/1/2001)
EDUCATION: Long Beach State (1980, Marketing)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Golf course design, fly tying, fly fishing
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1980
Q SCHOOL: Fall 1980
CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORIES
(2): 2010 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship.
OTHER VICTORIES:
(15): 1985 Fuji Sankei Classic. 1986 Australian Masters. 1987 Lawrence Batley International. 1989 RMCC Invitational [with Curtis Strange]. 1992 Tokai Classic. 1994 Argentine Open. 1997 Trophee Lancome. 1998 Cisco World Match Play Championship. The Skins Game. 1999 World Cup [with Tiger Woods]. 2000 Fred Meyer Challenge. 2002 ConAgra Food Skins Game. 2004 Dubai Desert Classic. 2007 Champions Challenge [with Mike Reid]. 2010 ADT Skills Challenge [with Nick Price]. PGA TOUR CAREER EARNINGS:
14,151,565

BEST 2011 CHAMPIONSTOUR FINSHES:

2¡VU.S. Senior Open Championship. TP2¡VSongdo IBD Championship PresentedbyKorean Air.



COREY PAVIN

STATISTICS AND CAREER RECORDS:
EXEMPT STATUS: 116th on 2010 money list
FULL NAME: Corey Allen Pavin
HEIGHT: 5-9
WEIGHT: 155
BIRTHDATE: November 16, 1959
BIRTHPLACE: Oxnard, CA
RESIDENCE: Dallas, TX
FAMILY: Wife, Lisa; Ryan (5/29/86), Austin (3/5/93), Alexis Le (12/26/07)
EDUCATION: UCLA
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Basketball, snow skiing
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1982
Q SCHOOL: 1983
JOINED TOUR: 2010
PGA TOUR VICTORIES:
(15): 1984 Houston Coca-Cola Open. 1985 Colonial National Invitation. 1986 Hawaiian Open, Greater Milwaukee Open. 1987 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, Hawaiian Open. 1988 Texas Open. 1991 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, BellSouth Atlanta Golf Classic. 1992 Honda Classic. 1994 Nissan Los Angeles Open. 1995 Nissan Open, U.S. Open Championship. 1996 MasterCard Colonial. 2006 U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee.

BEST 2011 CHAMPIONSTOUR FINSHES:

T3¡VLiberty Mutual Legends of Golf. T3¡VThe Senior Open Championship.




KENNY PERRY

STATISTICS AND CAREER RECORDS:
WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME MEMBER (Inducted 2003)
EXEMPT STATUS: Multiple tournament winner (through 2014)
FULL NAME: James Kenneth Perry
HEIGHT: 6-2
WEIGHT: 205
BIRTHDATE: August 10, 1960
BIRTHPLACE: Elizabethtown, KY
RESIDENCE: Franklin, KY
FAMILY: Wife, Sandy; Lesslye (5/20/84), Justin (11/23/85), Lindsey (4/27/88)
EDUCATION: Western Kentucky University
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Harley Davidson motorcycles, drag racing, restoring Chevrolet muscle cars
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1982
Q SCHOOL: Fall 1986
JOINED 1986

CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORIES (1): 2011 SAS Championship
2011 SEASON:
Made his first start of the season, at the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am, and was T20 in Tampa...The following week, teamed with good friend Scott Hoch at the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf and lost in a playoff to David Eger-Mark McNulty. Had a chance to win the title in regulation but lipped out a 25-foot birdie putt and then both players missed short par putts on the second extra hole to hand the trophy to Eger-McNulty.


NICK PRICE

STATISTICS AND CAREER RECORDS:
WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME MEMBER (Inducted 2003)
EXEMPT STATUS: Past Champion
FULL NAME: Nicholas Raymond Leige Price
HEIGHT: 6-0
WEIGHT: 190
BIRTHDATE: January 28, 1957
BIRTHPLACE: Durban, South Africa
RESIDENCE: Hobe Sound, FL
FAMILY: Wife, Sue; Gregory (8/9/91), Robyn Frances (8/5/93), Kimberly Rae (9/9/96)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Water skiing, fishing, flying, golf course architecture
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1977
Q SCHOOL: 1982
CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORIES:
(4): 2009 Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am. 2010 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, 2010 The Principal Charity Classic, 2011 Toshiba Classic. 


TOM WATSON

STATISTICS AND CAREER RECORDS:
WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME MEMBER (Inducted 1988)
EXEMPT STATUS: Life member
FULL NAME: Thomas Sturges Watson
HEIGHT: 5-9
WEIGHT: 175
BIRTHDATE: September 4, 1949
BIRTHPLACE: Kansas City, MO
RESIDENCE: Bucyrus, KS; plays out of The Greenbrier (White Sulphur Springs, WV)
FAMILY: Wife, Hilary; Meg (9/13/79), Michael Barrett (12/15/82), stepchildren Kyle (9/23/86), Paige (4/22/89), Ross (8/31/91)
EDUCATION: Stanford University (1971, Psychology)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Current affairs, hunting, fishing
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1971
Q SCHOOL: Fall 1971
CLUB AFFILIATIONS: The Greenbrier (White Sulphur Springs, WV)
JOINED TOUR: 1971
CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORIES:
(14): 1999 Bank One Championship. 2000 IR SENIOR TOUR Championship. 2001 Senior PGA Championship. 2002 SENIOR TOUR Championship at Gaillardia. 2003 Senior British Open, JELD-WEN Tradition. 2005 Senior British Open Championship, Charles Schwab Cup Championship. 2007 Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am, The Senior Open Championship presented by Aberdeen Asset Mngt.. 2008 Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am, Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf. 2010 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai, 2011 Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid.
MAJORS: (8) 1975, 77, 80, 82, 83 British Open, 1977, 81 Masters, 1982 U.S. Open