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6/29/2005
- Exempt Status:PGA TOUR Career Victory Category
- Full Name: Keith Fergus
- Height: 6-2
- Weight: 200
- Birthdate: March 3, 1954
- Birthplace: Temple, TX RESIDENCE: Sugar Land, TX
- Residence: Scottsdale, AZ
- Family: Wife, Cindy; Steven (9/4/79), Laura (3/5/84)
- Education: University of Houston
- Special Interests:Fishing
- Turned Professional: 1976
- Joined Tour: 2004
- Exempt Status:Net-70 on All-Time Money List
- Full Name: Kermit Zarley
- Height: 6-0
- Weight: 175
- Birthdate: September 29, 1941
- Birthplace: Seattle, WA
- Residence: Scottsdale, AZ
- Family: Christine (7/25/67), Monica (12/11/68), Michael (10/20/70); four grandchildren
- Education: University of Houston (B.B.A, 1963)
- Special Interests:Bible study, writing, weightlifting
- Turned Professional: 1963
- Joined Tour: 1991
6/21/2005
- Exempt Status:2002 two-time tournament winner (through 2005)
- Full Name:
K.J. Choi
- Height: 5-8
- Weight: 185
- Birthdate: May 19, 1970
- Birthplace: Wando, South Korea
- Residence: The Woodlands, TX
- Family: Wife, Hyunjung Kim; Hohjun "David" (5/9/97), Amanda (3/4/02), Daniel (12/26/03
- Special Interests:Movies
- Turned Professional: 1994
5/31/2005
- Exempt Status: Past Champion
- Full Name: Keith Clearwater
- Height: 6-0
- Weight: 195
- Birthdate: September 1, 1959
- Birthplace: Long Beach, CA
- Residence: Provo, UT
- Family: Wife, Sue; Jennifer (3/8/85), Melissa (6/30/88), Nicholas (11/ 24/92), Amanda (7/12/94)
- Education: Brigham Young University
- Special Interests: Family, church activities, home building, water sports, all sports
- Turned Professional: 1982
- Joined Tour: 1987
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PGA TOUR Victories
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| (2) 1987 Colonial National Invitation, Centel Classic. |
| Current Year Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
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| Current Year Best Nationwide Tour Finishes |
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| Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round |
| 71 at Round 1, Bank of America Colonial |
| Current Year Nationwide Tour Best Round |
| 71 at Round 3, BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| 1–1987 Colonial National Invitation, Centel Classic. |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes |
| T2–2000 BUY.COM Shreveport Open, T2–BUY.COM Inland Empire Open. |
| Best 2004 PGA TOUR Finishes |
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| Best 2004 Nationwide Tour Finishes |
| T22–Lake Erie Charity Classic at Peek ‘n Peak Resort |
| 2004 Season PGA TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered–5; in money–; Top 10 finishes–0 |
| 2004 Season Nationwide Tour |
| Tournaments Entered–9; in money–2; Top 10 finishes–0 |
| 2004 Season Highlights |
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| Other Information |
| Has earned two victories in his PGA TOUR career, both in his rookie season of 1987, the Colonial National Invitation and Centel Classic. Victory at Colonial came after he recorded a pair of 64s on a 36-hole Sunday. Named 1987 PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year. Winner of 1982 North and South Amateur and 1985 Alaska State Open. Member of winning 1981 NCAA Championship team at Brigham Young. Teammates at BYU included Rick Fehr, Richard Zokol and Bobby Clampett. |
- Exempt Status: Veteran Member
- Full Name: Kelly Gibson
- Height: 5-11
- Weight: 190
- Birthdate: May 2, 1964
- Birthplace: New Orleans, LA
- Residence: New Orleans, LA ; plays out of English Turn CC
- Family: Wife, Elizabeth
- Education: Lamar University (1986, Speech Communications)
- Special Interests: Cajun food, New Orleans Saints football
- Turned Professional: 1986
- Joined Tour: 1992
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Nationwide Tour Victories
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| (2) 1991 Ben Hogan Tri-Cities Open. 1999 NIKE Oregon Classic. |
| Current Year Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
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| Current Year Best Nationwide Tour Finishes |
| T30–Henrico County Open Pres’d by Saxon Capital, Inc. |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round |
| 74 at Round 1, Zurich Classic of New Orleans |
| Current Year Nationwide Tour Best Round |
| 69 at Round 1, Henrico County Open Pres’d by Saxon Capital, Inc., 69 at Round 2, Henrico County Open Pres’d by Saxon Capital, Inc., 69 at Round 4, Henrico County Open Pres’d by Saxon Capital, Inc. |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| T3–1996 Las Vegas Invitational. |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes |
| 1–1991 Ben Hogan Tri-Cities Open. 1999 NIKE Oregon Classic. |
| Best 2004 PGA TOUR Finishes |
| T50–HP Classic of New Orleans |
| Best 2004 Nationwide Tour Finishes |
| T10–Albertsons Boise Open |
| 2004 Season PGA TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered–10; in money–4; Top 10 finishes–0 |
| 2004 Season Nationwide Tour |
| Tournaments Entered–13; in money–8; Top 10 finishes–1 |
| 2004 Season Highlights |
| First-round leader at the B.C. Open after a 64. Three rounds in the 70s dropped him to T56. |
| Other Information |
| Member of the Nationwide Tour in 1990, 1991, 1999, 2001 and 2002. Member of the PGA TOUR in 1992-98 and 2000. Played in 10 PGA TOUR events in 2004, making four cuts. First-round leader at the 2004 B.C. Open with a 64. Three rounds in the 70s dropped him to T56. Made the cut in seven of 15 events on the 2003 Nationwide Tour. Finished T4 at the Samsung Canadian PGA Championship and T7 at the Miccosukee Championship in his only top-10s of the season. Made the cut in five of 13 appearances on the 2003 PGA TOUR. In addition to playing in 14 PGA TOUR events in 2002, made 13 starts on the Nationwide Tour. Posted T14 at the 2002 Valero Texas Open, his best effort on the PGA TOUR since he finished T6 at the 1997 Canon Greater Hartford Open. Earned full playing privileges for 2000 with 13th-place finish on 1999 Nationwide Tour. Second Nationwide Tour win came in wire-to-wire fashion at the 1999 Oregon Classic. Best career PGA TOUR finish came in the 1996 Las Vegas Invitational. Ended the five-day tournament with three straight 65s to finish T3 and earn a career-best paycheck of $95,700. Finished a career-best 69th on the 1996 final money list, with $307,228. After losing card following the 1994 season, regained exempt status with 26th-place finish at the Qualifying Tournament. Earned his first Nationwide Tour win at the 1991 season-ending Tri-Cities Open, where his final-round 63 gave him a two-stroke win over Jerry Anderson. Finished 14th on the 1991 money list. Four-year member of the Canadian Tour, where he won twice and was third on the Order of Merit in 1991. Led the Canadian Tour in scoring average in 1991 (69.75). Won the 1996 Erie (PA) Open. Associate design consultant at the TPC of Louisiana in hometown of New Orleans with Steve Elkington and Pete Dye. Course opened in 2004 and debuts as host site for Zurich Classic of New Orleans in 2005. |
5/30/2005
- Exempt Status: Major Medical Extension
- Full Name: Ken Green
- Height: 5-10
- Weight: 195
- Birthdate: July 23, 1958
- Birthplace: Danbury, CT
- Residence: West Palm Beach, FL; plays out of Ridgewood CC (Danbury, CT)
- Family: Ken Jr. (12/19/81), Hunter (9/30/88)
- Education: Palm Beach Junior College
- Special Interests: Bowling
- Turned Professional: 1980
- Joined Tour: 1982
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PGA TOUR Victories
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| (5) 1985 Buick Open. 1986 The International. 1988 Canadian Open, Greater Milwaukee Open. 1989 KMart Greater Greensboro Open. |
| Current Year Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
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| Current Year Best Nationwide Tour Finishes |
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| Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round |
| 71 at Round 1, FedEx St. Jude Classic |
| Current Year Nationwide Tour Best Round |
| 74 at Round 1, Henrico County Open Pres’d by Saxon Capital, Inc. |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| 1–1985 Buick Open. 1986 The International. 1988 Canadian Open, Greater Milwaukee Open. 1989 KMart Greater Greensboro Open. |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes |
| T3–2002 BMW Charity Pro-Am at the Cliffs. |
| Best 2004 PGA TOUR Finishes |
| T37–Deutsche Bank Championship |
| Best 2004 Nationwide Tour Finishes |
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| Tournaments Entered–18; in money–4; Top 10 finishes–0 |
| 2004 Season Nationwide Tour |
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| PGA TOUR Playoff Record |
| 0-2 |
| Other Information |
| Played in 18 events with four made cuts. Best finish was a T37 at the Deutsche Bank Championship. Withdrew from five events and was disqualified from two. Will receive a Major Medical Extension carryover for 2005. Coupled with $113,989 earned in 2003-2004, has the opportunity to play in four events to earn $373,506 and match the $487,495 winnings of 2003’s No. 125, Esteban Toledo. If he does so, will play out of the Major Medical Extension category for the remainder of the season. Limited to seven events in 2003 due to back problems. Received Major Medical Extension for the 2004 campaign. Best finish on the PGA TOUR in 2003 was T25 at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Top-25 was first since a T12 at the 1997 Greater Milwaukee Open. Wrestled a 75-pound alligator to save his 2-year-old Alsatian dog, Nip, when the dog jumped into a canal at his home in West Palm Beach, FL, to retrieve a ball. Member of PGA TOUR since 1982 and a five-time winner on TOUR. Member of 1989 U.S. Ryder Cup squad. Winner of 1985 and 1992 Connecticut Opens, 1985 King Hassan Open (Morocco), 1988 Dunlop Phoenix and 1990 Hong Kong Open. Started playing golf at age 12 in Honduras, where father was principal of the American School and only sports choices were golf or soccer. Once described by Johnny Miller as best fairway wood player in game. An avid bowler who rolled a 300 game in September 1996. |
- Exempt Status: 119th on 2004 money list
- Full Name: Kent Jones
- Height: 5-8
- Weight: 150
- Birthdate: January 8, 1967
- Birthplace: Portales, NM
- Residence: Albuquerque, NM
- Family: Wife, JoAnna; Lauren Marie (10/11/00), Samuel Kent (10/8/02)
- Education: University of New Mexico (1990, Business Administration) (1991, Masters in Business Admininstration)
- Special Interests: Reading, fishing
- Turned Professional: 1992
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Nationwide Tour Victories
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| (2) 2000 BUY.COM Shreveport Open, BUY.COM Greensboro Open. |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Money and Position |
| $255,201 (127) |
| Current Year Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| T7–Shell Houston Open |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round |
| 65 at Round 4, Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, 65 at Round 2, AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Highlights |
| First top-10 of 2005 came in 10th start, a T7 at the Shell Houston Open. |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| T7–2005 Shell Houston Open. |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes |
| 1–2000 BUY.COM Shreveport Open, BUY.COM Greensboro Open. |
| Best 2004 PGA TOUR Finishes |
| T9–Bob Hope Chrysler Classic |
| 2004 Season PGA TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered–32; in money–17; Top 10 finishes–2 |
| Finished inside the top 125 for the second straight season, thanks in part to a T17 at the final full-field event of the season, the Chrysler Championship. Came into the event No. 124 on the money list and improved to No. 119…Had career-high two top-10s…Posted five sub-70 rounds en route to T9 finish at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, second top-10 of career and first since 2002 campaign…Added another top-10 (T10) two weeks later at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. One of five players with rounds in the 60s (69) during Sunday’s final round…Shared the first-round lead with six others at the Michelin Championship at Las Vegas prior to finishing T15. The $58,100 check moved him to 120th on the TOUR money list. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2003: Entered the season with conditional status after finishing 131st on 2002 money list…Seven top-25s allowed him to finish inside the the top 125 on the money list for the first time in his career. Finished the season with four consecutive made cuts, moving from 143rd to 122nd during that stretch. 2002: Made the most of 33 events entered, making 19 cuts. Earned first top-10 of TOUR career at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am with a T8…Led after 18 holes at the Buick Open at 7-under-par 65, before finishing T14. 2001: Only top-25 was a T15 at John Deere Classic. 2000: Was two-time winner on Nationwide Tour at Shreveport Open and Greensboro Open. Set tournament record by three strokes in Greensboro with a 17-under 263. 1998: Rookie on TOUR, was one shot off the lead after 36 holes of the Buick Open, finished T12. |
| Personal |
| College teammate of PGA TOUR member Tim Herron…Season ticketholder for New Mexico basketball…Traveled with his wife and dog for three years in recreational vehicle while playing the Canadian Tour (1993-94) and the Hooters Tour (1995). Finally sold the truck after putting more than 200,000 miles on it…Was inducted in the Carlsbad (NM) Athletic Hall of Fame. |
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