Tom Pernice, Jr.

Tom Pernice, Jr.
Personal information
Full name Thomas Charles Pernice, Jr.
Born September 5, 1959 (1959-09-05) (age 52)
Kansas City, Missouri
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Nationality  United States
Residence Murrieta, California
Career
College UCLA
Turned professional 1983
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Champions Tour
Professional wins 4
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 2
Champions Tour 1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament T17: 2007
U.S. Open T13: 1989
The Open Championship T60: 2010
PGA Championship T23: 2005

Thomas Charles Pernice, Jr. (born September 5, 1959) is an American professional golfer.

Pernice was born in Kansas City, Missouri.[1] He attended UCLA, where his teammates on the golf team included Jay Delsing, Corey Pavin, Steve Pate and Duffy Waldorf. Pernice was a two-time All-American and PAC-10 Player of the Year in 1981.[2] He majored in Economics and graduated in 1982.[1]

Pernice won two PGA Tour events.[2] His best finish in a major is T13 at the 1989 U.S. Open.[3] He is an advocate of the Jim Hardy one plane swing.[4][5]

Pernice turned 50 in September 2009 and played in his first Champions Tour event at the SAS Championship. He became the 15th player to win a Champions Tour event in his debut,[6] winning by 1 stroke over Nick Price and David Frost.[2] In 2009 and 2010, Pernice played sporadically on the PGA Tour, earning conditional status in 2010 and 2011 while also competing on the Champions Tour.

Pernice rejoined the PGA Tour for 2012 after a third place tie at the Children's Miracle Network Classic moved him to 121st on the 2011 money list, after beginning the week as the fifth alternate and ranked 143rd. In his limited time, Pernice also finished 29th on the Champions Tour, earning him full status on both tours for 2012.

Contents

Professional wins (4)

PGA Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner(s)-up
1 Aug 8, 1999 Buick Open -18 (66-66-72-66=270) 1 stroke Tom Lehman, Ted Tryba, Bob Tway
2 Aug 5, 2001 The International 34 points (12-12-9-1=34) 1 point Chris Riley

Champions Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner(s)-up
1 Sep 27, 2009 SAS Championship -13 (67-67-69=203) 1 stroke David Frost, Nick Price

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open CUT DNP DNP T13
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T94 DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP T66 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
The Masters DNP DNP T24 DNP DNP DNP DNP T17 DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP CUT CUT DNP CUT T42 T21 T36 DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT CUT CUT DNP DNP
PGA Championship T27 T51 DNP T45 CUT T23 CUT CUT CUT DNP
Tournament 2010
The Masters DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T60
PGA Championship DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

References

  1. ^ a b "Profile on PGA Tour's official site". http://www.pgatour.com/players/00/19/41. Retrieved February 28, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c "Biographical information from PGA Tour's official site". http://www.pgatour.com/players/r/?/00/19/41/media. Retrieved February 28, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Golf Major Championships". http://golfmajorchampionships.com/players?player=266. 
  4. ^ "Tom Pernice profile". The Plane Truth. http://www.planetruthforgolfers.com/tom-pernice.html. Retrieved February 28,2011. 
  5. ^ "Tom Pernice tutorial from swingjacket.com". http://www.swingjacket.com/one_plane_golf_swing.html. Retrieved February 28, 2011. 
  6. ^ Pernice wins in Champions Tour debut

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