32 Year Veteran Member PGA TOUR
Quarter Century Member, PGA of America
• Qualified for the PGA TOUR in 1981, last spring qualifying school.
• PGA TOUR Q-School graduate four times: 1981-82-83-1996.
• Finished top 125 Money List 12 times, 1984-1993 and 1997-1998.
• Played in 525 PGA TOUR events with 283 career cuts.
Best Year: 1985
• Finished 30th on the final PGA TOUR Money List for the year.
• Won the J.C. Penney Mixed Team Classic with sister, Laurie Rinker.
• Tied for 2nd at the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am at Pebble Beach.
• Finished 3rd at the Players Championship and the Milwaukee Open.
• Led the TOUR in eagles with 14. Made 24 out of 30 cuts.
• Finished 19th in Ryder Cup points with six top tens in 1985.
Other Highlights
• Played in 7 U.S. Opens, 3 British Opens, 3 PGA’s, & 2 Masters.
• Best finishes in Majors; 1992 British Open, T-12th, 1982 U.S. Open, T-15th
• Led the TOUR in Putting Statistic in 1990. (Putts per greens in regulation)
• 14 career hole-in-ones, seven in PGA TOUR events.
• 1994, 1997 Player Advisory Council, PGA TOUR.
• 1980 Mini-Tour Player of the Year, Golfweek Magazine.
• 1978 Southeastern Conference Champion. All SEC 1978 and 1979.
• Doug Beldon Award (Most Outstanding Graduating Athlete, U. of Florida)
