Peter Jacobsen

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Peter Jacobsen
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Full namePeter Erling Jacobsen
Born (1954-03-04) March 4, 1954 (age 70)
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Bonita Springs, Florida, U.S.
Spouse
Jan
(m. 1976)
Children3
Career
College University of Oregon
Turned professional1976
Current tour(s) PGA Tour Champions
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Professional wins18
Highest ranking 15 (January 7, 1996) [1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour7
PGA Tour of Australasia1
PGA Tour Champions2
Other8
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T11: 1981
PGA Championship 3rd: 1983, 1986
U.S. Open T7: 1984
The Open Championship T11: 1985
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour
Comeback Player of the Year
2003
Champions Tour
Comeback Player of the Year
2005
Old Tom Morris Award 2012
Payne Stewart Award 2013
(For a full list of awards, see here)

Peter Erling Jacobsen (born March 4, 1954) is an American professional golfer and commentator on Golf Channel and NBC. He has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. He has won seven events on the PGA Tour and two events on the Champions Tour, both majors.

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Early life

Jacobsen was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He graduated from Portland’s Lincoln High School. [2]

Amateur career

Jacobsen played college golf at the University of Oregon. He turned professional in 1976 after winning the Oregon Open as an amateur.

Professional career

Jacobsen qualified for the PGA Tour in his first attempt, finishing in 19th place at the December 1976 qualifying tournament in Brownsville, Texas. [3] [4] He made steady progress during his first few seasons and captured his first title in 1980 at the Buick-Goodwrench Open. [5] Jacobsen won twice on the tour in 1984 and broke into the top-10 on the money list for the first time. Two more wins in 1995 catapulted him to a career-best seventh place on the end of season money list. As a result of his performance during those two seasons, he was selected to play in two Ryder Cups, in 1985 and 1995.

Jacobsen won seven tournaments on the PGA Tour, the last at the 2003 Greater Hartford Open at the age of 49, making him one of the oldest to win on the PGA Tour. [6] That year he was voted the Tour's comeback player of the year. [7]

After turning fifty, Jacobsen competed mainly on the Champions Tour, although he also played on the PGA Tour for several years. In his first year of eligibility for senior golf in 2004, he won the U.S. Senior Open, one of senior golf's major championships, shortly after hip surgery. [8] [9] The following year, he added a second senior major title at the Senior Players Championship. [10]

Broadcasting and business career

Away from competing, Jacobsen has presented two shows on the Golf Channel. Plugged In was a variety show, featuring music, story-telling and skits performed with co-host Matt Griesser, former star of the FootJoy SignBoy campaign, and Peter and Friends was a panel discussion show.

Jacobsen provided video and audio commentary for Golden Tee Golf, a video game from Incredible Technologies, including Peter Jacobson's Golden Tee 3D Golf .

Jacobsen also owns Peter Jacobsen Sports. [7] [11] It is an event management company that has run several professional golf tournaments including the JELD-WEN Tradition, one of the majors on the Champions Tour. [7] The company also runs the CVS Caremark Charity Classic, one of the PGA Tour's Challenge Series events. Until 2002 it also organized the Fred Meyer Challenge, a three-day charity event in Oregon.<refWhite, Ryan (August 28, 2002). "Fred Meyer pulls out of charity golf event". The Oregonian.</ref> Jacobsen is also the face of Peter Jacobsen Challenge Keno and Peter Jacobsen Challenge Poker , two video gambling casino games. [12]

Personal life

Jacobsen is married to Jan. The couple married in December 1976. They have three children: Amy, Kristen, and Mick.

He is known for his laid-back, humorous personality. During the Fred Meyer Challenge, Jacobsen was known to do impressions of other players, such as Craig Stadler. The event was filmed and broadcast on the Golf Channel, and they have released a DVD and VHS of the footage, titled "Peter's Party." [13] Jacobsen also appeared as himself alongside Kevin Costner in the 1996 movie Tin Cup, where he was the winner of the fictional U.S. Open. [14]

A self-taught guitarist, Jacobsen was a founding member and lead singer of Jake Trout & The Flounders, a band he formed in the mid-80s with Mark Lye and Payne Stewart. The group is no longer together, but they recorded two albums. [15]

Amateur wins (1)

Professional wins (18)

PGA Tour wins (7)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1Aug 24, 1980 Buick-Goodwrench Open −12 (70-70-69-67=276)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Mark Lye, Flag of the United States.svg Billy Kratzert
2May 20, 1984 Colonial National Invitation −10 (64-71-65-70=270)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Payne Stewart
3Jul 29, 1984 Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open −15 (67-69-63-70=269)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Mark O'Meara
4Jan 21, 1990 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic −21 (67-66-69-66-71=339)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Scott Simpson, Flag of the United States.svg Brian Tennyson
5Feb 5, 1995 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am −17 (67-73-66-65=271)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg David Duval
6Feb 12, 1995 Buick Invitational of California −19 (68-65-68-68=269)4 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Mark Calcavecchia, Flag of the United States.svg Mike Hulbert,
Flag of the United States.svg Hal Sutton, Flag of the United States.svg Kirk Triplett
7Jul 27, 2003 Greater Hartford Open (2)−14 (63-67-69-67=266)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Chris Riley

PGA Tour playoff record (1–3)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 1981 Buick Open Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Clampett, Flag of the United States.svg Hale Irwin,
Flag of the United States.svg Gil Morgan
Irwin won with birdie on second extra hole
2 1984 Colonial National Invitation Flag of the United States.svg Payne Stewart Won with birdie on first extra hole
3 1985 Honda Classic Flag of the United States.svg Curtis Strange Lost to par on first extra hole
4 1989 Beatrice Western Open Flag of the United States.svg Mark McCumber Lost to par on first extra hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
1Nov 25, 1979 Western Australian Open −9 (71-70-70-68=279)5 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Graham

Other wins (7)

Champions Tour wins (2)

Legend
Champions Tour major championships (2)
Other Champions Tour (0)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
1Aug 1, 2004 U.S. Senior Open −12 (65-70-69-68=272)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Hale Irwin
2Jul 10, 2005 Ford Senior Players Championship −15 (70-66-71-66=273)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Hale Irwin

Other senior wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament19791980198119821983198419851986198719881989
Masters Tournament T11T20T20T25CUTT25T34
U.S. Open T22T37T34T7T31T59T24T218
The Open Championship T12T22T11CUTWDT30
PGA Championship T23T10T27T343T18T1032047T27
Tournament1990199119921993199419951996199719981999
Masters Tournament T30T17T61T31
U.S. Open CUTT3163CUTT51T23
The Open Championship T16T73T24T31T44
PGA Championship T26T28T28T23WDT67
Tournament2000200120022003200420052006
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open T15CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = Withdrew
"T" = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament 0000061110
U.S. Open 0000271714
The Open Championship 000005119
PGA Championship 0022481816
Totals00226265749

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989
The Players Championship T52T14T5CUTT27T16T51CUTT33CUTT16T70
Tournament1990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005
The Players Championship T29CUTCUTCUTT29CUTT48CUT80CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2003
Match Play
Championship
Invitational T14
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Senior major championships

Wins (2)

YearChampionshipWinning scoreMarginRunner-up
2004 U.S. Senior Open −12 (65-70-69-68=272)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Hale Irwin
2005 Ford Senior Players Championship −15 (70-66-71-66=273)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Hale Irwin

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2017.

Tournament2004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019
The Tradition T4T42WDWD56T6024WDT46T65
Senior PGA Championship T6T7T52CUTCUTT35CUTCUTCUTWD
U.S. Senior Open 1T26T3T33CUTCUTWDCUTT17WDCUTCUTCUT
Senior Players Championship 1T45T72T62T3970
Senior British Open Championship T56T40CUT
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Awards

U.S. national team appearances

Professional

See also

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