Lanny Wadkins:

EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31 on All-Time Money List
FULL NAME: Lanny Wadkins
HEIGHT: 5-9
WEIGHT: 175
BIRTHDATE: December 5, 1949
BIRTHPLACE: Richmond, VA
RESIDENCE: Dallas, TX
FAMILY: Wife, Penelope; Jessica (10/14/73), Travis (8/25/87), Tucker (8/19/92)
EDUCATION: Wake Forest University
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Bird hunting, scuba diving, watching sons play sports
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1971
JOINED TOUR: 2000

PGA TOUR Victories
(21) 1972 Sahara Invitational. 1973 Byron Nelson Golf Classic, USI Classic. 1977 PGA Championship, World Series of Golf. 1979 Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open, Tournament Players Championship. 1982 Phoenix Open, MONY Tournament of Champions, Buick Open. 1983 Greater Greensboro, MONY Tournament of Champions. 1985 Bob Hope Classic, Los Angeles Open, Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic. 1987 Doral-Ryder Open. 1988 Hawaiian Open, Colonial National Invitation Tournament. 1990 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic. 1991 United Hawaiian Open. 1992 Canon Greater Hartford Open.
Champions Tour Victories
(1) 2000 ACE Group Classic.
Other Victories
1968 Southern Amateur. 1970 U.S. Amateur, Southern Amateur. 1978 Victorian PGA Championship, Canadian PGA Championship. 1979 Bridgestone Open. 1984 World Nissan Championship. 1990 Fred Meyer Challenge (with Bobby Wadkins).
Current Year Champions Tour Money and Positions
$15,373 (97)
Current Year Best Champions Tour Finishes
T31--Toshiba Senior Classic
Current Year Champions Tour Best Round
65 at Round 1, Toshiba Senior Classic
Best PGA TOUR Finishes
1--1972 Sahara Invitational. 1973 Byron Nelson Golf Classic, USI Classic. 1977 PGA Championship, World Series of Golf. 1979 Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open, Tournament Players Championship. 1982 Phoenix Open, MONY Tournament of Champions, Buick Open. 1983 Greater Greensboro, MONY Tournament of Champions. 1985 Bob Hope Classic, Los Angeles Open, Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic. 1987 Doral-Ryder Open. 1988 Hawaiian Open, Colonial National Invitation Tournament. 1990 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic. 1991 United Hawaiian Open. 1992 Canon Greater Hartford Open.
Best Champions Tour Finishes
1--2000 ACE Group Classic.
Best 2002 Champions Tour Finishes
3--Emerald Coast Classic, T7--Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley, T9--MasterCard Championship
2002 Season Champions Tour
Tournaments Entered--20; in money--20; Top 10 finishes--3
2002 Season Highlights
Sandwiched his Champions Tour schedule around CBS golf telecasts and managed to record three top-10 finishes, all before the end of March...Placed solo third at the rain-shortened Emerald Coast Classic thanks to a 7-under 63 in the second round, his career-low 18-hole score on the Champions Tour and best round since shooting a 62 at the 1989 Texas Open on the PGA TOUR. Performance at The Moors was his best since winning the 2000 ACE Group Classic in his initial Champions Tour appearance...Opened year with T9 at MasterCard Championship and also T7 at the Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley...Assumed the role of lead analyst for CBS golf telecasts at the SBC Senior Open following the retirement of Ken Venturi and will continue full-time in that capacity in 2003.
Career Highlights
2001: Played the Champions Tour despite several injuries (wrist and elbow) and broadcasting commitments on CBS golf telecasts...Was grouped with his brother, Bobby, in the second round of the 3M Championship, the first time the two had played an official round together since the 1999 MCI Classic in Hilton Head...T9 at the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Match Play Championship. 2000: Troubled for a portion of the year with right elbow problems...Became just the ninth of 10 players ever to win in his Champions Tour debut (brother, Bobby, became the 10th during the 2001 season). Defeated Tom Watson, Walter Hall and Jose Maria Canizares in a playoff for the ACE Group Classic title. Rallied from three strokes down to get into overtime on the final day with an 8-under-par 64, then won the event when he eliminated Canizares with a par on the third extra hole...Made first hole-in-one on the Champions Tour during the opening round of the Nationwide Championship.
Personal
Enjoys well-deserved reputation as a fierce competitor...Along with brother, Bobby, kept Richmond, VA, junior championship trophy in Wadkins household for six consecutive years (Lanny won four times, Bobby twice)...Is now the lead analyst for CBS golf telecasts...Served as the player consultant on the TPC of Myrtle Beach, the venue of the Champions Tour Championship in 2000... Biggest thrill in golf was winning the 1977 PGA Championship and his biggest thrill outside of golf is watching his sons play sports...Favorite golf course is Pebble Beach.
PGA TOUR Playoff Record
3-3
Champions Tour Playoff Record
1-0