fN OGAN UR Official 1990 Media Guide PGA TOUR, SENIOR PGA TOUR, SKINS GAME, STADIUM GOLF, THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP, TOURNAMENT PLAY- ERS CHAMPIONSHIP, TOURNAMENT PLAYERS CLUB, TPC, TPC INTERNATIONAL, WORLD SERIES OF GOLF. FAMILY GOLF CENTER, TOUR CADDY, and SUPER SENIORS are trade- marks of the PGA TOUR, The BEN HOGAN TOUR is a trademark of the BEN HOGAN COMPANY and is licensed exclusively to the PGA TOUR. PGA TOUR Deane R. Boman. Commissioner Sawgrass Ponte Vedra, FL 32082 Telephone: 904-285-3700 Copyright ©1990 by the PGA TOUR, Inc. All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be repro- duced -- electronically, mechanically or by any other means, including photocopying - without the written permission of the PGA TOUR. Cover photo by Hy Peskin, LIFE MAGAZINE © 1950 TIME Inc. BEN HOGAN TOUR OFFICIAL 1990 BEN HOGAN TOUR BOOK Inaugural Edition TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE EXEMPT PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES TOUR INFORMATION TABLE OF CONTENTS 1990 Ben Hogan Tour Schedule.._ ..............................................................3 TourDebuts This Year ................. _ .............................................................. 5 PGA Tournament Policy Board ... ..............................................................6 PGA TOUR Commissioner ...........................................................................7 BenHogan ...................................................... _ ............................................. 9 PGA TOUR Administrators ........................................................................11 Ben Hogan Tour Administration ...............................................................12 Ben Hogan Tour Tournament Staff .............. _ ........................................... 13 PGA TOUR Communications & Public Relat ons Dept ........................... 14 Ben Hogan Company Staff ........................................................................15 Eligibility Requirements ................................ _ ........................................... 16 The Next Generation of Champions ............. _ ........................................... 19 Performance Effects & Purse Distribution .. ...........................................21 The Ben Hogan Cup: An Emblem of Opportunity ....................................22 Ben Hogan Tour Chronology ........................ _ ........................................... 23 Sharing the Legend: The Ben Hogan Company .....................................25 Hogan Tour Trucks Create Tournament Atmosphere .............................27 PGA TOUR Productions ................................ _ ........................................... 29 Brief History of the PGA TOUR .................... _ ........................................... 21 PGA TOUR History Book Available .............. _ ........................................... 23 Exempt Player Biographies .......................... _ ........................................... 24 Pronunciation Guide ..................................................... .............................E2 1989 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament .................................................E3 1990 Ben Hogan Tour Qualifying Tournament ........................................Eo4 PGA of America Section Information ........................................................55 Frequently Used Telephone Numbers .....................................................89 MediaRegulations ......................................... ...... _ .................................... 90 Photography Regulations ............................. ...... _ .................................... 91 2 1990 BEN HOGAN TOUR SCHEDULE DATE TOURNAMENT LOCATION FEB 2-4 Ben Hogan (Bakersfield CC) 4200 Country Club Drive Bakersfield Open Bakersfield, CA 93206 805-871-4000 9-11 Ben Hogan Yuma Open (Desert Hills GC) 1245 Desert Hills Drive Yuma, AZ 85364 602-344-4653 MAR 2-4 Ben Hogan South (North Shore CC) 801 Broadway Texas Open Portland, TX 78374 512-643-1546 9-11 Ben Hogan Baton (Country Club of Louisiana) 18400 Blvd La. Rouge Open Baton Rouge. LA 70810 504-295.0676 16-18 Ben Hogan Mississippi (Windance G&CC) P 0. Box 2278 Gulf Coast Classic Gulfport, MS 39505 601-832-4871 23-25 Ben Hogan Panama (Hombre GC) P.O. Box 9850 City Beach Classic Panama City Bch., FL 32407 904-235-4044 30-1 Ben Hogan Lake (Lake City CC) Rt. 3, 3ox 436 City Classic Lake City, FL 32055 904-752-0721 APR 13-15 Ben Hogan (Pensacola CC) 1500 Bayshore Drive Pensacola Open Pensacola, FL 32507 904-455-7364 20-22 Ben Hogan (Gateway GC) 11360 Championship Drive Gateway Open Ft. Myers, FL 33913 813-561-1010 27-29 Ben Hogan (River North CC) 1 River North Blvd. Macon Open Macon, GA 31209 912-743-1495 MAY 11-13 Ben Hogan (Willow Creek GC) 12003 Kingston Pike Knoxville Open Knoxville. TN 37939 615-675-0100 18-20 Ben Hogan (Pine Valley CC) 850 Fine Valley Dr. Elizabethtown Open Elizabethtown, KY 42701 502-737-8300 JUN 1-3 Ben Hogan (Quicksilver GC) Rt. 980. Box 595 Quicksilver Open Midway, PA 15060 412-795-1594 8-10 Ben Hogan Quail (Quail Hollow Resort) 11080 Concord-Hamb- Hollow Open den Rd., Concord, OH 44077 216-352-6201 15-17 Ben Hogan (Orchard Ridge CC) 4551 Lower Huntington Ft. Wayne Open Rd., Ft. Wayne, IN 46809 219-747-3117 3 TOUR SCHEDULE continued DATE TOURNAMENT LOCATION JUN 29-1 Ben Hogan Central (Seven Oaks Golf Club) East Lake Road New York Classic Hamilton, NY 13346 315-824-1432 JUL 6-8 Ben Hogan New (Yale GC) 200 Conrad Drive Haven Open New Haven, CT 06515 203-432-0895 13-15 Ben Hogan New (The Woodlands Club) 39 Woods Road England Classic Falmouth, ME 04105 207-781-3104 20-22 Ben Hogan (Brierwood CC) 5324 Rogers Road Buffalo Open Hamburg, NY 14075 715-648-7034 AUG 3-5 Ben Hogan Dakota (Dakota Dunes CC) 1201 Council Oak Dr Dunes Open Sioux City, IA 51109 712-233-1469 10-12 Ben Hogan Deer Creek (Deer Creek GC) 7000 West 133rd Street Open Overland Park, KS 66209 913-681-3100 17-19 Ben Hogan Greater (Highland Springs CC) 5000 Highland Springs Ozarks Open Blvd., Springfield, M065809417-886.0408 24-26 Ben Hogan Reflection (Reflection Ridge GC) 2301 North Ridge Rd. Ridge Open Wichita, KS 67205 316-721-2192 31-2 Ben Hogan (Texarkana CC) P.O. Box 513 Texarkana Open Texarkana, AR 75504 501-774-9531 SEP 7-9 Ben Hogan (Amarillo CC) 4800 Bushland Blvd Amarillo Open Amarillo,TX 79116 806-355-3371 14-16 Ben Hogan (Riverside CC) 2710 North University Ave. Utah Classic Provo, UT 84604 801-373.8262 21-23 Ben Hogan (HillcrestCC)4610HillcrestDrive Boise Open Boise, ID 83705 208-343-5425 28-30 Ben Hogan (Northgate GC) 1111 Clubhouse Drive Reno Open Reno, NV 89523 702-747-7577 OCT 5-7 Ben Hogan (Windsor GC) Shiloh Rd. & Skylane Blvd Santa Rosa Open Windsor, CA 95492 707-838-7888 19-21 Ben Hogan (Coronado CC) 1044 Broadmoor Drive El Paso Open ElPaso,TX 79912 915-584-3841 4 BEN HOGAN TOUR DEBUTS THIS YEAR In an effort to offer professional golfers increased playing opportunities and bring the game to new markets, the PGA TOUR hasjoined together with the Ben Hogan Company and the PGA of America to form a separate and unique golf tour. The Ben Hogan Tour will be a thirty event series of $100,000 golf tournaments which will serve as a proving ground for players who wish to pursue a career cn either the PGA TOUR or the Senior PGA TOUR. Ben Hogan Tour events will consist of 54 holes of official competition, preceded by a Thursday pro-am and a Monday Open Qualifier at the tournament site. Field size for the tournaments will beset at 132 players with a cut to the low 50 scores and ties following the first 36 holes of play. The Ben Hogan Tour will cross the United States making stops In all regions of the country. The Tour will begin in February in California and move east. The new Tour will make stops in such places as Bakersfield. CA; Pittsburgh, PA; Buffalo, NY and wind up in El Paso, TX in mid-October. There will also be stops in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Kansas, Iowa, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Indiana, Arizona, Missouri, Connecticut, Maine and Arkansas. "We are elated to be able to bring about these much needed playing oppor- tunities and we are especially pleased that we have a partner with the stature of the Ben Hogan Company involved." said PGA TOUR Commissioner Deane R. Beman. "Ben Hogan is known for his uncompromising pursuit of excellence; we will apply Ben's standards to our new Tour." For Mr. Hogan, winner of 63 PGA TOUR events, the new Tour is a pleasure to be a part of. "We at the Ben Hogan Company are happy to be part of this exciting new concept that so directly affects the future of golf," said Hogan, the Chairman of the Ben Hogan Company. "I believe that this Tour will produce a high caliber of play that will eventually strengthen play on the Regular TOUR." The stars on the Ben Hogan Tour will make their presence known on the PGA TOUR, as the top five money winners on the Hogan Tour will receive an exemp- tion onto the PGA TOUR the following year. The starting field will be made up of winners of Ben Hogan Tour events, the top 50 available players from the 80 finishers and ties immediately following those 50 players and ties who received membership on the PGA TOUR. At the previous year's PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament, the top 25 available players from the top 35 and ties of the Ben Hogan Tour Qualifying Tournament, 10 players selected on a competitive basis by the host PGA of America section, five players determined by the PGA of America national office and seven other players at the option of the host PGA section. In addition to these, eight low scores in