Jeff Sluman
Jeff Sluman | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Jeffrey George Sluman |
Born | (1957-09-11) September 11, 1957 (age 66) Rochester, New York |
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Weight | 140 lb (64 kg; 10 st) |
Sporting nationality | United States |
Residence | Chicago, Illinois |
Career | |
College | Monroe Community College Florida State University |
Turned professional | 1980 |
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions Tour |
Professional wins | 18 |
Highest ranking | 24 (October 11, 1992)[1] |
Number of wins by tour | |
PGA Tour | 6 |
European Tour | 1 |
PGA Tour Champions | 6 |
Other | 6 |
Best results in major championships (wins: 1) | |
Masters Tournament | T4: 1992 |
PGA Championship | Won: 1988 |
U.S. Open | 2nd: 1992 |
The Open Championship | T25: 1990 |
Jeffrey George Sluman (born September 11, 1957) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous professional golf tournaments including six PGA Tour victories.
Early life and amateur career
Sluman was born and reared in Rochester, New York. After graduating from Greece Arcadia High School in 1975 and Monroe Community College in 1977, he attended Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. He earned a bachelor's degree with a major in finance from FSU in 1980, and turned pro later that year.[2][3]
Professional career
Sluman has had an unusual career in terms of winning golf tournaments. During what are usually considered a golfers most productive years – their early twenties through their middle thirties – Sluman won only once. At the age of 30, he won the 1988 PGA Championship. Then, shortly before his 40th birthday, he started winning consistently on the Tour and in non-Tour events. After winning the 1997 Tucson Chrysler Classic, he won seven more events including four on the PGA Tour during the next seven seasons. Sluman's best season was in 2002 when he finished the year ranked 15th on the PGA Tour with $2,250,187 in earnings. Despite his rather unusual sequence in respect to tournament wins, Sluman has been one of the Tour's most consistent top 10 finishers throughout his career; his regular career earnings exceeded 18 million dollars.
The 1988 PGA Championship was played at the Oak Tree Golf Club in Edmond, Oklahoma. Sluman won the tournament by three strokes over Paul Azinger, shooting a total of 272. On the final day, Sluman took command of the tournament with a round of 65 that tied David Graham's 1979 mark as the lowest winning round in PGA history.[4]
Upon turning 50 in September 2007, Sluman joined the Champions Tour. He won his first tournament in June 2008, the Bank of America Championship and he also won the First Tee Open in 2008, 2009, and 2011.[3]
When Sluman won 1988 PGA Championship, Ping recognized him with a golden putter as a replica of the Ping PAL 2 he used to win. A second one was made and place in the Ping Gold putter vault.[5]
During the first round of the 1992 Masters, Sluman made history when he recorded a hole-in-one on the fourth hole. To date, this is the only time the fourth hole has been aced at the Masters.[6]
Personal life
Sluman is a fan of Formula One racing, and is friends with former Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Rahal. He is also a collector of rare, fine wines with about 2,000 bottles in his collection.[3]
Amateur wins
- 1978 New York State Amateur
- 1980 Monroe Invitational
Professional wins (18)
PGA Tour wins (6)
Legend |
Major championships (1) |
Other PGA Tour (5) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Aug 14, 1988 | PGA Championship | −12 (69-70-68-65=272) | 3 strokes | Paul Azinger |
2 | Feb 23, 1997 | Tucson Chrysler Classic | −13 (75-68-65-67=275) | 1 stroke | Steve Jones |
3 | Sep 6, 1998 | Greater Milwaukee Open | −19 (68-66-63-68=265) | 1 stroke | Steve Stricker |
4 | Jan 17, 1999 | Sony Open in Hawaii | −9 (69-70-66-66=271) | 2 strokes | Davis Love III, Jeff Maggert, Len Mattiace, Chris Perry, Tommy Tolles |
5 | Jul 22, 2001 | B.C. Open | −22 (67-68-65-66=266) | Playoff | Paul Gow |
6 | Jul 14, 2002 | Greater Milwaukee Open (2) | −23 (64-66-63-68=261) | 4 strokes | Tim Herron, Steve Lowery |
PGA Tour playoff record (1–6)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 1987 | Tournament Players Championship | Sandy Lyle | Lost to par on third extra hole |
2 | 1991 | Kemper Open | Billy Andrade | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
3 | 1992 | AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am | Mark O'Meara | Lost to par on first extra hole |
4 | 1998 | FedEx St. Jude Classic | Nick Price | Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
5 | 1999 | MCI Classic | Glen Day, Payne Stewart | Day won with birdie on first extra hole |
6 | 2001 | Nissan Open | Robert Allenby, Brandel Chamblee, Toshimitsu Izawa, Dennis Paulson, Bob Tway | Allenby won with birdie on first extra hole |
7 | 2001 | B.C. Open | Paul Gow | Won with birdie on second extra hole |
Tournament Player Series wins (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1 | May 5, 1985 | Tallahassee Open | −17 (65-65-74-65=269) | 1 stroke | Kenny Knox, Gary Player |
Other wins (4)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1 | Aug 3, 1999 | CVS Charity Classic (with Stuart Appleby) | −20 (63-59=122) | 2 strokes | Brett Quigley and Dana Quigley |
2 | Jun 24, 2003 | CVS Charity Classic (2) (with Rocco Mediate) | −22 (63-57=120) | 1 stroke | Billy Andrade and Brad Faxon |
3 | Nov 16, 2003 | Franklin Templeton Shootout (with Hank Kuehne) | −23 (65-58-60=193) | Playoff | Chad Campbell and Shaun Micheel, Brad Faxon and Scott McCarron |
4 | Nov 14, 2004 | Franklin Templeton Shootout (2) (with Hank Kuehne) | −29 (64-62-61=187) | 2 strokes | Steve Flesch and Justin Leonard |
Other playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 2003 | Franklin Templeton Shootout (with Hank Kuehne) | Chad Campbell and Shaun Micheel, Brad Faxon and Scott McCarron | Won with birdie on second extra hole |
Champions Tour wins (6)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Jun 22, 2008 | Bank of America Championship | −17 (68-67-64=199) | 2 strokes | Loren Roberts |
2 | Aug 31, 2008 | Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach | −14 (66-69-67=202) | 5 strokes | Craig Stadler, Fuzzy Zoeller |
3 | Sep 6, 2009 | Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach (2) | −10 (65-73-68=206) | 2 strokes | Gene Jones |
4 | Jul 10, 2011 | Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach (3) | −10 (68-68-60=206) | 2 strokes | Brad Bryant, David Eger, Jay Haas |
5 | Apr 28, 2013 | Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of Golf (with Brad Faxon) | −23 (62-66-65=193) | 1 stroke | Fred Funk and Mike Goodes, Kenny Perry and Gene Sauers |
6 | Jun 8, 2014 | Big Cedar Lodge Legends of Golf (2) (with Fred Funk) | −20 (61-50-48=159) | 1 stroke | Jay Haas and Peter Jacobsen |
Champions Tour playoff record (0–3)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2009 | Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Craig Stadler) | Bernhard Langer and Tom Lehman | Lost to par on second extra hole |
2 | 2010 | AT&T Championship | Rod Spittle | Lost to par on first extra hole |
3 | 2014 | Constellation Senior Players Championship | Bernhard Langer | Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
Other senior wins (1)
Playoff record
PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1996 | Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | Costantino Rocca, Lee Westwood | Westwood won with par on fourth extra hole Sluman eliminated by birdie on first hole |
Major championships
Wins (1)
Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1988 | PGA Championship | 3 shot deficit | −12 (69-70-68-65=272) | 3 strokes | Paul Azinger |
Results timeline
Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
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Masters Tournament | T45 | T8 | ||||||||
U.S. Open | CUT | T62 | CUT | CUT | ||||||
The Open Championship | CUT | |||||||||
PGA Championship | T30 | T14 | 1 | T24 |
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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Masters Tournament | T27 | T29 | T4 | T17 | T25 | T41 | CUT | T7 | CUT | T31 |
U.S. Open | T14 | CUT | 2 | T11 | T9 | T13 | T50 | T28 | T10 | CUT |
The Open Championship | T25 | T101 | CUT | CUT | T60 | T45 | ||||
PGA Championship | T31 | T61 | T12 | T61 | T25 | T8 | T41 | CUT | T27 | T54 |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masters Tournament | 18 | T24 | 44 | 43 | T49 | |||
U.S. Open | CUT | T24 | CUT | T6 | CUT | |||
The Open Championship | T60 | CUT | T41 | |||||
PGA Championship | T41 | CUT | T23 | CUT | T62 | CUT | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Summary
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 15 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 11 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 |
PGA Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 16 |
Totals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 68 | 48 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (1993 PGA – 1995 PGA)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice)
Results in The Players Championship
Tournament | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
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The Players Championship | T40 | 2 | T45 | CUT |
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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The Players Championship | CUT | CUT | T40 | T46 | CUT | T49 | T41 | CUT | CUT | T46 |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Players Championship | T17 | T33 | T4 | T32 | T26 | T46 | T45 | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Match Play | R64 | R32 | R32 | R64 | R32 | R64 |
Championship | T34 | NT1 | T43 | |||
Invitational | T39 |
1Cancelled due to 9/11
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Results in senior major championships
Results not in chronological order before 2022.
Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Tradition | – | T31 | T11 | T29 | T12 | T7 | T8 | T9 | 11 | T23 | T17 | 41 | T43 | NT | T29 | T50 | |
Senior PGA Championship | – | T9 | T5 | T21 | T18 | T44 | T47 | T15 | T7 | CUT | T59 | T19 | CUT | NT | T23 | T66 | |
U.S. Senior Open | – | T18 | T16 | T24 | T17 | T28 | T6 | T5 | CUT | T32 | T12 | CUT | T33 | NT | T46 | T33 | CUT |
Senior Players Championship | T17 | T3 | T24 | 4 | T6 | T43 | T16 | 2 | T20 | T9 | T71 | T57 | T54 | T52 | T72 | ||
Senior British Open Championship | – | T21 | 24 | T11 | T28 | T40 | T57 | T16 | T9 | T12 | T15 | T32 | T36 | NT | T57 |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
See also
- 1982 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
- 1984 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
- List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins
- List of men's major championships winning golfers
References
- ^ "Week 41 1992 Ending 11 Oct 1992" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- ^ "PGA Tour Profile – Jeff Sluman". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
- ^ a b c "PGA Tour Media Guide – Jeff Sluman". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
- ^ "USGA/PGA Championships". Oak Tree National. Archived from the original on January 25, 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
- ^ "6 fascinating stories from Ping's Gold Putter Vault". PGA Tour. January 10, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ Boyette, John. "Holes-in-one part of Masters drama". augusta.com. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
External links
- Jeff Sluman at the PGA Tour official site
- Jeff Sluman at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
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