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TOUR VIEW: Dana Quigley
Our guest this week, Dana Quigley is one of the nicest people in professional golf, and he is forever grateful to be where he is today. Quigley is a self proclaimed over achiever on the Champions Tour. On the regular PGA Tour Quigley never had a top 5 finish. He played mostly New England PGA events as a club pro for nearly 20 years until the Champion’s Tour bank vaults opened to him in 1997. Since then, Quigley has won over $1 million in eight consecutive Champions Tour seasons. Most recently he pocketed $510,000 with partner Ray Floyd in his first Wendy’s Champions Skins Game.
Dana Quigley's Player Stats
» His best finish on the Champions Tour in 2006 is 12th at the MasterCard Championship at Hualalai.
» He ranks 31st in Putting Average on the Champions Tour.
» With tournament partner Raymond Floyd, Quigley captured the 2006 Wendy's Champions Skins Game.
» Champions Tour victories: 1997 Northville Long Island Classic; 1998 Emerald Coast Classic, Raley's Gold Rush Classic; 2000 TD Waterhouse Championship; 2001 SBC Senior Open; 2002 Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley, SBC Championship; 2003 MasterCard Championship; 2005 MasterCard Championship, Bayer Advantage Classic.
» In 2005, had his career year on the Champions Tour, and at age 58 became the oldest player ever to claim the Arnold Palmer Award signifying the leading money-winner on the circuit. Was the only player to eclipse the $2-million mark in single-season earnings, making almost $400,000 more than his previous-best season (2000).
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