Peter Jacobsen

This article is about the professional golfer. For the English jazz pianist, see Pete Jacobsen. For the American actor, see Peter Jacobson. For the Faroese footballer, see Pætur Dam Jacobsen.

Peter Jacobsen
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Peter Erling Jacobsen
Born	(1954-03-04) March 4, 1954 Portland, Oregon
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Bonita Springs, Florida
Spouse	Jan (m. 1976)
Children	Amy, Kristen, Mick
Career
College	University of Oregon
Turned professional	1976
Current tour(s)	Champions Tour
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	22
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	7
Champions Tour	2
Other	13
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T11: 1981
U.S. Open	T7: 1984
The Open Championship	T11: 1985
PGA Championship	3rd: 1983, 1986
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year	2003
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.

Early years

Jacobsen was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He graduated from Portland’s Lincoln High School.^[1]

Jacobsen played college golf at the University of Oregon. He turned professional in 1976 after winning the Oregon Open as an amateur. He is one of golf's most colorful personalities, which makes him one of the more popular players with fans.^[2]

Professional career

PGA Tour

Jacobsen qualified for the PGA Tour in his first attempt, finishing in 19th place at the 1976 qualifying tournament. He made steady progress during his first few seasons on the tour, before capturing his first title in 1980 at the Buick-Goodwrench Open. He 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 7th 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 has won seven tournaments on the PGA Tour, the last coming at the 2003 Greater Hartford Open at the age of 49, making him one of the oldest players to win on the PGA Tour. That year he was voted the Tour's comeback player of the year.^[3]

Champions Tour

Since turning fifty, Jacobsen has competed mainly on the Champions Tour, although he continued to play on the PGA Tour for several years. In his first year of eligibility for senior golf, he won the 2004 U.S. Senior Open, one of senior golf's major championships.^[4] The following year he added a second senior major title at the 2005 Senior Players Championship.

Other projects

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 appeared as himself alongside Kevin Costner in the 1996 movie Tin Cup, where he was the winner of the fictional U.S. Open.^[2]

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.^[5]

Jacobsen owns Peter Jacobsen Sports,^[3]^[6] an event management company that has run several professional golf tournaments including the JELD-WEN Tradition, one of the majors on the Champions Tour,^[3] and 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.^[7]

Jacobsen is known for his laid-back, humorous personality. During the Fred Meyer Challenge, he 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."^[8] His sharp but playful humor is also evident in the video and audio commentary he provides for the player's shot, good or bad, in various versions of Golden Tee Golf, a video game from Incredible Technologies.

Jacobsen is also the face of Peter Jacobsen Challenge Keno and Peter Jacobsen Challenge Poker, two video gambling casino games.^[9]

Personal life

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

Amateur wins (1)

1974 Pacific-8 Conference Championship

Professional wins

PGA Tour wins (7)

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

PGA Tour playoff record (1–3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1982	Buick Open	Bobby Clampett, Hale Irwin, Gil Morgan	Irwin won with birdie on second extra hole
2	1984	Colonial National Invitation	Payne Stewart	Won with birdie on first extra hole
3	1985	Honda Classic	Curtis Strange	Lost to par on first extra hole
4	1989	Beatrice Western Open	Mark McCumber	Lost to par on first extra hole

Other wins (12)

1976 Oregon Open (as an amateur), Northern California Open
1979 Oregon Open, Western Australian Open
1981 Johnnie Walker Cup
1982 Johnnie Walker Cup
1986 Fred Meyer Challenge (with Curtis Strange; tie with Greg Norman & Gary Player)
1989 Isuzu Kapalua International
1992 EMC Skills Challenge
1993 EMC Skills Challenge
2003 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Mark Calcavecchia and John Daly)
2005 ADT Skills Challenge

Champions Tour wins (2)

Legend
Champions Tour major championships (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Aug 1, 2004	U.S. Senior Open	−12 (65-70-69-68=272)	1 stroke	Hale Irwin
2	Jul 10, 2005	Ford Senior Players Championship	−15 (70-66-71-66=273)	1 stroke	Hale Irwin

Other senior wins (1)

2008 Wendy's Champions Skins Game (with Fuzzy Zoeller)

Results in major championships

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament	DNP	T11	T20	T20	T25	CUT	T25	DNP	DNP	T34
U.S. Open	T22	T37	DNP	T34	T7	T31	T59	T24	T21	8
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	T12	T22	T11	CUT	WD	DNP	T30
PGA Championship	T10	T27	T34	3	T18	T10	3	20	47	T27

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	T30	T17	T61	DNP	DNP	T31	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	T31	63	CUT	DNP	T51	T23	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T16	T73	DNP	DNP	T24	T31	T44	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T26	DNP	T28	T28	DNP	T23	WD	T67	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T15	CUT
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = Withdrew
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	6	11	10
U.S. Open	0	0	2	7	17	14
The Open Championship	0	0	0	5	11	9
PGA Championship	2	2	4	7	17	15
Totals	2	2	6	25	56	48

Most consecutive cuts made – 15 (1980 U.S. Open – 1984 PGA)
Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (six times)

Champions Tour major championships

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
2004	U.S. Senior Open	−12 (65-70-69-68=272)	1 stroke	Hale Irwin
2005	Ford Senior Players Championship	−15 (70-66-71-66=273)	1 stroke	Hale Irwin

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2014.

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
The Tradition	T4	T42	WD	WD	DNP	56	DNP	T60	24	WD	T46	T65
Senior PGA Championship	DNP	T6	T7	T52	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	T35	CUT	CUT
Senior Players Championship	DNP	1	T45	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T72	T62	T39	70	DNP
U.S. Senior Open	1	T26	T3	T33	CUT	CUT	WD	CUT	T17	WD	CUT	CUT
Senior British Open Championship	DNP	T56	T40	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Awards

2003 PGA Tour's Comeback Player of the Year
2003 Oregon Sports Hall of Fame
2006 Francis Ouimet Award for Lifelong Contributions to Golf
2012 Old Tom Morris Award
2013 Payne Stewart Award

U.S. national team appearances

Professional

Ryder Cup: 1985, 1995
Dunhill Cup: 1995

References

↑ Meehan, Brian. Jacobsen works at golf, but attitude is natural. The Oregonian, August 27, 2004.
1 2 Wang, Gene (June 19, 2005). "Jacobsen Hopes for a Hollywood Ending". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
1 2 3 Tokito, Mike. JELD-WEN to sponsor Portland golfer Jacobsen. The Oregonian, December 18, 2003.
↑ "Patience in the heat pays off for Jacobsen". USA Today. August 3, 2004. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
↑ "Peter Jacobsen". Peter Jacobsen Sports. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
↑ Peter Jacobsen Sports
↑ White, Ryan. Fred Meyer pulls out of charity golf event. The Oregonian, August 28, 2002.
↑ "Peter's Party I&II". Golf Channel. Archived from the original on September 7, 2007.
↑ Peter Jacobsen's Corporate Partnerships

External links

Official website
Peter Jacobsen at the PGA Tour official site
Peter Jacobsen gives it a try at U.S. Senior Open - The Oregonian

Peter Jacobsen in the senior major championships

U.S. Senior Open champions

1980 Roberto De Vicenzo 1981 Arnold Palmer† 1982 Miller Barber 1983 Billy Casper† 1984 Miller Barber 1985 Miller Barber 1986 Dale Douglass 1987 Gary Player 1988 Gary Player† 1989 Orville Moody 1990 Lee Trevino 1991 Jack Nicklaus† 1992 Larry Laoretti 1993 Jack Nicklaus 1994 Simon Hobday 1995 Tom Weiskopf 1996 Dave Stockton 1997 Graham Marsh 1998 Hale Irwin 1999 Dave Eichelberger 2000 Hale Irwin 2001 Bruce Fleisher 2002 Don Pooley† 2003 Bruce Lietzke 2004 Peter Jacobsen 2005 Allen Doyle 2006 Allen Doyle 2007 Brad Bryant 2008 Eduardo Romero 2009 Fred Funk 2010 Bernhard Langer 2011 Olin Browne 2012 Roger Chapman 2013 Kenny Perry 2014 Colin Montgomerie† 2015 Jeff Maggert

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

Senior Players Championship champions

1983 Miller Barber 1984 Arnold Palmer 1985 Arnold Palmer 1986 Chi-Chi Rodríguez 1987 Gary Player 1988 Billy Casper 1989 Orville Moody 1990 Jack Nicklaus 1991 Jim Albus 1992 Dave Stockton 1993 Jim Colbert 1994 Dave Stockton 1995 J. C. Snead† 1996 Raymond Floyd 1997 Larry Gilbert 1998 Gil Morgan 1999 Hale Irwin 2000 Raymond Floyd 2001 Allen Doyle† 2002 Stewart Ginn 2003 Craig Stadler 2004 Mark James 2005 Peter Jacobsen 2006 Bobby Wadkins 2007 Loren Roberts 2008 D. A. Weibring 2009 Jay Haas 2010 Mark O'Meara† 2011 Fred Couples† 2012 Joe Daley 2013 Kenny Perry 2014 Bernhard Langer 2015 Bernhard Langer

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

Peter Jacobsen in the Ryder Cup

United States Ryder Cup team – 1985

Raymond Floyd Hubert Green Peter Jacobsen Tom Kite Andy North Mark O'Meara Calvin Peete Craig Stadler Curtis Strange Hal Sutton Lanny Wadkins Fuzzy Zoeller Lee Trevino (non-playing captain)

Lost: 11.5 – 16.5

United States Ryder Cup team – 1995

Fred Couples Ben Crenshaw Brad Faxon Jay Haas Peter Jacobsen Tom Lehman Davis Love III Jeff Maggert Phil Mickelson Corey Pavin Loren Roberts Curtis Strange Lanny Wadkins (non-playing captain)

Lost: 13.5 – 14.5

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