2011: Lone top-20 finish among 18 official starts came at the Toshiba Classic early in the season. Put together three consecutive sub-70 scores for the only time during the year in a stroke-play event and was T17 at Newport Beach CC.

Continued his involvement in auto racing, supporting driver Ed Carpenter in his Indy Car competition endeavors. 2010: Lone top-25 performance in an official event came when he was T22 early in the year at the Allianz Championship.

Along with Ben Crenshaw, finished second in defense of their Wendy's Champions Skins Game title. Duo combined for five skins and $230,000 on Maui in mid-January. 2009: Best performance came in late April at the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf. He and partner John Jacobs shared the first-round lead after carding a better-ball score of 61. Duo eventually finished T9 in Savannah.

Top individual effort came late in the season when he closed with a 67 at The Woodlands to finish 13th at the Administaff Small Business Classic.

Started his season in Hawaii by teaming with Ben Crenshaw to win the Wendy's Champions Skins Game. Duo collected 13 skins, 12 of them on the final nine holes, and a record $530,000.

Made his 31st and final start at the Masters Tournament but missed the cut after posting rounds of 79-76 at Augusta National. 2008: Was a distant T2 at the Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach, thanks to a final-round 69 on the host course. Performance on the Monterey Peninsula was his best on the circuit since winning the 2004 MasterCard Championship at Hualalai. Teamed with Sydney Burlison of Salinas, CA, to win the pro-junior portion of the event by eight strokes. Better-ball score of 25-under 191 was a tournament record.

Teamed with Peter Jacobsen to claim the Wendy's Champions Skins Game. The pair earned the final skin worth $100,000 on the first playoff hole to claim the title at the Royal Ka'anapali GC on Maui. 2006: Attracted attention at the Allianz Championship when he had one of the highlights of the season. He made an unusual hole-in-one on No. 16 in the second round. His 7-iron landed just off the back of the green and remained there for nearly 10 seconds before rolling back into the hole for the 17th ace of his competitive career. 2005: T3 at the Blue Angels Classic thanks to a final-round 6-under 64 on Sunday. 2004: Won his first event on the Champions Tour in just over 19 months when he started the season with a come-from-behind victory at the MasterCard Championship. Shot 64 in the final round and outdueled Dana Quigley down the stretch, thanks to birdies on the last three holes, including a clutch 18-foot putt on No. 18 for the win. Had 23 total birdies for the week.

Shot career-best 10-under 61 on Sunday at the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am, equaling the TPC Tampa Bay course record. Birdied 11 of his first 14 holes including seven straight, at the TPC Tampa Bay and briefly held the lead before a bogey on the final hole eventually left him in a T3.

Voted as the Champions Tour's February Player of the Month.

Shot 6-under 29 on the front side of Glen Oaks during the second round of the Allianz Championship, a nine-hole record at the course. 2003: Made a spirited defense of his Senior PGA Championship title and was the only player in the field to shoot par or better for all four rounds. Was leading early in the final round, but eventually finished T3 at Aronimink GC, three strokes behind winner John Jacobs.

Easily won the Tylenol Par-3 Challenge at Treetops Resort in Michigan, banking $330,000. 2002: Among the top 10 in one-third of his starts as a Champions Tour rookie.

Became the 11th player to make his first Champions Tour title a major when he held off Bobby Wadkins and Hale Irwin for the Senior PGA Championship crown. Was the only player in the 144-man field to finish under par (2-under) over 72 holes at Firestone and ended a TOUR victory drought of 15 years, 10 months and 27 days dating back to the 1986 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic.

Held off Don Pooley by one stroke to win the Senior Slam on the Lost Gold Course at Superstition Mountain in early November. His 36-hole score of 6-under 138 in the event pitting the winners of the four major championships, earned him a $300,000 check.

Always a gallery favorite because of his humor and relaxed approach to the game.

Has an interest in golf-course design and one of his projects is the TPC Summerlin, host course of the PGA TOUR's Las Vegas event.

Won USGA's Bob Jones Award in 1985, an award given in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf.

Lists Wayne Gretzky and Michael Jordan as his favorite athletes. Arnold Palmer was his idol growing up.

Enjoys the outdoors and went sheep hunting in Alaska in 2001.

Has run the highly successful and popular Wolf Challenge in his hometown which benefits area charities. The event has raised more than $2 million since its inception.

Came out with his own line of vodka in the summer of 2009. At 2010 Indianapolis 500, Ed Carpenter drove "Fuzzy's Vodka" race car to a 17th-place finish.