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JIM MCGOVERN
UNITED STATES
Height:
6 ft, 1 in
Weight:
200 lbs
Birthday:
02/05/1965
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College:Old Dominion University
Turned Pro:1988
Birthplace:Teaneck, NJ
Residence:Oradell, NJ
PGA TOUR - Media Guide
| PGA TOUR VICTORIES | (1) |
| 1993 Shell Houston Open. | |
| Nationwide Tour VICTORIES | (3) |
| 1990 Ben Hogan Lake City Classic, Ben Hogan New Haven Open, Ben Hogan Texarkana Open. | |
| Other Victories | |
| (1): 1994 Diners Club Matches [with Jeff Maggert]. | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Highlights | |
| Did not make a PGA TOUR cut for the third consecutive year. He also did not have any Nationwide Tour starts for just the second time since 1990. | |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes | |
| 1-- Shell Houston Open. | |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes | |
| 1-- Ben Hogan Lake City Classic, Ben Hogan New Haven Open, Ben Hogan Texarkana Open. | |
| Career Highlights | |
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2010: Missed the cut in all three starts on PGA TOUR. Made two of six cuts on the Nationwide Tour. 2009: Had a missed cut and a withdrawal in two PGA TOUR starts. Made only eight of 20 cuts on the Nationwide Tour with one top-10. 2008: Made the cut in 11 of 26 events on the PGA TOUR, with his best showing being a T36 at the Mayakoba Golf Classic. Missed the cut in both Nationwide Tour starts. 2007: Made the cut in 13 of 23 starts on the Nationwide Tour, including seven top-25 finishes. Finished the year No. 45 on the money list, with $140,087. Began the year with a runner-up finish at the Movistar Panama Championship, his best finish on Tour since finishing second at the same tournament in 2005. Ended the week two strokes behind tournament winner Miguel Carballo, in the process picking up his fifth career runner-up performance to go with three wins during the 1990 season. Other top-10 finishes came at the Northeast Pennsylvania Classic (T4), Albertsons Boise Open (T5) and the WNB Golf Classic (T5). Held at least a share of the lead after the first three rounds in Boise, but a final-round 72 dropped him five strokes behind champion Jon Mills. Made five starts on the PGA TOUR, with a T49 at the Viking Classic his best outing in three made cuts. 2006: Made the cut in 13 of 22 starts on the Nationwide Tour, with one top-10 finish. Finished the campaign No. 80 on the money list, with $67,767. Made the cut in his first six starts of the year, with streak coming to an end at the BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs. Among those weekend performances was a season-best T4 showing at the Livermore Valley Wine Country Championship. Made the cut in two of eight starts on the PGA TOUR, with a season-opening T38 at the FedEx St. Jude Classic his best showing. 2005: Made the cut in 16 of 27 starts on Tour, with two top-10 and nine top-25 finishes. Ended the season No. 43 on the money list, with $122,788. Began the season with a T2 at BellSouth Panama Championship, his best finish on either the PGA TOUR or Nationwide Tour since a T2 at the 1999 Lakeland Classic. Birdied two of the final three holes to pull within one shot of the lead, but eventual champion Vance Veazey knocked in a five-foot par putt on the last hole for the victory. Collected $34,650 for his efforts. 2004: Made the cut in four of 11 starts on both the PGA TOUR and Nationwide Tour. Posted one top 25 on the PGA TOUR, a T20 at the John Deere Classic. Was T11 at the Northeast Pennsylvania Classic on the Nationwide Tour. 2003: Ended the season with T13 at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic, best finish since T7 at the 2001 Michelob Championship. Competed in 15 events on the Nationwide Tour, making eight cuts. 2002: Played 16 events on the PGA TOUR and 13 on the Nationwide Tour. Best finish on TOUR was T25 at the Valero Texas Open. On the Nationwide Tour, 13 starts yielded top-10s at Virginia Beach Open and the SAS Carolina Classic. Finished 76th on the Nationwide Tour money list, with $52,472. 1994: Winner of Diners Club Matches with Jeff Maggert. 1993: Enjoyed his best season on the PGA TOUR when he captured his lone victory, defeating John Huston with birdie on second playoff hole to win the rain-shortened Shell Houston Open. Had two other top-10s that year and finished No. 27 on the money list, with $587,495. 1991: Beginning in 1991, played an average of 32 tournaments a year over the next eight years. 1990: Won Lake City, Texarkana and New Haven Opens en route to second-place finish on the Nationwide Tour money list. Amateur: Winner of the 1988 Metropolitan Open. Winner of the 1987 Virginia State Intercollegiate and the 1987 Metropolitan Amateur Championship. |
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| Personal | |
| First exposed to the game when parents bought house adjacent to Hackensack (NJ) GC. Brother Rob played linebacker in the NFL. Jim and his family were honored with the Metropolitan Golf Writers Family of the Year Award for 1996. | |
| PGA TOURPlayoff Record | |
| 1-0 | |
