Won his second career Champions Tour title, at the Encompass Insurance Pro-Am near Tampa. Enjoyed a five-stroke lead after 36 holes but shook off a shaky start Sunday and eventually prevailed by three shots over Kenny Perry at TPC Tampa Bay. The win ended a 40-event victory drought.

Added a second victory the following week when he teamed with David Frost to win the Legends Division at the Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of Golf. The pair finished with a 54-hole score of 29-under-par 187, allowing them to finish one stroke better than the team of John Cook-Joey Sindelar.

Fell one stroke short of Fred Couples at the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic when Couples made birdie on the final hole to avoid a playoff. Played 54 holes at Fallen Oak with just one bogey, and his 66 Sunday equaled the low score of the day.

Narrowly missed a spot in the Corey Pavin-Peter Senior playoff at the Allianz Championship in February. Had a birdie opportunity on the 54th hole, which would have secured him a playoff spot. But he missed the putt to finish T3 with Bernhard Langer, one stroke shy.

Came up short in his bid to win three consecutive Champions Tour events when he placed T4 at the Insperity Championship. Final-round 71 at The Woodlands CC ended a streak of eight straight sub-70 scores in stroke-play events.

Finished T9 at the PGA TOUR's Mayakoba Golf Classic after being in contention through 54 holes in Mexico. Became the second consecutive Champions Tour player to top-10 at El Camaleon (John Cook solo third in 2011).

Won his second career Champions Tour title, at the Encompass Insurance Pro-Am near Tampa. Enjoyed a five-stroke lead after 36 holes but shook off a shaky start Sunday and eventually prevailed by three shots over Kenny Perry at TPC Tampa Bay. The win ended a 40-event victory drought.

Added a second victory the following week when he teamed with David Frost to win the Legends Division at the Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of Golf. The pair finished with a 54-hole score of 29-under-par 187, allowing them to finish one stroke better than the team of John Cook-Joey Sindelar.

Fell one stroke short of Fred Couples at the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic when Couples made birdie on the final hole to avoid a playoff. Played 54 holes at Fallen Oak with just one bogey, and his 66 Sunday equaled the low score of the day.

Narrowly missed a spot in the Corey Pavin-Peter Senior playoff at the Allianz Championship in February. Had a birdie opportunity on the 54th hole, which would have secured him a playoff spot. But he missed the putt to finish T3 with Bernhard Langer, one stroke shy.

Came up short in his bid to win three consecutive Champions Tour events when he placed T4 at the Insperity Championship. Final-round 71 at The Woodlands CC ended a streak of eight straight sub-70 scores in stroke-play events.

Finished T9 at the PGA TOUR's Mayakoba Golf Classic after being in contention through 54 holes in Mexico. Became the second consecutive Champions Tour player to top-10 at El Camaleon (John Cook solo third in 2011).

2011: Played the majority of his golf on the Champions Tour for the first time and registered 10 top-10 finishes among his 19 starts on the circuit.

Topped the Champions Tour's All-Around stats category (101).

Highlight of his year came in the season's final official event when, for the second straight year, he was a runner-up at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship in San Francisco. Along with Fred Couples and David Frost, was tied for the 36-hole lead at TPC Harding Park and in contention down the stretch before making a key par save at the final hole to finish second along with Mark Calcavecchia, Jay Haas and Loren Roberts, two strokes back of Jay Don Blake. Par save at No. 18 Sunday was also instrumental in helping Tom Lehman clinch the Charles Schwab Cup.

Was third in two events in the first third of the season and started the campaign with 28 rounds of par/better out of 29 played.

Posted rounds of 64-66 on the weekend at Newport Beach CC to finish T3 at the Toshiba Classic in March.

In April, teamed with Frost to finish T3 at the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf. Made a long birdie putt on the final hole to help the team shoot a better-ball score of 62 on Sunday and finish one stroke short of a spot in the Legends playoff.

Late in the year, was the 36-hole leader at the Songdo IBD Championship in South Korea before closing with a 3-over-par 75 to finish T6.

Was also in the mix in the season's first major, contending in the final round of the Regions Tradition before eventually finishing fourth at Shoal Creek.

Only other top-five effort was a T5 at the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am near Tampa, closing with rounds of 68-69 at the TPC Tampa Bay.

Made five starts on the PGA TOUR and best performance came in the season's last official event, the Children's Miracle Network Classic, where he was T37 after being just three strokes off the lead after the first 36 holes at Walt Disney World.

Also was T56 in Mexico at the Mayakoba Golf Classic and T60 at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

Missed the cut at the Zurich Classic and Travelers Championship. 2010: Split time between the Champions Tour and the PGA TOUR and narrowly missed out on being fully-exempt on both circuits for 2011. Made 14 starts on the Champions Tour and was among the top-10 seven times, including three second-place performances. Finished 9th on the Champions money list with $1,196,770, the most money made by a player in 2010 without a victory and also the most money he's ever made in a single season on any Tour in his career.

Late-season run allowed him to finish fourth in the final Schwab Cup standings with 1,846 points and earned him a $200,000 annuity.

Fired a closing-round 67 to finish T2, one stroke behind Fred Funk at the JELD-WEN Tradition in August. Led all players in the event with 25 birdies and was the clubhouse leader at 11-under-par on Sunday before Funk made a birdie at No. 16 to grab the lead for good.

Was runner-up again in October when he fell in a one-hole playoff to Mark O'Meara at the Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship. Made a late run with three birdies in his final five holes to pull even at the end of 72 holes, but hit his tee shot on the first extra hole into the right rough which eventually led to a bogey and his second-place finish in the year's final major championship.

Dueled John Cook down the stretch at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship before finishing in solo second, two strokes back. With support from a partisan San Francisco crowd, carded a 10-under 61 in the third round at TPC Harding Park and enjoyed a one-stroke lead over Cook after play on Saturday. Round was his career best on any Tour and the last of four 61s posted on the Champions Tour in 2010.

Opened Champions Tour campaign with a solo third-place effort at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai. Carded a 6-under 66 in all three rounds, but still finished four strokes back of Tom Watson.

Made 17 starts on the PGA TOUR and dropped out of the top 125 in the season's final event when he posted rounds of 74-70 and missed the cut at the Children's Miracle Network Classic at Walt Disney World Resort. Came into the week at No. 124 on the 2010 PGA TOUR money list but ended up at No. 130 after the missed cut at Disney.

Turned in his best performance on the PGA TOUR in early October when he finished solo second at the Viking Classic in Mississippi, three strokes back of Bill Haas, the eventual winner. Was tied for the lead with Haas after 12 holes on Sunday, but got a bad break at No. 13 when his drive hit a cart path and went out of bounds. Performance near Jackson, MS was his best showing in a PGA TOUR event since he was second at the 2007 Turning Stone Resort Championship. 2009: Made just three starts on the Champions Tour while still competing on the PGA TOUR.

Parlayed a sponsor's exemption at the Senior PGA Championship into his first career Champions Tour win. Rebounded from a 4-over-par 74 start with rounds of 66-67-67 to win the crown at the Canterbury GC near Cleveland. Became the first sponsor exemption to win a Champions Tour event since Mark Wiebe did so at the 2007 SAS Championship. Also became the 14th player to win in his debut.

Planned to be a stockbroker before turning to golf.

Won the 2003 Southern Arizona Open with his daughter Christy serving as his caddie.