Bill Glasson - Media Guide

2006 due to elbow injuries (both arms) and subsequent surgery on March 1. Received a Minor Medical Extension for 2007.Regained TOUR card for 2006 via a T18 finish at 2005 Qualifying Tournament. After earning 2005 card via Qualifying Tournament, played in 21 events-most since 2001 for the injury-riddled veteran-finishing 214th on TOUR money list. At the Reno-Tahoe Open, set the Montreux G&CC course record with a 10-under-par 62 in second round. At one point, was 10-under-par during an 11-hole stretch (Nos. 4-14). Finished T18 after closing 73-72. The 62 tied his career low on the PGA TOUR-he posted a 62 in the first round of the 1985 Panasonic Las Vegas Invitational. In 2004, posted two top-10s for the first time since 2000. Voted PGA TOUR Comeback Player of the Year in 1997 after returning from May 1996 surgery for detached right forearm muscle to earn seventh TOUR victory at Las Vegas Invitational. Qualified for THE TOUR Championship with victory, jumping from 54th on money list to 27th. First of eight TOUR victories came at 1985 Kemper Open. Earned second Kemper Open crown in 1992. Won twice in the fall of 1988, first at the B.C. Open and later a two-stroke victory at Centel Classic. Won 1989 Doral-Ryder Open by a stroke over Fred Couples. At 1994 Phoenix Open, shot a closing 64 to defeat Bob Estes by three. Two-time All-America at Oral Roberts. Medical history includes more than 20 surgeries-elbow surgeries, four sinus operations, four knee surgeries, lip surgery and forearm surgery among them. Nearly filed for permanent disability due to lower back problems in 1991. Flies own plane to many TOUR stops.