Tom McKnight - Media Guide

12 rounds. Started his run with a T8 at The Boeing Championship at Sandestin and finished it on Long Island by matching his best performance in a Champions Tour event. Trailed Lonnie Nielsen by three strokes after 36 holes of the Commerce Bank Championship and eventually was solo third at Eisenhower Park. Final-round 69 on the Red Course included birdies on two of his last three holes...Also T10 in mid-September at the Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn...Shot 6-under 64 in the final round of the Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship in October, the 18-hole tournament record at Baltimore CC and a personal-best score on the Champions Tour. Round moved him up from T54 into a T17 in the season's final major...Also was T16 at the Senior British Open , his best showing in a senior major since 2005...Made a pair of eagles in the first round of the Principal Charity Classic.

third of his appearances...Went into the last full-field event, the SBC Championship, on the bubble for the top 30 and was bumped out of a spot in the Charles Schwab Cup Championship when he finished T28 in San Antonio...Managed to record his best career finish on the Champions Tour when he T3 at the Ford Senior Players Championship in Dearborn in July. Trailed by one stroke after 54 holes and remained among the leaders through much of the final round before making a triple bogey at No. 14, essentially ending his hopes. Still picked up a career-best check for $165,000...Also made a nice showing at the Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn in October, firing three straight sub-par rounds to place T4. 2004: Earned fully-exempt status for 2005 by finishing second at the Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament at the King and Bear at World Golf Village in Florida. Completed the six-round event 23-under-par and finished two strokes behind medalist Mark Johnson. Tied the course record in the final round when he fired a 9-under-par 63, his sixth consecutive sub-par round in the event near St. Augustine.

to adequately swing a golf club...Biggest thrills in golf were playing on the U.S. team in the World Amateur and the Walker Cup...Biggest thrill away from golf was watching the birth of his three children...Lists his family as his heroes for their support over the years and for their persistence in pursuing their own dreams and goals...Favorites include Jimmy Buffett, Larry Bird, "CSI," "Top Gun" and any Patricia Cornwell book...Favorite golf course is Seminole GC. One course he'd like to play is St. Andrews...An all-district basketball player in high school...Daughter, Tara, plays basketball at the University of Virginia.