Dana Quigley’s voicemail message says so much about the Champions Tour star.

“Hi, this is Dana. I’m probably playing golf, as you figured out.”

That’s because Quigley made his mark on Tour not only with his 11 victories but also through an impressive nine-year streak where he did not miss a single tournament. The Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Champions Tour, Quigley’s record-setting run ended in 2005 with him having participated in 278 consecutive tournaments for which he was eligible and 264 consecutive overall events.

Quigley halted the streak last year when a sore right hip and travel complications forced him to withdraw from the Senior British Open, but that didn’t stop the “Iron Man” from having a record-setting year.

At age 58, Quigley, the 2005 Player of the Year, became the oldest player to win the Arnold Palmer Award, which is given to the leading-money winner on the Tour. Quigley was also the only player to make over $2-million in one season. He led the Charles Schwab Cup point’s list, a season-long competition that rewards top-10 finishes, for 17 straight weeks but lost his advantage to Tom Watson in the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

Dana Quigley was the 2005 Player of the Year on the Champions Tour. (Shamus/WireImage)

Still, Quigley had 15 top-10 finishes last year, including being four-for-four in top 10s in the Champions Tour majors he participated in. His two victories were at the MasterCard Championship at Hualalai and the Bayer Advantage Classic and Quigley came so close to earning his first major at the JELD-WEN Tradition, a tournament he eventually lost to Loren Roberts in a playoff.

With all of the success he had in 2005, Quigley hoped to do even better in 2006. Unfortunately, his health got in the way.

“I went to a doctor in Vegas about my hip and he diagnosed high blood pressure,” said Quigley, who has been having problems since March and has missed two events in 2006. “I’d never had it checked in my life. I’d never taken a pill in my life.”

So, how is he feeling now?

“That’s the question of the day. I’m having a lot of problems with my blood pressure medication,” Quigley said. The side effects from the different pills that he has tried have caused him trouble, from a persistent cough that kept him from sleeping to lethargy to an upset stomach. His blood pressure numbers are perfect while on the pills, but he is worried about the problems he is having adjusting to the medication.

“Even through all of this, I still play golf every day,” said the die-hard golfer. “If I don’t find a medication that’s good for me when I’m playing golf, it’s not going to be good for me at all. If you take golf away from me, you might as well take my heart out with it.”

It’s evident in Quigley’s voice where his roots and his baseball loyalties lie. The native of Lynnfield Centre, Mass., a suburb of Boston, will hopefully fare better than his beloved Boston Red Sox at this week’s JELD-WEN Tradition.

Quigley isn’t too optimistic, though, about his chances this year. He’s won once in 2006 at the Greater Kansas City Golf Classic but doesn’t know if he can earn another victory.

“Every week I expect to play well but, since I won in Kansas City, I haven’t played very well,” said Quigley. “I don’t think the course is set up to my liking right now, the greens are extremely firm. They’ve really made them firmer than last year and I don’t think that plays into my hands.

“You know, you make some putts and those not-so-positive thoughts go away. I don’t have a whole lot of confidence going into it because of the way that I feel, but who knows what is going to happen?”

He may not know what’s going to happen, either this week or with his health in the upcoming months, but Quigley does know one important thing.

He still loves the game and finds it impossible to even think about taking time off.