Career Highlights

2017 Season

His 2017 schedule included 14 starts on PGA TOUR Champions and four more on the European Senior Tour. However, the highlight of his year came in September when he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

• Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf at Big Cedar Lodge: Best finish on Tour came April when he teamed with Sandy Lyle for a T22 at the Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf.
• Masters Tournament: Played in his 30th Masters Tournament but did not make the cut.

2016 Season

Resume for the season included 15 starts on PGA TOUR Champions, nine on the European Senior Tour as well as a start at the Masters Tournament. Undoubtedly, the highlight of his year came in October when he was selected to the World Golf Hall of Fame.

• PowerShares QQQ Championship: Good fortune followed later in the week when he finished fifth at the PowerShares QQQ Championship, the first Charles Schwab Cup Playoff event.
• Toshiba Classic: Finished T10 at the Toshiba Classic where his second round included a double eagle on No. 15 (driver, 3-iron from 215 yards).
• U.S. Senior Open Championship: Was on the leaderboard throughout the final two rounds at the U.S. Senior Open in August in Columbus before eventually finishing fourth, two strokes behind eventual winner Gene Sauers. Fired a closing-round 2-under-par 68 on his way to his best showing in a major championship on PGA TOUR Champions since he was T8 at the 2010 Senior Open Championship.
• Masters Tournament: Competed in his 29th Masters Tournament but did not make the cut.
• Acorn Jersey Open: Finished T2 at the Acorn Jersey Open.
• Travis Perkins Masters: Among his four top-10 finishes on the European Senior Tour were a pair of T2 efforts, the first at the Travis Perkins Masters.

2015 Season

• Dick's Sporting Goods Open: In his first-ever appearance at En-Joie GC, finished T3 at the Dick's Sporting Goods Open.
• Insperity Invitational: Started the season as a non-exempt player and surprised the golf world when he won for the first time on the PGA TOUR Champions at the Insperity Invitational. Sunk a 30-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to defeat Tom Lehman and Kenny Perry for the Insperity title. Victory near Houston came at 57 years, 2 months, 1 day, making him the third-oldest first-time winner in PGA TOUR Champions history and the oldest first-timer since Bruce Devlin won the 1995 FHP Health Care Classic a little more than four months past his 57th birthday. Became the first player from Wales to win on the PGA TOUR Champions and the first professional to win on a sponsor exemption since Miguel Angel Jimenez at the 2014 Greater Gwinnett Championship. Prior to his win, had last appeared at The Woodlands CC in 1990, at the Shell Houston Open, where he finished T3 on the Tournament Course.
• Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf at Big Cedar Lodge: The week prior to winning, was second at the Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf at Big Cedar Lodge. He and teammate Sandy Lyle were leading by two strokes after 36 holes but couldn't hold off a final-round charge by the team of Billy Andrade-Joe Durant.

2014 Season

Made three appearances on the PGA TOUR Champions.

• Regions Tradition: Had a T43 at the Regions Tradition for his top performance.
• Dutch Senior Open: Won his fifth European Senior Tour title, at the Dutch Senior Open, claiming his first victory since 2011. Victory came on The International, near Amsterdam, on a course he designed.

2013 Season

• Principal Charity Classic: Shot rounds of 69-67 on the weekend at the Wakonda Club to finish T7 in The Principal Charity Classic.

2012 Season

Made two PGA TOUR Champions starts. In addition to the Senior Open Championship appearance, made seven other starts on the European Senior Tour and was among the top five in three events.

• The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex: Finished T10 in The Senior Open Championship at Turnberry.
• Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid: Tenth-place showing at Turnberry was his best on the circuit since a T8 at the 2010 Senior Open Championship.
• Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic: Finished T68 at the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic.
• Indonesian Masters: Also missed the cut at the Indonesian Masters after shooting 77 on both Thursday and Friday.
• French Riviera Masters: Placed T5 at the French Riviera Masters.
• SSE Scottish Senior Open: Placed T4 at the SSE Scottish Senior Open.
• Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open: Placed third at the Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open.

2011 Season

• Masters Tournament: Missed the cut at the Masters after posting rounds of 81-83 at Augusta National.