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Roy Vucinich

Roy Vucinich

Birthplace: Rillton, Pa.
Residence: Moon Township, Pa.
Birthdate: April 9, 1947
Age: 57
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 195
Turned Pro: 1966

Player Notes

PGA Life Member...Tied for 16th in the 2003 Callaway Golf PGA Senior Club Professional Championship. . . Tied for fourth in the 2002 Senior PGA Championship, after sharing second place through 54 holes. . .Served as head professional for 27 years at Allegheny Country Club in Sewickley, Pa., before retiring in 1999 and earning a berth on the Champions Tour. . . Winner, 1997-98 PGA Senior Club Professional Player of the Year. . . Winner of the 1999 Reebok Golf PGA Senior Stroke Play Championship. . . Winner, Tri-State Open (1973, '80, '91), Chapter PGA Championship (1977-'78) Championship, Western PGA Golf Association Championship (1977, '78, '85, '93, '94). . . 1984 Pennsylvania Open, 1981 Tri-State PGA Match Play Championship, 1988 Pennsylvania State Open. . . Finished sixth in 1999 Champions Tour Qualifying School. . .Tied for 22nd in 1998 U.S. Senior Open after charging into contention and in second place through 36 holes at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif. . .Tied for 42nd in 1999 U.S. Senior Open. . . Selected Tri-State PGA Player of the Year (1977, '81, '85, '88) and 1994 Tri-State PGA Senior Player of the Year, 1989 Tri-State PGA Teacher of the Year. . . Held the lowest scoring average among Tri-State PGA Professionals (1977, '81, '85). . . Between turning 50 in 1997 and 1999 played nine times on the Champions Tour. Among his best performances on that tour and the European Tour was a T-12th in 1997 Senior British Open, T-14 in Bell Atlantic Classic, 48th in 1997 European Masters and T-38 in the LG Championship.

Career Summary

2000 Champions Tour Summary
tournaments entered - 36; top 10 finishes - 1; scoring average 72.12; money $326,249 (ranked 56th); best finish 4th, Toshiba Senior Classic.

2001 Champions Tour Summary
tournaments entered - 13; top 10 finishes - 1; scoring average 72.58 (ranked 61st); money $158,509 (ranked 76th); best finish T5th, NFL Golf Classic. Finished T47th in the Senior Tour Qualifying Tournament so he has no status on tour other than sponsor exemptions and Monday Qualifying..

2002 Champions Tour Summary
tournaments entered - 11; top 10 finishes - 1; scoring average 72.31 (ranked N/A); money $160,175 (ranked 82nd); best finish, T-4th Senior PGA Championship.























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