Lonnie Nielsen

Earned a full-exempt Champions Tour status in 2004 by finishing T-4 in the Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament. . . Was just one of five players in the field to record four sub-par rounds. . .Earned a spot in the finals by finishing third in the 2003 Callaway Golf Senior Club Professional Championship. . .After turning 50, twice open qualified for the Champions Tour and finished T-47 in the Constellation Energy Classic near Baltimore and T-31 at the Turtle Bay Championship in Hawaii. . .Preceded Champions Tour career by winning the 2003 Otesago Senior Open Championship and T-3 in the 2003 Eastern PGA Club Professional Championship . . .Former director of golf at Crag Burn Golf Club in East Aurora, N.Y.. . Winner, 1986, '87, '89 national PGA Club Professional Player of the Year Award. . .A 12-time winner of the Western New York PGA Player of the Year award. . .A nine-time winner of the Western New York PGA Section Championship, 1988 PGA Stroke Play Championship, 1988, '89 PGA Match Play Championship, 1985, '89 New York State Open, and a 10-time winner of the Western New York PGA Match Play Championship. . .Competed on the PGA Tour full time from 1978-83, with best finishes a tie for fifth in the 1979 Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad City Open (now John Deere Classic); a T-8 in the 1980 Danny Thomas Memphis Classic and a T-11 in the 1986 PGA Championship. . .Established more than 40 course records, with his career-best a 61 at Pima Country Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., and at Dragon Ridge Country Club in Las Vegas, Nev. . .Has recorded 11 holes in one.