Thomas Charles Pernice Jr. (born September 5, 1959) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He previously played on the PGA Tour, where he won two tournaments. Pernice was born in

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. He attended UCLA, where his teammates on the golf team included

Jay Delsing Jay Delsing (born October 17, 1960) is an American professional golfer. Delsing was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He played college golf at UCLA with Corey Pavin, Steve Pate, Tom Pernice Jr., and Duffy Waldorf. He graduated from UCLA in 1983 w ...

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and

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. Pernice was a two-time All-American and Pac-10 ''Player of the Year'' in 1981. He majored in Economics and graduated in 1982. Pernice won two PGA Tour events, his first coming in his 213th event. His best finish in a

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is T13 at the 1989 U.S. Open. He is an advocate of the Jim Hardy one plane swing. Pernice turned 50 in September 2009 and played in his first

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event at the

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. He became the 15th player to win a Champions Tour event in his debut,Pernice wins in Champions Tour debut
winning by 1 stroke over Nick Price and

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. In 2009 and 2010, Pernice played sporadically on the PGA Tour, earning conditional status in 2010 and 2011 while also competing on the Champions Tour. Pernice rejoined the PGA Tour for 2012 after a third place tie at the

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moved him to 121st on the 2011 money list, after beginning the week as the fifth alternate and ranked 143rd. In his limited time, Pernice also finished 29th on the Champions Tour, earning him full status on both tours for 2012. Pernice earned over $14.9 million on the PGA Tour. One of Pernice's daughters has

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, where her corneas did not fully develop.

Professional wins (13)

PGA Tour wins (2)

Other wins (5)

*1994

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*1995

*1996

*2004

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(with

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) *2018

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PGA Tour Champions wins (6)

PGA Tour Champions playoff record (2–0)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (four times) *Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

"T" = Tied

References

External links

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