Peter Persons

Professional golfer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroProfessional golfer
PlacesUnited States of America
isAthlete Golfer
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth8 September 1962, Macon
Age62 years
The details

Biography

Peter Taylor Persons (born September 8, 1962) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.
Persons was born and raised in Macon, Georgia. He received coaching and training in the junior program developed by Georgia Golf Hall of Fame member Dan Nyimicz at Idle Hour Golf Club in Macon. Persons won the 1980 Georgia Junior Championship and was the runner-up to Sam Randolph at the 1985 U.S. Amateur. He was the 1984–1985 Georgia Golf Association Men's Player of the Year. He attended the University of Georgia and was a member of the golf team. He turned professional in 1986.
Persons played in a limited number of PGA Tour events in the 1980s. He played full-time on the elite Tour from 1990–1993; and on the Nike Tour (now called the Nationwide Tour) from 1994–1996. His best year in professional golf was 1990; he had a win at the Chattanooga Classic, a T-6 at the Hawaiian Open, and finished 66th on the final money list that year. At the 1990 Chattanooga Classic, he finished at 20-under-par 260 to defeat Richard Zokol by two strokes. The tournament was held the same week as the NEC World Series of Golf where most of the Tour's top-tier players elected to compete.

Amateur wins

  • 1980 Georgia Junior Championship
  • 1984 Georgia Amateur
  • 1985 SEC Championship (individual)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning ScoreMargin of VictoryRunner-up
1Aug 26, 1990Chattanooga Classic-20 (64-64-65-67=260)2 strokes Richard Zokol

Results in major championships

Tournament198619871988198919901991
The MastersCUTDNPDNPDNPDNPDNP
U.S. OpenDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPT19
The Open ChampionshipDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPCUT

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

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