Peter Jacobsen

: "This article is about Peter Jacobsen, the professional golfer. For the English jazz pianist, Pete Jacobsen, see Pete Jacobsen."Infobox_golfer
name = Peter Jacobsen


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birth place = Portland, Oregon
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nationality = United States
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college =University of Oregon
year professional = 1976
current tour = Champions Tour
professional wins = 22
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awardnameandyear = 2003 Comeback Player of the Year
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Peter Erling Jacobsen (born March 4, 1954) is an American professional golfer. He has won seven events on the PGA Tour and two events on the Champions Tour, both majors.

Early life

Jacobsen was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He graduated from Portland’s Lincoln High School.Meehan, Brian. Jacobsen works at golf, but attitude is natural. "The Oregonian", August 27, 2004.] He played golf in college at the University of Oregon. He turned professional in 1976.

Golf career

Jacobsen is one of golf's most colorful personalities, that makes him quite popular with fans. He has always been a fine golfer, with a 30-year stretch between first and latest victories. He has played on two Ryder Cup teams (1985, 1995). His win at the 2003 Greater Hartford Open at age 49 made him one of the oldest to win on the PGA Tour. That year he was voted comeback player of the year.Tokito, Mike. JELD-WEN to sponsor Portland golfer Jacobsen. "The Oregonian", December 18, 2003.]

Jacobsen currently plays mainly on the Champions Tour, and sometimes on the PGA Tour. In his first year of eligibility for senior golf he won the 2004 U.S. Senior Open, which is one of senior golf's major championships, and he followed up with a second senior major at the 2005 Senior Players Championship. These are the only two wins Jacobsen has on the Champions Tour, an accomplishment also reached by golfing greats Arnold Palmer, whose first two wins on what was then the Senior PGA Tour were both majors, and Jack Nicklaus, whose first six wins on the Senior PGA Tour were all majors. Jacobsen was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.

Jacobsen also had two shows on The Golf Channel: "Peter Jacobsen Plugged In", and "Peter and Friends". "Plugged In" was a variety show, featuring music, story-telling and skits performed with co-host Matt Griesser, former star of the FootJoy SignBoy campaign. "Peter and Friends" was entirely panel discussion.

Jacobsen is known for his laid-back, humorous personality. During a three-day charity event in Oregon that he hosted from 1986-2002, the Fred Meyer Challenge, he was known to do impressions of other players, such as Craig Stadler. The event was filmed and broadcast on The Golf Channel, and they have released a DVD and VHS of the footage, titled "Peter's Party." [ [http://www.thegolfchannel.com/proshop/product.aspx?productId=186 Golf Channel: Peter's Party I&II] ]

A self-taught guitarist, Jacobsen was also a founding member and lead singer of Jake Trout & The Flounders, a band he formed in the mid-80s with Mark Lye and Payne Stewart. The group is no longer together, but their two albums are available on iTunes and Amazon MP3. [ [http://www.peterjacobsengolf.com/music.htm Peter Jacobsen: The Musician] ]

Jacobsen also owns Peter Jacobsen Sports. [ [http://www.peterjacobsensports.com Peter Jacobsen Sports] ] This company has run various golf tournaments including the JELD-WEN Tradition, one of the majors on the Champions Tour, and the CVS Caremark Charity Classic, one of the PGA Tour's Challenge Series events. Until 2002 it also produced the Fred Meyer Challenge. [White, Ryan. Fred Meyer pulls out of charity golf event. "The Oregonian", August 28, 2002.]

Jacobsen is also the face of "Peter Jacobson Challenge Keno" and "Peter Jacobson Challenge Poker", two video gambling casino games that can be found in Montana, South Dakota, Louisiana and West Virginia. [ [http://www.peterjacobsengolf.com/partnerships.htm Peter Jacobsen's Corporate Partnerships] ] [ [http://www.summitgaming.com Summit Gaming] ]

Family

Jacobsen married in December 1976 to Jan. The couple have three children: Amy (1980), Kristen (1982), and Mickey (1984). He has one grandchild, Jake (2007).

Amateur wins (1)

*1974 Pacific-8 Conference Championship (as an amateur)

Professional wins

PGA Tour wins (7)

*1980 (1) Buick-Goodwrench Open
*1984 (2) Colonial National Invitation, Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open
*1990 (1) Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
*1995 (2) AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Buick Invitational of California
*2003 (1) Greater Hartford Open

Other wins (12)

*1976 Oregon Open(as an amateur), Northern California Open
*1979 Oregon Open, Western Australian Open
*1981 Johnnie Walker Cup
*1982 Johnnie Walker Cup
*1986 Fred Meyer Challenge (with Curtis Strange)
*1989 Isuzu Kapalua International
*1992 EMC Skills Challenge
*1993 EMC Skills Challenge
*2003 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Mark Calcavecchia and John Daly)
*2005 ADT Skills Challenge

Champions Tour wins (2)

*2004 U.S. Senior Open
*2005 Senior Players Championship

Senior major championships are shown in bold.

Other senior wins (1)

*2008 Wendy's Champions Skins Game (with Fuzzy Zoeller)

Results in major championships

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

ee also

*Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

References

External links

* [http://www.pgatour.com/players/00/15/69/ Profile on the PGA Tour's official site]