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Hugh Baiocchi (Continued)Senior Open...Posted three straight sub-70 rounds the nextweek and T6 at the Kroger Classic near Cincinnati...AlsoT6 early in the year at the Music City Championship, hisbest performance on the Champions Tour in just over ayear...Had an early season highlight when he made theseventh ace of his career during the final round of theRoyal Caribbean Golf Classic, the first full-field event ofthe season. Holed a 9-iron shot at Key Biscayne’s 131-yardeighth hole. 2002: T7 at the NFL Golf Classic, thanks, inpart, to rounds of 68-69 on the weekend. 2001: T2 at theTD Waterhouse Championship, eight strokes back of EdDougherty and his best effort since a T2 at the 1998 EMCKaanapali Classic...Made the first hole-in-one of theseason at the SBC Senior Classic. Aced Valencia CC’s 178-yard third hole with a 5-iron during the second round.2000: T5 at the Royal Caribbean Classic...Also solo fifth atthe AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship inWinnipeg...Attended 2000 National QualifyingTournament and finished T11, but did not participate in aplayoff for a conditional card. 1999: T6 at the State FarmSenior Classic and was solo sixth at the AT&T CanadaSenior Open Championship where he was in contentionuntil early in the final round at Richelieu Valley. 1998:Posted two victories and joined Hale Irwin as the onlyother player to win back-to-back events...Registered atournament-record 20-under-par 196 score to defeat BruceSummerhays by two strokes at the Comfort Classic andthen came back a week later to win the rain-shortenedKroger Senior Classic in a playoff. Made birdie on thesecond extra hole to best four other players after Sunday’sfinal round was canceled. 1997: One of the real surpriseson the Champions Tour, with a victory and 14 top-10CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 2-2Year Events Played 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1997 25 1 2 1 14 17 $906,565 81998 35 2 1 2 13 25 1,183,959 51999 35 10 22 754,046 212000 36 4 12 499,608 372001 34 1 1 3 16 693,131 302002 32 2 9 341,909 522003 26 4 12 475,512 392004 26 1 1 4 327,791 502005 22 91,271 832006 17 2 100,962 812007 20 1 2 143,133 78Total 308 3 4 5 52 121 5,517,889COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $5,522,787finishes in 25 starts (two as a Monday qualifier)...Rookieof the Year candidate...Began the year as a conditionallyexemptplayer (second eight at the 1996 NationalQualifying Tournament) and did not play in his first eventuntil late April at the PGA Seniors’ Championship(T35)...Lost to Bruce Crampton in a three-hole playoff atthe Cadillac NFL Golf Classic...Also lost in a two-holeplayoff to Bruce Summerhays at the Saint Luke’s Classicwhere he opened with a 63 that included a 29 on the backnine...Won his first Champions Tour title at the PittsburghSenior Classic. Caught Bob Duval with birdies on the finaltwo holes of regulation, then prevailed in a playoff with apar on the sixth extra hole...Named Champions Tour Playerof the Month for August. 1996: Earned partially-exemptspot on the 1997 Champions Tour by finishing 10th at theNational Qualifying Tournament...Involved in a six-manplayoff for positions 9-14 before claiming 10th spot overallwith a par on the fourth extra hole.OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:Has played tournament golf in 31 different countriesaround the world...Was a fixture for 23 years on theEuropean Tour, where he won seven times after turningprofessional in November 1971. Best year was in 1977,when he finished second on the Order of Merit to SeveBallesteros...Played in the Masters from 1974-76...Represented South Africa three times in the WorldCup and was a South African PGA captain for threeyears...Winner of the 1977 PGA Match Play Championshipin Europe...Owns 15 wins on the South African Tour,including the 1978 South Africa Open...Played anabbreviated PGA European Seniors Tour schedule in 1996,competing in just three events after turning 50 inAugust...Finished third at The Belfry PGA Seniors and T3at the Scottish Seniors Open...Posted his career-low roundof 61 at the 1985 Holiday Inn Invitational and again at the1993 Royal Swazi Classic...Has had seven career holes-inonein competitive rounds.PERSONAL:Credits his father as the person who most influenced hiscareer…Was a scratch player by the age of 15…Golf herois Gary Player…Is among a South African contingent onthe Champions Tour that includes Player, Fulton Allem andMark McNulty…Lists Cypress Point as his favorite golfcourse and Atlanta Brave Chipper Jones as his favoriteathlete.PLAYER STATISTICSMISCELLANEOUS CHAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS2007 Low Round: 67–2007 Senior British Open/4Career Low Round: 63–2 times, most recent 1998 ComfortClassic/2Largest Career Paycheck/Finish: $172,500–1998 ComfortClassic/1MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICSCareer Low Round: 68–1974 Greater Greensboro Open/1Largest Career Paycheck/Finish: $2,275–1975 MastersTournament/T22SEE SECTION 6 FOR COMPLETE PGA TOUR SUMMARYCHAMPIONS TOUR MAJOR TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07Senior PGA Championship T35 T36 7 T51 T40 CUT T44 T57 CUT CUT CUTConstellation Energy Senior Players T10 T15 T14 T24 T14 T33 47 T28 T72 T64Senior British Open 17 CUT T57 T19U.S. Senior Open T5 T7 T8 T41 T29 CUTJELD-WEN Tradition T25 T45 T47 T40 T42 T7 T70 T53 57 T45CHAMPIONS TOUR YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICSScoring Average Putting Average Greens in Regulation Driving Distance Driving Accuracy1997 70.66 (8) 1.814 (T52) 72.2 (4) 262.8 (39) 73.3 (17)1998 70.86 (12) 1.801 (T35) 70.8 (6) 262.0 (T45) 74.6 (9)1999 70.86 (20) 1.794 (T40) 71.7 (10) 262.8 (T54) 76.6 (9)2000 71.41 (40) 1.812 (T63) 70.6 (17) 264.7 (59) 72.2 (25)2001 71.38 (T30) 1.822 (72) 70.3 (11) 268.9 (56) 73.1 (29)2002 72.23 (T60) 1.867 (88) 67.4 (35) 262.0 (71) 70.7 (34)2003 71.03 (31) 1.798 (T43) 69.3 (27) 269.8 (52) 72.6 (21)2004 72.78 (65) 1.855 (75) 65.8 (50) 266.0 (60) 73.9 (23)2005 73.23 (72) 1.879 (78) 69.1 (33) 258.5 (70) 80.1 (3)2006 73.26 (73) 1.848 (70) 65.3 (57) 253.8 (77) 75.9 (18)2007 73.19 (70) 1.900 (77) 66.0 (T50) 257.9 (73) 74.2 (14)SECTION2 PLAYER BIOGRAPHIESPGATOUR.COMChampions Tour 2008 Guide2-7