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putt on the 18th hole to defeat Ken Green and assureEurope the Cup for another two years...Overall Ryder Cuprecord was 5-4-2...Teamed with countryman ManuelPinero to help Spain win the 1982 World Cup in Acapulco,and two years later teamed with Jose Rivero for anotherSpanish victory in Rome. Was the medalist at the 1984event...Has six career holes-in-one.PERSONAL:Began playing the game after working as a caddie as aJOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 1986CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORIES (23): 1987Vintage Chrysler Invitational, GTE Classic, Sunwest-Charley Pride Classic. 1988 NYNEX/Golf DigestCommemorative, Sunwest-Charley Pride Classic, RanchoMurieta Senior Gold Rush, Vantage Bank One SeniorGolf Classic, Pepsi Senior Challenge. 1989 GTE SuncoastClassic, NYNEX/Golf Digest Commemorative, DigitalSeniors Classic, Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Classic,Fairfield-Barnett Space Coast Classic. 1990 DigitalSeniors Classic, GTE Kaanapali Classic. 1991 GTESuncoast Classic. 1992 Raley's Senior Gold Rush,Transamerica Senior Golf Championship. 1993 DougSanders Celebrity Classic, Bell Atlantic Classic,Quicksilver Classic. 1995 Hyatt Regency Maui KaanapaliClassic. 1996 Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali Classic.OTHER SENIOR VICTORIES (12): 1986 MazdaChampionship [with Amy Alcott]. 1987 Mauna LaniInvitational. 1988 Fuji Electric Grandslam, 1st NationalBank Classic. 1989 Fuji Electric Grandslam, SeniorBritish Open. 1990 Fuji Electric Grandslam, KintetsuHome Senior, Daikyo Senior Invitational. 1991 KintetsuHome Senior. 1993 Senior British Open. 1998 OfficeDepot Father-Son Challenge [with David].GEORGIA-PACIFIC GRAND CHAMPIONSVICTORIES (23): 1996 Las Vegas Senior Classic,Nationwide Championship, Ford Senior PlayersChampionship, Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali Classic,MasterCard Champions Championship. 1997 RoyalCaribbean Classic, LG Championship, GTE Classic,Toshiba Senior Classic, Las Vegas Senior Classic,Bruno's Memorial Classic, Nationwide Championship,Ford Senior Players Championship. 1998 The HomeDepot Invitational, Kroger Senior Classic, MasterCardChampions Championship. 1999 Bell Atlantic Classic.2001 Enterprise Rent-A-Car Match Play Championship,The Instinet Classic, AT&T Canada Senior OpenChampionship. 2003 Bruno's Memorial Classic, SASChampionship. 2004 FedEx Kinko's Classic.PGA TOUR VICTORIES (6): 1963 Houston Classic,British Open Championship. 1965 Tucson Open Invitational.1967 Atlanta Classic. 1968 Canadian Open. 1974 GreaterGreensboro Open.OTHER VICTORIES (24): 1954 New Zealand Open.1961 New Zealand PGA Championship, The Daks GolfTournament [tie]. 1961 Bowmaker Tournament, CaltexJose Maria Canizares (Continued)youngster in Madrid...Says his biggest thrill in golf waswinning his first event as a professional at SouthSebastian in 1969...Son Alejandro won the individual titleat the 2003 NCAA Championship while playing for ArizonaState and won for the first time on the European Tour atthe 2006 Cadillac Russian Open in just his third start onthe circuit…Alejandro earned his 2008 PGA TOUR card atlast fall’s PGA TOUR National Qualifying Tournament.Bob CharlesEXEMPT STATUS: Top 30 on All-Time Money ListFULL NAME: Robert James CharlesHEIGHT: 6-1WEIGHT: 175BIRTHDATE: March 14, 1936BIRTHPLACE: Carterton, New ZealandRESIDENCE: Oxford, New ZealandOpen. 1962 Caltex Open, Swiss Open. 1963 Watties Open.1966 Watties Open, New Zealand Open. 1967 CaltexOpen. 1968 Watties Open. 1969 Picadilly World MatchPlay. 1970 New Zealand Open. 1972 Dunlop Masters,John Player Classic. 1973 Scandinavian Enterprise Open,South African Open, New Zealand Open. 1974 SwissOpen. 1978 Air New Zealand Shell Open. 1979 NewZealand PGA Championship. 1980 New Zealand PGAChampionship. 1983 Tallahassee Open.PGA TOUR CAREER EARNINGS: $546,868BEST 2007 CHAMPIONS TOUR FINISH:T34—Senior British Open.2007 SEASON:Continued to split time between the Champions Tour(seven starts) and European Seniors Tour (six starts) anddid not begin his season until the Senior PGAChampionship in late May (missed cut)...Bettered his agein both the first (70) and third (68) rounds of The BoeingChampionship at Sandestin...Matched his age (71) in theopening round at the Senior British Open at Muirfield andeventually finished T34...Made six other appearances onthe European Seniors Tour during the summer. Wasrunner-up to Des Smyth at the Wentworth Senior Mastersin England. Matched his age in both the first and secondrounds and then bettered his age by one in the final roundto end up two strokes short of Smyth...Ended 35th onEuropean Seniors Tour Order of Merit, with €54,245.Finished T23 at the New Zealand Open later in the year,matching his age once and bettering it two times.CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:2006: Made just eight official starts on the ChampionsTour...Best effort was a T47 at the U.S. Senior Open, with$9,113 check at Prairie Dunes putting him over the $9-million mark in senior career money. Matched his age witha final-round 70. 2005: Made eight official starts on thecircuit, with best effort a T44 at the rain-shortened BayerAdvantage Classic...Matched his age with a 69 in theopening round of the Constellation Energy Classic andjoined Gary Player, Dale Douglass, Mike Hill and Jim Albusas the fifth different player to shoot his age or betterduring the 2005 season. Three-under score Friday markedthe sixth time in his Champions Tour career he shot his ageor better...Played a partial schedule on the EuropeanSeniors Tour during the summer...Had a nice week at theRyder Cup Wales Seniors Open, finishing T2 at Royal St.David’s GC. Matched or bettered his age in the first tworounds (68-69) but ended five strokes back of Carl Masondespite a final-round 70...Matched or bettered his age inthree other rounds on the European Seniors circuit,PLAYER STATISTICSMISCELLANEOUS CHAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS2007 Low Round: 68–2007 Allianz Championship/1Career Low Round: 61–2000 EMC Kaanapali Classic/2Largest Career Paycheck/Finish: $219,000–2004 FordSenior Players Championship/2MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICSCareer Low Round: 72–1986 PGA Championship/1FAMILY: Wife, Verity; Beverly (1/22/66), David (8/29/68),four grandchildrenCLUB AFFILIATION: Millbrook Resort (Queenstown,New Zealand)SPECIAL INTERESTS: Farming, golf course architectureTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1960JOINED PGA TOUR: 1962including a closing 66 at the Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Openin Switzerland. 2004: Made a farewell appearance in theNew Zealand Open in January at Heretaunga, venue of hisfirst win in that event as an 18-year-old in 1954...Had aproductive outing in his initial Champions Tour appearanceat the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf in Savannah.Teamed with Stewart Ginn to claim the Raphael Divisiontitle. Drained a 54-foot birdie putt on the final hole to snagthe team’s $110,000 first prize...Was tied for the lead after36 holes at the FedEx Kinko’s Classic before shooting afinal-round 76 to slip to T27. Won the Georgia-PacificGrand Champions title at the Austin event, the 23rd of hiscareer in the over-60 competition...T10 at the GreaterHickory Classic at Rock Barn, his best effort on theChampions Tour since T5 at the 2002 Greater BaltimoreClassic. At 68, became the oldest player to register a top-10 finish on the Champions Tour since then 69-year-oldJoe Jimenez finished T10 at the 1995 GTE NorthwestClassic...Bettered his age for the second year in a row inBoston when he posted a 6-under 66 in the second roundof the Bank of America Championship and then matchedhis age with a final-round 68 at the SBC Championship inOctober. 2003: Strained a tendon in his right elbow in thefall of 2002 and did not begin play until April at the LibertyMutual Legends of Golf...Bettered his age when he fired a7-under 65 at age 67 in the second round of the Bruno’sMemorial Classic and shot 65 again in the final round ofthe FleetBoston Classic...Won the Bruno’s Georgia-PacificGrand Champions competition when he rolled in an 18-foot birdie putt on the fifth playoff hole to defeat JimColbert...Claimed the 22nd Georgia-Pacific GrandChampions event of his career at the SAS Championship.Defeated Mike Hill with a par on the first playoff hole afterboth had finished 36 holes tied at 4-under 140. 67 in thesecond round of the SAS event matched his age. Made thefifth hole-in-one of his career in the second round of theGeorgia-Pacific Grand Champions Championship inSonoma, CA. 2002: T5 at the Greater Baltimore Classic,just two strokes shy of J.C. Snead. Would have shot hisage on Saturday, but was assessed a two-stroke penaltyduring his round and shot a 4-under-par 71. The twostrokes also left him two strokes shy of Snead’s winningtotal of 13-under-par 203...Performance was his best in aChampions Tour event since placing sixth at the 1999Cadillac NFL Golf Classic. 2001: Bettered his age for thefirst time when at age 65, he shot an 8-under 64 on thesecond day of the stroke-play portion of the EnterpriseRent-A-Car Match Play Championship and tied formedalist honors. Won the Georgia-Pacific GrandChampions competition at Boone Valley, defeating MikeHill by five strokes. Eventually lost to Ted Goin in the roundof 16, with the match going 23 holes...Claimed a secondGeorgia-Pacific title at The Instinet Classic, holding offSECTION2 PLAYER BIOGRAPHIESPGATOUR.COMChampions Tour 2008 Guide2-15