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{{Short description|American professional golfer (1933–1985)}}
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{{Infobox golfer
| name              = Rod Funseth
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| caption           = 
| fullname          = James Rodney Funseth
| nickname          =
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1933|4|3}}
| birth_place       = [[Spokane, Washington]]
| death_date        = {{nowrap|{{Death date and age|1985|9|9|1933|4|3}}}}
| death_place       = [[Napa, California]]
| height            = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}
| weight            = {{convert|170|lb|kg st|abbr=on}}
| nationality       = {{USA}}
| spouse            = Sandi (Hawkins) Funseth<ref name=rclods>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DggdAAAAIBAJ&pg=6872%2C1459485 |newspaper=Tuscaloosa News |location=Alabama |last=McKenzie |first=Mike |title=Rod's clods |date=April 10, 1977 |page=2B}}</ref><br>(m. 1965–1985, his death)
| partner           = 
| children          = 1 son, 1 daughter
| college           = [[University of Idaho]]<br>(briefly attended)<ref name=lftmenl>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1978/06/12/822729/look-for-the-man-early-not-late-rod-funseth-is-always-showing-up-on-leader-boards-at-important-events-the-problem-is-that-he-never-stays<!--http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1093755/3/index.htm--> |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |title=Look for the man early, not late |last=Bingham |first=Walter |date=June 12, 1978 |page=51}}</ref><ref name=frshf>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j4FfAAAAIBAJ&pg=2527%2C6444643 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |title=Funseth recalls steelhead fishing |last=Barrows |first=Bob |date=August 22, 1975 |page=1B}}</ref>
| yearpro           = 1956
| extour            = [[PGA Tour]] (1962–79)<br>[[Senior PGA Tour]] (1983–84)
| prowins           = 9
| pgawins           = 3
| champwins         = 1
| otherwins         = 5
| majorwins         = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins -->
| masters           = T2: [[1978 Masters Tournament|1978]]
| usopen            = T10: [[1977 U.S. Open (golf)|1977]]
| open              = DNP
| pga               = T8: [[1965 PGA Championship|1965]]
| wghofid           = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID -->
| wghofyear         = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted -->
| award1            = <!-- Achievement or award details -->
| year1             = <!-- Year(s) of achievement or award -->
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'''James Rodney Funseth''' (April 3, 1933 – September 9, 1985) was an American [[professional golfer]] who played on the [[PGA Tour]] and the [[Senior PGA Tour]] (now [[PGA Tour Champions]]).<ref name=latdn85>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-09-11-sp-7294-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |agency=Associated Press |title=Professional golfer Rod Funseth dies of cancer at his home in Napa at age 52 |date=September 11, 1985 |access-date=June 15, 2016}}</ref><ref name=fgbslon>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eXQfAAAAIBAJ&pg=1599%2C4061910 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Boling |first=Dave |title=Funseth gone, but Spokane golfer's spirit lives on |date=August 25, 1994 |page=C1}}</ref>

Amiable and low-key but less than confident,<ref name=ngoag>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5MQSAAAAIBAJ&pg=7019%2C1918287 |newspaper=Spokane Chronicle|location=Washington |last=Brown |first=Bruce |title=Rod Funseth: A nice guy once again finishing first |date=June 8, 1983 |page=D2 }}</ref> Funseth was one of longest hitters and fastest players of {{nowrap|his era,<ref name=lftmenl/><ref name=fgbslon/>}} but better known for a pessimistic attitude toward his game,<ref name=flbwc85>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=srwzAAAAIBAJ&pg=6998%2C5434321 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |title=Funseth loses battle with cancer |date=September 10, 1985 |page=B1}}</ref><ref name=irfiab>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U9MRAAAAIBAJ&pg=7237%2C2362859 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington|agency=Associated Press |title=It's Rod Funseth in a breeze |date=January 8, 1973 |page=8}}</ref> He claimed that his "I'll never be able to make that shot" mental attitude of lowered expectations helped motivate him to play better. He was especially self-deprecating on his lack of putting prowess.<ref name=rctn77>{{cite news |title=Rod's clods |newspaper=Tuscaloosa News |location=Alabama |date=April 10, 1977 |page=2B |last=McKenzie |first=Mike |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19770410&id=DggdAAAAIBAJ&pg=6872,1459485}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.golfdigest.com/instruction/index.ssf?/instruction/gd200510miller.html |magazine=Golf Digest |title=Johnny Miller Talks Golf |date=October 2005 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061101113726/http://www.golfdigest.com/instruction/index.ssf?%2Finstruction%2Fgd200510miller.html |archivedate=November 1, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Early years==
Born and raised in [[Spokane, Washington]],<ref name=nyt/> Funseth's father was a men's clothing store operator and salesman, born in [[Sweden]].<ref name=lftmenl/><ref name=clftbd>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mY9YAAAAIBAJ&pg=4562%2C2721590 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington|title=Carl L. Funseth taken by death |date=November 9, 1968 |page=5}}</ref> Rod competed with his older brother Carl for city junior titles<ref name=cftbr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PHtWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6676,232326 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |title=Carl Funseth trims brother Rodney, 5 and 4, for city junior title |date=August 16, 1948 |page=9}}</ref> and graduated from [[North Central High School (Spokane, Washington)|North Central High School]] in 1951.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.northcentralhsalumniassociationspokane.com/rod-funseth.html |publisher=North Central High School Alumni Association |title=Rod Funseth, 1951 |accessdate=January 6, 2013}}</ref> Funseth briefly attended the [[University of Idaho]] in [[Moscow, Idaho|Moscow]]<ref name=frshf/><ref name=sctlcc>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kIFfAAAAIBAJ&pg=3996%2C6670608 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |title=Sports celebrities tackle LCC |date=August 23, 1975 |page=1B}}</ref> to study [[civil engineering]], but did not graduate.<ref name=ftbha54>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7vpXAAAAIBAJ&pg=3061,2586870&dq=funseth&hl=en |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |last=Ashlock |first=Herb |title=From the Bench |date=July 16, 1954 |page=13}}</ref> He was a member of [[Sigma Alpha Epsilon]] [[Fraternities and sororities in North America|fraternity]].<ref name=gm52sae>{{cite web |url=http://issuu.com/uidahodigital/docs/gem1952/288 |publisher=Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook |title=Sigma Alpha Epsilon |year=1952 |page=284}}</ref>

Funseth returned to Spokane after a semester and worked in various jobs in Washington while competing as an {{nowrap|amateur.<ref name=yrfwttp>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7vpXAAAAIBAJ&pg=3061%2C2586870 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |last=Ashlock |first=Herb |title=Young Rod Funseth wants to turn pro this fall |date=July 16, 1954 |page=13 }}</ref>}} One of these brief jobs was as a civilian draftsman at the [[Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility|Bremerton Navy Yard]], west of [[Seattle]].<ref name=lftmenl/> He won the British Columbia Amateur in 1956 and turned pro that fall, first in [[Palm Springs, California]].<ref name=fjpgrks>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=opwpAAAAIBAJ&pg=5441%2C6580252 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |title=Funseth joins pro golf ranks |date=September 30, 1956 |page=3, sports }}</ref> In 1959, Funseth became an assistant pro under [[1948 Masters Tournament|Masters]] champion [[Claude Harmon]] back east at [[Winged Foot Golf Club|Winged Foot]],<ref name=humfd>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8ZoRAAAAIBAJ&pg=6767%2C1433689  |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Funseth leads Open test in huge Metropolitan field |date=May 19, 1959 |page=14 }}</ref> north of [[New York City]] and later at Thunderbird in Palm Springs.<ref name=abrf>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cjlWAAAAIBAJ&pg=7126%2C2085887 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |last=Missildine |first=Harry |title=ART backs Rod Funseth |date=January 8, 1963 |page=10 }}</ref> Funseth entered a handful of tour events in [[1962 PGA Tour|1962]], and received sponsorship of $800 per month from Spokane's [[Joe Albi#Athletic Round Table|Athletic Round Table]] (ART) in [[1963 PGA Tour|1963]] to allow him to play full-time. He played out of Esmeralda, a municipal course in east Spokane built in the mid-1950s. It was initially funded by ART (land and clubhouse) and was named for the group's mascot, a grinning cartoon [[mare]].<ref name=abrf/><ref name=rtdongh>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZXgpAAAAIBAJ&pg=3688%2C5135368 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |title=Round Table donates $75,000 for Esmeralda golf house |date=March 20, 1954 |page=1 }}</ref> Funseth had the smiling horse insignia on his tour bag for several years, which invited frequent inquisitions.<ref name=pochrm>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FbRWAAAAIBAJ&pg=7015%2C3974024 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington|last=Missildine |first=Harry |title=Pair of charmers meet luncheoneers |date=October 13, 1965 |page=16}}</ref> Keeping meticulous records of all his earnings, he reimbursed the ART to the last dollar.<ref name=frstft >{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=K88zAAAAIBAJ&pg=6121%2C4340367 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|location=Washington |title=Rod Funseth set for tour |date=December 16, 1963 |page=19 }}</ref><ref name=rfslois>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eHQfAAAAIBAJ&pg=1615%2C3778011 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |last=Boling |first=Dave |title=Funseth gone, but Spokane golfer's spirit lives on  |date=August 25, 1994 |page=C1}}</ref>

==PGA Tour==
Funseth played full-time on the PGA Tour from [[1963 PGA Tour|1963]] through [[1979 PGA Tour|1979]] and won three tour  events. The first was the [[Phoenix Open|Phoenix Open Invitational]] in [[1965 PGA Tour|1965]] at the Arizona Country Club, which came a week after losing a final round lead at the [[Humana Challenge|Bob Hope Classic]] in [[Palm Springs, California|Palm Springs]].<ref name=fswnrpx>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KVZYAAAAIBAJ&pg=5477%2C3493495 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Funseth winner |date=February 15, 1965 |page=15 }}</ref> Funseth's second win came eight years later at the [[Glen Campbell]]-[[Northern Trust Open|Los Angeles Open]], the season-opener in [[1973 PGA Tour|1973]] at [[Riviera Country Club|Riviera]].<ref name=scrww>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y6dYAAAAIBAJ&pg=5906%2C2229754 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Sandi confident Rod would win |date=January 8, 1973 |page=13 }}</ref> His final PGA Tour win came at age 45 in [[1978 PGA Tour|1978]] at the [[Sammy Davis Jr.]]-[[Travelers Championship|Greater Hartford Open]],<ref name=nyt/> which paid for his horse barn.<ref name=wbfpfb>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aPtLAAAAIBAJ&pg=5132,3569105 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |title=Win by Funseth pays for barn |agency=Associated Press |date=July 31, 1978 |page=17}}</ref><ref name=whywrto>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PiJOAAAAIBAJ&pg=5622%2C580126 |newspaper=Spokesman Review |location=Spokane, Washington |title=While you were out |last=Missildine |first=Harry |date=August 2, 1978 |page=13}}</ref>

His best finish in a [[Men's major golf championships|major championship]] was just months earlier, a tie for second at the [[1978 Masters Tournament|Masters]], one stroke behind [[Gary Player]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Golf Major Championships |url=http://golfmajorchampionships.com/players?player=346 |accessdate=January 7, 2013}}</ref> Funseth was in the last pairing on Sunday and had a three-under 69, but Player carded a record-tying 64 (−8) for his third green {{nowrap|jacket.<ref name=siap78>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1978/04/17/822563/and-then-there-was-one-and-that-was-gary-player-who-won-his-third-masters-by-shooting-a-splendid-final-round-64-and-then-watched-as-one-by-one-his-challengers-came-up-short |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Jenkins |first=Dan |authorlink=Dan Jenkins |title=And then there was one |date=April 17, 1978|page=16}}</ref><ref name=twtpim>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_ZxRAAAAIBAJ&pg=6514%2C1421559|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|last=Parascenzo|first=Marino|title=3rd win to Player in Masters |date= April 10, 1978|page=17}}</ref>}} Funseth birdied the par-5 15th hole, but parred the last three, with a putt left on the lip at the 16th and another narrowly missing on the final hole to force a playoff.<ref name=pct >{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SftLAAAAIBAJ&pg=3471%2C2080426 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Player comes through |date=April 10, 1978 |page=21 }}</ref>

Funseth was known on tour as an avid [[Recreational fishing|fisherman]],<ref name=frshf/><ref name=sctlcc/> a passion shared by [[Johnny Miller]],<ref name=mnfnb>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sjtOAAAAIBAJ&pg=6384%2C3432567 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |last=Missildine |first=Harry |title=Miller needs friendly neighbor |date=November 11, 1976 |page=12 }}</ref> his next-door neighbor in [[Napa, California|Napa]],<ref name=rclods/> and [[Jack Nicklaus]].<ref name=pochrm/> The three played in an exhibition golf match in Spokane in 1975,<ref name=thrthro>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QJJYAAAAIBAJ&pg=7162%2C4072259 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |last=Brown |first=Bruce |title=Golf superstars thrill throng at SCC |date=April 30, 1975 |page=31 }}</ref> a rarity for Nicklaus at the time.<ref name=nlexg>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P5JYAAAAIBAJ&pg=4129%2C3532379 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |last=Brown |first=Bruce |title=Nicklaus limits exhibition golf |date=April 29, 1975 |page=1}}</ref>

==Senior Tour==
Funseth became eligible to play on the [[PGA Tour Champions|Senior PGA Tour]] after reaching  age 50 in April [[1983 Senior PGA Tour|1983]]. He had a great deal of immediate success, winning the unofficial [[Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf]] (team event with [[Roberto De Vicenzo]]) in early May,<ref name=devic>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6w5IAAAAIBAJ&pg=5437%2C1520531 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=De Vicenzo, Funseth take Legends title |date=May 2, 1983 |page=13}}</ref> and a nine-stroke victory at his tour debut at the [[Hall of Fame Tournament]] three weeks later in [[North Carolina]] at [[Pinehurst Resort|Pinehurst No. 2]].<ref name=ngoag/><ref name=fbtt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3e0vAAAAIBAJ&pg=6415%2C4407264 |newspaper=Spokesman Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Funseth breezes to title |date=May 23, 1983 |page=13}}</ref> Funseth also finished second to [[Billy Casper]] in a sudden-death playoff at the [[U.S. Senior Open]] in July.<ref name=flont>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ujExAAAAIBAJ&pg=5222%2C4534091 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Funseth loses on 19th |date=July 26, 1983 |page=17 }}</ref>

===Cancer===
His career on the over-50 tour was cut short by terminal cancer, attributed to exposure to [[asbestos]] at the navy yard in Bremerton in his late teens.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news |title=Rod Funseth, 52, Pro Golfer Earned More Than $600,000 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=September 11, 1985 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/11/sports/rod-funseth-52-pro-golfer-earned-more-than-600000.html |accessdate=January 7, 2013}}</ref><ref name=rbligc4>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=K7cSAAAAIBAJ&pg=7063,2198464 |newspaper=Spokane Chronicle |location=Washington|last=Blanchette |first=John |title=Rod breathed life into golf |date=September 11, 1985 |page=C4}}</ref> Told by physicians in January [[1984 Senior PGA Tour|1984]] that he had four months to live, Funseth continued to play well on tour,<ref name=fbdlc>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2FdOAAAAIBAJ&pg=6599%2C6917729 |newspaper=Wilmington Morning Star |location=North Carolina |title=Funseth battles deadly lung cancer |date=April 24, 1984 |page=2D }}</ref> and returned to defend his team title at the Liberty Mutual Legends in late April.<ref name=fpwlcnc>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jKkfAAAAIBAJ&pg=3446%2C5580784 |newspaper=Gadsden Times |location=Alabama |agency=Associated Press |title=Funseth still playing despite lung cancer |date=April 29, 1984 |page=3C }}</ref> He competed in 17 events in 1984, with three runner-up finishes and nine in the top-10, despite losing weight and strength.  Funseth won a [[match play]] event in October in [[Maine]], besting [[Bob Toski]] 2-up in the final for a winner's share of $30,000. Although a non-tour event, it included most of the top senior players of the day.<ref name=fhotw>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E4gzAAAAIBAJ&pg=7042%2C4733565 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |title=Funseth holds on to win |date=October 8, 1984 |page=16 }}</ref><ref name=rfbtumc>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HOpfAAAAIBAJ&pg=2613%2C3954012 |newspaper=Bangor Daily News |location=Maine |last=Barber |first=Dave |title=Rod Funseth beats Toski for Unionmutual crown |date=October 8, 1984 |page=19 }}</ref>

==Death==
Funseth's condition declined in 1985 as his body weight was reduced to {{convert|100|lb|0|abbr=on}} by September and his breathing [[Oxygen therapy|assisted with oxygen]].<ref name=rfslois/> He died at age 52 at his home in [[Napa, California]], beside the 12th hole of the [[Silverado Country Club]],<ref name=latdn85/> next door to friend Johnny Miller.<ref name=rclods/> In 1999, he was inducted posthumously into the State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |title=State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame: Golf |url=http://www.washingtonsportshof.com/golf.htm |accessdate=January 7, 2013}}</ref>

==Personal==
Funseth was survived by his wife Sandi ([[Name at birth|née]] Hawkins), a former competitive [[Waterskiing|water skier]] from [[Redwood City]],<ref name=rclods/> and their two children, Lisa and Mark, in their late teens.<ref name=flbwc85/><ref name=nyt/> He met Sandi during the rainy [[AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am|Crosby]] event at [[Pebble Beach Golf Links|Pebble Beach]] in January [[1965 PGA Tour|1965]], when she was a spectator in a long leg cast (from a [[Alpine skiing|snow skiing]] accident) and had been offered shelter in a tournament tent;<ref name=lftmenl/> they were married later that year.

==Professional wins (8)==
===PGA Tour wins (3)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!To par!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner(s)-up
|-
|align=center|1
|align=right|Feb 14, [[1965 PGA Tour|1965]]
|[[Phoenix Open Invitational]]
|align=right|71-68-68-67=274
|align=center|−14
|3 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bert Yancey]]
|-
|align=center|2
|align=right|Jan 7, [[1973 PGA Tour|1973]]
|[[Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open]]
|align=right|73-69-65-69=276
|align=center|−8
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Don Bies]], {{flagicon|AUS}} [[David Graham (golfer)|David Graham]],<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Weiskopf]]
|-
|align=center|3
|align=right|Jul 30, [[1978 PGA Tour|1978]]
|[[Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open]]
|align=right|65-67-68-64=264
|align=center|−20
|6 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Dale Douglass]], {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lee Elder]],<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Billy Kratzert]]
|}

'''PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)'''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponents!!Result
|-style="background:#F2C1D1;"
|align=center|1
|[[1971 PGA Tour|1971]]
|[[Greater Greensboro Open]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Buddy Allin]], {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dave Eichelberger]]
|Allin won with birdie on first extra hole
|}

===Other wins (3)===
*1964 [[Northwest Open]]
*1973 [[Confidence Open]]
*1977 [[Spalding Invitational]]

===Senior PGA Tour wins (1)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Winning score
!To par
!Margin of<br>victory
!Runner-up
|-
|align=center|1
|align=right|May 22, [[1983 Senior PGA Tour|1983]]
|[[Hall of Fame Tournament]]
|align=right|66-67-65=198
|align=center|−18
|9 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Charlie Sifford]]
|}

'''Senior PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)'''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result
|-style="background:#F2C1D1;"
|align=center|1
|[[1983 Senior PGA Tour|1983]]
|'''[[U.S. Senior Open]]'''
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Billy Casper]]
|Lost to birdie on first extra hole after 18-hole playoff;<br>Casper: +4 (75),<br>Funseth: +4 (75)
|}

===Other senior wins (2)===
*1983 [[Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf]] (with [[Roberto De Vicenzo]])
*1984 [[Unum|Unionmutual]] Seniors Golf Classic ([[match play]])

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{PGATour player|11421}}
*[http://washingtonsportshof.com/golf.htm State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame] – Golf
*{{Find a Grave|134031318}}

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