Jeff Sluman

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox golfer Jeffrey George Sluman (born September 11, 1957) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous professional golf tournaments including six PGA Tour victories.

Early life and amateur career

Sluman was born and reared in Rochester, New York. After graduating from Greece Arcadia High School in 1975 and Monroe Community College in 1977, he attended Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. He earned a bachelor's degree with a major in finance from FSU in 1980, and turned pro later that year.[1][2]

Professional career

Sluman has had an unusual career in terms of winning golf tournaments. During what are usually considered a golfers most productive years – their early twenties through their middle thirties – Sluman won only once. At the age of 30, he won the 1988 PGA Championship. Then, shortly before his 40th birthday, he started winning consistently on the Tour and in non-Tour events. After winning the 1997 Tucson Chrysler Classic, he won seven more events including four on the PGA Tour during the next seven seasons. Sluman's best season was in 2002 when he finished the year ranked 15th on the PGA Tour with $2,250,187 in earnings. Despite his rather unusual sequence in respect to tournament wins, Sluman has been one of the Tour's most consistent top 10 finishers throughout his career; his regular career earnings exceeded 18 million dollars.

The 1988 PGA Championship was played at the Oak Tree Golf Club in Edmond, Oklahoma. Sluman won the tournament by three strokes over Paul Azinger, shooting a total of 272. On the final day, Sluman took command of the tournament with a round of 65 that tied David Graham's 1979 mark as the lowest winning round in PGA history.[3]

Upon turning 50 in September 2007, Sluman joined the Champions Tour. He won his first tournament in June 2008, the Bank of America Championship and he also won the First Tee Open in 2008, 2009, and 2011.[2]

When Sluman won 1988 PGA Championship, Ping recognized him with a golden putter as a replica of the Ping PAL 2 he used to win. A second one was made and place in the Ping Gold putter vault.[4]

During the first round of the 1992 Masters, Sluman made history when he recorded a hole-in-one on the fourth hole. To date, this is the only time the fourth hole has been aced at the Masters.[5]

Personal life

Sluman is a fan of Formula One racing, and is friends with former Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Rahal. He is also a collector of rare, fine wines with about 2,000 bottles in his collection.[2]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (18)

PGA Tour wins (6)

Legend
Major championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (5)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 Aug 14, 1988 PGA Championship −12 (69-70-68-65=272) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Paul Azinger
2 Feb 23, 1997 Tucson Chrysler Classic −13 (75-68-65-67=275) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Steve Jones
3 Sep 6, 1998 Greater Milwaukee Open −19 (68-66-63-68=265) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Steve Stricker
4 Jan 17, 1999 Sony Open in Hawaii −9 (69-70-66-66=271) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Davis Love III, Template:Flagicon Jeff Maggert,
Template:Flagicon Len Mattiace, Template:Flagicon Chris Perry,
Template:Flagicon Tommy Tolles
5 Jul 22, 2001 B.C. Open −22 (67-68-65-66=266) Playoff Template:Flagicon Paul Gow
6 Jul 14, 2002 Greater Milwaukee Open (2) −23 (64-66-63-68=261) 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Tim Herron, Template:Flagicon Steve Lowery

PGA Tour playoff record (1–6)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1987 Tournament Players Championship Template:Flagicon Sandy Lyle Lost to par on third extra hole
2 1991 Kemper Open Template:Flagicon Billy Andrade Lost to birdie on first extra hole
3 1992 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Template:Flagicon Mark O'Meara Lost to par on first extra hole
4 1998 FedEx St. Jude Classic Template:Flagicon Nick Price Lost to birdie on second extra hole
5 1999 MCI Classic Template:Flagicon Glen Day, Template:Flagicon Payne Stewart Day won with birdie on first extra hole
6 2001 Nissan Open Template:Flagicon Robert Allenby, Template:Flagicon Brandel Chamblee,
Template:Flagicon Toshimitsu Izawa, Template:Flagicon Dennis Paulson,
Template:Flagicon Bob Tway 		Allenby won with birdie on first extra hole
7 2001 B.C. Open Template:Flagicon Paul Gow Won with birdie on second extra hole

Tournament Player Series wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 May 5, 1985 Tallahassee Open −17 (65-65-74-65=269) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Kenny Knox, Template:Flagicon Gary Player

Other wins (4)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 Aug 3, 1999 CVS Charity Classic
(with Template:Flagicon Stuart Appleby) 		−20 (63-59=122) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Brett Quigley and Template:Flagicon Dana Quigley
2 Jun 24, 2003 CVS Charity Classic (2)
(with Template:Flagicon Rocco Mediate) 		−22 (63-57=120) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Billy Andrade and Template:Flagicon Brad Faxon
3 Nov 16, 2003 Franklin Templeton Shootout
(with Template:Flagicon Hank Kuehne) 		−23 (65-58-60=193) Playoff Template:Flagicon Chad Campbell and Template:Flagicon Shaun Micheel,
Template:Flagicon Brad Faxon and Template:Flagicon Scott McCarron
4 Nov 14, 2004 Franklin Templeton Shootout (2)
(with Template:Flagicon Hank Kuehne) 		−29 (64-62-61=187) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Steve Flesch and Template:Flagicon Justin Leonard

Other playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2003 Franklin Templeton Shootout
(with Template:Flagicon Hank Kuehne) 		Template:Flagicon Chad Campbell and Template:Flagicon Shaun Micheel,
Template:Flagicon Brad Faxon and Template:Flagicon Scott McCarron 		Won with birdie on second extra hole

Champions Tour wins (6)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 Jun 22, 2008 Bank of America Championship −17 (68-67-64=199) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Loren Roberts
2 Aug 31, 2008 Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach −14 (66-69-67=202) 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Craig Stadler, Template:Flagicon Fuzzy Zoeller
3 Sep 6, 2009 Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach (2) −10 (65-73-68=206) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Gene Jones
4 Jul 10, 2011 Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach (3) −10 (68-68-60=206) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Brad Bryant, Template:Flagicon David Eger,
Template:Flagicon Jay Haas
5 Apr 28, 2013 Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of Golf
(with Template:Flagicon Brad Faxon) 		−23 (62-66-65=193) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Fred Funk and Template:Flagicon Mike Goodes,
Template:Flagicon Kenny Perry and Template:Flagicon Gene Sauers
6 Jun 8, 2014 Big Cedar Lodge Legends of Golf (2)
(with Template:Flagicon Fred Funk) 		−20 (61-50-48=159) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Jay Haas and Template:Flagicon Peter Jacobsen

Champions Tour playoff record (0–3)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2009 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf
(with Template:Flagicon Craig Stadler) 		Template:Flagicon Bernhard Langer and Template:Flagicon Tom Lehman Lost to par on second extra hole
2 2010 AT&T Championship Template:Flagicon Rod Spittle Lost to par on first extra hole
3 2014 Constellation Senior Players Championship Template:Flagicon Bernhard Langer Lost to birdie on second extra hole

Other senior wins (1)

Playoff record

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 1996 Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Template:Flagicon Costantino Rocca, Template:Flagicon Lee Westwood Westwood won with par on fourth extra hole
Sluman eliminated by birdie on first hole

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner-up
1988 PGA Championship 3 shot deficit −12 (69-70-68-65=272) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Paul Azinger

Results timeline

Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Masters Tournament T45 T8
U.S. Open CUT T62 CUT CUT
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship T30 T14 1 T24
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Masters Tournament T27 T29 T4 T17 T25 T41 CUT T7 CUT T31
U.S. Open T14 CUT 2 T11 T9 T13 T50 T28 T10 CUT
The Open Championship T25 T101 CUT CUT T60 T45
PGA Championship T31 T61 T12 T61 T25 T8 T41 CUT T27 T54
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Masters Tournament 18 T24 44 43 T49
U.S. Open CUT T24 CUT T6 CUT
The Open Championship T60 CUT T41
PGA Championship T41 CUT T23 CUT T62 CUT CUT CUT

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CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 1 3 7 17 15
U.S. Open 0 1 0 1 4 8 19 11
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 6
PGA Championship 1 0 0 1 2 7 22 16
Totals 1 1 0 3 9 23 68 48
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (1993 PGA – 1995 PGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice)

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Players Championship T40 2 T45 CUT
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Players Championship CUT CUT T40 T46 CUT T49 T41 CUT CUT T46
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
The Players Championship T17 T33 T4 T32 T26 T46 T45 CUT

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  Top 10

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Match Play R64 R32 R32 R64 R32 R64
Championship T34 NT1 T43
Invitational T39

1Cancelled due to 9/11

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QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

Results in senior major championships

Results not in chronological order before 2022.

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
The Tradition – T31 T11 T29 T12 T7 T8 T9 11 T23 T17 41 T43 NT T29 T50 T63
Senior PGA Championship – T9 T5 T21 T18 T44 T47 T15 T7 CUT T59 T19 CUT NT T23 T66
U.S. Senior Open – T18 T16 T24 T17 T28 T6 T5 CUT T32 T12 CUT T33 NT T46 T33 CUT CUT
Senior Players Championship T17 T3 T24 4 T6 T43 T16 2 T20 T9 T71 T57 T54 T52 T72
Senior British Open Championship – T21 24 T11 T28 T40 T57 T16 T9 T12 T15 T32 T36 NT T57 CUT

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"T" indicates a tie for a place
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See also

References

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