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Jerry Pate was born in Macon, Georgia . He later attended the University Of Alabama and had a distinguished amateur career. He won the U.S. Amateur Championship in 1974 and the following year he was a member of victorious U.S. teams at the Walker Cup and the Eisenhower Trophy . He was also the low amateur at the 1974 U.S. Open .

Pate turned professional in 1975 and was the medallist at the 1975 PGA Tour Qualifying School. He had a flying start to his professional career, winning the U.S. Open , which was to be his only Major Championship victory, and the Canadian Open . He was selected as the Rookie of the Year and Co-Player of the Year. Six more PGA Tour victories followed between 1977 and 1982, as well as several other titles around the world. In 1981 he was a member of a victorious United States Ryder Cup team. However shoulder injuries curtailed his career and he didn't win a regular (under 50) professional title after his thirtieth birthday.

Pate later served as a broadcast analyst for ABC , CBS and the BBC and set up a golf course design practice and a turf and irrigation company. In 2006 he returned to winning ways at the Champions Tour 's Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am.


PROFESSIONAL WINS

PGA Tour

  • 1976 Pacific Masters

  • 1980 Brazilian Open

  • 1981 Colombian Open, ABC Sports Shinko Japan

  • 2006 Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am (Champions Tour)



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