Loren Roberts

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Loren Roberts

Personal Information
Birth: June 24, 1955,
San Luis Obispo, California
Height: 6 feet, 2 inches
Nationality: Flag of United States United States
Residence: Germantown, Tennessee
Career
College: California Polytechnic State University
Turned Professional: 1975
Current Tour: Champions Tour (joined 2005)
Professional wins: 17 (Champions Tour 5; PGA Tour 8; PGA 1; others 3)
Majors: The Tradition 2005
Senior British Open 2006
Awards: Cal Poly Athletics Hall of Fame (1998)
Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame (2006)
Champions Tour Byron Nelson Award (2006)

Loren Lloyd Roberts (born June 24, 1955) is an American professional golfer. He was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He competed for San Luis Obispo Senior High School and Cal Poly. In 1975 he turned professional after his sophomore season due to the university dropping its NCAA Division II golf team.

He worked as an assistant pro at San Luis Obispo Golf and Country Club as well as Morro Bay Golf Course. He won the Foot-Joy PGA Assistant Professional Championship of 1979 and was second in 1980. The first professional tour where he competed was the PGA Tour of Australasia where he played briefly after his 1979 PGA victory. He is married to Kim and has two daughters, Alex, a student at Alabama, and Addison.

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On his fifth attempt, he earned his first PGA Tour card at the PGA Tour Qualification Tournament in 1980 for the 1981 season. He returned to the tournament in 1981, 1982, 1986 and 1987, earning his card every year except 1981. He did not get his first win on the PGA Tour until 1994 at age 38, yet it sparked a nine-season run of eight victories. His career earnings are over $15 million. He is known as "Boss of the Moss" for his putting skills. He has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

His best finish in a major was at the 1994 U.S. Open. He contended in an 18-hole playoff with Ernie Els and Colin Montgomerie. Montgomerie was eliminated. An additional pair of sudden-death holes gave Els the title.

He played for the United States in the 1995 Ryder Cup, 1994 and 2000 Presidents Cups, and 2001 UBS Warburg Cup. He was 3-1 at the Ryder Cup and 4-2-1 at the Presidents Cups. Of the four team events, only the Ryder Cup team lost. He was a co-assistant captain for the 2006 Ryder Cup which also lost.

After concentrating on the Champions Tour in 2006, Roberts lost his card. He did not use his 2007 season exemption option for being among the top 50 in career earnings.

In 2005 he joined the Champions Tour. His first senior win came in his third event at the JELD-WEN Tradition which is one of the five senior majors. He defeated Dana Quigley in a two-hole sudden-death playoff.

In 2006 he became the first golfer to open a Champions Tour season with three wins.[1]. Later that season he won his second senior major by beating Eduardo Romero in a playoff at the Senior British Open. He won the Byron Nelson Award for having the lowest average stroke total per round.

He broke 54-hole tournament Champions Tour records for lowest score in relationship to par (25-under) and most birdies (26) as well as sharing lowest score (191). The marks were set largely due to scoring a career-best 61 in the final round of his 2006 MasterCard Championship at Hualalai win.

He hosts the annual Loren Roberts Celebrity Pro-Am in May at Spring Creek Ranch in Collierville, Tennessee which began in 1995. The benefitting charity is Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center of Memphis, Tennessee.

He entered the Tennessee Hall of Fame in 1995. He was inducted into the Cal Poly Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998.[2] The Tennessee Golf Foundation inducted him into the Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame in 2006.[3]

Roberts co-wrote Focus: The Name of the Game with fellow PGA Tour golfers Scott Simpson and Larry Mize. The 128-page book was published by J. Countryman in 1999.

Senior majors are shown in bold.

  • 1979 Foot-Joy PGA Assistant Professional Championship
  • 1997 Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational
  • 1999 Tennessee Open
  • N/A (Mexico tournament)

Tournament 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open T34 DNP CUT DNP CUT
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP T34
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters DNP CUT DNP DNP T5 T24 T23 CUT DNP CUT
U.S. Open DNP T49 DNP T11 T2 WD T40 T13 T18 DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T24 CUT T18 CUT T29 DNP
PGA Championship T5 T27 DNP T28 T9 T58 CUT T49 T65 CUT
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
The Masters T3 T37 DNP T33 DNP DNP
U.S. Open T8 T52 DNP T42 DNP DNP
The Open Championship T7 T13 T28 DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship T58 CUT T43 T7 T17 CUT

DNP = did not play
WD = withdrew
T = tied
Yellow background for top ten

Summary of major championship performances
Starts Wins 2nd Top 3 Top 5 Top 10 Longest Top 10 Streak
47 0 1 2 4 8 3

Champions tour major results are not listed in chronological order.

Tournament 2005 2006
Senior PGA Championship NM 5
U.S. Senior Open T2 T8
Senior British Open 5 1
The Tradition 1 T14
Senior Players Championship DNP T3

NM = not a Champions Tour member
DNP = did not play
T = tied
green background for wins
yellow background for top ten

Summary of major championship performances
Starts Wins 2nd Top 3 Top 5 Top 10 Longest Top 10 Streak
8 2 1 4 6 7 7

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