Loren Roberts

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

In 2006, Roberts became the first golfer to open a Champions Tour season with three wins. 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 lowest average stroke total per round.

In 2009, he won his second Senior British Open title after beating Fred Funk and Mark McNulty in a playoff. He won a month later in August at the Boeing Classic, where he denied Mark O'Meara his first Champions Tour victory, defeating him by one stroke after making birdie on the final hole. The GWAA voted him Player of the Year.

He broke 54-hole tournament record 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.

Personal life Since the 1980s, Roberts has been a resident of Germantown, Tennessee.

Awards and honors

In 1995 and 2007, Roberts was named Professional co-Athlete of the Year by the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. In 1998, he was inducted into the Cal Poly-SLO Athletics Hall of Fame. In 2008, the Tennessee Golf Foundation inducted him into the Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame.

Professional wins (25) PGA Tour wins (8)

PGA Tour playoff record (2–1)

Other wins (5) This list may be incomplete. 1979 Foot-Joy PGA Assistant Professional Championship 1992 Ben Hogan Pebble Beach Invitational 1997 Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational 1999 Tennessee Open 2010 Straight Down Fall Classic (with Michael Rowley)

Champions Tour wins (13) LegendChampions Tour major championships (4)Other Champions Tour (9)

Champions Tour playoff record (3–2)

Results in major championships Tournament 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Masters TournamentU.S. OpenT34CUTCUTThe Open ChampionshipPGA ChampionshipCUTT34

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

Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (1991 U.S. Open – 1995 Masters) Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2000 Masters – 2000 Open Championship)

Results in The Players Championship

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

Results in World Golf Championships 1Cancelled due to 9/11

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

Senior major championships Wins (4) YearChampionshipWinning scoreMarginRunner(s)-up 2005 JELD-WEN Tradition −15 (67-69-70-67=273) Playoff Dana Quigley 2006 The Senior Open Championship−6 (65-65-69-75=274) Playoff Eduardo Romero 2007 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship −13 (67-66-67-67=267) 6 strokes Tom Watson 2009 The Senior Open Championship (2)−12 (66-68-67-67=268) Playoff Fred Funk, Mark McNulty

Results timeline Results not in chronological order before 2017.

CUT = missed the halfway cut WD = withdrew "T" indicates a tie for a place NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

U.S. national team appearances This list may be incomplete.

Professional Ryder Cup: 1995 Presidents Cup: 1994 (winners), 2000 (winners) UBS Warburg Cup: 2001 (winners)