Tim Collins

Professional career First PGA tournament Collins served three years in the U.S. Army after graduating from college. At the event, the first ever played at Pebble Beach Golf Links, Collins shot an opening round 79, eight shots off the lead set by Jack Nicklaus. On the following day he shot a 71, three off the best of the day carded by two players: one of nine golfers tied for tournament leader Lanny Wadkins, and Arnold Palmer. He made the cut, and was just five behind the leaders going into Saturday, in a tie for 26th. (Note, in the detailed statistical profile of Collins' career, his participation in the 1972 U.S. Open is not included, even though it is included in the same website in the full results of the actual tournament. This is likely because he did not yet have his Tournament Players Division (precursor to the PGA Tour) card.

Qualifying School 1972 Encouraged by his success at Pebble Beach, he decided to take a shot at earning his Tournament Players Division "card" in the fall of 1972, going through Qualifying school. He was one of 468 to begin the process. In September, he was one of 30 from the Eastern Division tournament held in Rockville, Maryland to make it to the national event at the Silverado Country Club, in Napa, California. In total, 81 golfers took the written qualifying exam and played 108 holes to narrow the field down to 25. He finished tied for 44th in the 1976 U.S. Open. He also played in five PGA Championship tournaments. He played in at least 38 PGA Tour events including the 61 listed in his PGA profile and the one 1972 U.S. Open which is not listed there.

Professional wins this list may be incomplete 1978 North Carolina Open 1982 North Carolina Open, Carolinas PGA Championship 1983 Carolinas PGA Championship 1984 Carolinas Open

U.S. national team appearances PGA Cup: 1977 (tie), 1978, 1979, 1984