Jerome Kendrick Pate (born September 16, 1953) is an American
professional golfer
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on the
PGA Tour Champions
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History and format
The Senior PGA Championship, founded in 1937, was for many years ...
, formerly on the
PGA Tour
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. As a 22-year-old rookie, he won the
U.S. Open in
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
.
Early years
Born in
Macon, Georgia
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,
[ Pate grew up in the panhandle of ]Florida
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at Pensacola
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.University of Alabama
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in Tuscaloosa
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and played on its Crimson Tide golf team. He had a distinguished amateur career with a win at the U.S. Amateur
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in and was a member of victorious U.S. teams at the Eisenhower Trophy
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competition later that year and for the Walker Cup
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in May 1975 at St Andrews
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in Scotland
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.Jay Haas
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Early life and amateur career
Haas was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Belleville, Illinois. ...
of Wake Forest for low amateur at the U.S. Open, finishing in a six-way tie for eighteenth place at Medinah
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, outside Chicago
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PGA Tour
Pate turned professional in 1975,[ and was the medalist at the ]PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament
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at Orlando
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in November.1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
, he won the U.S. Open,[ his only major championship victory, and the Canadian Open, where he closed with a 63 to win by four strokes over runner-up ]Jack Nicklaus
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.1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...
and 1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...
, as well as several other titles around the world. He was a member of the victorious Ryder Cup
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team in 1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
, but shoulder injuries curtailed his career; his final win on the PGA Tour came at age 28.[ That final victory was the Tournament Players Championship in ]1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...
, the first held at TPC at Sawgrass
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. Pate celebrated by throwing course designer Pete Dye
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Early life
Dye was ...
and PGA Tour commissioner Deane Beman
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Early years
Born in Washington, D.C., Beman attended the University of Maryl ...
into the lake adjacent to the 18th green, then jumped in himself.
Later years
Pate later served as a broadcast analyst (ABC
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, CBS
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practice and a turf and irrigation company.