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Steve Jurgensen (born October 27, 1961) is an American
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.


Early life and amateur career

Jurgensen was born in
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. He played college golf one year at the
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.


Professional career

In 1985, Jurgensen turned professional. He played on the
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in the mid-1990s and won the 1993
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. Jurgensen played on the
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in 1996, 1998, and 1999. His best finish was T-4 at the 1997 Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic.


Professional wins (5)


Nike Tour wins (1)

Nike Tour playoff record (0–1)


Other wins (4)

*1986
New Hampshire Open The New Hampshire Open is the New Hampshire state open golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. G ...
*1987
Massachusetts Open The Massachusetts Open is the Massachusetts state open golf tournament. The brothers Donald Ross and Alex Ross had much success early in the tournament's history, winning the first eight events between them. In the mid-1910s, the Massachusetts G ...
*1991
Long Beach Open The Long Beach Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It was held in Long Beach, California at the Virginia Country Club from 1926 to 1930 and at the Lakewood Country Club from 1949 to 1951. In 1957 the Long Beach Open was a PGA Satellite Ev ...
*2022
Southern Texas PGA Championship The Southern Texas PGA Championship is a golf tournament that is the championship of the Southern Texas section of the PGA of America. The Southern Texas section was formed in 1968, and the tournament has been played annually since that time. Tommy ...


See also

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1995 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates __NOTOC__ This is a list of the 43 players who earned 1996 PGA Tour cards through the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament The annual PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament, also known as Qualifying School or Q-School, was historically the main method by which ...
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1997 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates __NOTOC__ This is a list of the 38 players who earned 1998 PGA Tour cards through the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament in 1997. PGA Tour rookie in 1998 1998 Results *PGA Tour rookie in 1998 T = Tied The player retained his PGA Tour card for 199 ...
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1998 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates __NOTOC__ This is a list of the 41 players who earned 1999 PGA Tour cards through the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament in 1998. PGA Tour rookie in 1999 1999 Results *PGA Tour rookie in 1999 T = Tied The player retained his PGA Tour card for 200 ...


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* American male golfers Houston Cougars men's golfers PGA Tour golfers Golfers from San Jose, California 1961 births Living people 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-golf-bio-stub