Pate after winning the 1974 U.S. Amateur Championship
Personal information
Full name
Jerome Kendrick Pate
Born
(1953-09-16) September 16, 1953 (age 70) Macon, Georgia
Height
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight
180 lb (82 kg; 13 st)
Sporting nationality
United States
Residence
Pensacola, Florida
Spouse
Soozi Nelson Pate
(m. 1975)
[1][2]
Children
3
Career
College
University of Alabama
Turned professional
1975
Current tour(s)
PGA Tour Champions
Former tour(s)
PGA Tour
Professional wins
15
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour
8
Japan Golf Tour
2
PGA Tour Champions
2
Other
3
Best results in major championships (wins: 1)
Masters Tournament
T3: 1982
PGA Championship
2nd: 1978
U.S. Open
Won: 1976
The Open Championship
T15: 1977
Jerome Kendrick Pate (born September 16, 1953) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour Champions, formerly on the PGA Tour. As a 22-year-old rookie, he won the U.S. Open in 1976.[3][4][5][6]
^McKenzie, Mike (June 21, 1976). "Soozi sunshine". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). p. 11.
^Deason, Lauren (February 13, 2008). "Love stories from the Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
^Jenkins, Dan (June 28, 1976). "You were great, Jerry Pate". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
^Husar, John (June 21, 1976). "Rookie Pate beats odds, wins Open". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 6.
^Mizell, Hubert (June 21, 1976). "Pate clinches Open on perfect shot". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). p. 1C.
^McKenzie, Mike (June 21, 1976). "Drama got it!". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). p. 1.
6. "JerryPate adds another national title". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. July 26, 1976. p. 7. "PGA Tour Media Guide – JerryPate". Retrieved...
Colonial National Invitation (2) 66-68-68-66=268 −12 4 strokes Jerry Heard, JerryPate 24 Jun 24, 1979 Canadian Open (3) 67-71-72-71=281 −3 3 strokes...
latter half of the 1970s. In 1979, he won twice: a one shot win over JerryPate at the Kemper Open, and a couple of months later a one stroke win over...
Jack Nicklaus 1973 Johnny Miller 1974 Hale Irwin 1975 Lou Graham† 1976 JerryPate 1977 Hubert Green 1978 Andy North 1979 Hale Irwin 1980 Jack Nicklaus 1981...
Mahaffey won his only major championship in a sudden-death playoff over JerryPate and Tom Watson. Watson led the tournament each day and held a five-shot...
Byron Nelson (1968) Merlin Olsen Peter Oosterhuis (1997–2014) Bud Palmer JerryPate (1996–1998) Billy Joe Patton Jay Randolph (1968) Clifford Roberts Chris...
Jack Nicklaus 1973 Johnny Miller 1974 Hale Irwin 1975 Lou Graham† 1976 JerryPate 1977 Hubert Green 1978 Andy North 1979 Hale Irwin 1980 Jack Nicklaus 1981...
Jack Nicklaus 1973 Johnny Miller 1974 Hale Irwin 1975 Lou Graham† 1976 JerryPate 1977 Hubert Green 1978 Andy North 1979 Hale Irwin 1980 Jack Nicklaus 1981...
at the Stadium Course by two shots over Brad Bryant and Scott Simpson, JerryPate tosses PGA Tour Commissioner Deane Beman and course architect Pete Dye...
Mahaffey, Watson and JerryPate. All three players made par on the first playoff hole. The drama ended on the second playoff hole when Pate missed the green...
have come through the program over the years. One of the best known is JerryPate, who has competed in the Walker Cup, garnered All-American honors, captured...
hosted there include the 1978 Southeastern Conference Championship, the JerryPate Intercollegiate Tournament (1992–1996), the Women's Alabama Golf Association...
west to the Stadium Course in 1982, the story was not eventual winner JerryPate, but the complaints the players had about the new course, which had supposedly...
an amateur since 1978, and earned an exemption to the 2006 tournament. JerryPate, a non-playing invitee, won the 46th Par-3 contest on Wednesday with a...
verification] Lietzke and JerryPate were brothers-in-law. Lietzke's wife, Rose, and Pate's wife, Soozi, are sisters. Lietzke and Pate played together in the...
Gene Littler. g John Mahaffey won in a playoff against Tom Watson and JerryPate. h David Graham won in a playoff against Ben Crenshaw. i Larry Nelson...
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