Trading lanes for fairways

Club affiliation: Mesa Verde Country Club

Residence: Costa Mesa/La Quinta

Birthplace: Calexico, Calif.

Age: 62

Favorite golf moment: Qualifying for the United States Mid-Amateur

championship for the only time in 1998. He shot 71 and won in a

playoff in the qualifying round.

Favorite club to use: Driver

Favorite course played: Royal County Down Golf Club, Newcastle,

Ireland

Family: Wife, Anne; sons, Paul and Scott

Noteworthy: Spent 11 years on the Professional Bowlers Association

tour, beginning at age 16 ... Best PBA finish was fourth in a

national tournament ... Considers winning the California masters

title in 1975 the sporting “highlight” of his life ... The event

featured 488 of the top amateur and professional bowlers ... Started

playing golf in his 20s ... Retired orthodontist ... Won three senior

club championships and one men’s club championship in 28 years as a

Mesa Verde Country Club member ... Won men’s and senior Mesa Verde

titles in 1993 ... Credits current Mesa Verde head pro Tom Sargent

and Art Schilling for providing golf instruction ... Played in five

British Senior Amateur championships, including the last four ... He

is also exempt into next year’s British Senior by virtue of

qualifying for the U.S. Mid-Am in 1998 ... At 56, was second oldest

golfer to compete in the 1998 U.S. Mid-Am ... Placed fourth in the

International Seniors Amateur in Normandy, France, in 2000.