Senior champion

Club affiliation: Santa Ana Country Club

Birthplace: Fort Wayne, Ind.

Residence: Newport Beach

Age: 64

Golf handicap: 4

Favorite golf moment: Either winning the low gross division of

Santa Ana Country Club’s member/member tournament last summer with

partner Doug Ciralli or claiming the gross division title in the

Balboa, Big Canyon Country Club’s member/member event, 20 years ago

with partner Ron Chamberlin.

Favorite courses played: Cypress Point Club, Pebble Beach, Calif.

Hobbies outside of golf: Travel, spending time with nine

grandchildren and following Notre Dame football.

Family: Wife, Carolyn; three daughters, nine grandchildren.

Noteworthy: Won the 60-69 age flight of the Santa Ana Country Club

senior stroke-play championship for the third time in four years ...

Shot 75-86 -- 151 for the 36-hole championship ... Also won in 2001

and 2003 ... His 85 came in rainy and windy conditions Dec. 5 ...

Started the final round two shots back of eventual overall champion

Chris Veitch, whom he played with for the final 18 holes. “It was a

lot of fun to be with those guys [the foursome also included Boyd

Martin and Rick Herrera]. All of them are much better than I. It was

difficult [playing in the rain], but it was also a lot of fun” ...

Founded a financial advisory firm after working for accounting giant

KPMG for 30 years ... Graduated from Notre Dame in 1962, where he

spent three years playing on the men’s tennis team.