DENIS WATSON

 
RESULTS
Denis Watson
Champions Tour Events Played Finish Money List Rank
Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Scoring Avg. OWGR Money
Career Totals 52 51 4 2 1 18 26 -- -- $2,566,467 --
2008 23 22 2 -- -- 6 9 71.31 -- $922,262 16
2007 25 25 2 2 1 12 17 70.22 -- $1,636,123 4
2006 3 3 -- -- -- -- -- 76.29 -- $4,517 162
2005 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- 71.67 -- $3,565 186
PGA TOUR Events Played Finish FedExCup
Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Scoring Avg. OWGR Money Points Standing
Career Totals 296 139 3 7 1 22 47 -- -- $1,288,621 -- --
2007 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- 79.00 -- $ -- --
Nationwide Tour Events Played Finish Money List Rank
Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Scoring Avg. OWGR Money
Career Totals 33 6 -- -- -- 1 1 -- -- $11,766 --
2007 2 2 -- -- -- -- -- 73.00 -- $3,480 263
2005 7 -- -- -- -- -- -- 74.58 -- $ --
*OWGR = Official World Golf Rating More Stats
KEY STATS
Scoring Average (Actual)
 
 71.31%
 
 72.50%
Driving Distance
 
 278.0
 
 271.9
Driving Accuracy Percentage
 
 59.58%
 
 67.23%
Greens in Regulation Percentage
 
 65.64%
 
 65.04%
Scrambling
 
 54.73%
 
 53.27%
Putts Per Round
 
 29.35
 
 29.91
 
Denis Watson Average
 
Champions Average
   
BEST FINISHES
Result Year Events
P1 2008 AT&T Champions Classic
WON 2008 FedEx Kinko's Classic
T5 2008 The Cap Cana Championship
T5 2008 Regions Charity Classic
T5 2008 Boeing Classic
 
DID YOU KNOW?
  • He has finished 1st on the Champions Tour 2 times in 2008.
  • He ranks 16th in Charles Schwab Cup Points on the Champions Tour.

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Champions Tour
STANDARD STATS Rank Additional Stats
Driving Distance 278.0 18th Tot. Dist. - 36,134 Tot. Drvs. - 130
Driving Accuracy Percentage 59.58% 74th Fwys Hit - 544 Poss. Fwys - 913
Greens in Regulation Pct. 65.64% 50th Greens Hit - 768 # Holes - 1,170
Putting Average 1.775 24th GIR Putts - 1,363 Greens Hit - 768
Eagles (Holes per) 94.2 1st # Holes - 1,224 # Eagles - 13
Birdie Average 3.51 31st # Birdies - 239 Tot. Rnds. - 68
Scoring Average 71.31 35th Tot. strks - 4,849 Tot. rnds - 68
Sand Save Percentage 52.00% 20th # Saves - 39 # Bunkers - 75
Total Driving 92 58th Total rank from stats 1 & 2
All-Around Ranking 253 24th Total rank from stats 1-8
Money Leaders $922,262 16th - -
Par Breakers 20.59% 26th #Bird/Eagl - 252 #Holes - 1,224
Putts Per Round 29.35 26th Tot. Putts - 1,908 Tot. Rnds. - 65
NEWS
  • Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship: Second-round notes - Oct 10, 2008
  • Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship: First-round notebook - Oct 9, 2008
  • Notes: North Carolina ties abound on Champions Tour - Sep 11, 2008
  • Walmart First Tee Open: Final-round notebook - Aug 31, 2008
  • Walmart First Tee Open: Second-round notebook - Aug 31, 2008
  • Four share lead after Day 2 of Walmart First Tee Open - Aug 30, 2008
  • What they said: Roberts, Thorpe, Benbow and Brady - Aug 26, 2008
  • Boeing Classic: Final-round notebook - Aug 24, 2008
  • Back-nine surge powers Kite to two-shot victory in Boeing Classic - Aug 24, 2008
  • Boeing Classic: First-round notebook - Aug 22, 2008
  • Surging Funk headlines field for Boeing Classic - Aug 21, 2008
  • E-notes: Langer likes majors, Gilder hits 115th event... - Aug 19, 2008
  • JELD-WEN Tradition: Final-round notebook - Aug 17, 2008
  • Notes: JELD-WEN Tradition celebrates 20th anniversary - Aug 12, 2008
  • U.S. Senior Open: Final-round notes - Aug 3, 2008
  • Notes: Seniors in Twin Cities with Milwaukee in mind - Jul 15, 2008
  • Dick's Sporting Goods Open: Second-Round Notebook - Jul 5, 2008
  • Commerce Bank Championship: Second-Round Notebook - Jun 28, 2008
  • Notes: Commerce Bank Championship - Jun 23, 2008
  • Bank of America Championship: Second-Round Notebook - Jun 21, 2008
  • U.S. Open: Past and present Champions Tour players - Jun 11, 2008
  • Recap: The first half of 2008 - Jun 4, 2008
  • Principal Charity Classic: Final-Round Notebook - Jun 1, 2008
  • Second-round notebook: History's on Price's side - May 31, 2008
  • Price takes lead at Principal Charity Classic, but six trail by one - May 31, 2008
  • Eaks, Nielsen tied for lead at Principal Charity Classic - May 30, 2008
  • Defending champ Haas back in Des Moines with shot at Schwab Cup lead - May 29, 2008
  • Only one point separates Langer and Haas - May 27, 2008
  • Regions Charity Classic: Final-Round Notebook - May 18, 2008
  • Regions Charity Classic: Second-Round Notebook - May 17, 2008
  • Veteran Bean leads qualifier Goodes by one after 36 holes - May 17, 2008
  • Qualifier Goodes shares first-round lead with veteran Bean - May 16, 2008
  • FedEx Kinko's Classic: Final-Round Notebook - May 4, 2008
  • Watson wins FedEx Kinko's Classic after Price falters down stretch - May 4, 2008
  • FedEx Kinko's Classic: Second-Round Notebook - May 3, 2008
  • After season-best 65, Price leads FedEx Kinko's Classic - May 2, 2008
  • FedEx Kinko's Classic: First-Round Notebook - May 2, 2008
  • New format draws big names, exciting teams - Apr 22, 2008
  • Wiebe wins inaugural Cap Cana Championship by four - Apr 6, 2008
  • What they said: Woosnam, Lyle - Mar 26, 2008
  • AT&T Champions Classic: Final-Round Notebook - Mar 16, 2008
  • Watson prevails in three-man AT&T Champions playoff - Mar 16, 2008
  • International flavor spices up team event - Mar 12, 2008
  • March of Champions - Mar 1, 2008
  • Norman honored with GWAA's Bartlett Award - Feb 22, 2008
  • The ACE Group Classic: Second-Round Notebook - Feb 16, 2008
  • Boeing extends title sponsorship of Champions Tour Boeing Classic - Feb 4, 2008
  • Boeing extends title sponsorship of Champions Tour Boeing Classic - Feb 4, 2008
  • Pate handles howling wind to win by two at Turtle Bay - Jan 28, 2008
  • Turtle Bay Championship: First-Round Notebook - Jan 26, 2008
  • What We're Wondering: Turtle Bay Championship - Jan 24, 2008
  • Teams form for Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Jan 22, 2008
  • MasterCard Championship: Final-Round Notebook - Jan 21, 2008
  • MasterCard Championship: Second-Round Notebook - Jan 20, 2008
  • Suggs, Player, Watson honored by GWAA - Jan 8, 2008
  • Haas named Champions Tour Player of the Year - Dec 29, 2007
  • A look back at 2007 on the Champions Tour - Nov 12, 2007
  • Final-Round Notebook: Charles Schwab Cup Championship - Oct 28, 2007
  • Thorpe wins season finale; Roberts edges Haas for title - Oct 28, 2007
  • Charles Schwab Cup Championship: Third-Round Notebook - Oct 27, 2007
  • Watson leads by one shot in Sonoma - Oct 27, 2007
  • Bryant is seriously in the race, but not all serious on the course - Oct 27, 2007
  • Charles Schwab Cup Championship: Second-Round Notebook - Oct 26, 2007
  • Two Schwab rookies find themselves creeping to the top - Oct 26, 2007
  • Romero leads after two rounds in Sonoma - Oct 26, 2007
  • Administaff Small Business Classic: Final-Round Notebook - Oct 14, 2007
  • Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship: Final-Round Notes - Oct 7, 2007
  • Senior Players Championship: Third-Round Notes - Oct 6, 2007
  • Haas stays atop Charles Schwab Cup race - Sep 24, 2007
  • SAS Championship: Final-round notebook - Sep 23, 2007
  • SAS Championship: Second-Round Notebook - Sep 22, 2007
  • SAS Championship: First-Round Notebook - Sep 21, 2007
  • Greater Hickory Classic: Final-Round Notebook - Sep 16, 2007
  • Finally, a little payback for Morgan at Pebble Beach - Sep 3, 2007
  • Wal-Mart First Tee Open: Final-Round Notebook - Sep 2, 2007
  • Wal-Mart First Tee Open: Second-Round Notebook - Sep 2, 2007
  • Quigley always enjoys his junior partners at Pebble Beach - Sep 1, 2007
  • Champions Tour E-Notes: Week of Aug. 27, 2007 - Aug 28, 2007
  • Boeing Classic: Final-Round Notebook - Aug 26, 2007
  • Watson wins record-setting seven-man Boeing Classic playoff - Aug 26, 2007
  • Boeing Classic: Second-Round Notebook - Aug 25, 2007
  • Surprising Stewart stretches Boeing Classic lead to four shots - Aug 25, 2007
  • E-Notes: Week of August 21, 2007 - Aug 21, 2007
  • McNulty wins first major, takes JELD-WEN Tradition by five - Aug 19, 2007
  • JELD-WEN Tradition: Third-Round Notebook - Aug 18, 2007
  • Edwards, McNulty tied after 54 holes at JELD-WEN Tradition - Aug 18, 2007
  • Edwards, McNulty take lead into final round of JELD-WEN Tradition - Aug 18, 2007
  • Edwards takes two-stroke lead over McNulty at JELD-WEN Tradition - Aug 17, 2007
  • JELD-WEN Tradition: First-Round Notebook - Aug 17, 2007
  • Reid, McNulty share lead at JELD-WEN Tradition - Aug 17, 2007
  • Romero set to defend JELD-WEN Tradition - Aug 15, 2007
  • Charles Schwab Cup Update: Haas increases lead - Aug 7, 2007
  • 3M Championship: First-Round Notebook - Aug 3, 2007
  • Champions Tour E-Notebook: 3M Championship - Aug 13, 2007
  • Senior Open Championship: Final-Round Notes - Jul 29, 2007
  • Senior Open Championship: Round 3 Notes - Jul 28, 2007
  • 2007 Senior British Open Notes - Jul 20, 2007
  • Champions Tour Notes - Jul 10, 2007
  • Many special moments halfway through '07 season - Jul 9, 2007
  • U.S. Senior Open: Final-Round Notebook - Jul 8, 2007
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    Named Rhodesian Sportsman of the Year in 1975...Twice represented South Africa in World Series of Golf (1980 and 1982)...Did several instructional segments on "The Golf Channel Academy" with good friend David Leadbetter...Favorite actor is Sean Connery...Favorite book is Golf in the Kingdom...Lists the birth of all his children as his biggest thrills outside of golf...Started playing golf at age 14 when his dad took him to play...Served two years in the Rhodesian Army...Has also worked as an insurance relief officer and as an assistant professional/instructor...Did some work for PGA TOUR Radio in the past.

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