Peter Persons
Personal information
Full namePeter Taylor Persons
Born (1962-09-08) September 8, 1962
Macon, Georgia
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st)
Sporting nationality United States
Career
CollegeUniversity of Georgia
Turned professional1986
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 1986
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 1991
U.S. OpenT19: 1991
The Open ChampionshipDNP

Peter Taylor Persons (born September 8, 1962) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.

Persons was born and raised in Macon, Georgia. He received coaching and training in the junior program developed by Georgia Golf Hall of Fame member Dan Nyimicz at Idle Hour Golf Club in Macon.[1] Persons won the 1980 Georgia Junior Championship and was the runner-up to Sam Randolph at the 1985 U.S. Amateur. He was the 1984–1985 Georgia Golf Association Men's Player of the Year. He attended the University of Georgia and was a member of the golf team. He turned professional in 1986.

Persons played in a limited number of PGA Tour events in the 1980s. He played full-time on the elite Tour from 1990–1993; and on the Nike Tour (now called the Nationwide Tour) from 1994–1996. His best year in professional golf was 1990; he had a win at the Chattanooga Classic, a T-6 at the Hawaiian Open, and finished 66th on the final money list that year. At the 1990 Chattanooga Classic, he finished at 20-under-par 260 to defeat Richard Zokol by two strokes. The tournament was held the same week as the NEC World Series of Golf where most of the Tour's top-tier players elected to compete.[2]

Amateur wins

  • 1980 Georgia Junior Championship
  • 1984 Georgia Amateur
  • 1985 SEC Championship (individual)

Professional wins (1)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 Aug 26, 1990 Chattanooga Classic −20 (64-64-65-67=260) 2 strokes Canada Richard Zokol

Results in major championships

Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open T19
PGA Championship CUT

Note: Persons never played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Georgia Golf Hall of Fame: Dan Nyimicz". Retrieved 2007-10-29.
  2. ↑ "Today in Golf History: August 26". Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-10-29.


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