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Mr. Peete is still listed number one in Driving Accuracy percentage having played in 56 events on the Senior PGA Tour his average of 80.9% still leads the pack. Mr. Peete led the Senior Tour in driving accuracy, a category he dominated on the PGA Tour for 10 consecutive years (1981-90), with an 81.4 percent mark in 1994. The winner of 11 tournaments in a five-year stretch on the PGA Tour he was super during that stretch and finished with 12 career victories. Mr. Peete's  most prestigious victory came at the 1985 Tournament Players Championship. During 1982 Mr. Peete won four times at PGA events. Mr. Peete only the second African American to play on the United States Ryder Cup team, played in both the 1983 and '85 Ryder Cups.

Background
Turned Pro: 1975
Birthday: 7/18/1943
Height: 5'10"
Birthplace: Detroit, Mich.
Residence: Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Exempt Status: Top 31 on all-time money list


PGA Tour Victories
1986: MONY Tournament of Champions, USF & G Classic
1985: Phoenix Open, Tournament Players Championship
1984: Texas Open
1983: Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Classic, Anheuser-Busch Classic
1982: Greater Milwaukee Open, Anheuser-Busch Classic, B.C.
Open, Pensacola Open
1979: Greater Milwaukee Open

Living Legends

Brown | Dent | Elder | Peete | Sifford

We send out a special thank you and tribute to these men and their families for the contributions they made and hardships they endured.

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