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Jeffrey George Sluman (born September 11, 1957) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous professional golf tournaments including six PGA Tour victories and one major.

Early life and amateur career

Sluman was born and reared in Rochester, New York. After graduating from Greece Arcadia High School in 1975 and Monroe Community College in 1977, he attended Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. He earned a bachelor's degree with a major in finance from FSU in 1980, and turned pro later that year.

Professional career

Sluman has had an unusual career in terms of winning golf tournaments. During what are usually considered a golfers most productive years – their early twenties through their middle thirties – Sluman won only once. At the age of 30, he won the 1988 PGA Championship. Then, shortly before his 40th birthday, he started winning consistently on the PGA Tour and in non-Tour events. After winning the 1997 Tucson Chrysler Classic, he won seven more events including four on the PGA Tour during the next seven seasons. Sluman's best season was in 2002 when he finished the year ranked 15th on the PGA Tour with $2,250,187 in earnings. Despite his rather unusual sequence in respect to tournament wins, Sluman has been one of the Tour's most consistent top 10 finishers throughout his career; his regular career earnings exceeded 18 million dollars.

The 1988 PGA Championship was played at the Oak Tree Golf Club in Edmond, Oklahoma. Sluman won the tournament by three strokes over Paul Azinger, shooting a total of 272. On the final day, Sluman took command of the tournament with a round of 65 that tied David Graham's 1979 mark as the lowest winning round in PGA history.

Upon turning 50 in September 2007, Sluman joined the Champions Tour. He won his first tournament in June 2008, the Bank of America Championship and he also won the First Tee Open in 2008, 2009, and 2011.

When Sluman won 1988 PGA Championship, Ping recognized him with a golden putter as a replica of the Ping PAL 2 he used to win. A second one was made and place in the Ping Gold putter vault.

During the first round of the 1992 Masters, Sluman made history when he recorded a hole-in-one on the fourth hole. To date, this is the only time the fourth hole has been aced at the Masters.

Personal life

Sluman is a fan of Formula One racing, and is friends with former Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Rahal. He is also a collector of rare, fine wines with about 2,000 bottles in his collection.

Amateur wins

1978 New York State Amateur
1980 Monroe Invitational

Professional wins (18)

PGA Tour wins (6)

Major championships (1)

Other PGA Tour (5)

1	Aug 14, 1988	PGA Championship	−12 (69-70-68-65=272)	3 strokes	Paul Azinger
2	Feb 23, 1997	Tucson Chrysler Classic	−13 (75-68-65-67=275)	1 stroke	Steve Jones
3	Sep 6, 1998	Greater Milwaukee Open	−19 (68-66-63-68=265)	1 stroke	Steve Stricker
4	Jan 17, 1999	Sony Open in Hawaii	−9 (69-70-66-66=271)	2 strokes	Davis Love III, Jeff Maggert, Len Mattiace, Chris Perry, Tommy Tolles
5	Jul 22, 2001	B.C. Open	−22 (67-68-65-66=266)	Playoff	Paul Gow
6	Jul 14, 2002	Greater Milwaukee Open (2)	−23 (64-66-63-68=261)	4 strokes	Tim Herron, Steve Lowery

PGA Tour playoff record (1–6)

1	1987	Tournament Players Championship	Sandy Lyle	Lost to par on third extra hole
2	1991	Kemper Open	Billy Andrade	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
3	1992	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	Mark O'Meara	Lost to par on first extra hole
4	1998	FedEx St. Jude Classic	Nick Price	Lost to birdie on second extra hole
5	1999	MCI Classic	Glen Day, Payne Stewart	Day won with birdie on first extra hole
6	2001	Nissan Open	Robert Allenby, Brandel Chamblee, Toshimitsu Izawa, Dennis Paulson, Bob Tway	Allenby won with birdie on first extra hole
7	2001	B.C. Open	Paul Gow	Won with birdie on second extra hole

Tournament Player Series wins (1)

1

May 5, 1985

Tallahassee Open

−17 (65-65-74-65=269)

1 stroke

Kenny Knox, Gary Player

Other wins (4)

1	Aug 3, 1999	CVS Charity Classic (with Stuart Appleby)	−20 (63-59=122)	2 strokes	Brett Quigley and Dana Quigley
2	Jun 24, 2003	CVS Charity Classic (2) (with Rocco Mediate)	−22 (63-57=120)	1 stroke	Billy Andrade and Brad Faxon
3	Nov 16, 2003	Franklin Templeton Shootout (with Hank Kuehne)	−23 (65-58-60=193)	Playoff	Chad Campbell and Shaun Micheel, Brad Faxon and Scott McCarron
4	Nov 14, 2004	Franklin Templeton Shootout (2) (with Hank Kuehne)	−29 (64-62-61=187)	2 strokes	Steve Flesch and Justin Leonard

Other playoff record (1–0)

1

2003

Franklin Templeton Shootout
(with Hank Kuehne)

Chad Campbell and Shaun Micheel,
Brad Faxon and Scott McCarron

Won with birdie on second extra hole

Champions Tour wins (6)

1	Jun 22, 2008	Bank of America Championship	−17 (68-67-64=199)	2 strokes	Loren Roberts
2	Aug 31, 2008	Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach	−14 (66-69-67=202)	5 strokes	Craig Stadler, Fuzzy Zoeller
3	Sep 6, 2009	Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach (2)	−10 (65-73-68=206)	2 strokes	Gene Jones
4	Jul 10, 2011	Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach (3)	−10 (68-68-70=206)	2 strokes	Brad Bryant, David Eger, Jay Haas
5	Apr 28, 2013	Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of Golf (with Brad Faxon)	−23 (62-66-65=193)	1 stroke	Fred Funk and Mike Goodes, Kenny Perry and Gene Sauers
6	Jun 8, 2014	Big Cedar Lodge Legends of Golf (2) (with Fred Funk)	−20 (61-50-48=159)	1 stroke	Jay Haas and Peter Jacobsen

Champions Tour playoff record (0–3)

1	2009	Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Craig Stadler)	Bernhard Langer and Tom Lehman	Lost to par on second extra hole
2	2010	AT&T Championship	Rod Spittle	Lost to par on first extra hole
3	2014	Constellation Senior Players Championship	Bernhard Langer	Lost to birdie on second extra hole

Other senior wins (1)

2010 Nedbank Champions Challenge

Playoff record

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–1)

1

1996

Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters

Costantino Rocca, Lee Westwood

Westwood won with par on fourth extra hole
Sluman eliminated by birdie on first hole

Masters Tournament				T45	T8
U.S. Open	CUT	T62		CUT	CUT
The Open Championship					CUT
PGA Championship		T30	T14	1	T24

Masters Tournament	T27	T29	T4	T17	T25	T41	CUT	T7	CUT	T31
U.S. Open	T14	CUT	2	T11	T9	T13	T50	T28	T10	CUT
The Open Championship	T25	T101	CUT	CUT			T60			T45
PGA Championship	T31	T61	T12	T61	T25	T8	T41	CUT	T27	T54

Masters Tournament	18		T24	44	43			T49
U.S. Open	CUT		T24	CUT			T6	CUT
The Open Championship	T60			CUT			T41
PGA Championship	T41	CUT	T23	CUT	T62	CUT	CUT	CUT

CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Summary

15

11

6

16

Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (1993 PGA – 1995 PGA)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice)

Results in The Players Championship

The Players Championship

T40

2

T45

CUT

The Players Championship

CUT

T40

T46

CUT

T49

T41

CUT

T46

The Players Championship

T17

T33

T4

T32

T26

T46

T45

CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

WGC-Match Play	R64	R32	R32	R64	R32	R64
WGC-Championship	T34		NT¹	T43
WGC-Invitational					T39

¹Cancelled due to 9/11

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

Results in senior major championships

Results not in chronological order.

The Tradition

–

T31

T11

T29

T12

T7

T8

T9

11

T23

T17

41

T43

NT

T29

T50

T63

Senior PGA Championship

–

T9

T5

T21

T18

T44

T47

T15

T7

CUT

T59

T19

CUT

NT

T23

T66

Senior Players Championship

T17

T3

T24

4

T6

T43

T16

2

T20

T9

T71

T57

T54

T52

T72

U.S. Senior Open

–

T18

T16

T24

T17

T28

T6

T5

CUT

T32

T12

CUT

T33

NT

T46

T33

CUT

Senior British Open Championship

–

T21

24

T11

T28

T40

T57

T16

T9

T12

T15

T32

T36

NT

T57

CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

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