"PGA Champion" Tom Pernice Jr Hand Signed 3X5 Card Todd Mueller COA

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"PGA Champion" Tom Pernice Jr Hand Signed 3X5 Card.
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Thomas Charles Pernice Jr.
(born September 5, 1959) is an
American
professional
golfer
who plays on the
PGA Tour
and
Champions Tour
. Pernice was born in
Kansas City, Missouri
. He attended
UCLA
, where his teammates on the golf team included
Jay Delsing
,
Corey Pavin
,
Steve Pate
and
Duffy Waldorf
. Pernice was a two-time All-American and Pac-10
Player of the Year
in 1981. He majored in Economics and graduated in 1982.
Pernice won two
PGA Tour
events, his first coming in his 213th event.
His best finish in a
major
is T13 at the
1989 U.S. Open
. He is an advocate of the Jim Hardy one plane swing. Pernice turned 50 in September 2009 and played in his first
Champions Tour
event at the
SAS Championship
. He became the 15th player to win a Champions Tour event in his debut,
winning by 1 stroke over
Nick Price
and
David Frost
.
In 2009 and 2010, Pernice played sporadically on the PGA Tour, earning conditional status in 2010 and 2011 while also competing on the Champions Tour. Pernice rejoined the PGA Tour for 2012 after a third place tie at the
Children's Miracle Network Classic
moved him to 121st on the 2011 money list, after beginning the week as the fifth alternate and ranked 143rd. In his limited time, Pernice also finished 29th on the Champions Tour, earning him full status on both tours for 2012. Pernice earned over .9 million on the PGA Tour. One of Pernice's daughters has
Leber's congenital amaurosis
, where her corneas did not fully develop.