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Jay Haas

Golf is an outdoor sport where player as an individual or from varied teams strike a ball targeting a hole using various clubs. The game basically originated from Scotland and has been played for atleast five centuries in the British Isles. The two basic forms of playing golf are match play and stroke play. The Tour Championship is the final event of golf's PGA Tour season. The top 30 money winners on the PGA Tour after the penultimate event qualify for the Championship, which is one of the richest tournaments on the tour.

Jay Dean Haas was born on December 2, 1953 in St. Louis, Missouri. He Debut in 1976. In 2004 he made his Champions Tour debut at the Senior PGA, Professional Golf’s Association Championship in Louisville, where he finished second, one stroke back of Hale Irwin after Irwin two-putted for birdie from forty feet on the final hole. He also appeared in 23 events on the PGA TOUR and finished 27th on the final money list, with $2,071,626, the second year in succession he earned over $2 million. He made the cut at Wachovia Championship, the 566th time.

In 2005 he was voted as the Champions Tour Rookie of the Year, after turning in an outstanding month of October. He completed his day with three straight birdies to pull away from Loren Roberts and Dana Quigley for the two-stroke victory, his first in 11 years, 11 months, 23 days. His two-stroke victory at Oak Hills made him the 12th different player to claim Champions Tour titles at the same venue.

In the current Year Champions Tour Highlights he claimed one of the biggest wins of his career in late May, when he prevailed in a playoff to win the Senior PGA Championship at Oak Tree GC, Golf Course in Edmond, Okla. The victory was his first major championship in 90 started in his PGA TOUR career and gave him three consecutive victories on the Champions Tour.

Jay Haas was one of the best known golf players in the history of the game. A unique style of game strategy and excellent judgment is what makes this great player one of the best all time golf players.

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