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Jeff Sluman

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. PGA stands for Professional Golfers' Association Tour.

Jeffrey George Sluman was born on September 11, 1957 Rochester, New York. His height is 5 feet 7 inches and his weight is 140 lbs. He is 49 years old and he studied at Florida. His made his debut in the golf year 1980. Jeff Sluman current year PGA Tour highlights first top-10 came at Ford Championship at Doral, where a final-round, 6-under-par 66 earned a T7 finish. Three months later, he added a T5 at the Barclays Classic. His final-round 67 was one of just seven rounds in the 60s. He finished T6 at the U.S. Open at Winged Foot, his first top-10 in a major since a T10 at the 1998 U.S. Open at Olympic Club.

In 1999 he won at Sony Open in Hawaii and birdied final two holes to seal the victory, lost in three-man playoff at MCI, Memory Controller Intel Classic. He was second runner-up finish at MasterCard Colonial where he was part of five-way T2 with 67.3 percent. Jeff Sluman 2000 Streak of three consecutive years made his victory to an end. He was among the top-25 16 times in 32 starts. Jeff Sluman 2002 season posted him in the third-round 63 at Greater Milwaukee Open surpassed the GMO, Greater Milwaukee Open record of 19-under-par set by Loren Roberts in 2000.

Jeff Sluman career highlights in the year of 2004 posted a T8 at the John Deere Classic for first top-10 since a solo third at the 2003 Bank of America Colonial. His second top-10 in three starts was T6 at the Buick Open and aided by a career-tying, 8-under-par 62 in the final round and was disqualified after four holes during the third round at the Buick Classic for playing a nonconforming ball under rule 5-1. Jeff 2005 season highlights after 22 years on Tour, collected his 100th career top-10 at the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee in late July with a fourth-place finish.

He is known for his excellent game, as he plays the game with full concentration. Sheer determination, concentration and self confidence has helped him through out his professional career of playing golf to achieve what other players can only imagine of.

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