Posted on: Tuesday, January 13, 2004
No. 6 Kenny Perry
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WEIGHT: 220
BIRTHDATE: Aug. 10, 1960
BIRTHPLACE: Elizabethtown, Ky.
RESIDENCE: Franklin, Ky.; plays out of Country Creek GC
FAMILY: Wife, Sandy; Lesslye, 19; Justin, 18; Lindsey, 15
EDUCATION: Western Kentucky University
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Drag racing, coaching high school golf team
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1982
2003 HIGHLIGHTS: Enjoyed most prolific season of career, with three wins and 10 top-10s in 23 starts, along with a career-best $4,236,472 in winnings ... One of three players, along with Mike Weir and Ernie Els, to log top-10s in three major championships ... Picked up first win since the 2001 Buick Open with a six-stroke victory at the Bank of America Colonial ... Picked up second victory at the Memorial Tournament ... Added third consecutive top-three finish with a T3 at the U.S. Open ... Picked up third win in four starts on Tour at the Greater Milwaukee Open ... Represented the United States at The Presidents Cup in November.
PERSONAL: Took up golf at age 7 ... Member of Western Kentucky University Hall of Fame ... Named winner of the 2002 Charles Bartlett Award, given to a professional golfer for his unselfish contributions to the betterment of society, by the Golf Writers Association of America ... Perry donates 5 percent of his winnings to David Lipscomb University, his wife's alma mater, to fund a pair of scholarships ... Takes a six-week break to serve as assistant coach for boys and girls golf at Simpson High School in Franklin, KY, a public school with about 800 students.
