Early years

Jacobsen was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He graduated from Portland’s Lincoln High School.

Jacobsen played college golf at the University of Oregon. He turned professional in 1976 after winning the Oregon Open as an amateur. He is one of golf's most colorful personalities, which makes him one of the more popular players with fans.

Professional career

PGA Tour

Jacobsen qualified for the PGA Tour in his first attempt, finishing in 19th place at the 1976 qualifying tournament. He made steady progress during his first few seasons on the tour, before capturing his first title in 1980 at the Buick-Goodwrench Open. He won twice on the tour in 1984 and broke into the top-10 on the money list for the first time. Two more wins in 1995 catapulted him to a career best 7th place on the end of season money list. As a result of his performance during those two seasons, he was selected to play in two Ryder Cups, in 1985 and 1995.

Jacobsen has won seven tournaments on the PGA Tour, the last coming at the 2003 Greater Hartford Open at the age of 49, making him one of the oldest players to win on the PGA Tour. That year he was voted the Tour's comeback player of the year.

Champions Tour

Since turning fifty, Jacobsen has competed mainly on the Champions Tour, although he continued to play on the PGA Tour for several years. In his first year of eligibility for senior golf, he won the 2004 U.S. Senior Open, one of senior golf's major championships. The following year he added a second senior major title at the 2005 Senior Players Championship.

Other projects

Away from competing, Jacobsen has presented two shows on the Golf Channel. Plugged In was a variety show, featuring music, story-telling and skits performed with co-host Matt Griesser, former star of the FootJoy SignBoy campaign, and Peter and Friends was a panel discussion show.

Jacobsen appeared as himself alongside Kevin Costner in the 1996 movie Tin Cup, where he was the winner of the fictional U.S. Open.

A self-taught guitarist, Jacobsen was a founding member and lead singer of Jake Trout & The Flounders, a band he formed in the mid-80s with Mark Lye and Payne Stewart. The group is no longer together, but they recorded two albums.

Jacobsen owns Peter Jacobsen Sports, an event management company that has run several professional golf tournaments including the JELD-WEN Tradition, one of the majors on the Champions Tour, and the CVS Caremark Charity Classic, one of the PGA Tour's Challenge Series events. Until 2002 it also organized the Fred Meyer Challenge, a three-day charity event in Oregon.

Jacobsen is known for his laid-back, humorous personality. During the Fred Meyer Challenge, he was known to do impressions of other players, such as Craig Stadler. The event was filmed and broadcast on the Golf Channel, and they have released a DVD and VHS of the footage, titled "Peter's Party." His sharp but playful humor is also evident in the video and audio commentary he provides for the player's shot, good or bad, in various versions of Golden Tee Golf, a video game from Incredible Technologies.

Jacobsen is also the face of Peter Jacobsen Challenge Keno and Peter Jacobsen Challenge Poker, two video gambling casino games.

Personal life

Jacobsen married in December 1976 to Jan. The couple have three children: Amy, Kristen, and Mick.

Amateur wins (1)

• 1974 Pacific-8 Conference Championship

Professional wins

PGA Tour wins (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Aug 24, 1980	Buick-Goodwrench Open	−12 (70-70-69-67=276)	1 stroke	Mark Lye, Billy Kratzert
2	May 20, 1984	Colonial National Invitation	−10 (64-71-65-70=270)	Playoff	Payne Stewart
3	Jul 29, 1984	Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open	−15 (67-69-63-70=269)	2 strokes	Mark O'Meara
4	Jan 21, 1990	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic	−21 (67-66-69-66-71=339)	1 stroke	Scott Simpson, Brian Tennyson
5	Feb 5, 1995	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	−17 (67-73-66-65=271)	2 strokes	David Duval
6	Feb 12, 1995	Buick Invitational of California	−19 (68-65-68-68=269)	4 strokes	Mark Calcavecchia, Mike Hulbert, Hal Sutton, Kirk Triplett
7	Jul 27, 2003	Greater Hartford Open	−14 (63-67-69-67=266)	2 strokes	Chris Riley

PGA Tour playoff record (1-3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1981	Buick Open	Bobby Clampett, Hale Irwin, Gil Morgan	Irwin won with birdie on second extra hole
2	1984	Colonial National Invitation	Payne Stewart	Won with birdie on first extra hole
3	1985	Honda Classic	Curtis Strange	Lost to par on first extra hole
4	1989	Beatrice Western Open	Mark McCumber	Lost to par on first extra hole

Other wins (12)

• 1976 Oregon Open (as an amateur), Northern California Open
• 1979 Oregon Open, Western Australian Open
• 1981 Johnnie Walker Cup
• 1982 Johnnie Walker Cup
• 1986 Fred Meyer Challenge (with Curtis Strange; tie with Greg Norman & Gary Player)
• 1989 Isuzu Kapalua International
• 1992 EMC Skills Challenge
• 1993 EMC Skills Challenge
• 2003 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Mark Calcavecchia and John Daly)
• 2005 ADT Skills Challenge

Champions Tour wins (2)

Legend

Champions Tour major championships (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Aug 1, 2004	U.S. Senior Open	−12 (65-70-69-68=272)	1 stroke	Hale Irwin
2	Jul 10, 2005	Ford Senior Players Championship	−15 (70-66-71-66=273)	1 stroke	Hale Irwin

Other senior wins (1)

• 2008 Wendy's Champions Skins Game (with Fuzzy Zoeller)

Results in major championships

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament	DNP	T11	T20	T20	T25	CUT	T25	DNP	DNP	T34
U.S. Open	T22	T37	DNP	T34	T7	T31	T59	T24	T21	8
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	T12	T22	T11	CUT	WD	DNP	T30
PGA Championship	T10	T27	T34	3	T18	T10	3	20	47	T27

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	T30	T17	T61	DNP	DNP	T31	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	T31	63	CUT	DNP	T51	T23	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T16	T73	DNP	DNP	T24	T31	T44	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T26	DNP	T28	T28	DNP	T23	WD	T67	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T15	CUT
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = Withdrew
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	0	0	6	11	10
U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	2	7	17	14
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	0	5	11	9
PGA Championship	0	0	2	2	4	7	17	15
Totals	0	0	2	2	6	25	56	48

• Most consecutive cuts made - 15 (1980 U.S. Open - 1984 PGA)
• Longest streak of top-10s - 1 (six times)

Champions Tour major championships

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
2004	U.S. Senior Open	−12 (65-70-69-68=272)	1 stroke	Hale Irwin
2005	Ford Senior Players Championship	−15 (70-66-71-66=273)	1 stroke	Hale Irwin

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2014.

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
The Tradition	T4	T42	WD	WD	DNP	56	DNP	T60	24	WD	T46	T65
Senior PGA Championship	DNP	T6	T7	T52	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	T35	CUT	CUT
Senior Players Championship	DNP	1	T45	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T72	T62	T39	70	DNP
U.S. Senior Open	1	T26	T3	T33	CUT	CUT	WD	CUT	T17	WD	CUT	CUT
Senior British Open Championship	DNP	T56	T40	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Awards

• 2003 PGA Tour's Comeback Player of the Year
• 2003 Oregon Sports Hall of Fame
• 2006 Francis Ouimet Award for Lifelong Contributions to Golf
• 2012 Old Tom Morris Award
• 2013 Payne Stewart Award

U.S. national team appearances

Professional

• Ryder Cup: 1985, 1995
• Dunhill Cup: 1995

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