{{short description|American golfer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Peter Persons | image = | imagesize = <!-- e.g. 250px (default is 200px) --> | caption = | fullname = Peter Taylor Persons | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|9|8}} | birth_place = Macon, Georgia, U.S. | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD| 1962|9|8}}} --> | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}} | weight = {{convert|155|lb|kg st|abbr=on}} | nationality = {{USA}} | residence = | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = University of Georgia | yearpro = 1986 | retired = <!-- Year retired --> | tour = <!-- Current tours which a member of --> | extour = PGA Tour | prowins = 1 | pgawins = 1 | eurowins = <!-- Number of European Tour wins --> | japwins = <!-- Number of Japan Golf Tour wins --> | asiawins = <!-- Number of Asian Tour wins --> | sunwins = <!-- Number of Sunshine Tour wins --> | auswins = <!-- Number of PGA Tour of Australasia wins --> | nwidewins = <!-- Number of Nationwide Tour wins --> | chalwins = <!-- Number of Challenge Tour wins --> | champwins = <!-- Number of Champions Tour wins --> | seneurowins = <!-- Number of European Seniors Tour wins --> | otherwins = <!-- Number of Other wins --> | majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins --> | masters = CUT: 1986 | usopen = T19: 1991 | open = DNP | pga = CUT: 1991 | wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID --> | wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted --> | award1 = <!-- Achievement or award details --> | year1 = <!-- Year(s) of achievement or award --> | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> }} '''Peter Taylor Persons''' (born September 8, 1962) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.
== Early life and amateur career == Persons was born and raised in Macon, Georgia. He received coaching and training in the junior program developed by Georgia Golf Hall of Fame member Dan Nyimicz at Idle Hour Golf Club in Macon.<ref>{{cite web | title=Georgia Golf Hall of Fame: Dan Nyimicz | url=http://www.gghf.org/MEMBER_level2nyimicz.htm | accessdate=2007-10-29}}</ref> Persons won the 1980 Georgia Junior Championship and was the runner-up to Sam Randolph at the 1985 U.S. Amateur. He was the 1984–1985 Georgia Golf Association Men's Player of the Year. He attended the University of Georgia and was a member of the golf team.
== Professional career == In 1986, Persons turned professional. He played in a limited number of PGA Tour events in the 1980s. He played full-time on the elite Tour from 1990–1993; and on the Nike Tour from 1994–1996. His best year in professional golf was 1990; he had a win at the Chattanooga Classic, a T-6 at the Hawaiian Open, and finished 66th on the final money list that year. At the 1990 Chattanooga Classic, he finished at 20-under-par 260 to defeat Richard Zokol by two strokes. The tournament was held the same week as the NEC World Series of Golf where most of the Tour's top-tier players elected to compete.<ref>{{cite web | title=Today in Golf History: August 26 | url=http://www.golfonline.com/golfonline/features/history/article/0,17742,468162,00.html | accessdate=2007-10-29 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071011203202/http://www.golfonline.com/golfonline/features/history/article/0,17742,468162,00.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-10-11}}</ref>
==Amateur wins== *1980 Georgia Junior Championship *1984 Georgia Amateur *1985 SEC Championship (individual)
==Professional wins (1)== ===PGA Tour wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner-up |- |align=center|1 |Aug 26, 1990 |Chattanooga Classic |−20 (64-64-65-67=260) |2 strokes |{{flagicon|CAN}} Richard Zokol |}
==Results in major championships== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !1986 !1987 !1988 !1989 !1990 !1991 |- |align=left|Masters Tournament |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|U.S. Open |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T19 |- |align=left|PGA Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |} ''Note: Persons never played in The Open Championship.''<br> {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> "T" = tied
== See also ==
* 1989 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{PGATour player|01946}} *{{OWGR|902}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Persons, Peter}} Category:American male golfers Category:Georgia Bulldogs men's golfers Category:PGA Tour golfers Category:Golfers from Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Sportspeople from Macon, Georgia Category:1962 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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