# Peter Persons

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{{short description|American golfer}}
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| fullname          = Peter Taylor Persons
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| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1962|9|8}}
| birth_place       = [Macon, Georgia](/source/Macon%2C_Georgia), U.S.
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| nationality       = {{USA}}
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| college           = [University of Georgia](/source/University_of_Georgia)
| yearpro           = 1986
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| tour              = <!-- Current tours which a member of -->
| extour            = [PGA Tour](/source/PGA_Tour)
| prowins           = 1
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| japwins           = <!-- Number of Japan Golf Tour wins -->
| asiawins          = <!-- Number of Asian Tour wins -->
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| auswins           = <!-- Number of PGA Tour of Australasia wins -->
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| masters           = CUT: 1986
| usopen            = T19: 1991
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'''Peter Taylor Persons''' (born September 8, 1962) is an American [professional golfer](/source/professional_golfer) who has played on the [PGA Tour](/source/PGA_Tour) and the [Nationwide Tour](/source/Nationwide_Tour).

== Early life and amateur career ==
Persons was born and raised in [Macon, Georgia](/source/Macon%2C_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](/source/Sam_Randolph) at the 1985 [U.S. Amateur](/source/United_States_Amateur_Championship_(men's_golf)). He was the 1984&ndash;1985 Georgia Golf Association Men's Player of the Year. He attended the [University of Georgia](/source/University_of_Georgia) and was a member of the [golf](/source/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&ndash;1993; and on the [Nike Tour](/source/Nike_Tour) from 1994&ndash;1996. His best year in professional golf was 1990; he had a win at the [Chattanooga Classic](/source/Chattanooga_Classic_(PGA_Tour)), a T-6 at the [Hawaiian Open](/source/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](/source/Richard_Zokol) by two strokes. The tournament was held the same week as the [NEC World Series of Golf](/source/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](/source/1990_PGA_Tour)
|[Chattanooga Classic](/source/Chattanooga_Classic_(PGA_Tour))
|−20 (64-64-65-67=260)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|CAN}} [Richard Zokol](/source/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](/source/Masters_Tournament)
|CUT
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|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[U.S. Open](/source/U.S._Open_(golf))
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T19
|-
|align=left|[PGA Championship](/source/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](/source/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](/source/1989_PGA_Tour_Qualifying_School_graduates)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{PGATour player|01946}}
*{{OWGR|902}}

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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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