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. The group is no longer together, but they recorded two albums. Ī 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. Jacobsen appeared as himself alongside Kevin Costner in the 1996 movie Tin Cup, where he was the winner of the fictional U.S. 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. The following year he added a second senior major title at the 2005 Senior Players Championship.Īway from competing, Jacobsen has presented two shows on the Golf Channel. Senior Open, one of senior golf's major championships. In his first year of eligibility for senior golf, he won the 2004 U.S. ![]() Since turning fifty, Jacobsen has competed mainly on the Champions Tour, although he continued to play on the PGA Tour for several years. That year he was voted the Tour's comeback player of the year. 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. As a result of his performance during those two seasons, he was selected to play in two Ryder Cups, in 19. Two more wins in 1995 catapulted him to a career best 7th place on the end of season money list. He won twice on the tour in 1984 and broke into the top-10 on the money list for the first time. He made steady progress during his first few seasons on the tour, before capturing his first title in 1980 at the Buick-Goodwrench Open. Jacobsen qualified for the PGA Tour in his first attempt, finishing in 19th place at the 1976 qualifying tournament. He is one of golf's most colorful personalities, which makes him one of the more popular players with fans. He turned professional in 1976 after winning the Oregon Open as an amateur. Jacobsen played college golf at the University of Oregon. He graduated from Portland’s Lincoln High School. Jacobsen was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He has won seven events on the PGA Tour and two events on the Champions Tour, both majors. ![]() He has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. Peter Erling Jacobsen (born March 4, 1954) is an American professional golfer and commentator on Golf Channel and NBC. ![]() For the Faroese footballer, see Pætur Dam Jacobsen. For the American actor, see Peter Jacobson. For the English jazz pianist, see Pete Jacobsen. This article is about the professional golfer.
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