Curt Byrum

ELIGIBILITY CODE: 22

Has worked in recent years as an analyst for Golf Channel. Full-time member of the PGA Tour from 1983-97, playing 371 events and making 202 cuts, having 19 top-10 finishes with two runner-up finishes. Competed on the Nationwide Tour in 1992-93 and again from 1998-2000, made 132 career starts, making 73 cuts, 18 top-tens. Was winner twice and runner-up three times. When he won the 1989 Hardee's Golf Classic by one stroke over Brian Tennyson and Bill Britton after his brother, Tom, won the Kemper Open seven weeks earlier, it made the Byrums the first brother pair to win on the PGA Tour in the same season since Dave and Mike Hill (1972). Earned over $200,000 three straight years (1987-89), with best year coming in 1989 when he won $221,702. Had surgery on his right elbow in 1992, which caused a drop to 194th on PGA Tour money list. Also had elbow surgery in July 1996. Was an exceptional high school athlete, earning all-state honors in both football and basketball. Learned to play on a nine-hole course in South Dakota that he and brother Tom used to mow.