Jim McGovern

PGA Classification: A-1
PGA Membership: 1992
PGA Section: New Jersey

Facility: White Beeches Golf & Country Club, Haworth, New Jersey

Notes: Finished T-16th in the 2014 PGA Professional Championship, earning a PGA Championship berth via a six-player playoff. He competed on the PGA Tour from 1991 to 2012, posting 14 top-10 finishes in 386 starts. He played in 218 Korn Ferry Tour events between 1990 and 2010 and had 26 top-ten finishes and three victories, all in 1990. Elected to PGA membership in 1992 and earned his way to his first PGA Professional National Championship by finishing third in the 2012 New Jersey PGA Championship. T-65th in 2013 PGA Professional National Championship. Tour successes include winning the 1993 Shell Houston Open, defeating John Huston on the second extra hole. Won the 1994 Diners Club Matches with Jeff Maggert. Won three 1990 events on the former Ben Hogan Tour: Lake City Classic, New Haven Open, and the Texarkana Open. T-5th in 1994 Masters. T-13th in 1994 U.S. Open. T-22nd in the 1993 PGA Championship. Missed the cut in the 1993 and 1994 British Open. Won the 1987 Metropolitan Open as an amateur, 1988 Metropolitan Amateur Championship, 1987 Virginia State Intercollegiate Championship. Top earnings year on Tour was 1993, when he won $587,495 and finished 27th on the money list. Brother, Rob, is a former NFL linebacker who played for Kansas City, Pittsburgh, and New England. Brother, Bill, is a linebackers coach for the Philadelphia Eagles.