Tim Simpson

ELIGIBILITY CODE: 8

At age 7, severed tendon in left thumb and only has about 70 percent of average flexibility in it. Contracted Lyme disease on a hunting trip in 1991 and was later diagnosed as having neurological damage in his left hand, a condition known as a "benign essential tumor". Also underwent spinal fusion surgery on his neck in 2001.
Credits the late Sam Snead and J.C. Snead, long-time friends, with helping his game along through practice rounds and time on the range. Inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. In 1991, began carrying specially designed golf bag that featured a picture of a missing child from the area where tournament was being played. Someone saw his bag at the Masters, recognized the child and called the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children. The child was eventually recovered.
Full-time member of the PGA Tour from 1986-2008, playing 525 events and making 358 cuts, having 66 top-10 finishes with five runner-up finishes. Competed on the Nationwide Tour off and on, made 67 career starts, making 31 cuts, 7 top-tens his best finish being a T2nd in 1995 South Carolina Open and Buffalo Open.