Player Capsules -- The Final EightJerry Courville is playing in his 12th Mid-Amateur…was the Mid-Am champion in 1995 and the runner-up in 1999….
Courville is vying for his fifth trip to the semifinals, which he also reached in 1993 and 1997…qualified for match play in 11 straight Mid-Amateurs (1992-2002) and won a match in 10 of his last 11 appearance…has 31 match play victories (through the round of 16) in the Mid-Am, tying Danny Yates for most in the championship’s history…Courville represented the USA at the 1995 and 1997 Walker Cup as well as the 1996 World Amateur Team championship…his USGA career resume also includes a low amateur medal at the 1995 U.S. Open…he was also a semifinalist at the 1989 Amateur and a quarterfinalist at the 2000 Amateur…he won the qualifying medal at the 1995 Amateur and the 1996 Mid-Amateur…had serious stomach surgery while a student at Maryland…is a graduate of Maryland and works for Pitney Bowes…Metropolitan Golf Association Player of the Year Trophy is named in honor of his deceased father…a three-time Ike winner (1990, 1991, 1997)…/Jerry won the first trophy after the naming for his dad….resides with wife Janet and daughter Kellie in Milford, Conn…born Feb. 13, 1959.
Austin Eaton is playing in his first Mid-Amateur…was an alternate (at Fenway in Scarsdale, N.Y.) who entered the field when Phillip Waterman withdrew with appendicitis…has qualified once for the U.S. Amateur and once for the Amateur Public Links (1998) when he lost in the first round of match play…has been a semifinalist at the 1996 Virginia Amateur and a two-time quarterfinalist in the Met Amateur…among his victories are the 1998, 1999 and 2000 Mid Ocean Invitational, the 2000 Nassau Invitational and the 1999 Wilson Cup...has participated in three international events as a member of the Met Golf Association’s team…scored his only two career holes-in-one at age 11 within three months of each other…graduate of New Hampshire….resides in nearby Stamford, Conn…born June 16, 1969.
Tim Jackson is a two-time (1994, 2001) U.S. Mid-Amateur champion…his most memorable golf experiences are his participation in the 1995 and 1999 USA Walker Cup squads and the 1995 and 2002 Masters…has 22 Mid-Am match play wins (through the round of 16)…three-time winner of both the Tennessee Amateur and Mid-Amateur…won 2002 Tennessee Open…also lists the 1998 North and South and 2001 Gasparilla as wins….runner-up at the 1995 Porter Cup, 2000 Tennessee Amateur and the 2000 Terra Cotta Cup…inducted into the Southern Golf Association Hall of Fame at age 40…serves on the board of directors of the Tennessee Golf Association…four-time Tennessee player of the year…career low round of 61 at Newport CC…has played in 11 Mid-Amateurs and 11 U.S. Amateurs…member of three Tennessee teams at the USGA State Team championship…president of automotive fleet company…Tennessee graduate and unabashed Vols football fan..resides with his wife Karen and sons Ben and Austin in Germantown, Tenn., a suburb of Memphis…born Feb. 16, 1959.
John Kemp is the 1999 and 2002 British Mid-Amateur champion...played in three consecutive British Mid-Amateur finals, finishing as runner-up in 2000…playing in his second Mid-Amateur…qualified for the 2001 and 2002 British Opens…won county championships in 1994, 1997, 1999 and 2001…also won Sunningdale Foursomes in 2002 and the UK Golf Illustrated Gold Vase in 2000…lists three career holes-in-one and three double eagles…enjoys soul music…a sales agent…lives in Bedford, England with his wife Amanda and daughter Alice…born Jan. 1, 1968.
Terrence Miskell is participating in his first Mid-Am but is no stranger to USGA championships…runner-up at the 1990 Amateur Public Links…played in three Publinks, three Junior Amateurs and one U.S. Amateur…also won the 1986 California State Amateur, 1990 Northern California Amateur and 1990 Pacific Coast Amateur…runner-up at 1990 NCAAs…reinstated amateur in September of 2000…scored his only career double eagle while playing with Dave Stockton Jr and Sr…graduate of Fresno State…resides in New Braunfels, Texas with his wife Melissa and children Zac, Davis and Shelby…born May 31, 1967.
John Pate is playing in his eighth Mid-Amateur…also a quarterfinalist in 19996…older brother of PGA Tour player Steve Pate…played in five U.S. Amateurs…member of California squad at 1995 and 1999 USGA State Team Championship…lowest competitive round is 62 at Santa Barbara GC…amateur wins include: 2001 Stocker Cup, 2000 Southern California Mid-Am, 1999 Southern California GC Amateur and five Santa Barbara City Amateurs…runner-up at 1995 SCGA Amateur and 1997 and 1998 Southern California Mid-Am…works as stockbroker…graduate of UC-Santa Barbara…resides in Santa Barbara, Calif. with wife Susan and children, Mathew and Taylor….born October 16, 1959.
Jeff Wilson is playing in his third Mid-Amateur…semifinalist in 2001, losing to eventual champion Tim Jackson…medalist in 2001…also co-medalist in 2000, where he advanced to the quarterfinals and lost to eventual champion Greg Puga…co-medalist at 2000 U.S. Amateur at Baltusrol CC and the low amateur at the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach GL…lists five U.S. Amateurs and one U.S. Junior in his playing career…played on the PGA Tour (1990), two years on the Hogan Tour (now buy.com Tour) and the California State pro tour before regaining his amateur status in 1997…winner of the 2000 Vallejo City Amateur…won All-American honors at Pacific University in 1983 and 1984…resides with his family in Suisin, Calif…manager in automotive sales…
born June 14, 1963.
George Zahringer was the runner-up at the 2001 U.S. Mid-Amateur…has won eight of his last Mid-Amateur matches (through round of 16)…one of the New York Metropolitan’s most decorated amateurs, he lists nine Metropolitan Golf Association Player of the Year honors, which is a record…won his first award in 1979 and his latest in 2001 at age 48 (oldest winner)…five-time Met Amateur champion…victory register includes three Nassau Invitationals, six Hochster Memorials, the 2001 Ike, the 2001 Boff Invitational, the 1999 and 2000 Havemeyer Memorial…runner-up at 2001 Travis and 1984 and 1986 Ike Team championship…serves as on the board of directors of the Westchester Golf Association and the Westchester Golf Association Caddie Scholarship Fund and MGA Foundation…works on Wall Street…holds memberships at The Stanwich Club and Deepdale GC…resides in New York City with his wife and children…born April 23, 1953.
