Peter Jacobsen
Personal information
Full name	Peter Erling Jacobsen
Born	(1954-03-04) March 4, 1954 (age 70) Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Sporting nationality	United States
Residence	Bonita Springs, Florida, U.S.
Spouse	Jan ​ (m. 1976)​
Children	3
Career
College	University of Oregon
Turned professional	1976
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	18
Highest ranking	15 (January 7, 1996)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	7
PGA Tour of Australasia	1
PGA Tour Champions	2
Other	8
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T11: 1981
PGA Championship	3rd: 1983, 1986
U.S. Open	T7: 1984
The Open Championship	T11: 1985
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year 2003 Champions Tour Comeback Player of the Year 2005 Old Tom Morris Award 2012 Payne Stewart Award 2013
(For a full list of awards, see here)

Peter Erling Jacobsen (born March 4, 1954) is an American professional golfer and commentator on Golf Channel and NBC. He has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. He has won seven events on the PGA Tour and two events on the Champions Tour, both majors.

Jacobsen was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He graduated from Portland’s Lincoln High School.^[2]

Jacobsen played college golf at the University of Oregon. He turned professional in 1976 after winning the Oregon Open as an amateur.

Jacobsen qualified for the PGA Tour in his first attempt, finishing in 19th place at the 1976 qualifying tournament. He made steady progress during his first few seasons on the tour, before capturing his first title in 1980 at the Buick-Goodwrench Open. He won twice on the tour in 1984 and broke into the top-10 on the money list for the first time. Two more wins in 1995 catapulted him to a career best 7th place on the end of season money list. As a result of his performance during those two seasons, he was selected to play in two Ryder Cups, in 1985 and 1995.

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. That year he was voted the Tour's comeback player of the year.^[3]

Since turning fifty, Jacobsen has competed mainly on the Champions Tour, although he continued to play on the PGA Tour for several years. In his first year of eligibility for senior golf, he won the 2004 U.S. Senior Open, one of senior golf's major championships.^[4] The following year he added a second senior major title at the 2005 Senior Players Championship.

Away from competing, Jacobsen has presented two shows on the Golf Channel. 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.

Jacobsen provided video and audio commentary for Golden Tee Golf, a video game from Incredible Technologies, including Peter Jacobson's Golden Tee 3D Golf.

Jacobsen also owns Peter Jacobsen Sports.^[3][5] It is an event management company that has run several professional golf tournaments including the JELD-WEN Tradition, one of the majors on the Champions Tour.^[3] The company also runs the CVS Caremark Charity Classic, one of the PGA Tour's Challenge Series events. Until 2002 it also organized the Fred Meyer Challenge, a three-day charity event in Oregon.^[6] Jacobsen is also the face of Peter Jacobsen Challenge Keno and Peter Jacobsen Challenge Poker, two video gambling casino games.^[7]

Jacobsen is married to Jan. The couple married in December 1976. They have three children: Amy, Kristen, and Mick.

He is known for his laid-back, humorous personality. During the Fred Meyer Challenge, Jacobsen was known to do impressions of other players, such as Craig Stadler. The event was filmed and broadcast on the Golf Channel, and they have released a DVD and VHS of the footage, titled "Peter's Party."^[8] Jacobsen also appeared as himself alongside Kevin Costner in the 1996 movie Tin Cup, where he was the winner of the fictional U.S. Open.^[9]

A 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. The group is no longer together, but they recorded two albums.^[10]

• 1974 Pacific-8 Conference Championship

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Aug 24, 1980	Buick-Goodwrench Open	−12 (70-70-69-67=276)	1 stroke	Mark Lye, Billy Kratzert
2	May 20, 1984	Colonial National Invitation	−10 (64-71-65-70=270)	Playoff	Payne Stewart
3	Jul 29, 1984	Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open	−15 (67-69-63-70=269)	2 strokes	Mark O'Meara
4	Jan 21, 1990	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic	−21 (67-66-69-66-71=339)	1 stroke	Scott Simpson, Brian Tennyson
5	Feb 5, 1995	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	−17 (67-73-66-65=271)	2 strokes	David Duval
6	Feb 12, 1995	Buick Invitational of California	−19 (68-65-68-68=269)	4 strokes	Mark Calcavecchia, Mike Hulbert, Hal Sutton, Kirk Triplett
7	Jul 27, 2003	Greater Hartford Open (2)	−14 (63-67-69-67=266)	2 strokes	Chris Riley

PGA Tour playoff record (1–3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1981	Buick Open	Bobby Clampett, Hale Irwin, Gil Morgan	Irwin won with birdie on second extra hole
2	1984	Colonial National Invitation	Payne Stewart	Won with birdie on first extra hole
3	1985	Honda Classic	Curtis Strange	Lost to par on first extra hole
4	1989	Beatrice Western Open	Mark McCumber	Lost to par on first extra hole

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Nov 25, 1979	Western Australian Open	−9 (71-70-70-68=279)	5 strokes	David Graham

• 1976 Oregon Open (as an amateur), Northern California Open
• 1979 Oregon Open
• 1981 Johnnie Walker Trophy
• 1982 Johnnie Walker Trophy
• 1986 Fred Meyer Challenge (with Curtis Strange; Shared title with Greg Norman & Gary Player)
• 1989 Isuzu Kapalua International

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Aug 1, 2004	U.S. Senior Open	−12 (65-70-69-68=272)	1 stroke	Hale Irwin
2	Jul 10, 2005	Ford Senior Players Championship	−15 (70-66-71-66=273)	1 stroke	Hale Irwin

• 2008 Wendy's Champions Skins Game (with Fuzzy Zoeller)

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = Withdrew
"T" = tied

• Most consecutive cuts made – 15 (1980 U.S. Open – 1984 PGA)
• Longest streak of top-10 finishes – 1 (six times)

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

"T" = Tied

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
2004	U.S. Senior Open	−12 (65-70-69-68=272)	1 stroke	Hale Irwin
2005	Ford Senior Players Championship	−15 (70-66-71-66=273)	1 stroke	Hale Irwin

Results not in chronological order before 2017.

CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place

• 2003 PGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year
• 2003 Oregon Sports Hall of Fame
• 2006 Francis Ouimet Award
• 2012 Old Tom Morris Award
• 2013 Payne Stewart Award
• 2017 Northern Ohio Golf Charities Ambassador of Golf Award
• 2022 Golf Writers Association of America ASAP Sports/Jim Murray Award^[11]

Professional

• Japan vs USA Match: 1984
• Ryder Cup: 1985, 1995
• Dunhill Cup: 1995
• Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (representing PGA Tour): 1995, 2003 (winners), 2004 (Champions Tour)

• Fall 1976 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

• Official website
• Peter Jacobsen at the PGA Tour official site
• Peter Jacobsen at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
• Peter Jacobsen gives it a try at U.S. Senior Open - The Oregonian