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- Jerry Pate hadn’t won in 24 years, so his natural reaction was to do what he did the last time it happened: He jumped into a lake. Pate, 52, won the Champions Tour event Sunday in Tampa, Fla., and celebrated by diving into the water beside the 18th green.
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May 8, 2017 · Pate's ball had avoided the lake guarding the 18th green at THE PLAYERS Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. With only a short birdie putt standing between him and victory in the 1982 THE PLAYERS...
May 11, 2011 · Pate shot 67 in the final round to come from three strokes behind to beat Scott Simpson and Brad Bryant by two shots. At the time, the purse was $500,000 and Pate earned $90,000.
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Aug 3, 1981 · Unlike Sarazen, Pate subsequently did something to attract even more attention than that glorious birdie: he celebrated his first victory in three years by diving, fully clothed, into a lake ...
Mar 2, 2006 · Jerry Pate hadn’t won in 24 years, so his natural reaction was to do what he did the last time it happened: He jumped into a lake. Pate, 52, won the Champions Tour event Sunday in Tampa, Fla.,...
Jun 29, 1981 · Pate said if he won the top prize he would jump in the lake that borders the fairway on the l8th hole at Colonial Country Club.
The perfection reached a crescendo at THE PLAYERS Championship 1982 when Pate authored an unforgettable script to usher this showcase event into a new era. Pete Dye’s THE PLAYERS Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass dealt Pate a blow in round three with a water ball at the par-4 18th.
Jerry Pate jumps into the water hazard on the 18th hole after winning THE PLAYERS Championship held at THE PLAYERS Stadium course at TPC Sawgrass on March 21, 1982 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images.
