Joey Sindelar (official thread)

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Joey Sindelar
Personal information
Full name Joseph Paul Sindelar
Born March 30, 1958 (age 53)
Fort Knox, Kentucky
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 220 lb (100 kg; 16 st)
Nationality United States
Residence Horseheads, New York
Career
College Ohio State University
Turned professional 1981
Current tour(s) Champions Tour
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Professional wins 9
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 7
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament T31: 1985
U.S. Open T6: 1992
The Open Championship CUT: 1986
PGA Championship T10: 1997

Joseph Paul "Joey" Sindelar (born March 30, 1958) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the Champions Tour.

Sindelar was born in Fort Knox, Kentucky while his father was serving in the Army, but has lived in New York for most of his life. He was a childhood friend and high school golf rival of fellow PGA Tour player Mike Hulbert.

Sindelar attended the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, and while there was a distinguished member of the school's golf team. He was a three time All-American, member of the 1979 NCAA Championship team, and Ohio State's Athlete of the Year in 1981. He was inducted into the Ohio State Varsity O Hall of Fame in 1992.

Sindelar turned pro in 1981. He won seven PGA Tour events, and was one of the most consistent players on the Tour with more than 80 top-10 finishes in his career. He played on the 1991 World Cup team. His best finish in a major was T6 at the 1992 U.S. Open.[1] In 1988, Sindelar had ten top-10 finishes including two victories: The International and the Honda Classic. In 2006, he scored a double eagle (albatross), in the PGA Championship ? only the third time such a score had been recorded in that competition's history.[2]

Since turning 50 in March 2008, Sindelar has played on the Champions Tour where he has five top-10 finishes in 2008 including a T-3 in the Senior PGA Championship.

Sindelar currently lives in Horseheads, New York.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Sindelar

Sindelar finishes season-best third in Canada
Jul. 3, 2011
Montreal Championship - Final Round
Written by
Staff and wire report

MONTREAL, QC - JULY 03: Joey Sindelar hits his tee shot on the 13th hole during the final round of the Montreal Championship presented by Desjardins held at Club de Golf Fontainebleau on July 3, 2011 in Montreal, Canada. / Getty Images

BLAINVILLE, Quebec -- Joey Sindelar of Horseheads turned in his best finish of the Champions Tour season Sunday with a third-place showing at the Montreal Championship presented by Desjardins.

Sindelar shot a 4-under-par 68 in the final round at Fountainebleau Golf Club to finish the tournament at 17-under 199. He made 18 birdies and just one bogey over the three days.

He ended up four strokes behind winner John Cook, who shot a 66 Sunday to set a tournament record with a score of 21-under 195, giving him a three-stroke victory over second-round leader Chien Soon Lu (70).

"I thought 20 would have a good chance," said Cook, a teammate of Sindelar's at Ohio State. "I got off to a great start and that kind of let me then relax a little bit and go ahead and free swing it because 20 was my number that I thought was going to be close, have a chance, maybe a playoff, so all day I was thinking that. Once I got to 20, I wanted to get to 21."

Cont..

http://www.stargazette.com/article/...hes-season-best-third-Canada?odyssey=nav|head

 

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CELEBRITY ALUMS -- FAMILY DIVISION

Speaking of sitcoms, we now join "At Home with the Sindelars" in progress.

There's dad Joey, a former PGA Tour and current Champions Tour pro who was a three-time All-American, NCAA champion and athlete of the year at Ohio State, where he's also a member of the school's Hall of Fame. Then there's son Jamison, who's on the Buckeyes golf team now. And here comes mom, Suzanne, who like the rest of us is wondering why her house always resembles a shrine at this time of year -- to Syracuse. AP sportswriter John Kekis investigates ahead of the Buckeyes-Orangemen regional semifinal tonight.

"He cheers for Ohio State," Suzanne told him, "but it's not like Syracuse."

And what's that like?

"He's a sicko," she said. "He's completely sicko. ... "Nobody can call him or talk to him during a Syracuse game. I'll tell you how sick he is: We go to the game in Syracuse and he has to make sure we tape it, and then he watches it again when we get home."

It's even worse when Sindelar is playing golf on the road.

"At tournaments, I've had people come up, going, 'Syracuse is up seven at the half.' And I'm going, 'No! Don't tell me! I've got it recorded,' he recalled. " It really is an addiction for me."

You think?

Being raised in upstate New York set the hook. Living two hours southwest from campus ensures a steady supply. But what really turned Sindelar orange for life was a golf match in the mid-1970s, when he teamed up with then-high school rival and future pro Mike Hulbert and crushed a young Syracuse basketball assistant and golf coach named Jim Boeheim and his partner in a best-ball tournament in Ithaca. Not long after that beating by Hulbert and Sindelar, Boeheim dropped the golf duties and became head basketball coach.

Worked out well for all three of them. No word yet on their fourth.

http://www.freep.com/usatoday/article/38878981?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Sports|s

 

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"He cheers for Ohio State," Suzanne told him, "but it's not like Syracuse."

And what's that like?

"He's a sicko," she said. "He's completely sicko. ... "Nobody can call him or talk to him during a Syracuse game. I'll tell you how sick he is: We go to the game in Syracuse and he has to make sure we tape it, and then he watches it again when we get home."

Joey Sindelar is BN27?