Sports
Scott Verplank, trying to live up to the promise he showed by winning a PGA Tour tournament three years ago while still an amateur golfer, shot a 6-under-par 66 Thursday to earn a share of the first-round lead in the $700,000 Buick Open at Grand Blanc, Mich.
July 29, 1988
Amateur golfer Scott Verplank has been given an exemption to play in as many as 10 PGA Tour events in each of the next two seasons, a Tour policy board member said in Akron, Ohio.
Aug. 25, 1985
Jim Thorpe got the money Sunday but Scott Verplank gained the satisfaction of becoming the first amateur to win a PGA tournament since Gene Littler won the 1956 San Diego Open.
Aug. 5, 1985
Amateur Scott Verplank refused to fold in the face of Jim Thorpe’s challenge, converted a couple of clutch birdies coming home and regained sole control of the lead Saturday in the third round of the Western Open, one of the oldest events on the PGA tour.
Aug. 4, 1985
Scott Verplank, who as a teenager growing up in Dallas got to know and play several rounds with Byron Nelson, used three consecutive birdies and an incredible par save from a bunker at the 17th hole to win the first EDS Byron Nelson Championship played without its namesake.
April 30, 2007
Scott Verplank has been where Phil Mickelson has been.
Feb. 15, 1991
Scott Verplank took a big step Thursday on the long road back from career-threatening elbow surgery with a superb putting exhibition that gave him a share of the first-round lead in the Doral-Ryder Open.
March 3, 1995
Verplank, a captain’s pick for the Ryder Cup and known for his accuracy, manages diabetes and other ailments as he tries to help U.S. end losing streak
Sept. 17, 2006
Oklahoma State golfer Scott Verplank, the reigning NCAA champion, has been named winner of the 1986 Fred Haskins Award as the nation’s outstanding collegiate in the sport.
July 16, 1986
Golf: Ryder Cup captain fills out team with Verplank and Azinger, two veterans who have battled back from illness and injury.
Aug. 21, 2001