Jerry Courville, Jr. (1999)
About Jerry Courville, Jr. (1999)
In one of the tightest races of the decade, Jerry Courville Jr. came from nearly 250 points behind in the final weeks of the 1999 season to overtake Greg Rohlf and claim his third Player of the Year title in five years.
Courville played solidly all year, but not spectacularly, winning only once all season. He advanced to the semi-finals of the Travis Memorial, won the Hochster Memorial and finished third in the Ike. He reached the quarter-finals at the Met Amateur and qualified on-site at the U.S. Amateur.
Still trailing behind Rohlf, Courville made a late season charge. At the U.S. Mid-Amateur, he made a magical run through two rounds of stroke play qualifying and five rounds of match play. He ultimately fell to Danny Green in the finals but he collected 300 points from his run.
Soon after, he finished fourth in the Boff Memorial and locked in his third Player of the Year award with 905 points.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS & MULTIMEDIA
Life Events
- Date of Birth: February 13, 1959
- Hometown: Stamford, CT
- Club Affiliation: Shorehaven Golf Club
Championships Won
- 1981 – CSGA Stroke Play Championship
- 1981 – CSGA Amateur
- 1981 – Ike Team Championship
- 1983 – Ike Team Championship
- 1990 – Ike Championship
- 1990 – Ike Team Championship
- 1991 – Ike Championship
- 1993 – Ike Team Championship
- 1994 – Crump Cup
- 1994 – Boff Invitational
- 1994 – Hochester Invitational
- 1995 – NYC Amateur
- 1995 – U.S. Mid-Amateur
- 1995 – Met Amateur
- 1995 – Boff Invitational
- 1997 – Ike Championship
- 1997 – Met Amateur
- 1998 – Hochester Invitational
- 1998 – Met Amateur
- 1999 – Hochester Invitational
- 2002 – Ike Team Championship
- 2003 – Ike Team Championship
- 2003 – CSFA Mid-Amateur
- 2003 – Hochester Invitational
- 2003 – Ike Team Championship
Achievements
- Most match play wins in U.S. Mid Amateur history
- 1997, 1995 Walker Cup team member
- 1996 world amateur team
- 1990-1998 MGA International teams member
Met Golfer Features
Signature Moment. . .
Courville’s late season run to the finals of the U.S. Mid-Amateur gave him the final points boost he needed to win his battle against Rohlf.
NOTEWORTHY STATISTICS
Finalist
U.S. Mid-Amateur
Third Place
Ike Championship
Semifinalist
Travis Memorial
Winner
Hochster Memorial