Kermit Zarley

Kermit Zarley
Kermit Zarley
Personal information
Full name	Kermit Millard Zarley, Jr.
Born	September 29, 1941 (age 82); Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Residence	Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Career
College	University of Houston
Turned professional	1963
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour; Champions Tour
Professional wins	6
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	3
PGA Tour Champions	1
Other	2
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	T17: 1973
PGA Championship	T8: 1968
U.S. Open	6th: 1972
The Open Championship	DNP

Kermit Millard Zarley, Jr. (born September 29, 1941) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. He is also an author of several books.

Biography

Zarley was born in Seattle, Washington. He graduated from the University of Houston and was a distinguished member of the golf team. He was the individual champion at the 1962 NCAA Division I Championships and also led his team to victory.

Zarley had three dozen top-10 finishes in PGA Tour events during his 18 years on Tour including three wins. Zarley had three top-10 finishes in major championships; his best was a solo 6th at the 1972 U.S. Open.^[1] Zarley won once on the Senior/Champions Tour. On both Tours, he finished second or tied for second seventeen times.

Due to his unusual name, Zarley was often called "the Pro from the Moon" or "Moon Man." It is because comedian Bob Hope once interviewed him on national television and remarked, "Kermit Zarley, with a name like that he must be the pro from the moon."^[2] In a Wayne and Shuster sketch about a golf tournament being held on the streets of Toronto, Johnny Wayne's character is named "Zarley Kermit, Jr."

In 1965, Zarley co-founded the PGA Tour Bible Study group with fellow PGA Tour players Jim and Babe Hiskey.^[3] It is still active in the world of professional golf. In the period between his careers on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour, he wrote three books on religion and world affairs. He received an honorary doctorate degree in 2001 from North Park University in Chicago, which has a lecture series named for him.^[4] Zarley resides in Scottsdale, Arizona.^[3]

Amateur wins

1962 NCAA Championship, Pacific Northwest Amateur

Professional wins (6)

PGA Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Jan 21, 1968	Kaiser International Open Invitational	−15 (71-67-70-65=273)	1 stroke	Dave Marr
2	Jul 5, 1970	Canadian Open	−9 (69-73-70-67=279)	3 strokes	Gibby Gilbert
3	Jul 30, 1972	National Team Championship (with Babe Hiskey)	−22 (67-63-66-66=262)	3 strokes	Grier Jones and Johnny Miller

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1976	Florida Citrus Open	Hale Irwin	Lost to par on sixth extra hole

Tournament Players Series wins (1)

1984 Tallahassee Open

Other wins (1)

1964 Arizona Open

Senior PGA Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Oct 9, 1994	The Transamerica	−12 (70-68-66=204)	Playoff	Isao Aoki

Senior PGA Tour playoff record (1–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1994	Royal Caribbean Classic	Lee Trevino	Lost to par on fourth extra hole
2	1994	The Transamerica	Isao Aoki	Won with birdie on first extra hole
3	1996	Bruno's Memorial Classic	John Bland, John Paul Cain	Bland won with bogey on third extra hole Zarley eliminated by par on second hole

Results in major championships

Tournament	1965	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974
Masters Tournament		T20	T35	CUT			T17	T31
U.S. Open	CUT		T13	T36	T27	6	CUT	T40
PGA Championship		T8	T59	T22		T68	T9	T51

Tournament	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open	T24	T44	CUT					T39
PGA Championship		T43	T54	T51	T19	T42	CUT

Note: Zarley never played in The Open Championship.

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary

Tournament	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	2	5	4
U.S. Open	1	3	11	8
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0
PGA Championship	2	4	12	11
Totals	3	9	28	23

Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (1973 PGA – 1976 PGA)
Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)

Books

The Gospel (1987). Scripture Press. Out-of-print. German adaptation--Das Leben Jesu: Die authentische Biographie (1991). Hanssler.
The Gospels Interwoven (1987). Scripture Press. Reprinted by Wipf & Stock (2001). ISBN 1-57910-775-3.
Palestine Is Coming: The Revival of Ancient Philistia (1990). Hannibal Books. Re-issued by Wipf & Stock (2005). ISBN 1-55635-181-X.
The Third Day Bible Code (2006). Synergy Books. ISBN 1-933538-43-0.
Warrior from Heaven (2009). Synergy Books. ISBN 0-9815462-2-6.
The Restitution of Jesus Christ (2008). Self-published. No ISBN.
The Solving the Samaritan Riddle: Peter's Keys Explain Early Spirit Baptism (2015). Wipf & Stock. ISBN 9781498225281.

References

^ "Golf Major Championships".
^ Connor, Floyd (June 1, 2001). Golf's most wanted: the top 10 book of the great game's outrageous duffers. Potomac Books Inc. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-57488-360-2.
^ ^a ^b "Kermit Zarley - The PGA Tour's Christian Pioneer". BC Golf News. July 2009. Archived from the original on September 5, 2011. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
^ "2011 Kermit Zarley Lectures". North Park University.^{[permanent dead link]}