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Chi Chi's Career Highlights
- Won the inaugural Burnet Senior Classic in 1993 for the last of his 22 Senior PGA TOUR titles
- Ranks fourth on the Senior TOUR's all-time victory list with Don January
- Won four times in each of the 1990 and 1991 seasons and was the only winner of back-to-back events in '91, successfully defending in Las Vegas and defeating Jim Colbert in a playoff at the Murata Reunion Pro-Am in Dallas
- Became the first player on the Senior TOUR to win the same event three consecutive years when he won the 1988 Digital Seniors Classic
- Set a Senior TOUR record with eight consecutive birdies en route to a win at the 1987 Silver Pages Classic, an unprecedented fourth straight victory in a single season
- Collected back-to-back Byron Nelson Awards in 1986-87
- Played the PGA TOUR from 1960-81
- First TOUR win came at the 1963 Denver Open
- Came back from elbow surgery in 1971 with a playoff victory over Billy Casper at the 1972 Byron Nelson Classic
- Last PGA TOUR victory came in 1979 at the Tallahassee Open with a tournament-record 19-under-par 269 score, a mark equaled only by Jeff Sluman six years later
- Most productive year on TOUR was 1972 with $113,503 in official earnings
- Member of the 1973 United States Ryder Cup team
- Represented Puerto Rico on 12 World Cup teams
Special Awards/Recognition:
1973
- Member Ryder Cup Team
- Represented Puerto Rico on the World Cup Team
1974
- Charlie Bartlett Award from Golf Writers Association
1976
- Winner - The Pepsi Team Championship with JoAnn Washam
1979
- Established The Chi Chi Rodriguez Youth Foundation
- Winner - The Panama Open
1981
- Richardson Award from Golf Writers Association of America
- First Ambassador of Golf Award
- World Series of Golf
1982
- Received The Father of the Year Award
1986
- Card Walker Award for Outstanding Contribution to Junior Golf
- Salvation Army Golf Crest Award
- Member Horatio Algier Association
- Received 12th Roberto Clemente Cup
- Winner of Byron Nelson Award
- Hispanic Achievement Recognition Award
1987
- Winner Byron Nelson Award
- Chosen as Senior Player of the Year
- Won Senior Arnold Palmer Award
- Golden Tee Award given by Metropolitan Golf Writers Association
- Male Contributor to Sports Award
- National Puerto Rican Coalition Life Achievement Award
1988
- Replica Hispanic Man of the Year Award
- Winner Senior Skins Game
- Winner Japan Pro Senior Championship
- Fred Raphael Golf Achievement Award
1989
- Recipient Old Tom Morris Award
- Winner Bobby Jones Award
- Senior Skins Game Winner
- Chosen as Classic Traveler of the Year
- Awarded CYO Man of the Year
- Roberto Clemente Cup Award
1990
- Received the "Caring for Kids" Award
1991
- Served on President's Council on Health and Physical Fitness
- Inducted into Florida's Sport's Hall of Fame
- Winner Pathfinder Award (Indiana Youthlinks)
- Jackie Robinson Humanitarian Award
1992
- Inducted into PGA World Golf Hall of Fame
- "Good Sport Award" from Sports Illustrated for Kids
- Tampa Bay Walk of Fame Inductee
1993
- American Association of School Administrators "American Education Award"
- Civilian Meritorious Service Medal - highest award by U.S.Department of Defense
- Jimmy Demaret Award given by Liberty Mutual & Legends of Golf
- Herb Graffis Award from National Golf Foundation
1994
- Inducted into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame in Boise, Idaho
- Received honorary doctor of humane letters degree from Georgetown College in Lexington, Kentucky.
1995
- Served as Grand Marshal for 106th Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, CA
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