Jeff Van Wagenen
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| Jeff Van Wagenen | |
|---|---|
 Van Wagenen in Rancho Santa Fe, CA 1974 | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | July 16, 1948 Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 97 kg (214 lb; 15.3 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Career | |
| College | Loyola Marymount University |
| Turned professional | 1972 and 1996 |
| Former tour(s) | European Senior Tour |
| Professional wins | 1 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Senior Tour | 1 |
Jeff Van Wagenen (born July 16, 1948) is an American professional golfer who played on the European Seniors Tour and PGA Tour Champions from 1998 to 2008.
Van Wagenen grew up in Phoenix, Arizona where he attended Brophy College Preparatory before accepting a golf scholarship to Loyola Marymount University. Van Wagenen also played intercollegiate tennis and rugby. He was #1 man on the golf team from 1967–1970 and graduated with a degree in Business Administration in 1971.
Van Wagenen was a professional golfer in the early 1970s, but then gave up the game to become a businessman. He joined Price Pfister (now known as Pfister) in 1975 and was instrumental in developing "The Fabulous Faucet with the Pfunny Name" tagline. The company grew dramatically and Van Wagenen was part of a LBO, public, offering, and ultimately the sale of Price Pfister to Black and Decker in 1988. He spent the next nine years as Vice President of Marketing for Familian, now known as Ferguson.
Van Wagenen became a professional golfer again in 1996 and had success playing on the Champions Tour and on the European Seniors Tour, winning the Tui Golf Championship Fleesenseein 2000.
Van Wagenen and his wife, Cher, have two children. Jeffrey A. Van Wagenen Jr. (married to Dawn, two children) is an attorney, and Assistant County Executive Officer in Riverside County, California. Brodie Van Wagenen (married to Molly, three children) is a former sports agent and the former general manager of the New York Mets.
Van Wagenen's father was Anthony L. Van Wagenen Jr. (1893–1982), a prominent attorney and rancher in Arizona. Van Wagenen's aunt was Gertrude Van Wagenen (1892-1978), an American biologist at Yale University from 1931–1978. She and gynecologist John McLean Morris are considered the "discoverers" of morning after contraception (commonly known as the day after pill.
Professional wins (1)[]
European Senior Tour wins (1)[]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 17, 2000 | Tui Golf Championship Fleesensee | −11 (67-68-73=208) | 1 stroke |  Tommy Horton,  Noel Ratcliffe
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References[]
External links[]
- Jeff Van Wagenen at the European Tour official site
- Jeff Van Wagenen at the PGA Tour official site
- American male golfers
- European Senior Tour golfers
- Golfers from Phoenix, Arizona
- 1948 births
- Living people