Players who turn 50 this year

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Below is a list of the players who have, or will, turn 50 years old in 2008 and be eligible for the Champions Tour.

Player: Sandy Lyle
50th Birthday: February 9, 2008
PGA TOUR wins (6): 1985 British Open; 1986 Greater Greensboro Open; 1987 Tournament Players Championship; 1988 Phoenix Open, KMart Greater Greensboro Open, Masters Tournament.

Player: Ian Woosnam
50th Birthday: March 2, 2008
PGA TOUR wins (2): 1991 USF&G Classic, Masters Tournament.

Player: Joey Sindelar
50th Birthday: March 30, 2008
PGA TOUR wins (7): 1985 Greater Greensboro Open, B.C. Open; 1987 B.C. Open; 1988 The Honda Classic, The International; 1990 Hardee's Golf Classic; 2004 Wachovia Championship.

Player: Mike Hulbert
50th Birthday: April 14, 2008
PGA TOUR wins (3): 1986 Federal Express St. Jude Classic; 1989 B.C. Open; 1991 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic.

Player: Hal Sutton
50th Birthday: April 28, 2008
PGA TOUR wins (14): 1982 Walt Disney World Golf Classic; 1983 Tournament Players Championship, PGA Championship; 1985 St. Jude Memphis Classic, Southwest Golf Classic; 1986 Phoenix Open, Memorial Tournament; 1995 B.C. Open; 1998 Westin Texas Open, THE TOUR Championship; 1999 Bell Canadian Open; 2000 THE PLAYERS Championship, Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic; 2001 Shell Houston Open.

Player: Ronnie Black
50th Birthday: May 26, 2008
PGA TOUR wins (2): 1983 Southern Open; 1984 Anheuser-Busch Classic.

Player: Gary Hallberg
50th Birthday: May 31, 2008
PGA TOUR wins (3): 1983 Isuzu-Andy Williams San Diego Open; 1987 Greater Milwaukee Open; 1992 Buick Southern Open.

Player: T.C. Chen
50th birthday: June 24, 2008
PGA TOUR wins (1) : 1987 Los Angeles Open.

Player: Dan Forsman
50th Birthday: July 15, 2008
PGA TOUR wins (5): 1985 Lite Quad Cities Open; 1986 Hertz Bay Hill Classic; 1990 Shearson Lehman Hutton Open; 1992 Buick Open; 2002 SEI Pennsylvania Classic.

Player: Ken Green
50th Birthday: July 23, 2008
PGA TOUR wins (5): 1985 Buick Open; 1986 The International; 1988 Canadian Open, Greater Milwaukee Open; 1989 Kmart Greater Greensboro Open.

Player: Richard Zokol
50th birthday: August 21, 2008
PGA TOUR wins (1): 1992 Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic.

Player: Larry Mize
50th Birthday: September 23, 2008
PGA TOUR wins (4): 1983 Danny Thomas Memphis Classic; 1987 Masters Tournament; 1993 Northern Telecom Open, Buick Open.

Player: Blaine McCallister
50th Birthday: October 17, 2008
PGA TOUR wins (5): 1988 Hardee's Golf Classic; 1989 The Honda Classic, Bank of Boston Classic; 1991 H.E.B. Texas Open; 1993 B.C. Open.

Player: Jay Don Blake
50th birthday: October 28, 1958
PGA TOUR wins (1): 1991 Shearson Lehman Brothers Open.

Player: Russ Cochran
50th birthday: October 31, 1958
PGA TOUR wins (1): 1991 Centel Western Open.

Player: Steve Jones
50th birthday: December 27, 1958
PGA TOUR wins (8): 1988 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am; 1989 MONY Tournament of Champions, Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, Canadian Open; 1996 U.S. Open Championship; 1997 Phoenix Open, Bell Canadian Open; 1998 Quad City Classic.

Player: Curt Byrum
50th birthday: December 28, 1958
PGA TOUR wins (1): 1989 Hardee's Golf Classic.