Introduced to golf by his uncle, 1968 Masters Tournament winner Bob Goalby...Won first trophy at National Pee Wee Championship
in Orlando at age 7...Brother Jerry is the golf coach at Wake Forest...Brother-in-law Dillard Pruitt played the PGA TOUR and
is now a Champions Tour Rules Official...Son Jay, Jr. played college golf at Augusta State and is a now a professional. Second
son, Bill, was an All-American at Wake Forest and was the medalist and a semifinalist at the 2002 U.S. Amateur at Oakland
Hills CC. Bill also won the 2004 Ben Hogan Award as the top collegiate male golfer and is a member of the PGA TOUR...Jay received
the 2004 Payne Stewart Award for upholding the traditions of golf and was honored in 2005 with the Jim Murray Award from the
Golf Writers Association of America and late in the 2005 season was named as the recipient of the Bob Jones Award, the United
States Golf Association's highest honor for distinguished sportsmanship...Was inducted into the South Carolina Sports Hall
of Fame in December 2007 and is a member of the Wake Forest Hall of Fame...Favorite course in the U.S. is Harbour Town GL,
while his favorite course outside the U.S. is Turnberry...Favorite golf holes are No. 8 at Pebble Beach and No. 16 at North
Berwick...Enjoys vacationing at Pawley's Island, SC...Always marks his ball on the green with an English penny...Says his
dream foursome would include his two sons and his uncle, Bob Goalby...Favorite non-golf sporting event is the Final Four and
also enjoys The Rolling Stones...Favorite sports team is any sport Wake Forest is competing in.
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