Larry Mowry is an American

United States

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 professional golfer

Professional golfer

In golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose his or her amateur status. A golfer who has lost his or her amateur status may not play in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated;...

 who played on the PGA Tour

PGA Tour

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 and Senior PGA Tour (now known as the Champions Tour

Champions Tour

The Champions Tour, a golf tour run by the PGA Tour, hosts a series of events annually in the United States and the United Kingdom for golfers 50 years of age and older. Many of the PGA Tour's most successful golfers have gone on to play on the Champions Tour.The Senior PGA Championship, founded in...

).

Mowry was born in San Diego, California

San Diego, California

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. He turned pro in 1959. Mowry spent his regular career as a club professional, only occasionally entering PGA Tour events. He won the 1968 Rebel Yell Open

Rebel Yell Open

The Rebel Yell Open was a PGA Tour satellite event that played for one year at the Holston Hills Country Club in Knoxville, Tennessee; a 7,009-yard, Donald Ross-designed course opened in 1927. The tournament, which was held in April 1968 opposite The Masters, was organized by tournament director...

 and finished T-2 at the 1969 Azalea Open Invitational

Azalea Open Invitational

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. His best finish in a major

Men's major golf championships

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 was a T-11 at the 1969 PGA Championship

PGA Championship

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.

Mowry's win at the 1987 Crestar Classic

Crestar Classic

The Crestar Classic was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1983 to 1990. It was played in Manakin-Sabot, Virginia at the Hermitage Country Club. In 1988, it was the last professional victory for golf legend Arnold Palmer....

 made him the first player in Senior PGA Tour history to win an event after making it through the rigors of Monday qualifying. That victory also made him the first former club professional to post an official Senior PGA Tour win. The biggest win of Mowry's career came at the 1989 Senior PGA Championship

Senior PGA Championship

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, which was held at the PGA National Golf Course in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

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Mowry is married, and has two adult children and five grandchildren.

Other wins (4)

• 1969 Magnolia State Classic
• 1979 Florida Open
  Florida Open
  The Florida Open is the Florida state open golf tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is now organized by the Florida State Golf Association . It has been played annually since 1942 at a variety of courses around the state...
  
  , Colorado Open
  Colorado Open
  The Colorado Open is the Colorado state open golf tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Colorado Open Golf Foundation...
  
  
• 1983 Florida Open
  Florida Open
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Senior PGA Tour wins (5)

• 1987
  1987 Senior PGA Tour
  The 1987 Senior PGA Tour was the eighth season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 . The season consisted of 32 official money events with purses totalling $8,905,000, including three majors. Chi Chi Rodriguez won the most tournaments, seven...
  
   (2) Crestar Classic
  Crestar Classic
  The Crestar Classic was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1983 to 1990. It was played in Manakin-Sabot, Virginia at the Hermitage Country Club. In 1988, it was the last professional victory for golf legend Arnold Palmer....
  
  , Pepsi Senior Challenge
  Pepsi Senior Challenge
  The Pepsi Senior Challenge was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1986 to 1988. It was played in Roswell, Georgia at the Horseshoe Bend Country Club.The purse for the 1988 tournament was US$300,000, with $45,000 going to the winner.-Winners:...
  
  
• 1988
  1988 Senior PGA Tour
  The 1988 Senior PGA Tour was the ninth season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 . The season consisted of 34 official money events with purses totalling $10,370,000, including three majors. Bob Charles and Gary Player won the most tournaments, five...
  
   (1) General Tire Las Vegas Classic
• 1989
  1989 Senior PGA Tour
  The 1989 Senior PGA Tour was the 10th season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 . The season consisted of 35 official money events with purses totalling $13,345,000 , including four majors. Bob Charles won the most tournaments, five...
  
   (2) General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship, RJR at The Dominion

Senior major championship

Senior major golf championships

Men's professional senior golf is for players aged 50 and above. Golf differs from all other sports in having lucrative competitions for this age group. The leading senior tour is the U.S. based Champions Tour, which was established in 1980 . It has established a roster of five major championships...

 is shown in bold.

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Margin	Runner(s)-up
1989	General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship	−7 (74−69−65−73=281)	1 stroke	Miller Barber Miller Barber Miller Barber is an American professional golfer who enjoyed significant success on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s, and a greater degree of success on the Senior PGA Tour in the 1980s.-Career:... ,   Al Geiberger Al Geiberger Allen Lee Geiberger, Sr. is an American professional golfer who has won numerous golf tournaments.Geiberger was born in Red Bluff, California...

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