Kermit Zarley

Zarley was born in Seattle, Washington. He attended from the University of Houston. Zarley was a distinguished member of the Houston Cougars golf team. He was the individual champion at the 1962 NCAA Division I Championships and also led his team to victory. Zarley graduated in 1963.

Zarley had three dozen top-10 finishes in PGA Tour events during his 18 years on Tour including three wins. He had three top-10 finishes in major championships; his best was a solo 6th at the 1972 U.S. Open.^[1] Zarley won once on the PGA Senior Tour. Between tours, he finished second or tied for second seventeen times.

In 1965, Zarley co-founded the PGA Tour Bible Study group with fellow PGA Tour players Jim and Babe Hiskey.^[2] It is still active in the world of professional golf. In the period between his careers on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour he wrote three books on religion and world affairs.

Zarley, who has studied the Bible since his teens, is the author of several books on Christianity, Jesus, and the Bible. His first book, The Gospels Interwoven, in which he attempted to join all four gospels together into one narrative, received praise from Billy Graham and Richard C. Halverson.^[3] Zarley is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature.

Zarley resides in Scottsdale, Arizona.^[2]

Zarley received an honorary Ph.D. from North Park University in Chicago in 2001.^[3] The university has a lecture series named after him.^[4]

• Due to his unusual name, Zarley was often called "the Pro from the Moon" or "Moon Man." It is because comedian Bob Hope once interviewed him on national television and remarked, "Kermit Zarley, with a name like that he must be the pro from the moon."^[5]

• 1962 NCAA Championship, Pacific Northwest Amateur

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Jan 21, 1968	Kaiser International Open Invitational	−15 (71-67-70-65=273)	1 stroke	Dave Marr
2	Jul 5, 1970	Canadian Open	−9 (69-73-70-67=279)	3 strokes	Gibby Gilbert
3	Jul 30, 1972	National Team Championship (with Babe Hiskey)	−22 (67-63-66-66=262)	3 strokes	Grier Jones and Johnny Miller

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1976	Florida Citrus Open	Hale Irwin	Lost to par on sixth extra hole

Source:^[6]

• 1984 Tallahassee Open

• 1964 Arizona Open

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Oct 9, 1994	The Transamerica	−12 (70-68-66=204)	Playoff	Isao Aoki

Senior PGA Tour playoff record (1–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1994	Royal Caribbean Classic	Lee Trevino	Lost to par on fourth extra hole
2	1994	The Transamerica	Isao Aoki	Won with birdie on first extra hole
3	1996	Bruno's Memorial Classic	John Bland, John Paul Cain	Bland won with bogey on third extra hole Zarley eliminated by par on second hole

Note: Zarley never played in The Open Championship.

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

• Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (1973 PGA – 1976 PGA)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)