October 12, 2007
Adminstaff Small Business Classic
Keith Carlton Fergus (born March 3, 1954) is an
American professional golfer who has played on the
PGA Tour, the Nationwide Tour and the Champions
Tour.
Fergus was born in Temple, Texas. He started playing
golf at age 8. In high school, he played football
and basketball but enjoyed practicing golf more than
the other sports. He attended and was a member of
the golf team at the University of Houston, where he
was a 3-time All American and runner-up to Jay Haas
at the 1975 NCAA Championship. He turned pro in
1976.
Fergus had his best years on the PGA Tour in the
early 1980s. During his PGA career, he had over 40
top-10 finishes and won three events. His best
finish in a major was a T-3 at the 1980 U.S. Open;
he also had a T-4 at the 1981 PGA Championship. He
began using the long putter in 1988. Fergus took a
break from the tour in 1988 when he accepted the
head golf coaches job at his alma matter, the
University of Houston, a position he held until
1994.
Fergus resumed tour play in the mid-1990s on both
the Nationwide Tour and, on a limited basis, in PGA
Tour events. In 1996, at the Nortel Open, he was
attacked by a swarm of killer bees and was stung 10
to 15 times; his caddie was stung more than 50
times.
After turning 50 in March 2004, he began play on the
Champions Tour. His first win was the 2007 Ginn
Championship Hammock Beach Resort, where he became
the second player to win on all the PGA Tour
sponsored tours (PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, and
Champions Tour), the first being Ron Streck in 2005.
Fergus has done some course design work and starred
in some television commercials. He lives in the
Houston suburb of Sugar Land. In his spare time, he
enjoys fishing.
