Kermit Zarley
# Kermit Zarley

Kermit Millard Zarley, Jr. (born September 29, 1941) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. He is also an author of several books.

## Biography

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

Zarley had three dozen top-10 finishes in PGA Tour events during his 18 years on Tour including three wins. Zarley had three top-10 finishes in major championships; his best was a solo 6th at the 1972 U.S. Open. Zarley won once on the Senior/Champions Tour. On both Tours, he finished second or tied for second seventeen times.

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." In a Wayne and Shuster sketch about a golf tournament being held on the streets of Toronto, Johnny Wayne's character is named "Zarley Kermit, Jr."

In 1965, Zarley co-founded the PGA Tour Bible Study group with fellow PGA Tour players Jim and Babe Hiskey. 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. He received an honorary doctorate degree in 2001 from North Park University in Chicago, which has a lecture series named for him. Zarley resides in Scottsdale, Arizona.

## Amateur wins

* 1962 NCAA Championship, Pacific Northwest Amateur

## Professional wins (6)

### PGA Tour wins (3)

| 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 |

### Tournament Players Series wins (1)

* 1984 Tallahassee Open

### Other wins (1)

* 1964 Arizona Open

### Senior PGA Tour wins (1)

| 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 |

## Results in major championships

| Tournament | 1965 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Masters Tournament | | T20 | T35 | CUT | | | T17 | T31 |
| U.S. Open | CUT | | T13 | T36 | T27 | 6 | CUT | T40 |
| PGA Championship | | T8 | T59 | T22 | | T68 | T9 | T51 |
| Tournament | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 |
| Masters Tournament | | | | | | | | |
| U.S. Open | T24 | T44 | CUT | | | | | T39 |
| PGA Championship | | T43 | T54 | T51 | T19 | T42 | CUT | |

Note: Zarley never played in The Open Championship.

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

### Summary

| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 |
| The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 23 |

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

## Books

* The Gospel (1987). Scripture Press. Out-of-print. German adaptation--Das Leben Jesu: Die authentische Biographie (1991). Hanssler.
* The Gospels Interwoven (1987). Scripture Press. Reprinted by Wipf & Stock (2001). ISBN 1-57910-775-3.
* Palestine Is Coming: The Revival of Ancient Philistia (1990). Hannibal Books. Re-issued by Wipf & Stock (2005). ISBN 1-55635-181-X.
* The Third Day Bible Code (2006). Synergy Books. ISBN 1-933538-43-0.
* Warrior from Heaven (2009). Synergy Books. ISBN 0-9815462-2-6.
* The Restitution of Jesus Christ (2008). Self-published. No ISBN.
* The Solving the Samaritan Riddle: Peter's Keys Explain Early Spirit Baptism (2015). Wipf & Stock. ISBN 9781498225281.
