My cousin Steve Pate holding trophy at Nationwide Event in Bogotá (Hamptons)

Still hitting the balls on the pro golf circuit

Not many golfers are planning on a full year of pro golf in their 40s let alone their 50s like Steve Pate.

Hot after winning The Nationwide Event in Bogota, Columbia last year, my cousin Steve says he is planning on planning all of this year’s events.

Over the weekend, he hit 2 under par 69 at the Stadion Classic.

Steve is heading for the Senior PGA Championship in Louisville, KY which starts on his 50th birthday – May 26th.

At the Bogota Nationwide, Steve was the oldest player to start. He won in the playoff.

Steve Pate has won 6 PGA events, and finished 70 times in the top ten.

“Asked if he will bring the same intensity that earned him the nickname “Volcano” on the regular tour to the senior track, Pate replied: “I can’t answer that yet. I plan to be far more serious than I was here, but I don’t know if I have it in me to be as serious as I was on the regular tour.” (NY Times)

2011 Champions Tour rookie at 50 - Steve Pate, a six-time PGA TOUR winner and winner on 2010 Nationwide Tour (photo Stan Badz/PGA TOUR)

Champions Tour