Background
Benepe was born, raised and lived most of his life in Sheridan, Wyoming.
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Jim Benepe
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He turned pro in 1986. Benepe played his first full-year as a professional golfer, 1987, in Asia, on the Australian Tour and on the Canadian Tour. He joined the Professional Golf Association Tour in 1988.
The tournament was held at Butler National Government College in Oak Brook, Illinois that year, and he only got in through a last-minute sponsor exemption.
Peter Jacobsen double bogied the 72nd hole, which gave Benepe the victory. Benepe left the Professional Golf Association Tour at the end of the 1991 season after struggling the previous several years with back problems and technical problems with his game.
After leaving the Tour, he came home to Sheridan and began working in real estate sales and promotions. After a long hiatus, he began playing competitive tour golf again in the late 1990s in Australia, on the Professional Golf Association Tour and in about 15 events per year on the Nationwide Tour.
Benepe was inducted into the Wyoming Sports & Wyoming State Golf Association Hall of Fames in 2006 and the Northwestern Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.
1982 Wyoming Stroke Play Championship, Western Junior Professional Golf Association Tour wins (1) Other wins (2) DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10.
