Background
Schroeder was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, the son of tennis great Ted Schroeder.
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John Schroeder
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He attended the University of Michigan and was a member of the golf team, an All-American in 1968. He finished the 1979 Bay Hill Citrus Classic tied for first in regulation play. However, he lost in a playoff to Bob Byman.
Career
He turned pro in 1969. In his late forties, he played some on the Nationwide Tour to prepare for the Champions Tour. His best Nationwide Tour finish was a solo 5th in the 1995 NIKE Utah Classic.
His best finish in a major championship was T4 at the 1981 United States. Open.
He also had top-10 finishes in two British Opens in the late 1970s. Schroeder spent most of his late thirties and forties working as an on-course reporter and analyst for American Broadcasting Company Sports, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network and National Broadcasting Company Sports.
He joined the Champions Tour in 1996. He was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1992, and makes his home in Delegate March, California.
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