Background
Tewell was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and reared in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He got started in the game by working as a caddie for his father.
Tewell was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and reared in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He got started in the game by working as a caddie for his father.
He attended Oklahoma State University in his hometown on a basketball scholarship his freshman year, but later switched to golf. Tewell graduated and turned pro in 1971.
His best finishes in a major were T-9 at the 1983 Professional Golf Association Championship and T-10 at the 1986 Professional Golf Association Championship. Tewell was forced off the Professional Golf Association Tour at the age of 46 at the end of the 1995 season due to an orthopedic problem in his left elbow. He had arthroscopic surgery on the same elbow in 2005, a procedure he describes as "cleaning out scar tissue".
Kristie is married to former Nationwide Tour player Pat Bates.
Tewell has worked as a color analyst for the Golf Channel, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network and Fox Sports. Professional Golf Association Tour wins (4) Other wins (3) Champions Tour wins (8) Wins (2).