Background
Pernice was born in Kansas City, Missouri.
Pernice was born in Kansas City, Missouri.
He attended University of California, Los Angeles, where his teammates on the golf team included Jay Delsing, Corey Pavin, Steve Pate and Duffy Waldorf. He majored in Economics and graduated in 1982.
His best finish in a major is T13 at the 1989 United States. Open. He is an advocate of the Jim Hardy one plane swing. Pernice turned 50 in September 2009 and played in his first Champions Tour event at the SAS Championship.
In 2009 and 2010, Pernice played sporadically on the Professional Golf Association Tour, earning conditional status in 2010 and 2011 while also competing on the Champions Tour.
Pernice rejoined the Professional Golf Association Tour for 2012 after a third place tie at the Children"s Miracle Network Classic moved him to 121st on the 2011 money list, after beginning the week as the fifth alternate and ranked 143rd. In his limited time, Pernice also finished 29th on the Champions Tour, earning him full status on both tours for 2012.
Professional Golf Association Tour wins (2) Other wins (4) 1994 Midwest Professional Golf Association Championship Champions Tour wins (4) DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10. Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (four times) Longest streak of top-10s – 0.