Tim Norris

Norris was born and raised in Fresno, California. He started his collegiate career at Fresno City College before transferring to Fresno State University. In 1979, he was a second-team All-American, helped lead Fresno State to the Big West Championship, and was the winner of the Sun Bowl Golf Classic. In 1980, he was a first-team All-American, shared Big West Athlete-of-the-Year honors with Jay Don Blake, helped lead Fresno State to its second Big West Championship in as many years, and was Fresno State's Athlete-of-the-Year. ==Professional career==

Norris had 11 top-10 finishes in PGA Tour events including a win at the 1982 Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open. Norris established the tournament record at 259 (25-under), which stood until it was eclipsed in 2009 by Kenny Perry. He was only one of two players to go wire-to-wire without sharing the lead. He defeated Raymond Floyd and Hubert Green by six strokes. His best finish in a major was T-40 at the 1985 PGA Championship. In the 1990s, Norris switch careers from touring professional to college coach. He was men's head golf coach at University of Texas-El Paso from 1990–1997. Since August 1, 1997, he has been the men's head golf coach at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. When he arrived at K-State, he inherited a program that had finished dead last in the Big Eight Conference for 14 straight years from 1978–1991. Norris has made steady progress transforming the Wildcat's into winners; they appeared in the NCAA Regionals in 2003, 2004 and 2005. During the 2003-2004 season, the Wildcats won the Purina Classic in St. Charles, Missouri, and finished T-4 in the final Big 12 Conference standings. == Personal life ==

Norris is married to the former Shelley Kerr. They have two children and live in Omaha, Nebraska. == Awards and honors ==

• In 1979, Norris earned second-team All-American honors and the following year was a first-team All-American. • In 1980, he shared the Big West's Conference's Athlete-of-the-Year honors with Jay Don Blake. • In 1980, Norris was also Fresno State's Athlete-of-the-Year. ==Professional wins (4)==

PGA Tour wins (1) Source: Other wins (3) • 1980 California State Open • 1986 Spalding Invitational • 1992 Sun Country PGA Championship ==Results in major championships==

Note: Norris never played in The Open Championship. CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied ==See also==