Mark Calcavecchia

Mark Calcavecchia
Mark Calcavecchia
Personal information
Full name Mark John Calcavecchia
Nickname Calc
Born June 12, 1960 (1960-06-12) (age 51)
Laurel, Nebraska
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 225 lb (102 kg; 16.1 st)
Nationality  United States
Residence Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Career
College University of Florida
Turned professional 1981
Current tour(s) Champions Tour
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Professional wins 27
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 13
Asian Tour 1
PGA Tour of Australasia 1
Champions Tour 1
Other 11
Best results in Major Championships
(Wins: 1)
Masters Tournament 2nd: 1988
U.S. Open 14th: 1986
The Open Championship Won: 1989
PGA Championship T4: 2001
Achievements and awards
Byron Nelson Award
(Champions Tour)
2011

Mark John Calcavecchia (born June 12, 1960) is an American professional golfer and a former PGA Tour member. During his professional career, he has won thirteen PGA Tour events, including the 1989 Open Championship. Calcavecchia currently plays on the Champions Tour.

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Early years

Calcavecchia was born in Laurel, Nebraska.[1] While he was a teenager, his family moved from Nebraska to West Palm Beach, Florida in 1973.[2] He attended North Shore High School in West Palm Beach, and won the Florida high school golf championship in 1977 while playing for the North Shore golf team.[3] While playing in junior tournaments, Calcavecchia often competed against Jack Nicklaus' son, Jackie, and as a result began a lifelong friendship at the age of 14 with the legendary pro.[4][5]

College career

He received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Buster Bishop and coach John Darr's Florida Gators men's golf teams in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1978 to 1980.[6] Calcavecchia earned first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) honors in 1979.[6]

Professional career

Calcavecchia turned professional in 1981 and joined the PGA Tour in 1982. Calcavecchia was at his best in the late 1980s. His most notable achievement was in 1989, when he won The Open Championship (the "British Open"), one of golf's four major championships, by besting Wayne Grady and Greg Norman in a four-hole playoff.[7] Upon being awarded the Open's Claret Jug, Calcavecchia (whose Italian surname translates as "old crowd") asked "How's my name going to fit on that thing?"[8] That year was his only multiple-win season on the PGA Tour, with two other titles complementing the Open. He also finished second behind Sandy Lyle at the 1988 Masters Tournament by a single stroke.[9]

Calcavecchia has won 13 times on the PGA Tour and 13 times in other professional events. He spent 109 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from 1988 to 1991.[10] In winning the 2001 Phoenix Open, he set the Tour scoring record at that time by making 32 birdies in 72 holes finishing at 28 under par for the tournament. He has won the Phoenix Open three times (1989, 1992, 2001), and his margins of victory in the Phoenix tournament are also his three largest.

Calcavecchia was a member of the U.S. Ryder Cup team in 1987, 1989, 1991 and 2002. His performance in 1991 is most remembered, as he lost a four-stroke lead to Colin Montgomerie in the last four holes of his round. Thinking he had cost his team the victory, he broke down in tears—not knowing the U.S. team would still win.

On July 25, 2009, Calcavecchia set a PGA Tour record by getting nine consecutive birdies during his second round at the RBC Canadian Open at the Glen Abbey Golf Course in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. The birdies came on the 12th through 18th holes, and then on the first and second hole (he started his round on the 10th hole).[11] The previous record of eight consecutive birdies was held by six golfers including J. P. Hayes, who was one of his partners at the time Calcavecchia achieved the new record.[12]

Calcavecchia retired from the PGA Tour and joined the Champions Tour in 2010.[5][13]

Personal

Calcavecchia has two children, Eric and Britney, with his previous wife Sheryl.[4] He married Brenda Nardecchia on May 5, 2005 in Lake Como, Italy.[14] Calcavecchia's principal home is Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, but he also owns a house in Phoenix, Arizona.[5][2]

Professional wins (26)

PGA Tour wins (13)

Legend
Major championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (12)
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner(s)-up
1 Sep 28, 1986 Southwest Golf Classic -13 (68–70–66–71=275) 3 strokes United States Tom Byrum
2 Mar 8, 1987 Honda Classic -9 (69–72–68–70=279) 3 strokes West Germany Bernhard Langer, United States Payne Stewart
3 Sep 18, 1988 Bank of Boston Classic -10 (71–67–70–66=274) 1 stroke United States Don Pooley
4 Jun 22, 1989 Phoenix Open -21 (66–68–65–64=263) 7 strokes United States Chip Beck
5 Feb 5, 1989 Nissan Los Angeles Open -12 (68–66–70–68=272) 1 stroke Scotland Sandy Lyle
6 Jul 23, 1989 The Open Championship -13 (71–68–68–68=275) Playoff Australia Wayne Grady, Australia Greg Norman
7 Jan 26, 1992 Phoenix Open -20 (69–65–67–63=264) 5 strokes United States Duffy Waldorf
8 May 7, 1995 BellSouth Classic -17 (67–69–69–66=271) 2 strokes United States Jim Gallagher, Jr.
9 Aug 24, 1997 Greater Vancouver Open -19 (68–66–65–66=265) 1 stroke United States Andrew Magee
10 Mar 15, 1998 Honda Classic -18 (70–67–68–65=270) 3 strokes Fiji Vijay Singh
11 Jan 28, 2001 Phoenix Open -28 (65–60–64–67=256) 8 strokes United States Rocco Mediate
12 Sep 11, 2005 Bell Canadian Open -5 (65–67–72–71=275) 1 stroke United States Ben Crane, United States Ryan Moore
13 Mar 11, 2007 PODS Championship -10 (75–67–62–70=274) 1 stroke Australia John Senden, United States Heath Slocum

Other wins (13)

Champions Tour wins (1)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship 54 Holes Winning Score Margin Runners-up
1989 The Open Championship 3 shot deficit −13 (71–68–68–68=275) Playoff1 Australia Wayne Grady, Australia Greg Norman

1Shot 13 (4–3–3–3) in a four hole playoff to defeat Wayne Grady (4–4–4–4=16) and Greg Norman (3-3-4-x).

Results timeline

Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Masters DNP T17 2 T31
U.S. Open 14 T17 T62 T61
The Open Championship DNP T11 CUT 1
PGA Championship DNP CUT T17 DNP
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters T20 T12 T31 T17 CUT T41 T15 T17 T16 CUT
U.S. Open CUT T37 T33 T25 CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT
The Open Championship CUT CUT T28 T14 T11 T24 T41 T10 T35 CUT
PGA Championship CUT T32 T48 T31 CUT CUT T36 T23 T44 T61
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
The Masters DNP T4 CUT DNP DNP DNP CUT T20 CUT DNP
U.S. Open DNP T24 CUT T20 T20 DNP CUT DNP WD DNP
The Open Championship T26 T54 T80 CUT T11 T60 T41 T23 CUT T27
PGA Championship T34 T4 7 T39 DQ T70 WD CUT T63 DNP
Tournament 2010 2011
The Masters DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP
The Open Championship 73 CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP

DNP = Did not play
DQ = Disqualified
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

U.S. national team appearances

Professional

See also

References

  1. ^ PGATour.com, Players, Mark Calcavecchia. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Tim Rosaforte, "My Town: Mark Calcavecchia," Golf Digest (February 1, 2010). Retrieved July 16, 2011.
  3. ^ FHSAA Boys Golf 2010–11 Championship Records, Florida High School Athletic Association, Tallahassee, Florida, p. 5 (2010). Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  4. ^ a b Jaime Diaz, "Regular Guy: Want a candid opinion? Brace yourself for straight talk from Mark Calcavecchia," Golf Digest (August 2002). Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  5. ^ a b c Edgar Thompson, "Mark Calcavecchia, a Palm Beach Gardens resident, will leave PGA Tour to focus on Champions events," The Palm Beach Post (May 25, 2010). Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  6. ^ a b Florida Men's Golf 2011 Media Supplement, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 28, 34, 39, 41 (2010). Retrieved July 11, 2011.
  7. ^ Gordon S. White, Jr., "Calcavecchia Wins British Open in 3-way Playoff," The New York Times (July 24, 1989). Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  8. ^ Jim Apfelbaum, ed., The Gigantic Book of Golf Quotations, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., New York, New York (2007). Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  9. ^ Bob Harig, "Lyle still relishes memory of Masters-winning bunker shot," ESPN.com (April 5, 2008). Retrieved July 16, 2011.
  10. ^ Official World Golf Rankings, Archives, "69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking." Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  11. ^ "Calcavecchia sets birdie record," BBC Sport (July 26, 2009). Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  12. ^ Associated Press, "Calcavecchia sets record with nine straight birdies." PGATour.com (July 25, 2009). Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  13. ^ Associated Press, "Calcavecchia ready for Champions Tour debut," Golf.com (Jun 25, 2010). Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  14. ^ "Mark Calcavecchia is late for his wedding," Golf Today (Undated May 2005). Retrieved July 15, 2011.

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