Mark Calcavecchia

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Mark Calcavecchia
Mark Calcavecchia

Mark John Calcavecchia (born June 12, 1960) is an American golfer.

Calcavecchia was born in Laurel, Nebraska. He attended the University of Florida, turned professional in 1981 and joined the PGA Tour in 1982.

Calcavecchia was at his best in the late 1980s, notching up his most notable achievement in 1989, when he won The Open Championship (aka the British Open), which is one of golf's four major championships, winning a four hole playoff over Wayne Grady and Greg Norman. That year was his only multi-win season on the PGA Tour, with two other titles complementing the Open. He also finished second at the 1988 Masters to Sandy Lyle.

Calcavecchia has won 13 times on the PGA Tour and 10 further times in other professional events. He has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

Calcavechhia was a member of the United States Ryder Cup team in 1987, 1989, 1991 and 2002.

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Major championship is shown in bold.

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
The Masters DNP T4 CUT DNP DNP DNP CUT
U.S. Open DNP T24 CUT T20 T20 DNP CUT
The Open Championship T26 T54 T80 CUT T11 T60 T41
PGA Championship T34 T4 7 T39 DQ T70 WD

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

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