Mark O'Meara

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Mark Francis O'Meara (born January 13, 1957) is an American golfer who was a prolific tournament winner on the PGA Tour and around the world from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s.

O'Meara was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina. A graduate of Long Beach State University, he has won 16 events on the PGA Tour, starting with the Greater Milwaukee Open in 1984, but he passed his fortieth birthday without winning a major championship. In a late finale to his PGA Tour winning career, which many [citation needed] attributed partly to the inspiration of working with Tiger Woods, the new superstar of the game at the time, with whom O'Meara had become good friends, O'Meara won two majors in 1998, namely The Masters and The Open Championship. In the same year he won the World Matchplay Championship.

O'Meara is known for competing outside the United States more ofter than most leading American golfers, and has won tournaments in Europe, Asia, Australia and South America. A man with a genial demeanour, he is one of the most popular figures in international golf. In the new millennium his form took a downturn and he began to struggle with injuries, but in 2004 he won an official tour event for the first time since 1998, taking the Dubai Desert Classic title, which despite being played in Asia is a European Tour event.

O'Meara has begun to develop a golf course design practice and enjoys fishing in his off time.

[edit] PGA Tour wins (16)

Major championships are shown in bold.

[edit] Other wins (13)

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Masters CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP 24 48 T24 T39 T11
U.S. Open CUT CUT 58 DNP T7 T15 T41 CUT T3 CUT
The Open Championship DNP T47 DNP DNP DNP T3 T43 T66 27 T42
PGA Championship DNP T70 DNP CUT T25 T28 CUT CUT T9 CUT
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters CUT T27 T4 T21 T15 T31 T18 T30 1 T31
U.S. Open CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT DNP T16 T36 T32 CUT
The Open Championship T48 T3 T12 CUT DNP T49 T33 T38 1 CUT
PGA Championship T19 CUT CUT CUT DNP T6 T26 T13 T4 T57
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
The Masters CUT T20 CUT T8 T27 T31 CUT
U.S. Open T51 CUT T18 T35 DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship T26 T42 T22 T65 T30 CUT T63
PGA Championship T46 T22 CUT CUT CUT DNP DNP

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

[edit] International appearances

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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