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, O'Meara won two majors in 1998, namely The Masters and The Open Championship. O'Meara attributed this resurgence partly to the inspiration of working with Tiger Woods [1], the new superstar of the game at the time, with whom O'Meara had become good friends. In the same year he won the World Matchplay Championship and he reached a career best of second in the Official World Golf Rankings.

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.

1 PGA Tour wins (16)
2 Other wins (13)
3 Results in major championships
4 International appearances
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] PGA Tour wins (16)

1984 (1) Greater Milwaukee Open
1985 (2) Bing Crosby National Pro-Am, Hawaiian Open
1989 (1) AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
1990 (2) AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, H.E.B. Texas Open
1991 (1) Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic
1992 (1) AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
1995 (2) Honda Classic, Bell Canadian Open
1996 (2) Mercedes Championships, Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic
1997 (2) AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Buick Invitational
1998 (2) The Masters, The Open Championship

Major championships are shown in bold.

[edit] Other wins (13)

1985 Fuji Sankei Classic (Japan Golf Tour)
1986 Australian Masters
1987 Lawrence Batley International (European Tour)
1989 RMCC Invitational (with Curtis Strange)
1992 Tokai Classic (Japan Golf Tour)
1994 Argentine Open
1997 Trophée Lancôme (European Tour)
1998 Cisco World Match Play Championship (Europe - unofficial event), Skins Game (U.S. - unofficial event)
1999 World Cup (with Tiger Woods)
2000 Fred Meyer Challenge
2002 Skins Game (U.S. - unofficial event)
2004 Dubai Desert Classic (European Tour)

[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