Raymond Floyd

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Raymond Floyd

Personal Information
Birth	September 4, 1942 (1942-09-04) (age 65) Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S.
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Nationality	United States
College	University of North Carolina
Career
Turned Pro	1961
Current tour	Champions Tour
Professional wins	66 (PGA Tour: 22, Champions Tour: 14, other: 30)
Best Results in Major Championships Wins: 4
Masters	Won 1976
U.S. Open	Won 1986
British Open	T2: 1978
PGA Championship	Won 1969, 1982
Awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	1989
Vardon Trophy	1983
Byron Nelson Award	1983

Raymond Loran "Ray" Floyd (born September 4, 1942) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.

Floyd was born at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina. He turned professional in 1961, and quickly established himself on the PGA Tour, with his first victory coming at the St. Petersburg Open Invitational in 1963. He went on to win 22 times on tour, with his final win coming in 1992 at the age of 49, making him one of the oldest players to win a PGA Tour event.

Floyd's wins included four major championships: the 1969 and 1982 PGA Championships; the 1976 Masters; and the 1986 U.S. Open. He ranks among the oldest players to have won a major. In addition, he came very close to becoming the first player to have won major championships in four different decades, most notably at The Masters in 1990, where he lost in a playoff to Nick Faldo.

Floyd's successful run continued after he became eligible to compete on the Senior PGA Tour, now the Champions Tour, in 1992, with 14 wins between 1992 and 2000, including four senior majors and two Senior Tour Championships. On his decision to continue playing professional golf on the Senior Tour, Floyd spoke with Golf Digest and mused aloud: "Why do I enjoy golf after 31 years, going out there and doing things that are necessary to be competitive—having practice, having to work, having to dedicate yourself? I guess it comes down to the competition. My personality...I'm not going to play if I'm not competitive."^[1]

In addition to his victories on these two main tours, Floyd won at least 24 additional tournaments around the world, taking his total victory tally to at least 60 events. He played for the U.S. in 8 Ryder Cup teams (1969, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1991, and 1993) and captained the team in 1989. He won the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average on the PGA Tour in 1983.

He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1989.

[edit] PGA Tour wins (22)

• 1963 (1) St. Petersburg Open Invitational
• 1965 (1) St. Paul Open Invitational
• 1969 (3) Greater Jacksonville Open, American Golf Classic, PGA Championship
• 1975 (1) Kemper Open
• 1976 (2) The Masters, World Open Golf Championship
• 1977 (2) Byron Nelson Golf Classic, Pleasant Valley Classic
• 1979 (1) Greater Greensboro Open
• 1980 (1) Doral-Eastern Open
• 1981 (3) Doral-Eastern Open, Tournament Players Championship, Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic
• 1982 (3) Memorial Tournament, Danny Thomas Memphis Classic, PGA Championship
• 1985 (1) Houston Open
• 1986 (2) U.S. Open, Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic
• 1992 (1) Doral-Ryder Open

Major championships shown in bold.

[edit] Other regular career wins (11)

• 1978 Brazilian Open
• 1979 Costa Rica Open
• 1981 Canadian PGA Championship, Seiko Point Leader
• 1982 Seiko Point Leader, Million Dollar Challenge (South Africa)
• 1985 Chrysler Team Championship (with Hal Sutton)
• 1988 Skins Game
• 1990 RMCC Invitational (with Fred Couples)
• 1991 Daiwa KBC Augusta (Japan Golf Tour)
• 1993 Franklin Funds Shark Shootout (with Steve Elkington)

[edit] Champions Tour wins (14)

• 1992 (3) GTE North Classic, Ralphs Senior Classic, Senior Tour Championship
• 1993 (2) Gulfstream Aerospace Invitational, Northville Long Island Classic
• 1994 (4) The Tradition, Las Vegas Senior Classic, Cadillac NFL Golf Classic, Golf Magazine Senior Tour Championship
• 1995 (3) PGA Seniors' Championship, Burnet Senior Classic, Emerald Coast Classic
• 1996 (1) Ford Senior Players Championship
• 2000 (1) Ford Senior Players Championship

Senior majors are shown in bold.

[edit] Other senior wins (19)

• 1992 Fuji Electric Grandslam
• 1993 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Jack Nicklaus and Chi Chi Rodriguez)
• 1994 Diners Club Matches (with Dave Eichelberger), Senior Skins Game
• 1995 Senior Skins Game, Senior Slam at Los Cabos, Office Depot Father/Son Challenge (with Raymond Floyd Jr.), Lexus Challenge (with Michael Chiklis), Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Hale Irwin and Jack Nicklaus)
• 1996 Senior Skins Game, Senior Slam at Los Cabos, Office Depot Father/Son Challenge (with Raymond Floyd Jr.)
• 1997 Senior Skins Game, Office Depot Father/Son Challenge (with Raymond Floyd Jr.), Lexus Challenge (with William Devane)
• 1998 Senior Skins Game
• 2000 Office Depot Father/Son Challenge (with Robert Floyd)
• 2001 Office Depot Father/Son Challenge (with Robert Floyd)
• 2006 Wendy's Champions Skins Game (with Dana Quigley)

[edit] Major Championships

[edit] Wins (4)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Margin	Runner(s) Up
1969	PGA Championship	-8 (69-66-67-74 = 276)	1 stroke	Gary Player
1976	The Masters	-17 (65-66-70-70 = 271)	8 strokes	Ben Crenshaw
1982	PGA Championship (2)	-8 (63-69-68-72 = 272)	3 strokes	Lanny Wadkins
1986	U.S. Open	-1 (75-68-70-66 = 279)	2 strokes	Chip Beck, Lanny Wadkins

[edit] Results timeline

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] See also

• Golfers with most PGA Tour wins
• Golfers with most Champions Tour wins
• Golfers with most Champions Tour major championship wins

[edit] External links

[edit] External links

• Profile on PGA Tour site