Mark McCumber

Mark McCumber
Personal information
Full name Mark Randall McCumber
Born September 7, 1951 (1951-09-07) (age 60)
Jacksonville, Florida
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Nationality  United States
Career
Turned professional 1974
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Champions Tour
Professional wins 11
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 10
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament T11: 1986
U.S. Open T2: 1989
The Open Championship T2: 1996
PGA Championship T5: 1987

Mark Randall McCumber (born September 7, 1951) is an American golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour.

McCumber was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He turned professional in 1974 and joined the PGA Tour in 1978.[1] McCumber won ten times on the PGA Tour between 1979 and 1994 including the prestigious Players Championship (1988) and Tour Championship (1994). He also won the World Cup of Golf for the United States in partnership with Ben Crenshaw. He played on the 1989 Ryder Cup team.

Since turning 50 in 2001, McCumber has played on the Champions Tour,[1] but has yet to win an event in this venue. He also works as a golf course architect and was occasionally featured as a golf analyst on Fox Sports.

McCumber and his wife, Paddy, have two daughters and a son.[1]

Contents

Professional wins

PGA Tour wins (10)

No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner(s)-up
1 Mar 18, 1979 Doral-Eastern Open -9 (67-71-69-72=279) 1 stroke Bill Rogers
2 Jul 3, 1983 Western Open -4 (74-71-68-71=284) 1 stroke Tom Watson
3 Oct 30, 1983 Pensacola Open -18 (68-68-65-65=266) 4 strokes Lon Hinkle
4 Feb 24, 1985 Doral-Eastern Open -4 (70-71-72-71=284) 1 stroke Tom Kite
5 Jul 12, 1987 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic -17 (65-69-67-66=267) 1 stroke Bobby Clampett
6 Mar 27, 1988 The Players Championship -15 (65-72-67-69=273) 4 strokes Mike Reid
7 Jul 3, 1989 Beatrice Western Open -13 (68-67-71-69=275) Playoff Peter Jacobsen
8 Jul 10, 1994 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic -17 (67-69-65-66=267) 3 strokes Glen Day
9 Sep 25, 1994 Hardee's Golf Classic -15 (66-67-65-67=265) 1 stroke Kenny Perry
10 Oct 30, 1994 The Tour Championship -10 (66-71-69-68=274) Playoff Fuzzy Zoeller

Other wins

Results in major championships

Tournament 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Masters DNP DNP DNP T35 T18 T11 T12 24 T43
U.S. Open CUT CUT DNP T16 DNP T8 T51 T32 T2
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP 8 CUT DNP DNP T48 T46
PGA Championship T56 CUT CUT T48 WD T53 T5 CUT 65
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
The Masters T36 T17 T37 CUT DNP T35 CUT
U.S. Open T47 CUT T13 T46 DNP T13 CUT
The Open Championship T31 DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT T2
PGA Championship T49 T52 CUT T31 T19 CUT CUT

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = Withdrew
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Biographical information from McCumber's golf course design practice's website". http://www.mccumbergolf.com/markBio.htm. 

External links

United States Ryder Cup team – 1989
Tied: 14 – 14

1974 Jack Nicklaus · 1975 Al Geiberger · 1976 Jack Nicklaus · 1977 Mark Hayes · 1978 Jack Nicklaus · 1979 Lanny Wadkins · 1980 Lee Trevino · 1981 Raymond Floyd† · 1982 Jerry Pate · 1983 Hal Sutton · 1984 Fred Couples · 1985 Calvin Peete · 1986 John Mahaffey · 1987 Sandy Lyle† · 1988 Mark McCumber · 1989 Tom Kite · 1990 Jodie Mudd · 1991 Steve Elkington · 1992 Davis Love III · 1993 Nick Price · 1994 Greg Norman · 1995 Lee Janzen · 1996 Fred Couples · 1997 Steve Elkington · 1998 Justin Leonard · 1999 David Duval · 2000 Hal Sutton · 2001 Tiger Woods · 2002 Craig Perks · 2003 Davis Love III · 2004 Adam Scott · 2005 Fred Funk · 2006 Stephen Ames · 2007 Phil Mickelson · 2008 Sergio García† · 2009 Henrik Stenson · 2010 Tim Clark · 2011 K.J. Choi†
† indicates the event was won in a playoff