Scott McCarron

Scott McCarron
Personal information
Full name Scott Michael McCarron
Born July 10, 1965 (1965-07-10) (age 46)
Sacramento, California
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Nationality  United States
Career
College UCLA
Turned professional 1992
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Professional wins 7
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 3
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament T10: 1996
U.S. Open T10: 1997
The Open Championship T18: 2002
PGA Championship T10: 1997

Scott Michael McCarron (born July 10, 1965) is an American professional golfer.

McCarron was born in Sacramento, California. He attended and was a member of the golf team at UCLA, graduating in 1988 with a major in History.[1] Unlike most golfers, McCarron did not transition right away from the college to the professional ranks — he gave up golf for four years (1988–1992) to work with his father in the family clothing business.[2] He turned professional in 1992,[1] and joined the PGA Tour in 1994.

McCarron has had PGA Tour victories in 1996, 1997 and 2001.[2]

McCarron has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

McCarron was injured in the summer of 2006 and missed the entire 2007 season.[2] He served as an analyst for The Golf Channel for its 2007 Masters coverage. He returned to the PGA Tour in 2008 and finished 108th on the money list to retain his card for 2009.

In 2010, McCarron became embroiled in controversy when he accused fellow PGA Tour player Phil Mickelson of "cheating" for using a Ping-Eye 2 wedge made before April 1, 1990 that is allowed under a legal technicality.[3][4][5] McCarron publicly apologized to Mickelson a few days later.[6]

Contents

Professional wins (7)

PGA Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of
Victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 Mar 24, 1996 Freeport-McDermott Classic -13 (68-67-69-71=275) 5 strokes Tom Watson
2 May 11, 1997 BellSouth Classic -14 (70-69-66-69=274) 3 strokes David Duval, Brian Henninger,
Lee Janzen
3 Apr 1, 2001 BellSouth Classic -8 (68-67-72-73=280) 1 stroke Mike Weir

PGA Tour playoff record (0-2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2003 Las Vegas Invitational Stuart Appleby Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2 2004 Reno-Tahoe Open Stephen Allan, Hunter Mahan, Vaughn Taylor Taylor won with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (4)

Results in major championships

Tournament 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters T10 T30 T16 T18
U.S. Open T82 T10 T40 DNP
The Open Championship DNP CUT DNP DNP
PGA Championship T47 T10 CUT DNP
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
The Masters DNP DNP CUT T23 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP T30 CUT DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP T18 T34 DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP
PGA Championship DNP T70 T39 T14 CUT T59 DNP DNP DNP T24

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

References

  1. ^ a b "Profile from PGA Tour's official site". http://www.pgatour.com/players/01/05/85. Retrieved 2010-09-23. 
  2. ^ a b c "Bio on PGA Tour's official site". http://www.pgatour.com/players/r/?/01/05/85/media. Retrieved 2010-09-23. 
  3. ^ The Associated Press (January 29, 2010). "Scott McCarron contends Phil Mickelson is 'cheating'". Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/golf/2010932925_golf30.html?syndication=rss. Retrieved 2010-09-23. 
  4. ^ Ferguson, Doug (January 29, 2010). "Phil Mickelson Cheating? Scott McCarron Accuses Lefty of Using Special Wedge". Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/30/phil-mickelson-cheating-s_n_443074.html. Retrieved 2010-09-23. 
  5. ^ The Associated Press (February 1, 2010). "McCarron: I Never Called Mickelson A Cheater". NBC Sports. http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/35162340/ns/sports-golf/. 
  6. ^ "Scott McCarron apologises for accusing Phil Mickelson of cheating". guardian.co.uk. February 3, 2010. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/feb/03/scott-mccarron-phil-mickelson-cheating. 

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