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Mark Calcavecchia
Mark Calcavecchia
Personal information
Full name	Mark John Calcavecchia
Nickname	Calc
Born	June 12, 1960 (age 49); Laurel, Nebraska
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	225 lb (102 kg; 16.1 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Career
College	University of Florida
Turned professional	1981
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour (joined 1982)
Professional wins	25
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	13
Best results in Major Championships; (Wins: 1)
The Masters	2nd: 1988
U.S. Open	14th: 1986
Open Championship	Won: 1989
PGA Championship	T4: 2001

Mark John Calcavecchia (born June 12, 1960) is an American professional golfer.

Calcavecchia was born in Laurel, Nebraska. He attended the University of Florida and earned All-SEC honors in 1979. He turned professional in 1981 and joined the PGA Tour in 1982.

Calcavecchia was at his best in the late 1980s. His most notable achievement was in 1989, when he won The Open Championship, aka the British Open, which is one of golf's four major championships, winning a four hole playoff over Wayne Grady and Greg Norman. Upon being awarded the Claret Jug, Calcavecchia (whose lengthy Italian surname translates to "old crowd") famously said, "How's my name going to fit on that thing?"^[1] That year was his only multi-win season on the PGA Tour, with two other titles complementing the Open. He also finished second at the 1988 Masters Tournament to Sandy Lyle.

Calcavecchia has won 13 times on the PGA Tour and 11 further times in other professional events. He spent over 100 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from 1988 to 1991.^[2] In winning the 2001 Phoenix Open, he set the Tour scoring record at that time by making 32 birdies in 72 holes finishing at 28 under par for the tournament.

Calcavecchia was a member of the United States Ryder Cup team in 1987, 1989, 1991 and 2002. His performance in 1991 is most remembered, as he lost a four-stroke lead to Colin Montgomerie in the last four holes of his round. Thinking he had cost his team victory, he famously broke down in tears. However, the U.S. still managed to win.

Calcavecchia married Brenda Nardecchia on May 5, 2005 in Italy. He has two children, Eric and Britney, with his previous wife Sheryl.^{[citation needed]}

On July 25, 2009, Calcavecchia set a PGA Tour record by getting nine consecutive birdies during his second round at the RBC Canadian Open at the Glen Abbey Golf Course in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. The birdies came on the 12th through 18th holes and then on the first and second hole (he started his round on the 10th hole).^[3] The previous record of eight consecutive birdies was held by six golfers including J. P. Hayes, who was one of his partners at the time Calcavecchia achieved the new record.^[4]

Calcavecchia resides in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

[edit] Professional wins (25)

[edit] PGA Tour wins (13)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Sep 28, 1986	Southwest Golf Classic	-13 (68-70-66-71=275)	3 strokes	Tom Byrum
2	Mar 8, 1987	Honda Classic	-9 (69-72-68-70=279)	3 strokes	Bernhard Langer, Payne Stewart
3	Sep 18, 1988	Bank of Boston Classic	-10 (71-67-70-66=274)	1 stroke	Don Pooley
4	Jun 22, 1989	Phoenix Open	-21 (66-68-65-64=263)	7 strokes	Chip Beck
5	Feb 5, 1989	Nissan Los Angeles Open	-12 (68-66-70-68=272)	1 stroke	Sandy Lyle
6	Jul 23, 1989	British Open	-13 (71-68-68-68=275)	Playoff	Wayne Grady, Greg Norman
7	Jan 26, 1992	Phoenix Open	-20 (69-65-67-63=264)	5 strokes	Duffy Waldorf
8	May 7, 1995	BellSouth Classic	-17 (67-69-69-66=271)	2 strokes	Jim Gallagher, Jr.
9	Aug 24, 1997	Greater Vancouver Open	-19 (68-66-65-66=265)	1 stroke	Andrew Magee
10	Mar 15, 1998	Honda Classic	-18 (70-67-68-65=270)	3 strokes	Vijay Singh
11	Jan 28, 2001	Phoenix Open	-28 (65-60-64-67=256)	8 strokes	Rocco Mediate
12	Sep 11, 2005	Bell Canadian Open	-15 (65-67-72-71=275)	1 stroke	Ben Crane, Ryan Moore
13	Mar 11, 2007	PODS Championship	-10 (75-67-62-70=274)	1 stroke	John Senden, Heath Slocum

[edit] Other wins (12)

1988 Australian Open
1989 Alfred Dunhill Cup (with Tom Kite and Curtis Strange), Spalding Invitational
1993 Argentine Open
1995 Argentine Open, Franklin Templeton Shark Shootout (with Steve Elkington)
1997 Subaru Sarazen World Open
2001 CVS Charity Classic (with Nick Price), Hyundai Team Matches (with Fred Couples)
2003 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with John Daly and Peter Jacobsen)
2004 Maekyung Open (Asian Tour)
2007 Merrill Lynch Shootout (with Woody Austin)

[edit] Major Championships

[edit] Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 Holes	Winning Score	Margin	Runners-up
1989	The Open Championship	3 shot deficit	-13 (71-68-68-68=275)	Playoff¹	Wayne Grady, Greg Norman

¹Shot 13 (4-3-3-3) in a four hole playoff to defeat Wayne Grady (4-4-4-4=16) and Greg Norman (3-3-4-x).

[edit] Results timeline

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Masters	DNP	T17	2	T31
U.S. Open	14	T17	T62	T61
The Open Championship	DNP	T11	CUT	1
PGA Championship	DNP	CUT	T17	DNP

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters	T20	T12	T31	T17	CUT	T41	T15	T17	T16	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT	T37	T33	T25	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT	T28	T14	T11	T24	T41	T10	T35	CUT
PGA Championship	CUT	T32	T48	T31	CUT	CUT	T36	T23	T44	T61

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
The Masters	DNP	T4	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	T20	CUT	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	T24	CUT	T20	T20	DNP	CUT	DNP	WD	DNP
The Open Championship	T26	T54	T80	CUT	T11	T60	T41	T23	CUT	T27
PGA Championship	T34	T4	7	T39	DQ	T70	WD	CUT	T63	DNP

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

[edit] United States national team appearances

[edit] Professional

Ryder Cup: 1987, 1989 (tie), 1991 (winners), 2002
Presidents Cup: 1998
Alfred Dunhill Cup: 1989 (winners), 1990

[edit] See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mark Calcavecchia

Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

[edit] References

^ The Gigantic Book of Golf Quotations, ed. Jim Apfelbaum. 2007.
^ 69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking
^ "Calcavecchia sets birdie record". BBC Sport. 2009-07-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8169282.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
^ Calcavecchia sets record with nine straight birdies

[edit] External links

Mark Calcavecchia Profile on the PGA Tour's official site
Mark Calcavecchia Website at Gaylord Sports

[0] The Gigantic Book of Golf Quotations, ed. Jim Apfelbaum. 2007.

[1] 69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking

[2] "Calcavecchia sets birdie record". BBC Sport. 2009-07-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8169282.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-27.

[3] Calcavecchia sets record with nine straight birdies

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