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Raymond Floyd

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Ray Floyd on the cover of a 1996 golf instruction video.
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Ray Floyd on the cover of a 1996 golf instruction video.

Raymond "Ray" Loran 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 a playoff with 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.

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.

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[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 Invitational
  • 1981 (3) Doral - Eastern Open Invitational, 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 victories (9)

  • 1978 Brazilian Open
  • 1979 Costa Rica Open
  • 1981 Canadian PGA Championship, Seiko Point Leader
  • 1982 Seiko Point Leader
  • 1985 Chrysler Team Championship (with Hal Sutton)
  • 1988 Skins Game
  • 1990 RMCC Invitational (with Fred Couples)
  • 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) Senior PGA 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 (16)

  • 1992 Fuji Electric Grandslam
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 2006 Wendy's Champions Skins Game (with Dana Quigley)

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
The Masters DNP DNP CUT T8 CUT T7 T36
U.S. Open DNP T14 T6 WD T38 DNP T13
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T34
PGA Championship T57 DNP T17 T18 T20 T41 1
Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
The Masters CUT T13 CUT 54 T22 T30 1 T8 T16 T17
U.S. Open T22 8 CUT 16 T15 T12 13 T47 T12 CUT
The Open Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP T23 4 8 T2 T36
PGA Championship T8 CUT T4 T35 T11 T10 T2 T40 T50 T62
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Masters T17 T8 T7 T4 T15 T2 CUT CUT T11 T38
U.S. Open T47 T37 T49 T13 T52 T23 1 T43 T17 T26
The Open Championship DNP T3 T15 T14 CUT DNP T16 T17 CUT T42
PGA Championship T17 T19 1 T20 T13 CUT CUT T14 T9 T46
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters T2 T17 2 T11 T10 T17 T25 CUT CUT T38
U.S. Open CUT T8 T44 T7 DNP T36 DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship T39 CUT T12 T34 DNP T58 DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship T49 T7 T48 CUT T61 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
The Masters CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

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.

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