'''Mark John Calcavecchia''' (born June 12, 1960) is an American golfer. He was born in Laurel, Nebraska. He attended the University of Florida, turned professional in 1981 and joined the PGA Tour in 1982.

Calcavecchia was at his best in the late 1980s, notching up his most notable achievement in 1989, when he won the Open, which is one of golf's four major championships. That year was his only multi-win season on the PGA Tour, with two other titles complementing the Open.

As of September 2005, Calcavecchia had won twelve times on the PGA Tour and nine further times in other professional events.

Calcavechhia was a member of the United States Ryder Cup team in 1987, 1989, 1991 and 2002.

PGA Tour wins

*1986 (1) Southwest Golf Classic
*1987 (1) Honda Classic
*1988 (1) Bank of Boston Classic
*1989 (3) Phoenix Open, Nissan Los Angeles Open, '''British Open Championship'''
*1992 (1) Phoenix Open
*1995 (1) BellSouth Classic
*1997 (1) Greater Vancouver Open
*1998 (1) Honda Classic
*2001 (1) Phoenix Open
*2005 (1) Bell Canadian Open

Major championship is shown in '''bold'''.

Results in major championships

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1986
1987
1988
1989
The Masters
U.S. Open
The Open Championship
PGA Championship

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1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
The Masters
U.S. Open
The Open Championship
PGA Championship

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2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
The Masters
U.S. Open
The Open Championship
PGA Championship

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

External links

*Profile on the PGA Tour's official site
*Golf Stars Online profiles and features

Biography courtesy of the brilliant Wikipedia!