Ray Floyd

 

Raymond Floyd

Personal Information
Birth	September 4 1942 (1942--) (age 65) Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S.
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Nationality	United States
College	University of North Carolina
Career
Turned Pro	1961
Current tour	Champions Tour
Professional wins	66 (PGA Tour: 22, Champions Tour: 14, other: 30)
Best Results in Major Championships Wins: 4
Masters	Won 1976
U.S. Open	Won 1986
British Open	T2: 1978
PGA Championship	Won 1969, 1982
Awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	1989
Vardon Trophy	1983
Byron Nelson Award	1983

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 in a playoff to 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. On his decision to continue playing professional golf on the Senior Tour, Floyd spoke with Golf Digest and mused aloud: "Why do I enjoy golf after 31 years, going out there and doing things that are necessary to be competitive—having practice, having to work, having to dedicate yourself? I guess it comes down to the competition. My personality...I'm not going to play if I'm not competitive."^[1]

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.

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.

Other regular career wins (11)

• 1978 Brazilian Open
• 1979 Costa Rica Open
• 1981 Canadian PGA Championship, Seiko Point Leader
• 1982 Seiko Point Leader, Million Dollar Challenge (South Africa)
• 1985 Chrysler Team Championship (with Hal Sutton)
• 1988 Skins Game
• 1990 RMCC Invitational (with Fred Couples)
• 1991 Daiwa KBC Augusta (Japan Golf Tour)
• 1993 Franklin Funds Shark Shootout (with Steve Elkington)

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) PGA Seniors' 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.

Other senior wins (19)

• 1992 Fuji Electric Grandslam
• 1993 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Jack Nicklaus and Chi Chi Rodriguez)
• 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), Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Hale Irwin and Jack Nicklaus)
• 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)
• 2001 Office Depot Father/Son Challenge (with Robert Floyd)
• 2006 Wendy's Champions Skins Game (with Dana Quigley)

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	2007
The Masters	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	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.

See also

• Golfers with most PGA Tour wins
• Golfers with most Champions Tour wins
• Golfers with most Champions Tour major championship wins

External links

External links

• Profile on PGA Tour site

The Masters champions

1934 Horton Smith • 1935 Gene Sarazen • 1936 Horton Smith • 1937 Byron Nelson • 1938 Henry Picard • 1939 Ralph Guldahl • 1940 Jimmy Demaret • 1941 Craig Wood • 1942 Byron Nelson • 1943-45 Cancelled due to World War II • 1946 Herman Keiser • 1947 Jimmy Demaret • 1948 Claude Harmon • 1949 Sam Snead • 1950 Jimmy Demaret • 1951 Ben Hogan • 1952 Sam Snead • 1953 Ben Hogan • 1954 Sam Snead • 1955 Cary Middlecoff • 1956 Jack Burke, Jr • 1957 Doug Ford • 1958 Arnold Palmer • 1959 Art Wall, Jr. • 1960 Arnold Palmer • 1961 Gary Player • 1962 Arnold Palmer • 1963 Jack Nicklaus • 1964 Arnold Palmer • 1965 Jack Nicklaus • 1966 Jack Nicklaus • 1967 Gay Brewer • 1968 Bob Goalby • 1969 George Archer • 1970 Billy Casper • 1971 Charles Coody • 1972 Jack Nicklaus • 1973 Tommy Aaron • 1974 Gary Player • 1975 Jack Nicklaus • 1976 Raymond Floyd • 1977 Tom Watson • 1978 Gary Player • 1979 Fuzzy Zoeller • 1980 Severiano Ballesteros • 1981 Tom Watson • 1982 Craig Stadler • 1983 Severiano Ballesteros • 1984 Ben Crenshaw • 1985 Bernhard Langer • 1986 Jack Nicklaus • 1987 Larry Mize • 1988 Sandy Lyle • 1989 Nick Faldo • 1990 Nick Faldo • 1991 Ian Woosnam • 1992 Fred Couples • 1993 Bernhard Langer • 1994 José María Olazábal • 1995 Ben Crenshaw • 1996 Nick Faldo • 1997 Tiger Woods • 1998 Mark O'Meara • 1999 José María Olazábal • 2000 Vijay Singh • 2001 Tiger Woods • 2002 Tiger Woods • 2003 Mike Weir • 2004 Phil Mickelson • 2005 Tiger Woods • 2006 Phil Mickelson • 2007 Zach Johnson

U.S. Open champions

1895 Horace Rawlins · 1896 James Foulis · 1897 Joe Lloyd · 1898 Fred Herd · 1899 Willie Smith · 1900 Harry Vardon · 1901 Willie Anderson · 1902 Laurie Auchterlonie · 1903 Willie Anderson · 1904 Willie Anderson · 1905 Willie Anderson · 1906 Alex Smith · 1907 Alec Ross · 1908 Fred McLeod · 1909 George Sargent · 1910 Alex Smith · 1911 John McDermott · 1912 John McDermott · 1913 Francis Ouimet · 1914 Walter Hagen · 1915 Jerome Travers · 1916 Chick Evans · 1917-18 Cancelled due to World War I · 1919 Walter Hagen · 1920 Ted Ray · 1921 Jim Barnes · 1922 Gene Sarazen · 1923 Bobby Jones · 1924 Cyril Walker · 1925 Willie Macfarlane · 1926 Bobby Jones · 1927 Tommy Armour · 1928 Johnny Farrell · 1929 Bobby Jones · 1930 Bobby Jones · 1931 Billy Burke · 1932 Gene Sarazen · 1933 Johnny Goodman · 1934 Olin Dutra · 1935 Sam Parks, Jr. · 1936 Tony Manero · 1937 Ralph Guldahl · 1938 Ralph Guldahl · 1939 Byron Nelson · 1940 Lawson Little · 1941 Craig Wood · 1942-45 Cancelled due to World War II · 1946 Lloyd Mangrum · 1947 Lew Worsham · 1948 Ben Hogan · 1949 Cary Middlecoff · 1950 Ben Hogan · 1951 Ben Hogan · 1952 Julius Boros · 1953 Ben Hogan · 1954 Ed Furgol · 1955 Jack Fleck · 1956 Cary Middlecoff · 1957 Dick Mayer · 1958 Tommy Bolt · 1959 Billy Casper · 1960 Arnold Palmer · 1961 Gene Littler · 1962 Jack Nicklaus · 1963 Julius Boros · 1964 Ken Venturi · 1965 Gary Player · 1966 Billy Casper · 1967 Jack Nicklaus · 1968 Lee Trevino · 1969 Orville Moody · 1970 Tony Jacklin · 1971 Lee Trevino · 1972 Jack Nicklaus · 1973 Johnny Miller · 1974 Hale Irwin · 1975 Lou Graham · 1976 Jerry Pate · 1977 Hubert Green · 1978 Andy North · 1979 Hale Irwin · 1980 Jack Nicklaus · 1981 David Graham · 1982 Tom Watson · 1983 Larry Nelson · 1984 Fuzzy Zoeller · 1985 Andy North · 1986 Raymond Floyd · 1987 Scott Simpson · 1988 Curtis Strange · 1989 Curtis Strange · 1990 Hale Irwin · 1991 Payne Stewart · 1992 Tom Kite · 1993 Lee Janzen · 1994 Ernie Els · 1995 Corey Pavin · 1996 Steve Jones · 1997 Ernie Els · 1998 Lee Janzen · 1999 Payne Stewart · 2000 Tiger Woods · 2001 Retief Goosen · 2002 Tiger Woods · 2003 Jim Furyk · 2004 Retief Goosen · 2005 Michael Campbell · 2006 Geoff Ogilvy · 2007 Ángel Cabrera

PGA champions

Matchplay era 1916 Jim Barnes · 1917-18 Cancelled due to World War I · 1919 Jim Barnes · 1920 Jock Hutchison · 1921 Walter Hagen · 1922 Gene Sarazen · 1923 Gene Sarazen · 1924 Walter Hagen · 1925 Walter Hagen · 1926 Walter Hagen · 1927 Walter Hagen · 1928 Leo Diegel · 1929 Leo Diegel · 1930 Tommy Armour · 1931 Tom Creavy · 1932 Olin Dutra · 1933 Gene Sarazen · 1934 Paul Runyan · 1935 Johnny Revolta · 1936 Denny Shute · 1937 Denny Shute · 1938 Paul Runyan · 1939 Henry Picard · 1940 Byron Nelson · 1941 Vic Ghezzi · 1942 Sam Snead · 1943 Cancelled due to World War II · 1944 Bob Hamilton · 1945 Byron Nelson · 1946 Ben Hogan · 1947 Jim Ferrier · 1948 Ben Hogan · 1949 Sam Snead · 1950 Chandler Harper · 1951 Sam Snead · 1952 Jim Turnesa · 1953 Walter Burkemo · 1954 Chick Harbert · 1955 Doug Ford · 1956 Jack Burke, Jr · 1957 Lionel Hebert Strokeplay era 1958 Dow Finsterwald · 1959 Bob Rosburg · 1960 Jay Hebert · 1961 Jerry Barber · 1962 Gary Player · 1963 Jack Nicklaus · 1964 Bobby Nichols · 1965 Dave Marr · 1966 Al Geiberger · 1967 Don January · 1968 Julius Boros · 1969 Raymond Floyd · 1970 Dave Stockton · 1971 Jack Nicklaus · 1972 Gary Player · 1973 Jack Nicklaus · 1974 Lee Trevino · 1975 Jack Nicklaus · 1976 Dave Stockton · 1977 Lanny Wadkins · 1978 John Mahaffey · 1979 David Graham · 1980 Jack Nicklaus · 1981 Larry Nelson · 1982 Raymond Floyd · 1983 Hal Sutton · 1984 Lee Trevino · 1985 Hubert Green · 1986 Bob Tway · 1987 Larry Nelson · 1988 Jeff Sluman · 1989 Payne Stewart · 1990 Wayne Grady · 1991 John Daly · 1992 Nick Price · 1993 Paul Azinger · 1994 Nick Price · 1995 Steve Elkington · 1996 Mark Brooks · 1997 Davis Love III · 1998 Vijay Singh · 1999 Tiger Woods · 2000 Tiger Woods · 2001 David Toms · 2002 Rich Beem · 2003 Shaun Micheel · 2004 Vijay Singh · 2005 Phil Mickelson · 2006 Tiger Woods · 2007 Tiger Woods

American Ryder Cup Captains

1927 Walter Hagen · 1929 Walter Hagen · 1931 Walter Hagen · 1933 Walter Hagen · 1935 Walter Hagen · 1937 Walter Hagen · 1947 Ben Hogan · 1949 Ben Hogan · 1951 Sam Snead · 1953 Lloyd Mangrum · 1955 Chick Harbert · 1957 Jack Burke, Jr · 1959 Sam Snead · 1961 Jerry Barber · 1963 Arnold Palmer · 1965 Byron Nelson · 1967 Ben Hogan · 1969 Sam Snead · 1971 Jay Hebert · 1973 Jack Burke, Jr · 1975 Arnold Palmer · 1977 Dow Finsterwald · 1979 Billy Casper · 1981 Dave Marr · 1983 Jack Nicklaus · 1985 Lee Trevino · 1987 Jack Nicklaus · 1989 Raymond Floyd · 1991 Dave Stockton · 1993 Tom Watson · 1995 Lanny Wadkins · 1997 Tom Kite · 1999 Ben Crenshaw · 2002 Curtis Strange · 2004 Hal Sutton · 2006 Tom Lehman · 2008 Paul Azinger

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