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Revision as of 03:51, 21 July 2005
Raymond Floyd often known as "Ray" Floyd (b September 4, 1942, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S.A.) is a professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.
Floyd 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 twenty-two times on tour, with his final win coming in 1992 at the age of forty-nine, 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 Tournament; and the 1986 U.S. Open. He also ranks among the oldest players to have won a major.
Floyd's successful run continued after he became eligible to compete on the Senior PGA Tour, now the Champions Tour, in 1992, with fourteen wins between 1992 and 2000.
In addition to his victories on these two main tours, Floyd won at least twenty-four additional tournaments around the world, taking his total victory tally to at least sixty events.
PGA Tour wins
- 1963 St. Petersburg Open Invitational
- 1965 St. Paul Open Invitational
- 1969 Greater Jacksonville Open, American Golf Classic, PGA Championship
- 1975 Kemper Open
- 1976 Masters Tournament, World Open Golf Championship
- 1977 Byron Nelson Golf Classic, Pleasant Valley Classic
- 1979 Greater Greensboro Open
- 1980 Doral-Eastern Open
- 1981 Doral-Eastern Open, Tournament Players Championship, Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic
- 1982 Memorial Tournament, Danny Thomas Memphis Classic, PGA Championship
- 1985 Houston Open
- 1986 U.S. Open, Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic
- 1992 Doral-Ryder Open
Major championships shown in bold.
Other regular career victories
- 1978 Brazilian Open
- 1979 Costa Rica Open
- 1981 Canadian PGA, 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)
Champions Tour wins
- 1992 GTE North Classic, Ralphs Senior Classic, Senior Tour Championship
- 1993 Gulfstream Aerospace Invitational, Northville Long Island Classic
- 1994 The Tradition, Las Vegas Senior Classic, Cadillac NFL Golf Classic, Golf Magazine Senior Tour Championship
- 1995 PGA Seniors' Championship, Burnet Senior Classic, Emerald Coast Classic
- 1996 Ford Senior Players Championship
- 2000 Ford Senior Players Championship
Senior majors shown in bold.
Other senior wins
- 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)
See also
External links
- Profile on PGA Tour site
- Golf Stars Online - links to features and profiles