(1951-09-07) September 7, 1951 (age 72) Jacksonville, Florida
Height
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight
170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Sporting nationality
United States
Residence
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Career
Turned professional
1974
Former tour(s)
PGA Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins
11
Highest ranking
13 (May 14, 1995)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour
10
Other
1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament
T11: 1986
PGA Championship
T5: 1987
U.S. Open
T2: 1989
The Open Championship
T2: 1996
Mark Randall McCumber (born September 7, 1951) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour.
McCumber was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, where he attended Robert E. Lee High School.[2] He turned professional in 1974 and joined the PGA Tour in 1978.[3] McCumber won ten times on the PGA Tour between 1979 and 1994 including the prestigious Players Championship (1988) and Tour Championship (1994). He also won the World Cup for the United States in partnership with Ben Crenshaw in 1988. He played on the 1989 Ryder Cup team.
McCumber worked as an on-course reporter for NBC Sports in 1991 and for ABC Sports part-time in 1998 and full-time in 1999.
After turning 50 in 2001, McCumber played on the Champions Tour from 2001 to 2008,[3] but did not win an event in this venue. He also works as a golf course architect and was occasionally featured as a golf analyst on Fox Sports. McCumber is a member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects.
McCumber and his wife, Paddy, have two daughters and a son.[3] Their son, Tyler, is also a professional golfer. McCumber is a devout Jehovah's Witnesses who preaches in his spare time.[4]
^"Week 19 1995 Ending 14 May 1995" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
^"Athletes of the Century: Mark McCumber". jacksonville.com. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
^ abc"Biographical information from McCumber Golf". Retrieved November 15, 2013.
^Hannan, Larry (May 24, 2012). "Jehovah's Witnesses walk the walk, inviting guests to 3-day convention in Jacksonville". Retrieved January 19, 2018.
Mark Randall McCumber (born September 7, 1951) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour. McCumber was born...
Beck and MarkMcCumber. 1990: Greg Norman shoots a final round 62. Then on the first hole of a sudden death playoff with Tim Simpson, Mark Calcavecchia...
(+4) and finished a stroke back at even-par 288. The other co-leader, MarkMcCumber, posted 77 and finished in a tie for fifth. Two major champions in contention...
Mark Tyler McCumber (born April 4, 1991) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He spent his first professional season...
Koch, Wayne Levi (11,12), Bruce Lietzke, John Mahaffey (11,12), MarkMcCumber, Mark O'Meara (9,12,13), Tim Simpson (11), Curtis Strange (11,12,13), Jim...
Lehman won his only major championship by two strokes over runners-up MarkMcCumber and Ernie Els. Lehman built a six-stroke lead after 54 holes and became...
green. He backed away, then missed. 1988: Jacksonville area resident MarkMcCumber wins by four shots over Mike Reid. 1989: Tom Kite wins for the second...
1996 The Open Championship 67-67-64-73=271 −13 2 strokes Ernie Els, MarkMcCumber 4 Oct 28, 1996 The Tour Championship 66-67-64-71=268 −12 6 strokes Brad...
Tour rookie in 13 years to win a tournament wire-to-wire. He defeats MarkMcCumber by four shots. 2000: Dudley Hart birdies the last four holes to defeat...
1978) and had a record seven runner-ups. American Lee Trevino also made his mark winning his two Opens back to back in 1971 and 1972, the latter denying Nicklaus...
at Jeremy Ranch (with Miller Barber) 1988 World Cup (team title with MarkMcCumber), World Cup Individual Trophy 1991 Fred Meyer Challenge (with Paul Azinger)...
Stewart Butler National Oak Brook, Illinois Beatrice Western Open 1989 MarkMcCumber (2) 275 −13 Playoff Peter Jacobsen Butler National Oak Brook, Illinois...
Mark John Calcavecchia (born June 12, 1960) is an American professional golfer and a former PGA Tour member. During his professional career, he won 13...
Championship, FedEx Cup format in 2019". CBS Sports. Retrieved September 20, 2018. McAllister, Mike (September 18, 2018). "Simplicity the key with changes to FedExCup...
(12,13), Bill Glasson, Neal Lancaster, Jeff Maggert (11), MarkMcCumber, Frank Nobilo, Mark Roe, Vijay Singh (12,13), Jeff Sluman (11), Steve Stricker...
Nabisco Championship 64-71-70-74=279 −9 Playoff Tom Kite 17 Jun 18, 1989 U.S. Open (2) 71-64-73-70=278 −2 1 stroke Chip Beck, MarkMcCumber, Ian Woosnam...
Retrieved January 2, 2013. White, Gordon S. Jr. (April 17, 1989). "Stewart Sets Mark in Victory". The New York Times. Retrieved December 29, 2012. Swift, E.M...
original on October 11, 2012. "Short-iron specialist Kite surges past the $8m mark". The Herald. March 1, 1993. Retrieved May 14, 2015. Kupelian, Vartan (July...
his round with six straight birdies, forcing his way into a playoff with Mark Calcavecchia and Wayne Grady. Going into the final playoff hole, Norman and...
PGA Tour Media guide | Awards". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 22, 2023. "McCumber wins at Pensacola; Zoeller fails to catch Sutton". The Courier-Journal...
Brian Tennyson 14. Members of the U.S. 1989 Ryder Cup team Ken Green, MarkMcCumber 15. Special foreign invitation Frankie Miñoza, Tsuneyuki Nakajima Thursday...
Peter Jacobsen, Neal Lancaster, Bruce Lietzke (13), Davis Love III, MarkMcCumber (13), John Morse, Kenny Perry (13), Dicky Pride, Vijay Singh, Mike Springer...
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