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Mike McCoullough
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EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31
on 2001 SENIOR TOUR Money List
FULL NAME: Michael McCullough
HEIGHT: 5-9
WEIGHT: 170
BIRTHDATE: March 21, 1945
BIRTHPLACE: Coshocton, OH
RESIDENCE: Scottsdale, AZ
FAMILY: Wife, Marilyn; Jason (4/24/75), Michelle
(5/13/86), Mark (6/7/89)
EDUCATION: Bowling Green University (1968, Education)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Flying, outdoor activities
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1970
JOINED TOUR: 1995
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| SENIOR TOUR Victories |
| (2) 2001 Mexico Senior Classic, Emerald Coast Classic. |
| Other Victories |
| 1970 Ohio State Amateur, 1974 Mini-Kemper Open, 1977
Magnolia Classic. |
| Current Year Charles Schwab Cup
Points and Positions |
| 88 (33rd) |
| Current Year SENIOR PGA TOUR Money
and Positions |
| $168,814 (30) |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Finishes |
| T7--Verizon Classic; T9--MasterCard Championship |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Round |
| 67 at Round 3, Verizon Classic |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Highlights |
| Tied for seventh at the Verizon Classic thanks to a
final-round 67 that moved him up 21 places. |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| 2-- 1977 Tournament Players Championship. |
| Best BUY.COM Finishes |
| T6--1991 Ben Hogan Bakersfield Open. |
| Best 2001 SENIOR TOUR Finishes |
| 1--Mexico Senior Classic, Emerald Coast Classic; 2--The
Countrywide Tradition; 4--State Farm Senior Classic; T5--Siebel
Classic in Silicon Valley, Turtle Bay Championship; 6--Lightpath
Long Island Classic, FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship;
T10--FleetBoston Classic, AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship |
| 2001 Season SENIOR TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--35; in money--34; Top-10 finishes--10 |
| 2001 Season Highlights |
| Had his finest season as a professional, claiming his
first two victories on any TOUR in his first eight starts
of the season. Rose to his highest level ever on any official
money list, placing 12th on the final earnings list with
over $1.3 million, over $400,000 more than his previous-best
season (2000)...Had a personal-best 10 top-10 finishes
and was voted by his peers as the SENIOR TOUR's Comeback
Player of the Year...Triumphed for the first time in 612
combined events on the PGA (401), SENIOR PGA (178) and
HOGAN/NIKE/ TOUR (33) when he edged Jim Colbert and Bob
Eastwood for the Mexico Senior Classic title at Puebla.
Birdied the 53rd hole to take the lead and then made a
clutch four-foot par-saving putt on the last hole to seal
the win...Returned to the winner's circle a month later
at the Emerald Coast Classic in Florida. Battled Andy
North down the stretch at The Moors and then two-putted
for par on the first playoff hole for the victory. Win
near Pensacola made him just the fifth player in SENIOR
TOUR history to record multiple victories despite the
first title not coming until age 55 (De Vicenzo, Thomson,
Ferree, Powell)...Finished a distant second to Doug Tewell
at the Countrywide Tradition, his next start after the
Florida victory, despite posting four consecutive rounds
in the 60s at Desert Mountain, the only player in the
field to be sub-70 each day...Ended a record streak of
consecutive events played for which he had been eligible
at 177 in a row. Chose not to travel back across the country
from his home in Arizona to play in the inaugural SAS
Championship in Raleigh, the week after the Vantage Championship
was canceled by the Sept. 11 tragedies. Began his amazing
run at the 1996 Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali Classic. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2000: Once again, was one of the busiest players on
the SENIOR TOUR with 37 starts to his credit...Closed
the season with a bang, finishing T3 at the IR SENIOR
TOUR Championship...Three straight rounds in the 60s (69-68-68)
helped him to a T3 at the Cadillac NFL Golf Classic.1999:
Kept up his amazing pace by playing in every event he
was eligible for...Broke Bruce Summerhays' old mark of
96 consecutive eligible events when he teed it up in the
Novell Utah Showdown...Played 112 rounds and fired his
career-low on the second day of the Comfort Classic, a
course-record 10-under-par 62. Held the 36-hole lead at
Brickyard Crossing, but carded a 74 on the final day and
finished T4 in Indianapolis...Earlier in the season, was
under par all three days of the Cadillac NFL Golf Classic
and finished T4 at Upper Montclair. 1998: One of the workhorses
on the SENIOR TOUR with 37 appearances and 116 total rounds
played...Placed among the top 31 for the first time and
earned more money in a single season than he had made
in his first three years on the circuit...His seven top-10s
equalled his total from 1995-1997...Finished second at
the Southwestern Bell Dominion, two strokes shy of Lee
Trevino. 1997: One of the busiest players on the circuit
with 35 starts, one less than Walter Morgan and Bobby
Stroble...Earned fully exempt status for 1998 after tying
for seventh at the SENIOR PGA TOUR National Qualifying
Tournament. 1996: Played on all three TOURs during the
season...Competed at the BUY.COM South Carolina Classic
and in three events on the PGA TOUR...Became fully exempt
on the 1997 SENIOR TOUR after finishing third at the 1996
National Qualifying Tournament at the Tournament Players
Club at Sawgrass. 1995: Made his SENIOR TOUR debut at
the BellSouth Senior Classic at Opyland and T15...Was
the 36-hole leader at the Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali
Classic near the end of the season, but carded a final-round
73 for a T4...Earned conditional status for 1996 by beating
out six other players for the 16th spot at the SENIOR
TOUR National Qualifying Tournament at the Weston Mission
Hills Resort in Rancho Mirage, CA. |
| Personal |
| Inducted into the Toledo Golf Hall of Fame in 1999 and
is also a member of the Bowling Green Athletic Hall of
Fame...Has his pilot's license. |
| SENIOR TOUR Playoff Record |
| 1-0 |
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