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Raymond Floyd
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EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31 on All-Time Money List
FULL NAME: Raymond Loran Floyd
HEIGHT: 6-1
WEIGHT: 200
BIRTHDATE: September 4, 1942
BIRTHPLACE: Fort Bragg, NC
RESIDENCE: Palm Beach, FL
FAMILY: Wife, Maria; Raymond, Jr. (9/20/74), Robert
Loran (1/23/76), Christina Loran (8/29/79)
EDUCATION: University of North Carolina
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Sports, golf course design
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1961
JOINED TOUR: 1992
CLUB AFFILIATION: Old Palm Golf Club, Palm Beach
Gardens, FL
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| PGA TOUR Victories |
| (22) 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 Classi. 1982 Memorial
Tournament, Danny Thomas Memphis Classic, PGA Championship.
1985 Houston Open. 1986 U.S. Open Championship, Walt Disney
World/Oldsmobile Classic. 1992 Doral-Ryder Open. |
| SENIOR TOUR Victories |
| (14) 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. |
| International Victories |
| 1992 Fuji Electric Grandslam, 1994 Diners Club Matches
(with Dave Eichelberger), 1994 Senior Skins Game, 1995
Senior Skins Game, Senior Slam at Los Cabos, Office Depot
Father/Son Challenge (with Raymond, Jr.), Lexus Challenge
(with Michael Chiklis), 1996 Senior Skins Game, Senior
Slam at Los Cabos, Office Depot Father/Son Challenge (with
Raymond, Jr.), 1997 Senior Skins Game, Office Depot Father/Son
Challenge (with Raymond, Jr.), Lexus Challenge (with William
Devane), 1998 Senior Skins Game, 2000 Office Depot Father/Son
Challenge (with Robert). |
| Other Victories |
| 1978 Brazilian Open. 1979 Costa Rica Open. 1981 Canadian
PGA. 1981-82 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). |
| Current Year SENIOR PGA TOUR Money
and Positions |
| $53,434 (70) |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Finishes |
| T19--ACE Group Classic; T23--SBC Senior Classic |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Round |
| 66 at Round 2, ACE Group Classic |
| 2001 Season PGA TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--2; in money--0; Top-10 finishes--0 |
| Best 2001 SENIOR TOUR Finishes |
| T2--Verizon Classic, The Transamerica; T5--NFL Golf
Classic, SBC Championship; T6--FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship |
| 2001 Season SENIOR TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--14; in money--14; Top-10 finishes--5 |
| 2001 Season Highlights |
| Played in two PGA TOUR events, missing cut in both.
Did not make a cut for second consecutive year (missed
three in 2000)...Made 14 starts on SENIOR TOUR and finished
No. 34 on the money list, his lowest finish since joining
the SENIOR TOUR in 1992. Had five top-10s and nine top-25s,
including two T2s at Verizon Classic and The Transamerica. |
| 2001 Season Highlights |
| Played in just 14 events last year with only two appearances
coming after the SBC Senior Open in late July, the fewest
number of starts he's ever made in a full season on the
SENIOR TOUR...Missed out on the SENIOR TOUR Championship
for the first time since 1992 ending a run of nine straight
years in the season-ending event...Best performances of
the campaign came early and late...Carded a final-round
67 at the TPC of Tampa Bay to T2 in the Verizon Classic
in early February, three strokes back of winner Bob Gilder...Made
a run at The Transamerica in late October only to come
up one stroke short along with Doug Tewell when Sammy
Rachels eagled the final hole for victory. Posted an 8-under
64 in the final round for the second straight year and
notched his fourth straight top-10 effort in Napa...Was
one of five players tied for the opening-round lead at
the FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship after a 5-under 67.
Defended his title admirably before eventually finishing
in a T6, his seventh top-10 effort in nine appearances
in Detroit at the TPC of Michigan. $95,000 paycheck in
Dearborn moved him over the $8 million mark in SENIOR
TOUR career earnings...Played in The Masters and the Advil
Western Open on the PGA TOUR, but missed the cut in both
events. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2000: Voted by his peers as the Comeback Player of the
Year...Was healthy for the first time in several years
and showed some of his old form during the summer...Made
just 17 starts on the SENIOR TOUR and did not play at
all from late July until late September...Still managed
to finish among the top-31 money-winners for a ninth straight
season...Highlight of his year came during July when he
had sub-par scores in 10 consecutive rounds and was selected
as the Player of the Month. Closed with a final-round
67 at Saucon Valley to place fourth in the U.S. Senior
Open and then won in his next start at the FORD SENIOR
PLAYERS Championship, defeating Larry Nelson and Dana
Quigley by a stroke. Second win in Dearborn ended a victory
drought of four years and two days and at 57 years, 10
months and 12 days, made him the oldest ever to claim
a senior major championship. Won the largest check of
his career, $345,000, when he rallied from six strokes
back on the final day, the largest margin in FORD SENIOR
PLAYERS history and the best come-from-behind effort on
the SENIOR TOUR last year along with John Jacobs (Bruno's
Memorial Classic)...T5 late in the campaign at The Transamerica
thanks to a final-round 64, his lowest round since he
had the same number on the first day of the 1998 Vantage
Championship...Went over the $13-million mark in all-time
earnings at the season-ending IR SENIOR TOUR Championship
(T14)...Made the first of 16 holes-in-one on the SENIOR
TOUR when he aced the third hole in the opening round
of the Royal Caribbean Classic, the second hole-in-one
of his SENIOR TOUR career...Played three events on the
PGA TOUR, but missed the cut in each tournament.1999:
T2 at the MasterCard Championship in Hawaii, three strokes
back of John Jacobs...Also fell one stroke short of Hale
Irwin at the Ameritech Senior Open. Runner-up check at
Kemper Lakes put him over the $12-million mark in all-time
earnings. 1998: Captured a fifth straight Senior Skins
Game title in January...T2 at the LG Championship, two
strokes short of Gil Morgan, who holed a sand wedge for
eagle on the final hole for the victory...Runner-up check
at that Naples event put him over $11 million in all-time
earnings...Eclipsed the $6 million mark in SENIOR TOUR
career earnings when he finished T24 at the Cadillac NFL
Golf Classic. 1997: Had 10 top-10 finishes but failed
to win an official event for the first time since joining
the SENIOR TOUR in 1992...Had three third-place finishes,
with two coming in consecutive starts at the GTE Classic
and Southwestern Bell Dominion...Notched another third-place
finish at the Northville Long Island Classic, missing
a playoff by a stroke. 1996: Went over the million-dollar
mark for third year in succession...A two-stroke winner
over Hale Irwin at FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship...Also
third at The Tradition and U.S. Senior Open. 1995: Only
out of top 10 twice in 21 events with wins at PGA Seniors'
Championship, Burnet Senior Classic and Emerald Coast
Classic...Earned second Byron Nelson Award for lowest
scoring average (69.47)...Second to Jim Colbert on final
money list when he fell just one stroke shy of defending
title at Energizer SENIOR TOUR Championship...Birdied
final hole at Burnet Senior Classic to edge Graham Marsh
and bested Tom Wargo on second extra playoff hole to win
Emerald Coast Classic. Recorded his first SENIOR TOUR
hole-in-one at that Pensacola event. 1994: Earned over
$1 million for first time in pro career and won four times,
including dramatic victory at season-ending GOLF MAGAZINE
SENIOR TOUR Championship. Overcame a six-stroke deficit
on the final day and then holed a birdie putt on fifth
extra hole to defeat Jim Albus...Won his first SENIOR
TOUR major at The Tradition, beating Dale Douglass in
overtime...Also went wire-to-wire at the Cadillac NFL
Golf Classic...Earned the Byron Nelson Trophy for lowest
scoring average (69.08) and joined Lee Trevino and Don
January as the only players to win both a Byron Nelson
Trophy and the Vardon Trophy (PGA TOUR-1983). 1993: Split
his time between the SENIOR TOUR and PGA TOUR...Made just
14 SENIOR TOUR starts but still finished ninth on the
final money list...Captured the Gulfstream Aerospace Invitational
in record form when he finished 22-under-par 194 to set
a SENIOR TOUR mark in relation to par for 54 holes....Also
won the Northville Long Island Classic by two strokes
over five other players...Was a wild-card selection for
the Ryder Cup team and was instrumental in leading the
United States squad to victory at The Belfry. 1992: Won
three times in just seven starts and capped the year by
claiming the SENIOR TOUR Championship in Puerto Rico...During
the fall campaign, had defeated Isao Aoki at the Ralphs
Senior Classic with a 54-hole score of 18-under 198...Made
history when he became the first player to win on both
TOURs in the same year...First captured his 22nd PGA TOUR
event and third Doral-Ryder Open...With that title, he
joined Sam Snead as the only players to win TOUR events
in four different decades...Won the GTE North Classic
title just 16 days after turning 50 and donated winner's
check of $67,500 to Hurricane Andrew Relief Fund. |
| Personal |
| His family was named by Golfweek as the 1994 "Golf Family
of the Year"...Also selected Golf World's "Man of the
Year" for 1992...The son of a career Army man, he was
exposed to golf at an early age but chose to pursue baseball
until capturing the National Jaycees golf title in 1960...Remains
a devoted Chicago Cubs fan...Inducted into the World Golf
Hall of Fame in 1989...He has two sons. Raymond, Jr.,
a Wake Forest graduate, works at the investment firm Lazard
Freres in New York, and Robert, is pursuing a professional
golf career...His daughter Christina, also a Wake Forest
graduate, works in public relations in New York City. |
| PGA TOUR Playoff Record |
| 5-9 |
| SENIOR TOUR Playoff Record |
| 3-1 |
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