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Gary McCord  |
EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31 on 2002 Champions Tour Money List FULL NAME: Gary McCord HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 185 BIRTHDATE: May 23, 1948 BIRTHPLACE: San Gabriel, CA RESIDENCE: Paradise Valley, AZ FAMILY: Wife, Diane, Krista (5/14/68); four grandchildren EDUCATION: University of California-Riverside (1971, Economics) SPECIAL INTERESTS: Acceleration, giving a name to each age spot on my body, mingling with others TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1971 JOINED TOUR: 1998 |
| Champions Tour Victories |
| (2) 1999 Toshiba Senior Classic, Ingersoll-Rand SENIOR TOUR Championship. |
| Nationwide Tour Victories |
| (1) 1991 Ben Hogan Gateway Open. |
| Other Victories |
| 1991 Gateway Open (Nationwide Tour). |
| Current Year Champions Tour Money and Positions |
| $49,241 (80) |
| Current Year Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| T15--Verizon Classic |
| Current Year Champions Tour Best Round |
| 67 at Round 3, Verizon Classic |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| 2--1975 Greater Milwaukee Open. T2--1977 Greater Milwaukee Open. |
| Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--1999 Toshiba Senior Classic, Ingersoll-Rand SENIOR TOUR Championship. |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes |
| 1--1991 Ben Hogan Gateway Open. |
| Best 2002 Champions Tour Finishes |
| T2--Audi Senior Classic, 5--Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, T6--SBC Senior Classic |
| 2002 Season Champions Tour |
| Tournaments Entered--22; in money--21; Top 10 finishes--4 |
| 2002 Season Highlights |
| Again managed to juggle a full playing schedule around his CBS golf television commitments...Finished T2 at the Audi Senior Classic in his first tournament action since the SENIOR TOUR Championship at Gaillardia four months earlier. Battled Bruce Lietzke down the stretch in Mexico City before falling one stroke short...Vaulted himself into the top 31 for good at the Turtle Bay Championship late in the year. Posted a final-round 69 to get into a playoff with Hale Irwin, but lost out when he made a par on the first extra hole...Was in contention on the final day of the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, but made bogey at the King & Bear's 15th hole and finished solo fifth in the event...Also placed T6 at the SBC Senior Classic at Valencia...Has indicated he may play fewer events in 2003 due to various commitments he faces during the year. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2001: T2 at the inaugural SAS Championship in Raleigh, three strokes back of winner Bruce Lietzke. Along with Allen Doyle and Lietzke, was the only other player to record three consecutive rounds in the 60s at Prestonwood. His $128,000 payday jumped him into 28th place on the money list and secured a spot in the season-ending SENIOR TOUR Championship at Gaillardia...Also T2 at the SBC Championship in San Antonio thanks to a Champions Tour career-low, 9-under 63 in the opening round at The Dominion. Was in contention with Larry Nelson and Bob Gilder on the back nine before finishing two strokes back of Nelson. 2000: Fell just short in his late-season push for a spot in the top 31, placing 33rd on the final money list with $584,477 in 22 events...Best overall performance came in his second start of the year, losing in a three-man playoff at the LiquidGolf.com Invitational in Sarasota with J.C. Snead and eventual winner Tom Wargo. 1999: Played in only 17 tournaments due to his commitment to CBS golf telecasts, but won his first and last events of the year...Became the third of a record 11 first-time winners when he triumphed at the Toshiba Senior Classic. Received a sponsor's exemption into the event and eventually won the tournament in a four-way playoff. Made a four-foot birdie putt on the fifth extra hole to beat good friend John Jacobs after Al Geiberger and Allen Doyle had been eliminated earlier in the overtime session. Triumph at Newport Beach CC allowed him to join Doyle as the only other player to claim both a Nationwide Tour and a Champions Tour title...Capped his season with a thrilling victory at the Ingersoll-Rand SENIOR TOUR Championship and earned the largest paycheck of his career, $347,000. Moved into contention with a sizzling 64 at The Dunes Club on Saturday, and then fired a final-round 67 on Sunday to overtake Bruce Fleisher and Larry Nelson by one stroke. Victory at The Dunes came 26 years after he had earned PGA TOUR playing privileges there in the National Q-School. Voted Champions Tour's Player of the Month in March and November. 1998: Earned a conditional exemption for 1999 by finishing 16th at the Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament in the fall...Debuted at the U.S. Senior Open and T33 at Riviera CC near Los Angeles...Played five other events on sponsor exemptions. |
| Personal |
| Best known as a color analyst on CBS golf telecasts...Also writes for America Online and Golf Digest...Another of his efforts were three books: Golf for Dummies, Golf For Dummies II and Just a Range Ball in a Box Full of Titleists...Operates the Kostis-McCord Teaching Center in Scottsdale, AZ, with Peter Kostis...Served as technical consultant for and appeared in the Kevin Costner movie "Tin Cup"...Also involved with an upcoming motion picture about the life of noted gambling golfer Titanic Thompson...Was backed by the late Lawrence Welk early in his pro career and once appeared on the musical conductor's variety show...Currently working on a television sitcom with a golf theme...Got started in golf when he used to go with his mother to her golf class in Garden Grove, CA, when he was 12...Attended the same high school (Garden Grove HS) as comedian Steve Martin. |
| Champions Tour Playoff Record |
| 1-2 |