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Mike McCullough  |
EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31 on 2002 Champions Tour Money List FULL NAME: Mike 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 |
| Champions 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 |
| 269 (24) |
| Current Year Champions Tour Money and Positions |
| $411,301 (24) |
| Current Year Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 2--Bayer Advantage Celebrity Pro-Am, T4--Verizon Classic, T6--Royal Caribbean Golf Classic |
| Current Year Champions Tour Best Round |
| 65 at Round 2, Toshiba Senior Classic |
| Current Year Champions Tour Highlights |
| Dueled Jay Sigel down the stretch at the Bayer Advantage Celebrity Pro-Am in Kansas City before eventually falling one stroke shy. Missed a 20-foot birdie putt on the last hole that would have forced a playoff...Led after the first-round of the Verizon Classic and eventually T4 at the TPC of Tampa Bay. |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| 1--1977 Magnolia Classic, 2--Tournament Players Championship. |
| Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--2001 Mexico Senior Classic, Emerald Coast Classic. |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes |
| T6--1991 Ben Hogan Bakersfield Open. |
| Best 2002 Champions Tour Finishes |
| T2--BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland, FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, T3--Uniting Fore Care Classic Presented by Novell, T4--RJR Championship, T7--Verizon Classic, T9--MasterCard Championship, 10--Greater Baltimore Classic |
| 2002 Season Champions Tour |
| Tournaments Entered--35; in money--33; Top 10 finishes--7 |
| 2002 Season Highlights |
| One of three players to play in every official event (Walter Hall and Dana Quigley were the others)...Third-round leader at the FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship before joining two others who finished one stroke behind Stewart Ginn...Also finished T2 at the BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland where he was one of three players to finish three strokes behind his good friend Gil Morgan...Made 10 points on Sunday using the Modified Stableford Scoring system and T3 at the Uniting Fore Care Classic along with Hale Irwin, Jerry McGee and John Bland...T4 at the RJR Championship. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2001: 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 more than $1.3 million, $400,000 more than his previous-best season (2000)...Triumphed for the first time in 612 combined events on the PGA TOUR (401), Champions Tour (178) and Nationwide 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 Champions Tour history to record multiple victories despite the first title not coming until age 55 (Roberto De Vicenzo, Peter Thomson, Jim Ferree, Jimmy Powell)...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 run at the 1996 Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali Classic. 2000: Once again, was one of the busiest players on the Champions Tour with 37 starts to his credit...Closed the season with a bang, finishing T3 at the IR SENIOR TOUR Championship...Also T3 at the Cadillac NFL Golf Classic after posting three straight rounds in the 60s...Broke Bruce Summerhays' old mark of 96 consecutive eligible events when he teed it up in the Novell Utah Showdown...Fired his career-low on the second day of the Comfort Classic, a course-record 10-under-par 62 at Brickyard Crossing. Held the 36-hole lead in Indianapolis, but carded a 74 on the final day and finished T4. 1998: Finished second at the Southwestern Bell Dominion, two strokes shy of Lee Trevino. 1997: Earned fully-exempt status for 1998 after tying for seventh at the Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament. 1996: Played on all three TOURs during the season...Competed at the Nationwide Tour South Carolina Classic and in three events on the PGA TOUR...Became fully exempt on the 1997 Champions Tour after finishing third at the 1996 National Qualifying Tournament. 1995: Made his debut at the BellSouth Senior Classic at Opyland and T15...Earned conditional status for 1996 by beating out six other players for the 16th spot at the Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament. |
| 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 and is co-owner of two airplanes...Grandfather initially got him started in the game. |
| Champions Tour Playoff Record |
| 1-0 |