Mark O'Meara
| Mark O'Meara | |
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| — Golfer — | |
O'Meara in 2005
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Mark Francis O'Meara |
| Born |
January 13, 1957 Goldsboro, North Carolina |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st) |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Residence | Houston, Texas |
| Spouse | Meredith O'Meara |
| Children | Michelle, Shaun, Aidan Berkman (stepson) |
| Career | |
| College | Long Beach State University |
| Turned professional | 1980 |
| Current tour(s) | Champions Tour (joined 2007) |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour (joined 1981) |
| Professional wins | 34 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 16 |
| European Tour | 4 |
| Japan Golf Tour | 2 |
| PGA Tour Champions | 2 |
| Best results in major championships (wins: 2) |
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| Masters Tournament | Won: 1998 |
| U.S. Open | T3: 1988 |
| The Open Championship | Won: 1998 |
| PGA Championship | T4: 1998 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| World Golf Hall of Fame | 2015 (member page) |
| PGA Player of the Year | 1998 |
| PGA Tour Player of the Year |
1998 |
Mark Francis O'Meara (born January 13, 1957) is an American professional golfer who was a prolific tournament winner on the PGA Tour and around the world from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. He spent nearly 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking from their debut in 1986 to 2000. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2014 and was inducted in July 2015.
O'Meara was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, but grew up in southern California in Mission Viejo. He took up golf at age 13, sneaking on to the nearby Mission Viejo Country Club. O'Meara later became an employee of the club and played on his high school golf team. He was an All-American at Long Beach State, and won the U.S. Amateur in 1979, defeating John Cook. He also won the California State Amateur Championship that year.
O'Meara was a former resident of Orlando, Florida and lived in the same neighborhood as Tiger Woods. The two became good friends and frequently golfed together during this time. O'Meara now resides in Houston, Texas.
After graduating with a degree in marketing in 1980, O'Meara turned professional and would win 16 events on the PGA Tour, beginning with the Greater Milwaukee Open in 1984. He won the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am five times, but he passed his 41st birthday in January 1998 without having won a major championship as a professional.
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