Raymond Floyd
| Raymond Floyd | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Raymond Loran Floyd |
| Nickname | Ray |
| Born |
September 4, 1942 Fort Bragg, North Carolina |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st) |
| Nationality |
 United States
|
| Residence | Palm Beach, Florida |
| Spouse | Maria Fraietta Floyd (m. 1973-2012, her death) |
| Children | 2 sons, 1 daughter |
| Career | |
| College | University of North Carolina (one semester) |
| Turned professional | 1961 |
| Retired | 2010 |
| Former tour(s) |
PGA Tour Champions Tour |
| Professional wins | 66 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 22 (tied 27th all time) |
| Japan Golf Tour | 1 |
| PGA Tour Champions | 14 (tied 15th all time) |
| Other |
10 (regular) 19 (senior) |
| Best results in major championships (wins: 4) |
|
| Masters Tournament | Won 1976 |
| U.S. Open | Won 1986 |
| The Open Championship | T2: 1978 |
| PGA Championship | Won: 1969, 1982 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| World Golf Hall of Fame | 1989 (member page) |
| Vardon Trophy | 1983 |
| Byron Nelson Award | 1983 |
Raymond Loran "Ray" Floyd (born September 4, 1942) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments and four major titles on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1989.
Born at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Floyd was raised in Fayetteville. His father L.B. had a 21-year career in the U.S. Army, much of it at Fort Bragg as the golf pro at its enlisted men's course. He also owned a nearby driving range where Raymond and younger sister Marlene, a future LPGA tour pro, honed their games. From an early age, Floyd could play equally well left-handed, and used his skills to enhance his allowance, winning money from soldiers on the course, as well as civilians in nearby towns.
Floyd graduated from Fayetteville High School in 1960. Skilled in golf and baseball, he had an offer to pitch in the Cleveland Indians organization, but chose to attend the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, but only stayed for a semester.
After leaving college, Floyd turned professional in 1961, and quickly established himself on the PGA Tour. His first victory came two years later at age 20 in March 1963 at the St. Petersburg Open Invitational, the first of his 22 wins on the PGA Tour, including four major championships.
Floyd won his first major title at the PGA Championship in 1969. His second major victory came in 1976 at The Masters, by an eight-stroke margin and was won wire-to-wire. Floyd won his second PGA Championship in 1982, after shooting a brilliant opening round of 63 in sweltering hot conditions at Southern Hills Country Club. Floyd's round of 63 is, to date, still tied for the lowest round in a major championship. Floyd finished 1982 ranked second in Mark McCormack's world golf rankings, behind only Tom Watson who had won two majors that season; had those rankings been calculated over just two seasons, on a par with the system in place at the end of 2012, Floyd would have been ranked world number one in 1982, as he had earned more points from all events in total than Watson in both 1981 and 1982.
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