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SECTION 2 PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES
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JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 1998
CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORIES (2): 1999
Toshiba Senior Classic, Ingersoll-Rand SENIOR TOUR
Championship.
2005 CHARLES SCHWAB CUP FINISH:
26th - 488 points
BEST PGA TOUR CAREER FINISHES:
2—1975 Greater Milwaukee Open, T2—1977 Greater
Milwaukee Open.
PGA TOUR CAREER EARNINGS: $662,359
BEST 2005 CHAMPIONS TOUR FINISHES:
T4—SBC Classic; T5—Ford Senior Players Championship;
T6—Bayer Advantage Classic, Commerce Bank
Championship, SAS Championship.
NATIONWIDE TOUR VICTORIES (1): 1991
Gateway Open.
2005 SEASON:
Continued to split time between playing the Champions Tour
and working as a analyst on CBS golf telecasts…Played 15
events and was among the top 10 six times, the most in a
season since 2001…Best effort was a T4 at the SBC Classic
in March, where he finished two strokes behind winner Des
Smyth. Got himself into position with a 6-under-par 66 in the
second round before slipping Sunday with a 1-over-par
73…Was among the top six in three of four tournaments
early in the summer and reeled off 12 straight rounds of
par/better from mid-June/mid-July…Flirted with the leaderboard
at the Ford Senior Players Championship before eventually
finishing T5 in Dearborn for the second straight
year…The week prior, was in contention at the Commerce
Bank Championship, but dropped into a T6 after making
back-to-back bogeys midway through the back nine during
final round at Eisenhower Park…Also T6 at the Bayer
Advantage Classic, his first outing in nearly three months due
to television commitments…Appeared to be in position to
earn a spot among the top-30 money-winners after a T6 at
the SAS Championship, but suffered a lower-back injury the
following week that forced him to withdraw from two of the
three remaining full-field events on the schedule and as a
result, dropped him back into the 33rd position in final singleseason
earnings.
Gary McCord
EXEMPT STATUS: 33rd on 2005 Champions Tour
Money List
FULL NAME: Gary Dennis McCord
HEIGHT: 6-2
WEIGHT: 190
BIRTHDATE: May 23, 1948
BIRTHPLACE: San Gabriel, CA
RESIDENCE: Paradise Valley, AZ
CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 1-2
Year Events Played 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank
1998 6 2 3 $112,173 73
1999 17 2 1 7 14 993,291 14
2000 22 1 9 14 584,477 33
2001 20 2 1 9 16 851,132 23
2002 22 2 4 11 681,960 29
2003 10 2 98,176 88
2004 14 1 4 10 497,325 40
2005 15 6 9 491,643 33
Total 126 2 7 1 41 79 4,310,175
COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $4,992,534
CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2004: In last official event of the season, was solo second at
the SBC Championship, his best performance on the
Champions Tour since losing in a playoff to Hale Irwin at the
2002 Turtle Bay Championship. Was one of just two players
(Mark McNulty) to post three straight rounds in the 60s at
Oak Hills, yet finished eight strokes back in San Antonio, his
second runner-up at this event (2001)…Shared the 36-hole
lead with Jose Maria Canizares following a second-round, 8under-par
64, his best round since 2001, and eventually T5 at
the Ford Senior Players Championship. 2002: T2 at the Audi
Senior Classic. Battled Bruce Lietzke down the stretch in
Mexico City before falling one stroke short. Was also runnerup
at the Turtle Bay Championship late in the year. Posted
a final-round 69 to get into a playoff with Hale Irwin, but lost
when he made a par on the first extra hole. 2001: T2 at the
inaugural SAS Championship in Raleigh, three strokes back
of winner Bruce Lietzke. Also T2 at the SBC Championship,
two strokes back of Larry Nelson, thanks to a Champions Tour
career-low, 9-under 63 in the opening round. 2000: Lost a
three-man playoff at the LiquidGolf.com Invitational in
Sarasota with J.C. Snead and eventual-winner Tom Wargo.
1999: 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 fourway
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 the
1999 season 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 during the season on
sponsor exemptions.
Champions Tour 2006 Guide
FAMILY: Wife, Diane, Krista (5/14/68), four grandchildren
CLUB AFFILIATION: Grayhawk GC (Scottsdale, AZ)
EDUCATION: University of California-Riverside (1971,
Economics)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Acceleration, giving a name to
each age spot on my body
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1971
JOINED PGA TOUR: 1974
OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Played the PGA TOUR from 1974-98, with well over $600,000
in earnings in 376 tournaments…Made 242 cuts in that span
with his best year financially coming in 1984 when he won
$68,213, with a pair of top-10 finishes…Top performances in
his PGA TOUR career were a solo second to Art Wall at the
1975 Greater Milwaukee Open and a T2 behind Dave
Eichelberger at the 1977 Greater Milwaukee Open…Placed
59th on the official money list in 1975 with $43,028, his highest
standing ever…Was a five-stroke victor at the 1991
Nationwide Gateway Open…Two-time All-America selection
at Cal-Riverside and was the winner of the 1970 NCAA
Division II Championship…Had had two holes-in-one in competition.
PERSONAL:
Best known as a color analyst on CBS Sports' golf telecasts…
Also writes for Golf Digest…Another of his efforts
were three books: Golf for Dummies, Golf For Dummies II and
Just a Range Ball in a Box of Titleists…Also hosted "Golf for
Dummies" instructional DVD…Served as technical consultant
for and appeared in the Kevin Costner movie "Tin
Cup"…Was backed by the late Lawrence Welk early in his
pro career and once appeared on the musical conductor's
variety show…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…Lists the smell of free range
balls in the morning as his biggest thrill in golf…Favorite TV
shows are "CSI" and "Vegas" and favorite athlete is
Seabiscuit…Served as captain of the American team at the
Tommy Bahama Challenge the last two years.
PLAYER STATISTICS
MISCELLANEOUS CHAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS
2005 Low Round: 65–Commerce Bank Championship/1
Career Low Round: 63–2001 SBC Championship/1
Career Largest Paycheck: $347,000–1999 Ingersoll–Rand
SENIOR TOUR Championship/1
MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS
Career Low Round: 63–1986 Provident Classic/3
Career Largest Paycheck: $28,600–1992 Northern
Telecom Open/T10
SEE SECTION 6 FOR COMPLETE PGA TOUR SUMMARY
CHAMPIONS TOUR MAJOR TOURNAMENT SUMMARY
Year 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05
Senior PGA Championship T32 T40
Ford Senior Players T12 T41 T14 T33 T5 T5
U.S. Senior Open T33 52 T41 25 CUT T50
JELD-WEN Tradition T5 T6 T27 73 T14 T56
CHAMPIONS TOUR YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS (TOP 50 ON 2005 MONEY LIST)
Scoring Average Putting Average Greens in Regulation Driving Distance Driving Accuracy
1998 71.53 (N/A) 1.765 (N/A) 66.1 (N/A) 277.7 (N/A) 68.4 (N/A)
1999 70.11 (6) 1.765 (T9) 70.3 (T17) 275.5 (9) 68.0 (T59)
2000 70.45 (16) 1.762 (12) 70.0 (19) 278.4 (7) 69.6 (T47)
2001 70.11 (8) 1.748 (T11) 71.2 (9) 278.3 (18) 71.1 (41)
2002 71.25 (33) 1.807 (52) 67.4 (T34) 278.8 (12) 69.6 (38)
2003 72.41 (N/A) 1.789 (N/A) 60.8 (N/A) 270.6 (N/A) 62.8 (N/A)
2004 70.16 (6) 1.761 (10) 73.0 (8) 271.4 (T41) 76.4 (13)
2005 70.41 (N/A) 1.744 (N/A) 68.9 (N/A) 271.2 (N/A) 72.3 (N/A)
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