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SECTION 2 PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES
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JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2001
BEST CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER FINISH:
T4—2003 Verizon Classic.
2005 CHARLES SCHWAB CUP FINISH:
69th - 42 points
PGA TOUR VICTORIES (10): 1979 Doral-Eastern
Open. 1983 Western Open, Pensacola Open. 1985 Doral-
Eastern Open. 1987 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic. 1988
THE PLAYERS Championship. 1989 Beatrice Western
Open. 1994 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic, Hardee's Golf
Classic, THE TOUR Championship.
OTHER VICTORIES (1): 1988 World Cup [with Ben
Crenshaw].
PGA TOUR CAREER EARNINGS: $5,309,688
BEST 2005 CHAMPIONS TOUR FINISH:
T9—Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am.
2005 SEASON:
Played just 14 events and, for the second consecutive
year, had his best performance of the campaign in
February…T9 at the weather-shortened Outback
Steakhouse Pro-Am…Was also on the leaderboard after
three rounds of the JELD-WEN Tradition after posting a 6under
66 on Saturday, but eventually T16 after ballooning
to a 76 in the final round…Pair of 69s left him T7, three
strokes off the pace through 36 holes of the Wal-Mart
First Tee Open at Pebble Beach, but 74 on Sunday dropped
him back into a T23.
CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2004: Lone top-10 performance came in his initial start of
the season at the Royal Caribbean Golf Classic. T5 at
Crandon Park GC near Miami was best effort in almost a
Mark McCumber
EXEMPT STATUS: Net-70 on All-Time Money List
FULL NAME: Mark Randall McCumber
HEIGHT: 5-8
WEIGHT: 170
BIRTHDATE: September 7, 1951
BIRTHPLACE: Jacksonville, FL
RESIDENCE: Jacksonville, FL
CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-0
Year Events Played 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank
2001 3 1 $20,368 121
2002 17 1 4 191,661 74
2003 18 4 13 475,021 40
2004 16 1 5 200,020 64
2005 14 1 3 163,385 70
Total 68 7 26 1,050,454
COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $6,360,142
year on the Champions Tour. 2003: Among the early leaders
at the Verizon Classic and finished T4 at the TPC of
Tampa Bay, his best performance ever on the Champions
Tour despite a second-round 75…Was near the top of the
leaderboard for most of the Senior British Open before
eventually T6 at Turnberry, his top effort in a senior
major…Also T10 at the Senior PGA Championship. 2002:
T7 at the Verizon Classic. 2001: Made Champions Tour
debut at the inaugural SAS Championship in Raleigh and
T48 at Prestonwood…Appeared in 11 events on the PGA
TOUR on a Special Medical Exemption…Also did several
stints as a golf analyst for Fox network broadcasts.
OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Had rotator cuff surgery on his right shoulder in the fall of
1996. While rehabbing shoulder, began to feel pain in
neck, signaling on-going problem that finally was diagnosed
as a spinal-cord lesion caused by a virus that may
have settled in as long ago as 1995…Underwent extensive
physical therapy to combat numbness in his left hand
and fatigue in his legs…Posted three victories in 1994,
including season-ending TOUR Championship and earned
a career-best $1,208,209, third on the final money list.
Defeated Glen Day by three strokes at Anheuser-Busch
Golf Classic, followed by one-stroke win over Kenny Perry
two months later at Hardee's Golf Classic. Two victories
gave him first multiple-win season since 1983. At The
TOUR Championship, sank 40-foot putt on first extra hole
to defeat Fuzzy Zoeller…First TOUR victory came in his
12th tournament: the 1979 Doral-Eastern Open…Next
wins came in 1983, at Western Open and Pensacola
Open…Earned second Doral-Eastern crown in
1985…Won 1987 Anheuser-Busch Classic…Was hometown
champion at 1988 PLAYERS Championship, defeating
Mike Reid by four strokes…Earned first playoff victory
at 1989 Beatrice Western Open over Peter
Jacobsen…Also finished T2 to Tom Lehman at the 1996
FAMILY: Wife, Paddy; Addison (1/28/76), Megan
(6/14/80), Mark Tyler (4/4/91)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Family activities, golf course
architecture
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1974
JOINED PGA TOUR: 1978
British Open at Royal Lytham & St. Annes…Teamed with
Ben Crenshaw to win 1988 World Cup title…U.S. finalist
at 1995 Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf.
PERSONAL:
Has made significant impact in golf-course design with
Mark McCumber and Associates, design arm of
McCumber Golf, which he operates with his brothers…Is
a member of the American Society of Golf Architects,
along with Jack Nicklaus…Grew up next to a golf course
in Jacksonville, FL…Enjoys making soups, especially clam
chowder, when he has time in the kitchen.
PLAYER STATISTICS
CHAMPIONS TOUR MAJOR TOURNAMENT SUMMARY
Year 02 03 04 05
Senior PGA Championship T64 T10 T21 T36
Ford Senior Players T22 T15 T22 T53
Senior British Open T6
U.S. Senior Open T51 T25 CUT
JELD-WEN Tradition T52 T70 T16
Champions Tour 2006 Guide
2005 CHAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS:
Scoring Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72.20 (59)
Driving Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .262.9 (66)
Driving Accuracy Percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73.5% (23)
Greens in Regulation Pct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65.3% (59)
Putting Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.822 (59)
MISCELLANEOUS CHAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS
2005 Low Round: 66–2 times, most recent JELD-WEN
Tradition/3
Career Low Round: 65–2 times, most recent 2003 Senior
British Open/3
Career Largest Paycheck: $78,400–2003 Verizon
Classic/T4
MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS
Career Low Round: 63–1980 San Antonio Texas Open/2
Career Largest Paycheck: $540,000–1994 THE TOUR
Championship/1
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