Mark O'Meara | |||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||
Full name | Mark Francis O'Meara | ||||||||
Born | Goldsboro, North Carolina, U.S. | January 13, 1957||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st) | ||||||||
Sporting nationality | United States | ||||||||
Residence | Southern Highlands, Nevada, U.S. | ||||||||
Spouse |
Alicia Lauria O'Meara
(m. 1980; div. 2009)Meredith O'Meara | ||||||||
Children | 3 | ||||||||
Career | |||||||||
College | Long Beach State University | ||||||||
Turned professional | 1980 | ||||||||
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions | ||||||||
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour | ||||||||
Professional wins | 34 | ||||||||
Highest ranking | 2 (September 6, 1998)[1] | ||||||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||||||
PGA Tour | 16 | ||||||||
European Tour | 5 | ||||||||
Japan Golf Tour | 2 | ||||||||
PGA Tour of Australasia | 1 | ||||||||
PGA Tour Champions | 3 | ||||||||
Other | 9 | ||||||||
Best results in major championships (wins: 2) | |||||||||
Masters Tournament | Won: 1998 | ||||||||
PGA Championship | T4: 1998 | ||||||||
U.S. Open | T3: 1988 | ||||||||
The Open Championship | Won: 1998 | ||||||||
Achievements and awards | |||||||||
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Mark Francis O'Meara (born January 13, 1957) is an American retired professional golfer. He was a 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.[2] He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2015.[3]