Full name Lawrence Hogan Mize Height 1.83 m Nationality United States Professional wins 10 Weight 75 kg | College Georgia Tech Name Larry Mize Current tours Champions Tour Turned professional 1980 Role Golfer | |
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Education Georgia Institute of Technology Similar People Sandy Lyle, Craig Stadler, Bob Tway, Ian Woosnam, Ben Crenshaw | ||
Larry mize champions tour 2011 sas championship
Lawrence Hogan "Larry" Mize (born September 23, 1958) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour. He is well known for one career-defining shot — a chip from off the green at the 11th hole at Augusta to win the playoff for the 1987 Masters Tournament, which was his only major title.
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- Larry mize champions tour 2011 sas championship
- 1987 seve ballesteros greg norman larry mize
- Biography
- PGA Tour wins 4
- Japan Golf Tour wins 3
- Other wins 2
- Wins 1
- Results timeline
- Summary
- US national team appearances
- References
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Biography
Mize was born in Augusta, Georgia, attended Georgia Tech, and turned professional in 1980. He finished in the top 125 on the money list (the level needed to retain membership of the tour) for 20 seasons from 1982 to 2001. His first PGA Tour win was the 1983 Danny Thomas Memphis Classic.
At the 1987 Masters, Mize was tied with Seve Ballesteros and Greg Norman after four rounds. Ballesteros was eliminated in the first hole of the playoff. On the second playoff hole, which was Augusta's eleventh, a par four, Mize's second shot landed well off the putting green. It appeared that a birdie would be impossible, and that even making par might be difficult. Meanwhile, Norman's second shot landed on the edge of the green, giving him a potentially makeable birdie putt. On his third shot, Mize hit an incredible, memorable chip shot with a sand wedge from around 140 feet, giving him the birdie. Norman now had an opportunity to tie, but he failed to sink the putt. Mize's win was especially appreciated because he is an Augusta native and had worked on the scoreboard at Augusta National's third hole as a teenager. His Masters win and a tie for fourth at the U.S. Open in June briefly put him in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking.
Mize also won four international events and played for the U.S. teams in the Ryder Cup in 1987 and the Dunhill Cup in 2000. For many years Mize and Coca-Cola sponsored a successful charity golf tournament to benefit cystic fibrosis held at the Atlanta Athletic Club. Mize currently resides in Columbus, Georgia with his wife and three sons. His hobbies are fishing, basketball, and playing the piano.
PGA Tour wins (4)
PGA Tour playoff record (1–3)
Japan Golf Tour wins (3)
Other wins (2)
Wins (1)
1Defeated Norman and Ballesteros in a sudden-death playoff: Mize (4-3), Norman (4-x) and Ballesteros (5).
Results timeline
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Summary
U.S. national team appearances
Professional