Gary McCord
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Gary Dennis McCord |
| Born | May 23, 1948 San Gabriel, California |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 14 st) |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Residence | Paradise Valley, Arizona Edwards, Colorado |
| Career | |
| College | UC Riverside |
| Turned professional | 1971 |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions Tour |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Nationwide Tour | 1 |
| Champions Tour | 2 |
| Best results in Major Championships |
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| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
| PGA Championship | T54: 1984 |
Gary Dennis McCord (born May 23, 1948) is an American professional golfer, commentator, author, and actor.
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[edit] Early life and career
McCord was born in San Gabriel, California and raised in southern California. He was a two-time Division II All-American at UC Riverside.[1] He won the NCAA Division II individual championship in 1970[2] and turned professional in 1971.
McCord's best two finishes on the PGA Tour were at the Greater Milwaukee Open, placing second in both 1975 and 1977. During his years on the PGA Tour, he had nearly two dozen top-10 finishes.
McCord was involved in an embarrassing episode during the 1984 FedEx St. Jude Classic in Memphis. When lining up a putt on the 15th green, McCord's pants split open, exposing his backside as he was not wearing any underwear. McCord wrapped a towel around his midriff, and went off to find a replacement pair of pants. Eventually Peter Jacobsen offered McCord his rain pants for a "fee" of $20. [3]
McCord credits golf pro Brad Britton for teaching him the ins and outs of the golf swing and especially the mental game.
[edit] Broadcasting and writing career
At age 37 in 1986, McCord joined CBS Sports as a golf analyst, a capacity in which he still serves. He is noted for his outspokenness, a trait that has seen him barred from the CBS commentary team for The Masters. During the network's coverage of the 1994 Masters, he remarked that the 17th green was so fast that it seemed to be "bikini-waxed", and that "body bags" were located behind that green for players who missed their approach shots. Augusta National Golf Club, which organizes The Masters, used its influence with CBS to have him removed from The Masters commentary team. While McCord has continued to cover virtually all other golf events aired by CBS, he has yet to return to Augusta with the network.
Aside from his CBS commentary duties, McCord also plays on the Champions Tour. After turning 50 in May 1998, he won his first event at the Toshiba Senior Classic in March 1999, and also won that year's Ingersoll-Rand Senior Tour Championship. Back in 1991, he won the Gateway Open on the Ben Hogan Tour, the second-tier tour in the U.S., now called the Nationwide Tour.
McCord has also written two books, Just a Range Ball in a Box of Titleists and Golf for Dummies. In 1996, he appeared as himself in the Kevin Costner movie Tin Cup. He and Peter Kostis are partners in the Kostis/McCord Learning Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. He is also a co-announcer on the EA Sports' Tiger Woods PGA Tour series[4] along with David Feherty.
[edit] Personal life
McCord lives with his wife, Diane, in Paradise Valley, Arizona and Edwards, Colorado.
[edit] Amateur wins
[edit] Professional wins
[edit] Nationwide Tour wins
- 1991 (1) Ben Hogan Gateway Open
[edit] Champions Tour wins
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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| 1 | Mar 14, 1999 | Toshiba Senior Classic | -14 (65-68-69=204) | Playoff | Allen Doyle, Al Geiberger, John Jacobs |
| 2 | Nov 7, 1999 | Ingersoll-Rand Senior Tour Championship | -12 (71-74-64-67=276) | 1 stroke | Bruce Fleisher, Larry Nelson |
[edit] References
- ^ "Chancellor To Present Gary McCord With Alumni Award Of Distinction". http://www.gohighlanders.com/news/2009/10/12/McCord_1012095533.aspx. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
- ^ "NCAA History - Division II Champions". NCAA. http://www.ncaa.com/history/m-golf-d2.html. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
- ^ Zullo, Allan and Rodell, Chris, “Golf is a Funny Game”, Andrew McMeels Publishing, Forest Fairview, North Carolina, 2008.
- ^ "Game Info". EA Sports. http://www.ea.com/uk/game/tiger-woods-pga-tour-06. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
[edit] External links
- Gary McCord's Homepage
- Gary McCord at the PGA Tour official site
- Kostis~McCord Learning Center
- American male golfers
- PGA Tour golfers
- Champions Tour golfers
- Golf writers and broadcasters
- Golfers from California
- Golfers from Arizona
- Golfers from Colorado
- University of California, Riverside alumni
- American people of Scottish descent
- People from Los Angeles County, California
- People from Maricopa County, Arizona
- People from Eagle County, Colorado
- 1948 births
- Living people
