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15 Facts About Mark Calcavecchia

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Mark John Calcavecchia was born on June 12,1960 and is an American professional golfer and a former PGA Tour member.

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Mark Calcavecchia plays on the Champions Tour as well as a limited PGA Tour schedule that includes The Open Championship.

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Mark Calcavecchia attended North Shore High School in West Palm Beach, and won the Florida high school golf championship in 1977 while playing for the North Shore golf team.

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4.

Mark Calcavecchia accepted an athletic scholarship to the University of Florida in Gainesville, where he played for coach Buster Bishop and coach John Darr's Florida Gators men's golf teams in National Collegiate Athletic Association competition from 1978 to 1980.

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Mark Calcavecchia turned professional in 1981 and joined the PGA Tour in 1982, but lost his card after the 1985 season.

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Mark Calcavecchia revealed that he didn't know that the Open Championship had a four-hole aggregate playoff format until just before he teed off in the playoff.

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Mark Calcavecchia finished second behind Sandy Lyle at the 1988 Masters Tournament by a single stroke.

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Mark Calcavecchia has won 13 times on the PGA Tour and 13 times in other professional events.

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Mark Calcavecchia spent 109 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from 1988 to 1991.

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10.

Mark Calcavecchia has won the Phoenix Open three times, and his margins of victory in the Phoenix tournament are his three largest.

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11.

Mark Calcavecchia was a member of the US Ryder Cup team in 1987,1989,1991 and 2002.

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12.

On July 25,2009, Mark Calcavecchia set a PGA Tour record by getting nine consecutive birdies during his second round at the RBC Canadian Open at the Glen Abbey Golf Course in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.

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13.

Mark Calcavecchia joined the Champions Tour in 2010, but still plays a limited PGA Tour schedule that includes The Open Championship.

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Mark Calcavecchia has two children, Eric and Britney, with his previous wife Sheryl.

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15.

Mark Calcavecchia married, secondly, on May 5,2005 in Lake Como, Italy, to Brenda Nardecchia.

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