Corey Pavin
Corey Pavin | |||||||
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Personal information | |||||||
Full name | Corey Allen Pavin | ||||||
Nickname | Bulldog[1] | ||||||
Born | Oxnard, California, U.S. | November 16, 1959||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||
Weight | 155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st) | ||||||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||||||
Residence | Dallas, Texas, U.S. | ||||||
Spouse | Shannon Healy (divorced) Lisa Nguyen (2003-present) | ||||||
Career | |||||||
College | University of California, Los Angeles | ||||||
Turned professional | 1982 | ||||||
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions | ||||||
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour | ||||||
Professional wins | 28 | ||||||
Highest ranking | 2 (June 2, 1996)[2] | ||||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||||
PGA Tour | 15 | ||||||
European Tour | 2 | ||||||
Japan Golf Tour | 2 | ||||||
PGA Tour of Australasia | 2 | ||||||
PGA Tour Champions | 1 | ||||||
Other | 6 | ||||||
Best results in major championships (wins: 1) | |||||||
Masters Tournament | 3rd: 1992 | ||||||
PGA Championship | 2nd: 1994 | ||||||
U.S. Open | Won: 1995 | ||||||
The Open Championship | T4: 1993 | ||||||
Achievements and awards | |||||||
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Corey Allen Pavin (born November 16, 1959) is an American professional golfer. In 1982, Pavin turned professional but failed at PGA Tour Qualifying School. The following year, he turned to overseas where he had much success, winning South Africa's Lexington PGA and Europe's German Open. Later in the year he earned PGA Tour membership and had much success on tour, winning a number of events, culminating with the 1995 U.S. Open championship. Soon thereafter, he abruptly lost his game and was rarely a contender. As a senior, Pavin has played on the PGA Tour Champions, recording one win, at the Allianz Championship.
Early life
[edit]Pavin was born in Oxnard, California, the son of Barbara and Jack Pavin.[3] He attended Oxnard High School.[4]
Amateur career
[edit]Pavin attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).[5] He won two gold medals at the 1981 Maccabiah Games, the Jewish Olympics in Israel.[6][7][8][9]
Professional career
[edit]In 1982, Pavin turned professional. He was "an unexpected failure" at 1982 PGA Tour Qualifying School.[10] He did not move past the regional qualifying section.[11] He turned to play overseas in 1983. Early in the year, he played on the Southern African Tour where he "won his first professional tournament" at the Lexington PGA.[10] It was only his fourth tournament as a professional golfer.[11] He soon moved onto the European Tour. In July, he finished solo 3rd, only behind Sam Torrance and Craig Stadler, at the Scandinavian Enterprise Open. A month later, Pavin won the German Open three strokes ahead of joint runner-up Seve Ballesteros. He finished 13th on the Order of Merit.
Pavin's first PGA Tour victory came at the 1984 Houston Coca-Cola Open. He won at least one event significant domestic or international event over the next decade and topped the PGA Tour's money list in 1991. Pavin's success culminated in his only major victory, the 1995 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club. Pavin went into the final round three strokes behind Greg Norman and Tom Lehman. On the 72nd and final hole of the tournament, a 450 yards long par 4, Pavin produced a four wood, considered one of the great shots in U.S. Open history, 228 yards to five feet of the hole to secure the title.
Rather than marking a move to a new level of achievement, however, this was soon followed by a long slide down the world rankings from a high ranking of 2nd.[12] After Pavin won the Bank of America Colonial in 1996, he did not win another PGA Tour tournament for ten years. His 89th-place finish on the 2004 money list was the first time he had made the top one hundred since 1998. Pavin finally won his 15th career title in 2006 at the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee, ending a streak of 242 consecutive tournaments without a win.
On July 27, 2006, during the first round of what would become his 15th tour title, Pavin broke the record for the fewest strokes needed to complete nine holes at a PGA Tour event, with an 8-under par score of 26. The previous record of 27 strokes was held by Mike Souchak, Andy North, Billy Mayfair and Robert Gamez, with Mayfair and Gamez' scores being 9-under par.[13] His 36-hole total of 125 also tied the record for fewest shots taken in the first 36 holes of a PGA Tour event held by Tom Lehman, Mark Calcavecchia, and Tiger Woods.[14]
After acting as an assistant to U.S. Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman in 2006, Pavin was in December 2008 by the PGA of America, named captain for the U.S. team at the 2010 Ryder Cup at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales.[15] In October 2010, the U.S. Ryder Cup team lost 13½ to 14½, against the European side.[16]
Pavin began playing on the Champions Tour in 2010. In June 2010, he lost in a sudden death playoff to Bubba Watson at the Travelers Championship on the PGA Tour. In his 35th start, Pavin won his maiden Champions Tour event in February 2012 at the Allianz Championship. He defeated Peter Senior at the first sudden death playoff hole with a birdie to take the title, after having finished regulation play at 11 under.
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Personal life
[edit]In April 1983, Pavin married Shannon Healy.[10] They have two children. He married Lisa Nguyen in 2003.[17][18]
He was the only top Jewish player on the tour until 1991.[19][20][21][22][23] In that year, he converted to Christianity.[24][25][26][27][28] He was named the 117th-greatest Jewish athlete in the 2007 book The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes by Peter S. Horvitz.[29]
Pavin is a Republican. During the 1993 Ryder Cup, Pavin was originally unwilling to meet with president Bill Clinton before the cup owing to their differing political views. Pavin stated that he had voted for Bush, and so was not particularly excited at the prospect of meeting Clinton.[30]
Pavin made a cameo appearance playing himself in the 1996 movie Tin Cup starring Kevin Costner. In the movie, Pavin tells Fred Couples, "It's hard to believe that a guy named 'Tin Cup' might have his name beneath mine on the trophy."
Awards and honors
[edit]In 2002, he was named to the Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame.[31]
He has a stone named after him at Bedlingtonshire Golf Club, in Northumberland, England. It is located on the 7th hole and is called "Corey Paving Slab".
Amateur wins
[edit]Professional wins (28)
[edit]PGA Tour wins (15)
[edit]Legend |
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Major championships (1) |
Other PGA Tour (14) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Apr 29, 1984 | Houston Coca-Cola Open | −10 (70-68-68-68=274) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
2 | May 19, 1985 | Colonial National Invitation | −14 (66-64-68-68=266) | 4 strokes | ![]() |
3 | Feb 16, 1986 | Hawaiian Open | −16 (67-67-72-66=272) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
4 | Sep 21, 1986 | Greater Milwaukee Open | −16 (66-72-67-67=272) | Playoff | ![]() |
5 | Jan 18, 1987 | Bob Hope Chrysler Classic | −19 (72-71-65-66-67=341) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
6 | Feb 8, 1987 | Hawaiian Open (2) | −18 (65-75-66-64=270) | Playoff | ![]() |
7 | Oct 16, 1988 | Texas Open | −21 (64-63-66-66=259) | 8 strokes | ![]() |
8 | Feb 10, 1991 | Bob Hope Chrysler Classic (2) | −29 (65-69-66-66-65=331) | Playoff | ![]() |
9 | May 12, 1991 | BellSouth Atlanta Golf Classic | −16 (68-67-67-70=272) | Playoff | ![]() |
10 | Mar 15, 1992 | Honda Classic | −15 (68-67-70-68=273) | Playoff | ![]() |
11 | Feb 13, 1994 | Nissan Los Angeles Open | −13 (67-64-72-68=271) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
12 | Feb 26, 1995 | Nissan Open (2) | −16 (67-66-68-67=268) | 3 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
13 | Jun 18, 1995 | U.S. Open | E (72-69-71-68=280) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
14 | May 19, 1996 | MasterCard Colonial (2) | −8 (69-67-67-69=272) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
15 | Jul 30, 2006 | U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee (2) | −20 (61-64-68-67=260) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
PGA Tour playoff record (5–4)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 1986 | Greater Milwaukee Open | ![]() |
Won with birdie on fourth extra hole |
2 | 1987 | Hawaiian Open | ![]() |
Won with birdie on second extra hole |
3 | 1991 | Bob Hope Chrysler Classic | ![]() |
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
4 | 1991 | BellSouth Atlanta Golf Classic | ![]() |
Won with par on second extra hole |
5 | 1991 | Canon Greater Hartford Open | ![]() ![]() |
Brown won with birdie on first extra hole |
6 | 1992 | Honda Classic | ![]() |
Won with birdie on second extra hole |
7 | 1992 | Southwestern Bell Colonial | ![]() |
Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
8 | 1995 | Kemper Open | ![]() |
Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
9 | 2010 | Travelers Championship | ![]() ![]() |
Watson won with par on second extra hole Pavin eliminated by par on first hole |
European Tour wins (2)
[edit]Legend |
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Major championships (1) |
Other European Tour (1) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Jul 31, 1983 | Lufthansa German Open | −13 (67-71-68-69=275) | 3 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
2 | Jun 18, 1995 | U.S. Open | E (72-69-71-68=280) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
PGA of Japan Tour wins (2)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | Nov 3, 1985 | ABC Japan-U.S. Match | −12 (70-68-67-71=276) | Shared title with ![]() | |
2 | Oct 9, 1994 | Tokai Classic | −11 (68-69-68-72=277) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | Oct 15, 1995 | Volvo Asian Masters | −14 (72-66-67-69=274) | 9 strokes | ![]() |
Southern Africa Tour wins (1)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | Jan 22, 1983 | Lexington PGA Championship | −10 (70-68-66-66=270) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | Dec 9, 1984 | New Zealand Open | −19 (68-67-65-69=269) | 4 strokes | ![]() |
2 | Dec 8, 1985 (1986 season) |
New Zealand Open (2) | −15 (67-67-70-73=277) | 4 strokes | ![]() |
PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 1998 | ANZ Players Championship | ![]() |
Lost to par on first extra hole |
Other wins (5)
[edit]- 1983 Calberson Classic (Europe – not a European Tour event)
- 1993 Toyota World Match Play Championship (Europe – then an unofficial event).
- 1995 Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge (South Africa – unofficial event)
- 1996 Ssang Yong International Challenge (South Korea)
- 1999 Martel Skins Game (Taiwan)
Champions Tour wins (1)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | Feb 12, 2012 | Allianz Championship | −11 (64-70-71=205) | Playoff | ![]() |
Champions Tour playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2012 | Allianz Championship | ![]() |
Won with par on first extra hole |
2 | 2013 | Pacific Links Hawai'i Championship | ![]() |
Lost to par on second extra hole |
Major championships
[edit]Wins (1)
[edit]Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
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1995 | U.S. Open | 3 shot deficit | E (72-69-71-68=280) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
Results timeline
[edit]Tournament | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | T25 | T11 | T27 | T42 | 50 | |||
U.S. Open | CUT | T60 | CUT | T9 | CUT | CUT | |||
The Open Championship | T22 | T39 | CUT | CUT | T38 | ||||
PGA Championship | T20 | T6 | T21 | CUT | T17 | CUT |
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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Masters Tournament | T22 | 3 | T11 | T8 | T17 | T7 | T43 | T41 | CUT | |
U.S. Open | T24 | T8 | CUT | T19 | CUT | 1 | T40 | CUT | CUT | T34 |
The Open Championship | T8 | CUT | T34 | T4 | CUT | T8 | T27 | T51 | CUT | CUT |
PGA Championship | T14 | T32 | T12 | CUT | 2 | CUT | T26 | CUT | T10 |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | ||||||||||
U.S. Open | CUT | T19 | T54 | CUT | T17 | T11 | CUT | ||||
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | T22 | CUT | |||||||
PGA Championship | CUT | T49 | T62 | T63 | T19 | CUT |
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Summary
[edit]Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 13 |
U.S. Open | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 12 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 10 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 14 |
Totals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 30 | 79 | 49 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (1984 Open Championship – 1986 Masters)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1995 U.S. Open – 1995 Open Championship)
Results in The Players Championship
[edit]Tournament | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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The Players Championship | CUT | CUT | T58 | T50 | T42 | T34 | CUT | T41 | T46 | T16 | T78 | T3 | T46 | CUT | CUT | T71 |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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The Players Championship | T61 | T21 | CUT | T32 | T33 | CUT | CUT | T72 | CUT | T45 |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships
[edit]Tournament | 2006 |
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Match Play | |
Championship | |
Invitational | T48 |
"T" = Tied
U.S. national team appearances
[edit]Amateur
- Walker Cup: 1981 (winners)
Professional
- USA vs. Japan: 1982
- Nissan Cup: 1985 (winners)
- Ryder Cup: 1991 (winners), 1993 (winners), 1995, 2010 (non-playing captain)
- Presidents Cup: 1994 (winners), 1996 (winners)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Leonard, Tod (June 15, 2004). "Indelible memories of Shinnecock". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- ^ "Week 22 1996 Ending 2 Jun 1996" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
- ^ "Obituaries – Kack Pavin; Father of Pro Golfer Corey Pavin". Los Angeles Times. August 15, 1997. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
- ^ SCGA.org | Corey Pavin, Craig Stadler welcomed into SCGA Hall of Fame | SCGA
- ^ "Corey Pavin profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
- ^ Bard, Mitchell Geoffrey; Schwartz, Moshe (2005). One thousand one facts everyone should know about Israel. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780742543584. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- ^ Goldberg, Dan (March 11, 2011). "Time to move on". Haaretz. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- ^ Romine, Rich (February 23, 1982). "Pavin Invited to Masters". The Press-Courier. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- ^ Kessel, Yoram (June 29, 1989). "Argentine Golfers Sign Up At The Eleventh Hour". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Ventura County Star 27 Jan 1983, page 24". Newspapers.com. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
- ^ a b "Pavin pips Price with final 66". The Daily Telegraph. London, United Kingdom. January 24, 1983. p. 22. Retrieved September 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Corey Pavin". Official World Golf Ranking. Archived from the original on June 14, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ "Pavin shoots 26 on first nine holes, sets PGA record". ESPN. Associated Press. July 28, 2006. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- ^ "Pavin ends 10-year drought with Milwaukee title". PGA Tour. July 30, 2006. Archived from the original on August 5, 2006. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- ^ "Pavin selected as 2010 U.S. Ryder Cup Team captain". PGA of America. Archived from the original on December 17, 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
- ^ "Ryder Cup regained by Europe in muddy marathon". The Guardian. October 4, 2010. Retrieved October 4, 2010.
- ^ "Corey Pavin To Wed Shannon Healy". The Press-Courier. Oxnard, California. March 28, 1983. p. 8. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
- ^ Rubenstein, Lorne (January 19, 2009). "Tough Team To Beat". Golf Digest. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
- ^ Bamberger, Michael (2006). The Green Road Home: A Caddie's Journal of Life on the Pro Golf Tour. Hachette Books. ISBN 9781560257592. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- ^ "Daylights". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. June 30, 1995. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- ^ Rapoport, Ron (June 28, 1990). "Shame is the Name of this Golf Game". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- ^ Berkow, Ira (June 19, 1995). "1995 U.S. Open – Pavin's Best Shot Sheds Both Pressure and Label". The New York Times. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- ^ Mendelsohn, Ezra (2009). Jews and the Sporting Life: Studies in Contemporary Jewry XXIII. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199724796. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- ^ Chandler, Rich (September 14, 2010). "Out of Bounds: Were Pavin's Ryder picks based on religion?". MSNBC. Archived from the original on September 17, 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- ^ Michael Mayo (August 7, 1995). "Pavin Knows His Place". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- ^ "It's Ryder Cup war, and General Monty wants revenge". The Daily Maverick. October 1, 2010. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- ^ Reason, Mark (August 2, 2010). "Ryder Cup 2010: Corey Pavin could face dilemma over Tiger Woods". Telegraph. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- ^ Kimball, George (September 29, 2010). "Pavin's good intentions". The Irish Times. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- ^ Horvitz, Peter S. (2007). The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and The 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars. SP Books. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-56171-907-5.
- ^ Guest, Larry (June 19, 1993). "Golfers Don't Go Gaga Over White House Trip". Orlando Sentinel.
- ^ "Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame". Vcshf.com. Archived from the original on November 20, 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
External links
[edit]- Corey Pavin at the PGA Tour official site
- Corey Pavin at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Corey Pavin at the European Tour official site
- Corey Pavin at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
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