Larry Mize

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**Larry Mize**
Personal Information
Birth	September 23, 1958 (1958-09-23) (age 49) Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Nationality	United States
College	Georgia Tech
Career
Turned Pro	1980
Current tour	PGA Tour
Professional wins	9 (PGA Tour: 4, Japan Golf Tour: 3, Other: 2)
Best Results in Major Championships Wins: 1
Masters	Won 1987
U.S. Open	T4: 1987
British Open	T11: 1994
PGA Championship	T6: 1984

Lawrence Hogan "Larry" Mize (born September 23, 1958) is an American golfer. Despite a creditable career on the PGA Tour he is mainly known for just one shot - the chip from off the green at #11 - which secured his only major title, the 1987 Masters.

1 Biography
2 Professional wins (9)
3 Major Championships
- 3.1 Wins (1)
- 3.2 Results timeline
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Biography

Mize was born in Augusta, Georgia. He 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. Many people assumed that Norman was about to win, but Mize chipped in for a birdie with a sand wedge from around 140 feet and danced across the green to celebrate victory. 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 Rankings.^[1]

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.

[edit] Professional wins (9)

[edit] PGA Tour wins (4)

Major championship is shown in bold.

[edit] Japan Golf Tour wins (3)

[edit] Other wins (2)

1993 Johnnie Walker World Championship (unofficial event)
2000 Straight Down Fall Classic (with Jim Lehman)

[edit] Major Championships

[edit] Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Margin	Runners Up
1987	The Masters	-3 (70-72-72-71=285)	Playoff¹	Greg Norman, Seve Ballesteros

¹Defeated Greg Norman and Seve Ballesteros in a sudden death playoff - Mize (4-3), Norman (4-4) and Ballesteros (5).

[edit] Results timeline

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T11	T47	T16	1	T45	T26
U.S. Open	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	T39	T24	T4	T12	T33
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	T46	T26	CUT	T19
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	T47	T6	T23	T53	CUT	CUT	T17

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters	T14	T17	T6	T21	3	CUT	T23	T30	CUT	23
U.S. Open	T14	T55	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	T58	DNP	64
The Open Championship	T31	CUT	CUT	T27	T11	CUT	DNP	DNP	T52	DNP
PGA Championship	T12	CUT	T40	CUT	T15	CUT	T8	T58	CUT	DNP

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
The Masters	T25	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	T42	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	T37	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP