Larry Mize

Larry Mize
— Golfer —

Personal information
Full name	Lawrence Hogan Mize
Born	(1958-09-23) September 23, 1958 Augusta, Georgia
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Columbus, Georgia
Career
College	Georgia Tech
Turned professional	1980
Current tour(s)	Champions Tour
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	10
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	4
Japan Golf Tour	3
Champions Tour	1
Best results in major championships (wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	Won: 1987
U.S. Open	T4: 1987
The Open Championship	T11: 1994
PGA Championship	T6: 1984

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.

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.

Professional wins (10)

PGA Tour wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Jun 26, 1983	Danny Thomas Memphis Classic	70-65-69-70=274	−14	1 stroke	Chip Beck, Sammy Rachels, Fuzzy Zoeller
2	Apr 12, 1987	Masters Tournament	70-72-72-71=285	−3	Playoff	Seve Ballesteros, Greg Norman
3	Jan 24, 1993	Northern Telecom Open	68-66-70-67=271	−17	2 strokes	Jeff Maggert
4	Aug 8, 1993	Buick Open	64-69-71-68=272	−16	1 stroke	Fuzzy Zoeller

PGA Tour playoff record (1–3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1986	Kemper Open	Greg Norman	Lost to par on sixth extra hole
2	1987	Masters Tournament	Seve Ballesteros, Greg Norman	Won with birdie on second extra hole Ballesteros eliminated with par on first hole
3	1990	MCI Heritage Golf Classic	Steve Jones, Payne Stewart	Stewart won with birdie on second extra hole
4	1998	Canon Greater Hartford Open	Olin Browne, Stewart Cink	Browne won with birdie on first extra hole

Japan Golf Tour wins (3)

Other wins (2)

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

Champions Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Jul 4, 2010	Montreal Championship	67-68-64=199	−17	1 stroke	John Cook

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	To par	Margin	Runners-up
1987	Masters Tournament	2 shot deficit	70-72-72-71=285	−3	Playoff¹	Greg Norman, Seve Ballesteros

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

Results timeline

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament	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
Masters Tournament	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	2009
Masters Tournament	T25	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	T42	CUT	CUT	T30
U.S. Open	T37	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Masters Tournament	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	51	CUT	T52
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

Summary

Tournament	Wins	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	1	1	2	3	11	33	19
U.S. Open	0	0	1	1	4	18	10
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	2	12	7
PGA Championship	0	0	0	2	6	16	10
Totals	1	1	3	6	23	79	46

Most consecutive cuts made – 11 (1984 PGA – 1987 Open Championship)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1987 Masters – 1987 U.S. Open)

U.S. national team appearances

Professional

References

↑ Ballard, Sarah (April 20, 1987). "My, Oh Mize". Sports Illustrated. pp. 36–43. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
↑ "69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking" (PDF). Retrieved January 3, 2013.

External links

Larry Mize at the PGA Tour official site
Larry Mize at the Japan Golf Tour official site

Masters Tournament champions

1934 Horton Smith 1935 Gene Sarazen† 1936 Horton Smith 1937 Byron Nelson 1938 Henry Picard 1939 Ralph Guldahl 1940 Jimmy Demaret 1941‡ Craig Wood 1942 Byron Nelson† 1943–45 cancelled due to World War II 1946 Herman Keiser 1947 Jimmy Demaret 1948 Claude Harmon 1949 Sam Snead 1950 Jimmy Demaret 1951 Ben Hogan 1952 Sam Snead 1953 Ben Hogan 1954 Sam Snead† 1955 Cary Middlecoff 1956 Jack Burke, Jr. 1957 Doug Ford 1958 Arnold Palmer 1959 Art Wall, Jr. 1960‡ Arnold Palmer 1961 Gary Player 1962 Arnold Palmer† 1963 Jack Nicklaus 1964 Arnold Palmer 1965 Jack Nicklaus 1966 Jack Nicklaus† 1967 Gay Brewer 1968 Bob Goalby 1969 George Archer 1970 Billy Casper† 1971 Charles Coody 1972‡ Jack Nicklaus 1973 Tommy Aaron 1974 Gary Player 1975 Jack Nicklaus 1976‡ Raymond Floyd 1977 Tom Watson 1978 Gary Player 1979 Fuzzy Zoeller† 1980 Seve Ballesteros 1981 Tom Watson 1982 Craig Stadler† 1983 Seve Ballesteros 1984 Ben Crenshaw 1985 Bernhard Langer 1986 Jack Nicklaus 1987 Larry Mize† 1988 Sandy Lyle 1989 Nick Faldo† 1990 Nick Faldo† 1991 Ian Woosnam 1992 Fred Couples 1993 Bernhard Langer 1994 José María Olazábal 1995 Ben Crenshaw 1996 Nick Faldo 1997 Tiger Woods 1998 Mark O'Meara 1999 José María Olazábal 2000 Vijay Singh 2001 Tiger Woods 2002 Tiger Woods 2003 Mike Weir† 2004 Phil Mickelson 2005 Tiger Woods† 2006 Phil Mickelson 2007 Zach Johnson 2008 Trevor Immelman 2009 Ángel Cabrera† 2010 Phil Mickelson 2011 Charl Schwartzel 2012 Bubba Watson† 2013 Adam Scott† 2014 Bubba Watson 2015‡ Jordan Spieth 2016 Danny Willett

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire

United States Ryder Cup team – 1987

Andy Bean Mark Calcavecchia Ben Crenshaw Tom Kite Larry Mize Larry Nelson Dan Pohl Scott Simpson Payne Stewart Curtis Strange Hal Sutton Lanny Wadkins Jack Nicklaus (non-playing captain)

Lost: 13 – 15

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 20919102

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