Raymond Floyd - Media Guide

Open.  1980  Doral-Eastern Open.  1981  Doral-Eastern Open,  Tournament Players Championship,  Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic.  1982  Memorial Tournament,  Danny Thomas Memphis Classic,  PGA Championship.  1985  Houston Open.  1986  U.S. Open Championship,  Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic.  1992  Doral-Ryder Open. 

Classic,  Emerald Coast Classic.  1996  Ford Senior Players Championship.  2000  Ford Senior Players Championship. 

[with Raymond, Jr.]. 1997 Senior Skins Game, Office Depot Father/Son Challenge [with Raymond, Jr.], Lexus Challenge [with William Devane]. 1998 Senior Skins Game. 2000 Office Depot Father/Son Challenge [with Robert]. 2006 Wendy's Champions Skins Game [with Dana Quigley].

along with Dave Stockton and Olin Browne.

at Hualalai in his first official event of the year after posting rounds of 67-68 on the weekend. Ran off six consecutive birdies in posting the 67 at Hualalai, establishing a season-best birdie streak...Made two appearances in PGA TOUR events. Made his 43rd appearance at the Masters but missed the cut. Also played in the inaugural AT&T Classic near Washington, D.C., but missed the cut at Congressional CC...Along with Dave Stockton and Olin Browne, was named an assistant captain for the 2008 U.S. Ryder Cup team by Captain Paul Azinger in August.

beat Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson with 10 skins and a record $510,000 in the alternate-shot Wendy's Champions Skins Game...In mid-May at The Boeing Championship at Sandestin, made a spirited run at becoming the Champions Tour's oldest winner. Matched his age for the first time with a final-round, 8-under 63, one off his Champions Tour career-best, on The Raven Course at Sandestin. Eventually fell one stroke short of Bobby Wadkins but still became the third-youngest player in Champions Tour annals to shoot his age in a round that included five consecutive birdies on the back nine. Finish on Florida's panhandle was his best since a T2 at the 2001 Transamerica...Had another chance at victory at the season's last full-field event in San Antonio. Ended up T4 at the AT&T Championship after he was just one stroke off the lead after 36 holes at Oak Hills. Played in the final group Sunday with Fred Funk and Jay Haas, a first for him since the Ameritech Senior Open in 1999. 2005: T8 at the Allianz Championship...Returned to the site of his 1969 PGA Championship victory, NCR CC, and was in contention for most of the U.S. Senior Open before finishing T14 after a final-round 77. Was presented with an honorary membership to NCR after his second round. 2004: Was T4 at the Allianz Championship, thanks to a final-round 66 at Glen Oaks, the low round of the day...Also T10 at the rain-soaked Senior PGA Championship at Valhalla, his first top-10 effort in a major since 2001. 2003: Underwent successful prostate cancer surgery at Johns Hopkins Medical Center in late December 2002. In first start since the surgery, finished T9 at the SBC Classic in March. 2001: A final-round 67 helped him to a T2 at the Verizon Classic in early February, three strokes back of winner Bob Gilder...Made a run at The Transamerica only to come up one stroke short along with Doug Tewell, when Sammy Rachels eagled the final hole for victory. 2000: Voted by his peers as the Comeback Player of the Year...Selected as the July Player of the Month. Closed with a final-round 67 at Saucon Valley to place fourth in the U.S. Senior Open and then won his next start at the Ford Senior Players Championship, defeating Larry Nelson and Dana Quigley by a stroke. Second win in Dearborn ended a victory drought of four years and two days and at 57 years, 10 months and 12 days, made him the oldest at the time to claim a senior major championship since the Champions Tour started in 1980. Pocketed the largest check of his career, $345,000, when he rallied from six strokes back on the final day to win, the biggest comeback effort in Ford Senior Players history...Made the first of 16 holes-in-one on the Champions Tour that season when he aced the third hole in the opening round of the Royal Caribbean Classic, the second hole-in-one of his Champions Tour career. 1999: T2 at the MasterCard Championship in Hawaii, three strokes back of John Jacobs...Also fell one stroke short of Hale Irwin at the Ameritech Senior Open. 1998: Captured a fifth straight Senior Skins Game title in January...T2 at the LG Championship, two strokes short of Gil Morgan, who holed a sand wedge for eagle on the final hole for the victory. 1996: Was a two-stroke winner over Hale Irwin at Ford Senior Players Championship...Also third at The Tradition and U.S. Senior Open. 1995: Only out of top 10 twice in 21 events with wins at PGA Seniors' Championship, Burnet Senior Classic and Emerald Coast Classic...Earned second Byron Nelson Award for lowest scoring average (69.47)...Second to Jim Colbert on final money list when he fell just one stroke shy of defending title at Energizer SENIOR TOUR Championship...Birdied final hole at Burnet Senior Classic to edge Graham Marsh and bested Tom Wargo on the second extra playoff hole to win Emerald Coast Classic. Recorded his first Champions Tour hole-in-one at that Pensacola event. 1994: Earned over $1 million for first time in pro career and won four times, including dramatic victory at season-ending GOLF MAGAZINE SENIOR TOUR Championship. Overcame a six-stroke deficit on the final day and then holed a birdie putt on fifth extra hole to defeat Jim Albus...Won his first Champions Tour major at The Tradition, beating Dale Douglass in overtime...Also went wire-to-wire at the Cadillac NFL Golf Classic...Earned the Byron Nelson Trophy for lowest scoring average (69.08) and joined Don January and Lee Trevino as the only players at the time to win both a Byron Nelson Trophy and the Vardon Trophy (PGA TOUR-1983). 1993: Split his time between the Champions Tour and PGA TOUR...Made just 14 Champions Tour starts, but still finished ninth on the final money list...Captured the Gulfstream Aerospace Invitational in record form when he finished 22-under-par 194, then a Champions Tour record in relation to par for 54 holes...Also won the Northville Long Island Classic by two strokes over five other players...Was a wild-card selection for the Ryder Cup team and was instrumental in leading the United States squad to victory at The Belfry. 1992: Won three times in just seven starts and capped the year by claiming the SENIOR TOUR Championship in Puerto Rico...During the fall campaign, defeated Isao Aoki at the Ralphs Senior Classic with a 54-hole score of 18-under 198...Made history when he became the first player to win on both Tours (since matched by Craig Stadler and Fred Funk) in the same year. First captured his 22nd PGA TOUR event and third Doral-Ryder Open.With that title, he joined Sam Snead as the only players to win TOUR events in four different decades.Then won the GTE North Classic title in Indianapolis just 16 days after turning 50. Donated entire winner's check of $67,500 to Hurricane Andrew Relief Fund.

the National Jaycees golf title in 1960...Remains a devoted Chicago Cubs fan...Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1989....Has two sons. Raymond, Jr., a Wake Forest graduate, works at the investment firm Weeden Capital in Greenwich, CT, and Robert is in residential real estate in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Daughter Christina, also a Wake Forest graduate, works for Sotheby's in New York City.