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RAYMOND FLOYD

Height:

6 ft, 1 in

Weight:

200 lbs

Birthday:

09/04/1942

College: University of North Carolina
Turned Pro: 1961
Birthplace: Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Residence: Palm Beach, Florida

DID YOU KNOW

PERSONAL

His family was named by Golfweek as the 1994 "Golf Family of the Year." Also selected Golf World's "Man of the Year" for 1992.

The son of a career Army man, L.B. Floyd, he was exposed to golf at an early age but chose to pursue baseball until capturing the National Jaycees golf title in 1960.

Remains a devoted Chicago Cubs fan.

Has two sons. Raymond, Jr., a Wake Forest graduate, works at the investment firm Weeden Capital in Greenwich, Conn., and Robert is in residential real estate in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Daughter Christina, also a Wake Forest graduate, runs her own art firm, Floyd Contemporary.