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Michael Rexford Nicolette (born December 7, 1956) is an American
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and inventor who played on the
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in the 1970s and 1980s. Nicolette was born in
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. He attended
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in
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and was a member of the
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team. While a student at Rollins, he won the 1976 NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championship. He turned pro in 1978. Nicolette had ten top-10 finishes in PGA Tour events during his career including a win at the 1983
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. In that tournament, he defeated
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in a playoff on the first extra hole. He was the first round co-leader at the 1988 U.S. Open, but faded in the last three days. His best finish in a major championship was T-13 at the 1983 U.S. Open. Parsons Xtreme Golf (PXG) hired Nicolette, who served as senior product designer for
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prior to joining PXG. Given no time or budget constraints, Nicolette worked on designing the first iteration of what would become the PXG 0311 forged iron. Nicolette is named as an inventor on 179 US Utility Patents , the majority of which are assigned to PXG. He is also named on 255 US Design Patents of Michael R. Nicolette
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Amateur wins

*1973 Pennsylvania State Junior Golf Championship *1976 NCAA Division II Championship


Professional wins (2)


PGA Tour wins (1)

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)


Other wins (1)

*1999
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Results in major championships

''Note: Nicolette never played in
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CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied


See also

* Spring 1979 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates *
Fall 1981 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates This is a list of the Fall 1981 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates. Source: References {{PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates 1980 2 PGA Tour Qualifying School PGA Tour Qualifying School PGA is an acronym or initialism that may stand f ...
* 1985 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicolette, Mike American male golfers PGA Tour golfers Golfers from Pittsburgh Rollins Tars athletes 1956 births Living people