Mark Randall McCumber (born September 7, 1951) is an American

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who has played on the

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and

Champions Tour PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour) is a men's professional senior golf tour, administered as a branch of the PGA Tour. History and format The Senior PGA Championship, founded in 1937, was for many year ...

. McCumber was born and raised in

Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the seat of Duval County, with which th ...

, where he attended Robert E. Lee High School. He turned professional in 1974 and joined the PGA Tour in 1978. McCumber won ten times on the

between 1979 and 1994 including the prestigious Players Championship (1988) and

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(1994). He also won the

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

for the United States in partnership with

Ben Crenshaw Ben Daniel Crenshaw (born January 11, 1952) is a retired American professional golfer who has won 19 events on the PGA Tour, including two major championships: the Masters Tournament in 1984 and 1995. He is nicknamed '' Gentle Ben''. Profession ...

in 1988. He played on the 1989

Ryder Cup The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. The competition is contested every two years with the venue alternating between courses in the United States and Europe. The Ryder Cup is named af ...

team. McCumber worked as an on-course reporter for

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in 1991 and for

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part-time in 1998 and full-time in 1999. After turning 50 in 2001, McCumber played on the Champions Tour from 2001 to 2008, but did not win an event in this venue. He also works as a

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and was occasionally featured as a golf analyst on

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. McCumber is a member of the

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. McCumber and his wife, Paddy, have two daughters and a son. Their son,

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, is also a professional golfer. McCumber is a devout

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who preaches in his spare time.

Professional wins (11)

PGA Tour wins (10)

PGA Tour playoff record (2–0)

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (twice) *Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (five times)

The Players Championship

Wins (1)

Results timeline

CUT = missed the halfway cut
DQ = disqualified
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

U.S. national team appearances

Professional *

Dunhill Cup The Alfred Dunhill Cup was a team golf tournament which ran from 1985 to 2000, sponsored by Alfred Dunhill Ltd. It was for three-man teams of professional golfers, one team representing each country, and was promoted as the "World Team Championshi ...

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...

(winners),

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

(tied)

References

External links

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McCumber Golf
- his golf course design company
American Society of Golf Course Architects profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:McCumber, Mark American male golfers PGA Tour golfers PGA Tour Champions golfers Ryder Cup competitors for the United States Golf course architects Golfers from Jacksonville, Florida American Jehovah's Witnesses Robert E. Lee High School (Jacksonville) alumni 1951 births Living people