Mark O'Meara
| Mark O'Meara | |||||||||
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O'Meara in 2005 | |||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Full name | Mark Francis O'Meara | ||||||||
| Born | January 13, 1957 Goldsboro, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st) | ||||||||
| Sporting nationality | United States | ||||||||
| Residence | Southern Highlands, Nevada, U.S. | ||||||||
| Spouse |
Alicia Lauria O'Meara
(m. 1980; div. 2009)Meredith O'Meara | ||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||
| Career | |||||||||
| College | Long Beach State University | ||||||||
| Turned professional | 1980 | ||||||||
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions | ||||||||
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour | ||||||||
| Professional wins | 34 | ||||||||
| Highest ranking | 2 (September 6, 1998) | ||||||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||||||
| PGA Tour | 16 | ||||||||
| European Tour | 5 | ||||||||
| Japan Golf Tour | 2 | ||||||||
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 1 | ||||||||
| PGA Tour Champions | 3 | ||||||||
| Other | 9 | ||||||||
| Best results in major championships (wins: 2) | |||||||||
| Masters Tournament | Won: 1998 | ||||||||
| PGA Championship | T4: 1998 | ||||||||
| U.S. Open | T3: 1988 | ||||||||
| The Open Championship | Won: 1998 | ||||||||
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Mark Francis O'Meara (born January 13, 1957) is an American retired professional golfer. He was a tournament winner on the PGA Tour and around the world from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. He spent nearly 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking from their debut in 1986 to 2000. He won two major championships, the 1998 Masters Tournament and the 1998 Open Championship, becoming the oldest player to win two majors in one year. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2015.