Calvin Peete
Calvin Peete | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Full name | Calvin Peete | ||||
Born | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | July 18, 1943||||
Died | April 29, 2015 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | (aged 71)||||
Sporting nationality | United States | ||||
Career | |||||
Turned professional | 1975 | ||||
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions Tour | ||||
Professional wins | 14 | ||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||
PGA Tour | 12 | ||||
Japan Golf Tour | 2 | ||||
Best results in major championships | |||||
Masters Tournament | T11: 1986 | ||||
PGA Championship | T3: 1982 | ||||
U.S. Open | T4: 1983 | ||||
The Open Championship | DNP | ||||
Achievements and awards | |||||
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Calvin Peete (July 18, 1943 – April 29, 2015) was an American professional golfer. He was the most successful African-American to have played on the PGA Tour, with 12 wins, prior to the emergence of Tiger Woods. Peete won the 1985 Tournament Players Championship and finished the season top-5 on the PGA Tour money list three times; 1982, 1983 and 1985. He was ranked in the top 10 players on the McCormack's World Golf Rankings in 1984.
Early life
[edit]Peete was born in Detroit. He did not begin playing golf until he was in his 20s, but immediately excelled at a game most pros learn as young children. He learned the game while peddling goods to migrant workers in Rochester, New York, playing on the public course at Genesee Valley Park. Growing up poor, Peete suffered a badly broken arm that was never properly set.[1]
Professional career
[edit]Peete successfully graduated onto the PGA Tour at Spring 1975 PGA Tour Qualifying School. He was the leader in driving accuracy on the PGA Tour for 10 straight years, 1981–90. He was inducted into the African American Ethnic Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.[2]
Peete played on the 1983 and 1985 U.S. Ryder Cup teams. He won the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average in 1984. He was in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking for several weeks when they debuted in 1986.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Peete died of lung cancer, in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 29, 2015.[4] He was 71.
Professional wins (14)
[edit]PGA Tour wins (12)
[edit]Legend |
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Players Championships (1) |
Other PGA Tour (11) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Jul 15, 1979 | Greater Milwaukee Open | 69-67-68-65=269 | −19 | 5 strokes | Victor Regalado, Jim Simons, Lee Trevino |
2 | Jul 11, 1982 | Greater Milwaukee Open (2) | 70-66-69-69=274 | −14 | 2 strokes | Victor Regalado |
3 | Jul 25, 1982 | Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic | 66-68-69=203* | −10 | 2 strokes | Bruce Lietzke |
4 | Sep 5, 1982 | B.C. Open | 69-63-64-69=265 | −19 | 7 strokes | Jerry Pate |
5 | Oct 24, 1982 | Pensacola Open | 65-66-72-65=268 | −16 | 7 strokes | Dan Halldorson, Hal Sutton |
6 | May 22, 1983 | Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf Classic | 68-75-63=206* | −10 | 2 strokes | Chip Beck, Jim Colbert, Don Pooley |
7 | Jul 24, 1983 | Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic (2) | 66-75-66-69=276 | −8 | 1 stroke | Tim Norris |
8 | Oct 7, 1984 | Texas Open | 67-67-66-66=266 | −14 | 3 strokes | Bruce Lietzke |
9 | Jan 20, 1985 | Phoenix Open | 65-65-72-68=270 | −14 | 2 strokes | Morris Hatalsky, Doug Tewell |
10 | Mar 31, 1985 | Tournament Players Championship | 70-69-69-66=274 | −14 | 3 strokes | D. A. Weibring |
11 | Jan 11, 1986 | MONY Tournament of Champions | 68-67-64-68=267 | −21 | 6 strokes | Mark O'Meara |
12 | Mar 23, 1986 | USF&G Classic | 68-67-66-68=269 | −19 | 5 strokes | Pat McGowan |
*Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 1986 | Houston Open | Curtis Strange | Lost to birdie on third extra hole |
PGA of Japan Tour wins (2)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
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1 | Nov 7, 1982 | Goldwin Cup Japan vs USA | 66-68=134 | −10 | Shared title with Bob Gilder | |
2 | Nov 21, 1982 | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | 73-69-67-72=281 | −7 | 3 strokes | Seve Ballesteros, Larry Nelson |
Results in major championships
[edit]Tournament | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 |
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Masters Tournament | T19 | T21 | T30 | 49 | T15 | T31 | T11 | T33 | |||||
U.S. Open | T23 | T11 | T28 | T14 | T10 | T4 | WD | T24 | CUT | ||||
PGA Championship | T42 | T43 | T3 | T36 | 4 | T18 | T30 | WD | T38 |
Note: Peete never played in The Open Championship.
WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Summary
[edit]Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 23 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 22 (1976 U.S. Open – 1987 Masters)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1982 U.S. Open – 1982 PGA)
The Players Championship
[edit]Wins (1)
[edit]Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
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1985 | Tournament Players Championship | Tied for lead | −14 (70-69-69-66=274) | 3 strokes | D. A. Weibring |
Results timeline
[edit]Tournament | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 |
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The Players Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | T70 | T29 | T41 | T35 | 1 | CUT | CUT | T16 | CUT | T46 | 76 | WD | CUT | WD | WD |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
U.S. national team appearances
[edit]- Ryder Cup: 1983 (winners), 1985
- Nissan Cup: 1985 (winners), 1986
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ White Jr., Gordon S. (March 27, 1988). "Peete Returns to the Ranks of Leaders". The New York Times.
- ^ 2002 United States Inductees Archived February 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking". Official World Golf Ranking. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2015. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
- ^ Livsey, Laury (April 29, 2015). "Players champion Peete passes away at age 71". PGA Tour.
External links
[edit]- Calvin Peete Award
- Calvin Peete at the PGA Tour official site
- Calvin Peete at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Calvin Peete at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Calvin Peete Golf Companies
- American male golfers
- African-American golfers
- PGA Tour golfers
- PGA Tour Champions golfers
- Ryder Cup competitors for the United States
- Golfers from Detroit
- Golfers from Florida
- People from Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
- Sportspeople from St. Johns County, Florida
- 1943 births
- 2015 deaths
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen