Corey Pavin

Corey Allen Pavin (born November 16, 1959) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour.

Pavin was born in Oxnard, California. He attended UCLA and turned professional in 1982. He quickly established himself in the sport, with three international victories in 1983, and his first PGA Tour victory at the 1984 Houston Coca-Cola Open. He won at least one event either on the PGA Tour or internationally most years for the next decade, and topped his home Tour's money list in 1991, when he was the last man to achieve this without winning a million dollars in prize money. Pavin's success culminated in his only major victory, the 1995 U.S. Open. Rather than marking a new move to a new level of achievement however, this was soon followed by a long slide down the world rankings. Pavin won one further PGA Tour event in 1996, which took his career total to fourteen, but continued to fall down the rankings for the rest of the decade. His 89th place finish on the 2004 money list was the first time he had featured in the top hundred since 1998. Pavin finally won his fifteenth career title in 2006 at the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee, ending a streak of 242 consecutive tournaments without a win.

On Thursday, July 27, 2006, during the first round of what would become his fifteenth tour title, Pavin broke the record for least number of strokes to complete the front nine (or back nine) at a PGA Tour event, with an 8-under par score of 26. The previous record, held by Mike Souchak, Andy North, Billy Mayfair and Robert Gamez, was 27 but Mayfair and Gamez completed the front nine at 9-under par.[1] His 36-hole total of 125 also tied (with Tom Lehman, Mark Calcavecchia, and Tiger Woods) the record for least shots in the first 36 holes of a PGA Tour event. [2]

[edit] PGA Tour wins

• 1984 (1) Houston Coca-Cola Open
• 1985 (1) Colonial National Invitation
• 1986 (2) Hawaiian Open, Greater Milwaukee Open
• 1987 (2) Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, Hawaiian Open
• 1988 (1) Texas Open
• 1991 (2) Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, BellSouth Atlanta Golf Classic
• 1992 (1) Honda Classic
• 1994 (1) Nissan Los Angeles Open
• 1995 (2) Nissan Open, U.S. Open
• 1996 (1) MasterCard Colonial
• 2006 (1) U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee

Major championship is shown in bold.

[edit] Other wins

• 1983 German Open (European Tour), South African PGA Championship, Calberson Classic (Europe - not a European Tour event)
• 1984 New Zealand Open (PGA Tour of Australasia)
• 1985 New Zealand Open (PGA Tour of Australasia), U.S. vs. Japan Matches (individual)
• 1993 Toyota World Match Play Championship (Europe - then an unofficial event).
• 1994 Tokai Classic (Japan Golf Tour)
• 1995 Asian Masters, Million Dollar Challenge (South Africa - unofficial event)
• 1996 Ssang Yong International Challenge (South Korea).
• 1999 Martel Skins Game (Taiwan).

[edit] Results in major championships

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

[edit] External links

• Profile on the PGA Tour's site
• Golf Stars Online - links to features and profiles