Scott McCarron | |||||||
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Personal information | |||||||
Full name | Scott Michael McCarron | ||||||
Born | Sacramento, California, U.S. | July 10, 1965||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||
Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) | ||||||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||||||
Residence | La Quinta, California, U.S. | ||||||
Spouse | Jenny McCarron (m. 2016) | ||||||
Children | 2 [1] | ||||||
Career | |||||||
College | UCLA | ||||||
Turned professional | 1992 | ||||||
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions | ||||||
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour | ||||||
Professional wins | 20 | ||||||
Highest ranking | 20 (March 3, 2002) [2] | ||||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||||
PGA Tour | 3 | ||||||
PGA Tour Champions | 11 | ||||||
Other | 6 | ||||||
Best results in major championships | |||||||
Masters Tournament | T10: 1996 | ||||||
PGA Championship | T10: 1997 | ||||||
U.S. Open | T10: 1997 | ||||||
The Open Championship | T18: 2002 | ||||||
Achievements and awards | |||||||
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Scott Michael McCarron (born July 10, 1965) is an American professional golfer who was formerly a member of the PGA Tour but now plays on the PGA Tour Champions.
McCarron was born in Sacramento, California and graduated from Vintage High School in Napa, California. [3] He was a member of the golf team at UCLA, graduating in 1988 with a major in History. [4] Unlike most golfers, McCarron did not transition right away from the college to the professional ranks – he gave up golf for four years (1988–1992) to work with his father in the family golf apparel business. [4] He turned professional in 1992, [4] and joined the PGA Tour in 1994.
McCarron won three times on the PGA Tour, with his victories coming in 1996, 1997 and 2001. [4]
McCarron has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking.
McCarron was injured in the summer of 2006 and missed the entire 2007 season. [4] He served as an analyst for The Golf Channel for its 2007 Masters coverage. He returned to the PGA Tour in 2008 and finished 108th on the money list to retain his card for 2009.
In 2010, McCarron became embroiled in controversy when he accused fellow PGA Tour player Phil Mickelson of "cheating" for using a Ping-Eye 2 wedge made before April 1, 1990 that is allowed under a legal technicality. [5] [6] [7] McCarron publicly apologized to Mickelson a few days after. [8] 30 days later, the PGA Tour and USGA banned the use of the Ping-Eye 2 wedges.
McCarron has won 11 times on the PGA Tour Champions, including one senior major, the 2017 Constellation Senior Players Championship. He made up a six-shot deficit in the final round to claim his first major by one shot. [9]
On May 5, 2019, McCarron won the Insperity Invitational on the PGA Tour Champions for his tenth Champions tour title. [10] The following month McCarron won the MasterCard Japan Championship by three strokes for his third win of the season.
On November 10, 2019, McCarron won the season-long Charles Schwab Cup and a $1,000,000 annuity on the PGA Tour Champions. [11]
On January 15, 2020, McCarron received the Jack Nicklaus Trophy as the 2019 PGA Tour Champions Player of the Year. [12]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Mar 24, 1996 | Freeport-McDermott Classic | −13 (68-67-69-71=275) | 5 strokes | ![]() |
2 | May 11, 1997 | BellSouth Classic | −14 (70-69-66-69=274) | 3 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3 | Apr 1, 2001 | BellSouth Classic (2) | −8 (68-67-72-73=280) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
PGA Tour playoff record (0–2)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2003 | Las Vegas Invitational | ![]() | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 2004 | Reno–Tahoe Open | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Taylor won with birdie on first extra hole |
Legend |
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PGA Tour Champions major championships (1) |
Charles Schwab Cup playoff events (1) |
Other PGA Tour Champions (9) |
PGA Tour Champions playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2016 | Pacific Links Bear Mountain Championship | ![]() | Lost to birdie on third extra hole |
2 | 2016 | Dominion Charity Classic | ![]() | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
Tournament | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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Masters Tournament | T10 | T30 | T16 | T18 | CUT | T23 | ||||||||
U.S. Open | T82 | T10 | T40 | T30 | CUT | CUT | ||||||||
The Open Championship | CUT | T18 | T34 | CUT | ||||||||||
PGA Championship | T47 | T10 | CUT | T70 | T39 | T14 | CUT | T59 | T24 |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 18 |
Tournament | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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The Players Championship | CUT | CUT | T35 | CUT |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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The Players Championship | T66 | T44 | CUT | CUT | T53 | CUT | CUT | CUT |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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The Players Championship | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Tournament | 2002 | 2003 |
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Match Play | 2 | R64 |
Championship | 6 | |
Invitational | T75 |
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runners-up |
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2017 | Constellation Senior Players Championship | 6 shot deficit | −18 (67-68-69-66=270) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
Results not in chronological order before 2022.
Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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The Tradition | – | 6 | T2 | T5 | T66 | NT | T35 | T16 | T36 | T22 |
Senior PGA Championship | – | T7 | T5 | T3 | 2 | NT | T34 | T33 | T12 | T51 |
U.S. Senior Open | – | CUT | T37 | T52 | T6 | NT | T49 | |||
Senior Players Championship | – | 13 | 1 | T4 | T7 | T28 | T37 | T55 | T30 | T60 |
Senior British Open Championship | T25 | 2 | T23 | T3 | NT | T25 |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
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