| Born: 4th September 1942, Fort Bragg, North Carolina |
| US Tour wins: 22 |
| Ryder Cup appearances: 8 (1963, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1993) |
| Raymond
Floyd won his first tournament in 1963, aged 20.
In 1992, aged 50, he became the first player to
win on the regular and senior US tours in the
same season. He has been a golfer for the ages; a
golfer for all ages. When he won his first major,
the 1969 US PGA Championship, Floyd was known as
Ray in most of the bars and nightclubs where the
US tour called a halt. Now he's Raymond, married
with a family, and possessor of four major
championships - a remarkable effort achieved with
what must frankly be described as an ungainly
swing, a laboured affair which has nevertheless
made him a handsome living. Floyd won his next two majors - the 1976 Masters and the 1982 PGA - the way he loves best: from the front. He opened with 65-66 at Augusta and eventually Squalled the lowest 72-hole score in the tournament's history. Six years later he started with 63-69 at the PGA and that was pretty well that. When he won the 1986 US Open, he was, at 43, the then oldest ever winner of the championship. In addition to everything else, Floyd was non-playing captain of the US Ryder Cup team in 1989, but back in the side as a player for the seventh time in 1991. In between, he had the 1990 Masters for the taking until he bogeyed the penultimate hole and then lost the ensuing playoff to Nick Faldo at the second hole of sudden-death. He was runner-up again in 1992. A golfer for the ages indeed. |
 Floyd at the 1982 British Open, the only major championship to elude him.
The steel-eyed stare of determination has been as pivotal to Floyd's success as his shot-making. |
