Mark O'Meara

O'Meara, who made his 34th and last appearance at the Masters in 2018, started to play the game when he was 13 after his family moved to a house in California on a golf course. He would slip onto the course to play and quickly became hooked on the game. As a freshman at Mission Viejo High School, he made the golf team and helped the team win the state championship in his junior year. Earned a scholarship to Long Beach State and was an All-America selection in 1979. He won the California State Amateur that year and the Mexican Amateur. His biggest victory, in 1979, came at the U.S. Amateur in Cleveland, where he defeated defending champion John Cook 8 & 7 in the final.
He became professional the next year and earned the honors of 1981 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year. Between 1984-92, he placed in the top 30 in earnings. With his win at the 1994 Argentine Open, he became the fifth player to win in the U.S., Europe, Japan, Australia, and South America (the others are Gary Player, David Graham, Hale Irwin, and Bernhard Langer).
Member of 1985, '89, '91, '97, and '99 U.S. Ryder Cup teams. Member of the 1996 and '98 Presidents Cup teams. Played full-time on the PGA Tour between 1981-2006. Won 16 times in 658 events, was runner-up 22 times, third 18 times, and recorded 119 top-10 finishes. Best season was in 1998, when he won the Masters and the British Open. Has earnings of more than $14.1 million. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2015.
In 2010, he won a PGA Tour Champions major, the Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship, in a playoff over Michael Allen. He was teamed with Nick Price to win the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf that year. Has a total of three PGA Tour Champions victories.
2011 Notes: On PGA Tour Champions, collected nine top-10s in 20 starts. He played his best golf in the year's second half when he posted five top-10 efforts in his last nine starts, including a pair of runner-up showings. Waged a head-to-head weekend battle with Olin Browne at the U.S. Senior Open at Inverness before finishing 2nd, three strokes back.
2012 Notes: Tore cartilage in his rib cage while preparing for the 2012 Masters and missed four months of the season. In his abbreviated year, he finished in the top 10 at five PGA Tour Champions events. His best finish was 2nd at the Boeing Classic, where he lost to Jay Don Blake in a playoff.
2013 Notes: He had nine top-10s in his 22 starts, the most appearances he's made in a Champions Tour season. His best result came in his final start of the season when he finished T-2nd in the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Also had a T-3rd at the Encompass Championship. He ended the year 17th on the money list.
2014 Notes: The highlight of his season was being voted into the World Golf Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2015. Received notification in mid-October and was inducted at St. Andrews in July, along with David Graham, Laura Davies, and A.W. Tillinghast. Despite recording only four top-10 finishes, his fewest in a year on the PGA Tour Champions since 2008, he earned a spot among the top 30 money-winners for the fifth time in the last six years. Best finishes in 22 events were a T-2nd at Dick's Sporting Goods, T-5th at Toshiba Classic, T-6th at Mitsubishi Electric, and T-6th at the Constellation Senior Players. He finished 30th in the Schwab rankings and 25th on the money list. He made his 30th start at the Masters in April but didn't make the cut.
2015 Notes: He started his year with a runner-up finish at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship, one stroke behind winner Miguel Angel Jimenez. Thanks to a closing six-under-par 66, the day's low round, he finished 3rd in the inaugural Tucson Conquistadores Classic in March. He turned in the best finish by a player over 50 at the Masters, a T-22nd, his best showing since 2003 (T-8th). He also finished T-4th at the Greater Gwinnett Classic. He had been suffering from pain in his right foot, which prevented him from playing at the Constellation Senior Players and the U.S. Senior Open. He had a memorable week at St. Andrews with a T-78th finish at the British Open just days after being inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. He was T-3rd at the Shaw Charity Classic and Boeing Classic before ending his year T-4th at the Charles Schwab Cup. He finished 15th in the Schwab rankings and on the money list.
2016 Notes: Started the year T-8th at Mitsubishi Electric. Was T-4th at the Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf, teamed with Colin Montgomerie. He was T-8th after two rounds in the Senior Open Championship at Carnoustie before eventually finishing T-18th. He made his 32nd appearance at the Masters but did not make the cut. He made the cut for the 24th time at the British Open, finishing T-63rd at Royal Troon. Placed 45th in the Schwab ranking and 44th on the money list.
2017 Notes: His 14 starts were the fewest he's made in a season since 2011, when he made just 11 due to a rib injury that sidelined him for four months. Best finish was T-5th at the Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf with teammate Tom Jenkins. He missed the cut in his 33rd Masters appearance.
2018 Notes: Played 17 PGA Tour Champions events with the best finish T-3rd at the Ally Challenge. Placed 57th in the Schwab Cup. He missed the cut in his 34th and final Masters appearance
2019 Notes: Played in 19 PGA Tour Champions events with one top-10 finish. Ranked 46th in the Charles Schwab Cup. He ended an eight-year drought when he won the Cologuard Classic by closing with a seven-under 66 for a four-stroke victory. At 8 years, 4 months, and 21 days, it marked the second-longest gap between victories on PGA Tour Champions. Became the fourth-oldest winner in PGA Tour Champions history (62 years, 1 month, 1 month, and 17 days).
2020-21 Notes: Played 24 PGA Tour Champions events with one top-ten finish. Placed 67th in the Schwab Cup. The best finish in the 2020 calendar year was T-13th at the Morocco Champions and T-13th at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. In 2021 was T-8th at the Cologuard Classic.
2022 Notes: Played 9 PGA Tour Champions events with one top-25 finish, T-19th, at the Shaw Charity Classic.
2023 Notes: T-31st at the Hoag Classic.