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Mark Calcavecchia

Golf is an outdoor sport where player as an individual or from varied teams strike a ball targeting a hole using various clubs. This game does not have any fixed standard playing area, but an ideal measurement can be decided as per the availability of space and number of players involved. The game basically originated from Scotland and has been played for atleast five centuries in the British Isles. Although often viewed as an elite pastime, golf is now becoming an increasingly popular sport across all sections of society. The two basic forms of playing golf are match play and stroke play.

Mark John Calcavecchia was born on June 12, 1960 in Laurel, Nebraska. His height is six foot and weight is 225 pounds. His PGA Tour victories includes 1986 Southwest Golf Classic, 1987 Honda Classic, 1988 Bank of Boston Classic, 1989 Phoenix Open, Nissan Los Angeles Open, British Open Championship, 1992 Phoenix Open, 1995 BellSouth Classic, 1997 Greater Vancouver Open, 1998 Honda Classic, 2001 Phoenix Open, and 2005 Bell Canadian Open. His International victories include 1988 Australian Open, 1993 Argentine Open, 1995 Argentine Open, 1997 Subaru Sarazen World Open and 2004 Maekyung Open.

Mark John Calcavecchia is one of the best known golf players in the history of the game. A unique style of game strategy and excellent judgment is what makes this great player one of the best all time golf players. Sheer determination, concentration and self confidence has helped him through out his professional career of playing golf to achieve what other players can only imagine of.

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