Biography

Mize was born in Augusta, Georgia, attended Georgia Tech, and turned professional in 1980. He finished in the top 125 on the money list (the level needed to retain membership of the tour) for 20 seasons from 1982 to 2001. His first PGA Tour win was the 1983 Danny Thomas Memphis Classic.

At the 1987 Masters, Mize was tied with Seve Ballesteros and Greg Norman after four rounds. Ballesteros was eliminated in the first hole of the playoff. On the second playoff hole, which was Augusta's eleventh, a par four, Mize's second shot landed well off the putting green. It appeared that a birdie would be impossible, and that even making par might be difficult. Meanwhile Norman's second shot landed on the edge of the green, giving him a potentially makeable birdie putt. On his third shot, Mize hit an incredible, memorable chip shot with a sand wedge from around 140 feet, giving him the birdie. Norman now had an opportunity to tie, but he failed to sink the putt. Mize's win was especially appreciated because he is an Augusta native and had worked on the scoreboard at Augusta National's third hole as a teenager. His Masters win and a tie for fourth at the U.S. Open in June briefly put him in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

Mize also won four international events and played for the U.S. teams in the Ryder Cup in 1987 and the Dunhill Cup in 2000. For many years Mize and Coca-Cola sponsored a successful charity golf tournament to benefit cystic fibrosis held at the Atlanta Athletic Club. Mize currently resides in Columbus, Georgia with his wife and three sons. His hobbies are fishing, basketball, and playing the piano.

Professional wins (10)

PGA Tour wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Jun 26, 1983	Danny Thomas Memphis Classic	70-65-69-70=274	−14	1 stroke	Chip Beck, Sammy Rachels, Fuzzy Zoeller
2	Apr 12, 1987	Masters Tournament	70-72-72-71=285	−3	Playoff	Seve Ballesteros, Greg Norman
3	Jan 24, 1993	Northern Telecom Open	68-66-70-67=271	−17	2 strokes	Jeff Maggert
4	Aug 8, 1993	Buick Open	64-69-71-68=272	−16	1 stroke	Fuzzy Zoeller

PGA Tour playoff record (1-3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1986	Kemper Open	Greg Norman	Lost to par on sixth extra hole
2	1987	Masters Tournament	Seve Ballesteros, Greg Norman	Won with birdie on second extra hole Ballesteros eliminated with par on first hole
3	1990	MCI Heritage Golf Classic	Steve Jones, Payne Stewart	Stewart won with birdie on second extra hole
4	1998	Canon Greater Hartford Open	Olin Browne, Stewart Cink	Browne won with birdie on first extra hole

Japan Golf Tour wins (3)

• 1988 Casio World Open
• 1989 Dunlop Phoenix
• 1990 Dunlop Phoenix

Other wins (2)

• 1993 Johnnie Walker World Golf Championship (unofficial event)
• 2000 Straight Down Fall Classic (with Jim Lehman)

Champions Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Jul 4, 2010	Montreal Championship	67-68-64=199	−17	1 stroke	John Cook

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	To par	Margin	Runners-up
1987	Masters Tournament	2 shot deficit	70-72-72-71=285	−3	Playoff1	Greg Norman, Seve Ballesteros

1Defeated Norman and Ballesteros in a sudden-death playoff: Mize (4-3), Norman (4-x) and Ballesteros (5).

Results timeline

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T11	T47	T16	1	T45	T26
U.S. Open	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	T39	T24	T4	T12	T33
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	T46	T26	CUT	T19
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	T47	T6	T23	T53	CUT	CUT	T17

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	T14	T17	T6	T21	3	CUT	T23	T30	CUT	23
U.S. Open	T14	T55	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	T58	DNP	64
The Open Championship	T31	CUT	CUT	T27	T11	CUT	DNP	DNP	T52	DNP
PGA Championship	T12	CUT	T40	CUT	T15	CUT	T8	T58	CUT	DNP

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters Tournament	T25	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	T42	CUT	CUT	T30
U.S. Open	T37	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Masters Tournament	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	51	CUT	T52
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

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

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	1	0	1	2	3	11	33	19
U.S. Open	0	0	0	1	1	4	18	10
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	7
PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	2	6	16	10
Totals	1	0	1	3	6	23	79	46

• Most consecutive cuts made - 11 (1984 PGA - 1987 Open Championship)
• Longest streak of top-10s - 2 (1987 Masters - 1987 U.S. Open)

U.S. national team appearances

Professional

• Ryder Cup: 1987
• Alfred Dunhill Cup: 2000

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