Early years

O'Meara was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, but grew up in southern California in Mission Viejo. He took up golf at age 13, sneaking on to the nearby Mission Viejo Country Club. O'Meara later became an employee of the club and played on his high school golf team. He was an All-American at Long Beach State, and won the U.S. Amateur in 1979, defeating John Cook. He also won the California State Amateur Championship that year.

O'Meara was a former resident of Orlando, Florida and lived in the same neighborhood as Tiger Woods. The two became good friends and frequently golfed together during this time. O'Meara now resides in Houston, Texas.

PGA Tour

After graduating with a degree in marketing in 1980, O'Meara turned professional and would win 16 events on the PGA Tour, beginning with the Greater Milwaukee Open in 1984. He won the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am five times, but he passed his 41st birthday in January 1998 without having won a major championship as a professional.

In a late finale to his PGA Tour winning career, O'Meara won two majors in 1998, The Masters and the British Open. O'Meara's victory in The Masters came at his 15th attempt, which is still a record. O'Meara attributed this resurgence partly to the inspiration of working with Tiger Woods, the new superstar of the game at the time, with whom O'Meara had become good friends. In the same year, he won the Cisco World Match Play Championship and reached a career best of second in the Official World Golf Ranking.

O'Meara is known for competing outside the United States more often than most leading American golfers, and has won tournaments in Europe, Asia, Australia and South America. A man with a genial demeanor, he is one of the most popular figures in international golf. In the new millennium his form took a downturn and he began to struggle with injuries, but in 2004 he won an official tour event for the first time since 1998, taking the Dubai Desert Classic title, which despite being played in the Middle East is a European Tour event.

Champions Tour

In 2007, O'Meara began play on the Champions Tour; he had many top-10 finishes in his first three seasons including several runner-up finishes, but no wins. In 2010, he broke through with a win in the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf with Nick Price, followed by his first senior major victory in the Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship. O'Meara was sidelined by a rib injury for several months starting in April 2012; he missed the majors on both tours and did not compete until August.

O'Meara has begun to develop a golf course design practice and enjoys fishing in his off time. He is currently a brand ambassador for Pacific Links International.

Professional wins (34)

PGA Tour wins (16)

Legend

Major championships (2)

Other PGA Tour (14)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Sep 16, 1984	Greater Milwaukee Open	67-68-69-68=272	−16	5 strokes	Tom Watson
2	Feb 3, 1985	Bing Crosby National Pro-Am	70-72-68-73=283	−5	1 stroke	Kikuo Arai, Larry Rinker, Curtis Strange
3	Feb 10, 1985	Hawaiian Open	67-66-65-69=267	−21	1 stroke	Craig Stadler
4	Jan 29, 1989	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	66-68-73-70=277	−11	1 stroke	Tom Kite
5	Feb 4, 1990	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	67-73-69-72=281	−7	2 strokes	Kenny Perry
6	Oct 7, 1990	H.E.B. Texas Open	64-68-66-63=261	−19	1 stroke	Gary Hallberg
7	Oct 19, 1991	Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic	66-66-71-64=267	−21	1 stroke	David Peoples
8	Feb 2, 1992	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	69-68-68-70=275	−13	Playoff	Jeff Sluman
9	Mar 12, 1995	Honda Classic	68-65-71-71=275	−9	1 stroke	Nick Faldo
10	Sep 10, 1995	Bell Canadian Open	72-67-68-67=274	−14	Playoff	Bob Lohr
11	Jan 7, 1996	Mercedes Championships	68-69-66-68=271	−17	3 strokes	Nick Faldo, Scott Hoch
12	Apr 28, 1996	Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic	75-68-62-69=274	−14	2 strokes	Duffy Waldorf
13	Feb 2, 1997	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	67-67-67-67=268	−20	1 stroke	David Duval, Tiger Woods
14	Feb 9, 1997	Buick Invitational	67-66-71-71=275	−13	2 strokes	David Ogrin, Donnie Hammond, Jesper Parnevik, Craig Stadler, Lee Janzen, Mike Hulbert, Duffy Waldorf
15	Apr 12, 1998	Masters Tournament	74-70-68-67=279	−9	1 stroke	Fred Couples, David Duval
16	Jul 19, 1998	The Open Championship	72-68-72-68=280	E	Playoff	Brian Watts

PGA Tour playoff record (3-4)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1981	Tallahassee Open	Dave Eichelberger, Bob Murphy	Eichelberger won with birdie on first extra hole
2	1983	Phoenix Open	Rex Caldwell, Bob Gilder, Johnny Miller	Gilder won with birdie on eighth extra hole Miller and O'Meara eliminated with birdie on second hole
3	1991	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic	Corey Pavin	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
4	1992	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic	John Cook, Rick Fehr, Tom Kite, Gene Sauers	Cook won with eagle on fourth extra hole Fehr eliminated with birdie on second hole Kite and O'Meara eliminated with birdie on first hole
5	1992	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	Jeff Sluman	Won with par on first extra hole
6	1995	Bell Canadian Open	Bob Lohr	Won with par on first extra hole
7	1998	The Open Championship	Brian Watts	O'Meara (4-4-5-4=17) defeated Watts (5-4-5-5=19) in four-hole aggregate playoff

European Tour wins (4)

• 1987 Lawrence Batley International
• 1997 Trophée Lancôme
• 1998 The Open Championship
• 2004 Dubai Desert Classic

Japan Golf Tour wins (2)

• 1985 Fujisankei Classic
• 1992 Tokai Classic

Other wins (11)

• 1985 Isuzu Kapalua International (unofficial PGA Tour event)
• 1986 Australian Masters
• 1989 RMCC Invitational (with Curtis Strange)
• 1994 Argentine Open, Fred Meyer Challenge (with John Cook)
• 1998 Cisco World Match Play Championship (Europe - unofficial event), Skins Game (U.S. - unofficial event)
• 1999 World Cup of Golf (with Tiger Woods)
• 2000 Fred Meyer Challenge (with John Cook)
• 2002 Skins Game (U.S. - unofficial event)
• 2007 Champions Challenge (with Mike Reid)

Champions Tour wins (2)

Legend

Champions Tour major championships (1)

Other Champions Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Apr 25, 2010	Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of Golf (with Nick Price)	62-64-62=188	−28	Playoff	John Cook & Joey Sindelar
2	Oct 10, 2010	Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship	68-68-69-68=273	−7	Playoff	Michael Allen

Major championships

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1998	Masters Tournament	2 shot deficit	74-70-68-67=279	−9	1 stroke	Fred Couples, David Duval
1998	The Open Championship	2 shot deficit	72-68-72-68=280	E	Playoff 1	Brian Watts

1 Defeated Brian Watts in 4-hole playoff: O'Meara (4-4-5-4=17), Watts (5-4-5-5=19)

Results timeline

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	24	48	T24	T39	T11
U.S. Open	CUT	CUT	58	DNP	T7	T15	T41	CUT	T3	CUT
The Open Championship	DNP	T47	DNP	DNP	DNP	T3	T43	T66	27	T42
PGA Championship	DNP	T70	DNP	CUT	T25	T28	CUT	CUT	T9	CUT

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	CUT	T27	T4	T21	T15	T31	T18	T30	1	T31
U.S. Open	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	T16	T36	T32	CUT
The Open Championship	T48	T3	T12	CUT	DNP	T49	T33	T38	1	CUT
PGA Championship	T19	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	T6	T26	T13	T4	T57

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters Tournament	CUT	T20	CUT	T8	T27	T31	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	T51	CUT	T18	T35	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP
The Open Championship	T26	T42	T22	T65	T30	CUT	T63	T60	CUT	T70
PGA Championship	T46	T22	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Masters Tournament	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT	T22	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT	DNP	T58	DNP	T78
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	0	2	3	11	32	19
U.S. Open	0	0	1	1	2	5	23	11
The Open Championship	1	0	2	3	3	5	29	23
PGA Championship	0	0	0	1	3	7	22	12
Totals	2	0	3	7	11	28	106	65

• Most consecutive cuts made - 11 (1995 Masters - 1999 Masters)
• Longest streak of top-10s - 2 (1998 Open Championship - 1998 PGA)

Champions Tour major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	To par	Margin	Runner-up
2010	Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship	68-68-69-68=273	−7	Playoff1	Michael Allen

1Defeated Allen in a sudden-death playoff.

Senior results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2016.

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
The Tradition	T14	T31	T11	T38	T12	DNP	T36	T35	T38	T17
Senior PGA Championship	T12	T24	T14	4	T18	DNP	4	DNP	T45
Senior Players Championship	T31	T32	T9	1	5	DNP	T39	T6	WD
Senior British Open Championship	T2	T34	T25	DNP	T39	DNP	T26	DNP	WD
U.S. Senior Open	T11	CUT	T6	CUT	2	DNP	19	T38	WD

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Green background for a win. Yellow background for top-10.

U.S. national team appearances

Professional

• Alfred Dunhill Cup: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1996 (winners), 1997, 1998, 1999,
• Ryder Cup: 1985, 1989 (tie), 1991 (winners), 1997, 1999 (winners)
• Presidents Cup: 1996 (winners), 1998
• World Cup: 1999 (winners)

[ Source: Wikipedia ]