Corey Pavin

Corey Pavin is an American professional golfer, born on November 16, 1959 and raised in Oxnard, California. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he played golf, and won two gold medals at the 1981 Maccabiah Games before turning professional in 1982. After a failed first attempt at PGA Tour Qualifying School he played overseas in 1983, winning the Lexington PGA in South Africa and the German Open in Europe, then earned a PGA Tour card and won the 1984 Houston Coca-Cola Open. He topped the PGA Tour money list in 1991 and won his only major, the 1995 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills, helped by a celebrated four wood to the final green. As a senior he has played on the PGA Tour Champions and won the Allianz Championship.