Корей Павин: Американдық гольф шеберінің өмірі мен мансабы

American professional golfer

Corey Allen Pavin (born November 16, 1959) is an American professional golfer. In 1982, Pavin turned professional but failed at PGA Tour Qualifying School. The following year, he turned to overseas where he had much success, winning South Africa's Lexington PGA and Europe's German Open. Later in the year he earned PGA Tour membership and had much success on tour, winning a number of events, culminating with the 1995 U. S. Open championship. Soon thereafter, he abruptly lost his game and was rarely a contender. As a senior, Pavin has played on the PGA Tour Champions, recording one win, at the Allianz Championship.

Pavin was born in Oxnard, California, the son of Barbara and Jack Pavin. He attended Oxnard High School.

Pavin attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He won two gold medals at the 1981 Maccabiah Games, the Jewish Olympics in Israel.

In 1982, Pavin turned professional. He was "an unexpected failure" at 1982 PGA Tour Qualifying School. He turned to play overseas in 1983. Early in the year, he played on the Southern African Tour where he "won his first professional tournament" at the Lexington PGA. It was only his fourth tournament as a professional golfer. After Pavin won the Bank of America Colonial in 1996, he did not win another PGA Tour tournament for ten years. His 89th place finish on the 2004 money list was the first time he had made the top one hundred since 1998. Pavin finally won his 15th career title in 2006 at the U. S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee, ending a streak of 242 consecutive tournaments without a win. On July 27, 2006, during the first round of what would become his 15th tour title, Pavin broke the record for the fewest strokes needed to complete nine holes at a PGA Tour event, with an 8 under par score of 26. The previous record of 27 strokes was held by Mike Souchak, Andy North, Billy Mayfair and Robert Gamez, with Mayfair and Gamez' scores being 9 under par. His 36 hole total of 125 also tied the record for fewest shots taken in the first 36 holes of a PGA Tour event held by Tom Lehman, Mark Calcavecchia, and Tiger Woods. After acting as an assistant to U. S. Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman in 2006, Pavin was in December 2008 by the PGA of America, named captain for the U. S. team at the 2010 Ryder Cup at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales. In October 2010, the U. S. Ryder Cup team lost 13½ to 14½, against the European side. Pavin began playing on the Champions Tour in 2010. In June 2010, he lost in a sudden death playoff to Bubba Watson at the Travelers Championship on the PGA Tour. In his 35th start, Pavin won his maiden Champions Tour event in February 2012 at the Allianz Championship. He defeated Peter Senior at the first sudden death playoff hole with a birdie to take the title, after having finished regulation play at 11 under.

In April 1983, Pavin married Shannon Healy. He was the only top Jewish player on the tour until 1991. In that year, he converted to Christianity. He was named the 117th greatest Jewish athlete in the 2007 book The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes by Peter S. Horvitz. Pavin is a Republican. During the 1993 Ryder Cup, Pavin was originally unwilling to meet with president Bill Clinton before the cup owing to their differing political views. Pavin stated that he had voted for Bush, and so was not particularly excited at the prospect of meeting Clinton. Pavin made a cameo appearance playing himself in the 1996 movie Tin Cup starring Kevin Costner. In the movie, Pavin tells Fred Couples, "It's hard to believe that a guy named 'Tin Cup' might have his name beneath mine on the trophy."

In 2002, he was named to the Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame. He has a stone named after him at Bedlingtonshire Golf Club, in Northumberland, England. It is located on the 7th hole and is called "Corey Paving Slab".

No. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner up1Nov 3, 1985ABC Japan U. S. Match−12 (70 68 67 71=276)Shared title with Tateo Ozaki2Oct 9, 1994Tokai Classic−11 (68 69 68 72=277)1 stroke Hsieh Chin sheng

No. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner up1Oct 15, 1995Volvo Asian Masters−14 (72 66 67 69=274)9 strokes Isao Aoki

No. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner up1Jan 22, 1983Lexington PGA Championship−10 (70 68 66 66=270)1 stroke Nick Price

YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner up 1995 U. S. Open 3 shot deficit E (72 69 71 68=280) 2 strokes Greg Norman