Mark O’Meara set to retire at Pebble Seaside, website of six important titles

Mark O’Meara is able to retire, and he has picked the best spot in Pebble Seaside.

O’Meara received the California State Newbie in 1979, the primary of his six titles over three many years at Pebble Seaside. 5 of these have been the AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am, the final one in 1997 when at age 40 he held off Tiger Woods and David Duval.

O’Meara, 67, is ending his profession this week on the Pure Insurance coverage Championship, held at Pebble Seaside and Spyglass, a novel PGA Tour Champions occasions that places execs with youngsters from The First Tee.

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O’Meara, inducted into the World Golf Corridor of Fame in 2015 at a ceremony at St. Andrews, ends his profession with 16 wins on the PGA Tour, three on the European tour, two on the Japan Golf Tour, one on the PGA Tour of Australasia and the 1994 Argentina Open.

He received on each continent golf is performed besides Africa, though he did companion with Nick Value of Zimbabwe to win the Liberty Mutual Insurance coverage Legends of Golf, certainly one of his three PGA Tour Champions titles.

Pebble was the plain option to stroll away, beginning with that 8-and-7 win over Lennie Clements.

O’Meara additionally received the U.S. Newbie that 12 months, and his two largest wins have been the Masters and The Open in 1998, making him the oldest participant to win two majors in the identical 12 months.

His favourite Pebble second was successful in 1990 together with his father.

“I flew him and mother out after which I received the event taking part in alongside my dad,” O’Meara stated. “I put that proper on the high of the record of nice issues, successful at Augusta with a putt on the ultimate gap, successful the U.S. Newbie. However to play with my father and developing the final gap, the 18th gap at Pebble, you’ll be able to’t do higher than that.”