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Raymond Floyd often known as "Ray" Floyd (b September 4, 1942, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S.A.) is a professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.

Floyd attended the University of North Carolina. He turned professional in 1961, and quickly established himself on the PGA Tour, with his first victory coming at the St. Petersburg Open Invitational in 1963. He went on to win 22 times on tour, with his final win coming in 1992 at the age of 49, making him one of the oldest players to win a PGA Tour event.

Floyd's wins included four major championships: the 1969 and 1982 PGA Championships; the 1976 Masters; and the 1986 U.S. Open. He ranks among the oldest players to have won a major. In addition, he came very close to becoming the first player to have won major championships in four different decades, most notably at The Masters in 1990, where he lost a playoff with Nick Faldo.

Floyd's successful run continued after he became eligible to compete on the Senior PGA Tour, now the Champions Tour, in 1992, with 14 wins between 1992 and 2000, including four senior majors and two Senior Tour Championships.

In addition to his victories on these two main tours, Floyd won at least 24 additional tournaments around the world, taking his total victory tally to at least 60 events.

PGA Tour wins

1963 St. Petersburg Open Invitational
1965 St. Paul Open Invitational
1969 Greater Jacksonville Open, American Golf Classic, PGA Championship
1975 Kemper Open
1976 The Masters, World Open Golf Championship
1977 Byron Nelson Golf Classic, Pleasant Valley Classic
1979 Greater Greensboro Open
1980 Doral-Eastern Open
1981 Doral-Eastern Open, Tournament Players Championship, Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic
1982 Memorial Tournament, Danny Thomas Memphis Classic, PGA Championship
1985 Houston Open
1986 U.S. Open, Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic
1992 Doral-Eastern Open

Major championships shown in bold.

Other regular career victories

1978 Brazilian Open
1979 Costa Rica Open
1981 Canadian PGA, Seiko Point Leader
1982 Seiko Point Leader
1985 Chrysler Team Championship (with Hal Sutton
)
1988 Skins Game
1990 RMCC Invitational (with Fred Couples
)
1993 Franklin Funds Shark Shootout (with Steve Elkington)

Champions Tour wins

1992 GTE North Classic, Ralphs Senior Classic, Senior Tour Championship
1993 Gulfstream Aerospace Invitational, Northville Long Island Classic
1994 The Tradition, Las Vegas Senior Classic, Cadillac NFL Golf Classic, Golf Magazine Senior Tour Championship
1995 Senior PGA Championship, Burnet Senior Classic, Emerald Coast Classic
1996 Ford Senior Players Championship
2000 Ford Senior Players Championship

Senior majors shown in bold.

Other senior wins

1992 Fuji Electric Grandslam
1994 Diners Club Matches (with Dave Eichelberger), Senior Skins Game
1995 Senior Skins Game, Senior Slam at Los Cabos, Office Depot Father/Son Challenge (with Raymond Floyd Jr.), Lexus Challenge (with Michael Chiklis)
1996 Senior Skins Game, Senior Slam at Los Cabos, Office Depot Father/Son Challenge (with Raymond Floyd Jr.)
1997 Senior Skins Game, Office Depot Father/Son Challenge (with Raymond Floyd Jr.), Lexus Challenge (with William Devane)
1998 Senior Skins Game
2000 Office Depot Father/Son Challenge (with Robert Floyd)
2006 Wendy's Champions Skins Game (with Dana Quigley
)

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