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Mark O'Meara (born January 13 , 1957 in Goldsboro , North Carolina ) is an American Golfer who was a prolific tournament winner on the PGA Tour and around the world from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s . O'Meara, a graduate of Long Beach State University , has won sixteen events on the PGA Tour , starting with the Greater Milwaukee Open in 1984 , but he passed his fortieth birthday without winning a Major Championship . In a late finale to his PGA Tour winning career, which many attributed 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, O'Meara won two majors in 1998 , namely The Masters and The Open Championship . In the same year he won the World Matchplay Championship . O'Meara is known for competing outside the United States more ofter than most leading American golfers, and has won tournaments in Europe , Asia , Australia and South America . A man with a genial demeanour, 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 Asia is a European Tour event. O'Meara has begun to develop a golf course design practice and enjoys fishing in his off time. RESULTS IN MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 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. PGA TOUR WINS
Major Championships are shown in bold. OTHER WINS
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