This 11” by 16” photo of Mark Calcavecchia is professionally installed in a 17” by 22” frame. Calcavecchia will personalize the autograph at the direction of the winning bidder.

The photo is of Mark at the 18th hole during the British Open at St. Andrews.

Mark Calcavecchia, an American professional golfer, is a former PGA Tour member that presently plays on the Champions Tour. During his professional career, he has won thirteen PGA Tour events, including the 1989 Open Championship. In the two years that he has played on the Champions Tour, he has three victories and won the Byron Nelson Award in 2011. The Byron Nelson Award goes to the player who has the lowest scoring average (strokes-per-round) for the year.

Calcavecchia was born in Laurel, Nebraska. While he was a teenager, his family moved from Nebraska to West Palm Beach, Florida in 1973. He attended North Shore High School in West Palm Beach, and won the Florida high school golf championship in 1977 while playing for the North Shore golf team. While playing in junior tournaments, Calcavecchia often competed against Jack Nicklaus' son, Jackie, and as a result began a lifelong friendship at the age of 14 with the legendary pro. His mother, Marge was an active member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Palm Beach Gardens until her death in 2006.

Calcavecchia has won 13 times on the PGA Tour and 13 times in other professional events. He spent 109 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from 1988 to 1991.  In winning the 2001 Phoenix Open, he set the Tour scoring record at that time by making 32 birdies in 72 holes finishing at 28 under par for the tournament. He has won the Phoenix Open three times (1989, 1992, 2001), and his margins of victory in the Phoenix tournament are also his three largest.

Calcavecchia was a member of the U.S. Ryder Cup team in 1987, 1989, 1991 and 2002. His performance in 1991 is most remembered, as he lost a four-hole lead to Colin Montgomerie in the last four holes of his round. Thinking he had cost his team the victory, he broke down in tears—not knowing the U.S. team would still win.

On July 25, 2009, Calcavecchia set a PGA Tour record by getting nine consecutive birdies during his second round at the RBC Canadian Open at the Glen Abbey Golf Course in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. The birdies came on the 12th through 18th holes, and then on the first and second hole (he started his round on the 10th hole).The previous record of eight consecutive birdies was held by six golfers including J. P. Hayes, who was one of his partners at the time Calcavecchia achieved the new record.