Mark Calcavecchia, turns 50 and joins the Champions Tour!

 

Mark Calcavecchia celerates his 50th birthday and joins the Champions Tour with 13-wins on the PGA TOUR, including the 1989 British Open. Get to know the newest addition to the Champions Tour...

Q. Favorite TV show?

MARK CALCAVECCHIA: Entourage or 24... it’s a tie.

Q. Outside of golf, which sport do you enjoy watching on TV?

MARK CALCAVECCHIA: College football.

Q. Do you have an iPod?

MARK CALCAVECCHIA: I have a Nomad Zen which is the same thing. It's a

bigger version.

Q. What type of music do you have on there?

MARK CALCAVECCHIA: Everything from classic rock to hard rock to a little metal, hardly any

country or opera.

Q. Anybody you would like to trade places with for a day?

MARK CALCAVECCHIA: Tiger Woods on Sunday of the U.S. Open.

Q. Favorite team as a kid? Did you have a favorite athlete?

MARK CALCAVECCHIA: My favorite team as a kid was the Oakland Raiders, and I'm going to say

Daryl Lamonica, their quarterback, was my favorite. He was known as “The Mad Bomber.”

Q. What sites do you look at every day on your computer?

MARK CALCAVECCHIA: Weather.com, PGATOUR.com and AOL.com, those three.

Q. First job you ever had?

MARK CALCAVECCHIA: Sacking groceries at Winn-Dixie.

Q. Favorite meal?

MARK CALCAVECCHIA: Steak.

Q. One talent you would most love to have?

MARK CALCAVECCHIA: Intelligence would have been good. I don't know if that's a talent though. I

clearly wish I was a great guitar player. I wish I had that talent.

Q. Favorite athlete in another sport?

MARK CALCAVECCHIA: LeBron James.

Q. All-time favorite movie?

MARK CALCAVECCHIA: I hate to say it but Caddyshack's right up there. I mean, every golfer says

that. Wish I could come up with something a little clever.

Q. Your wife would say your worst habit is what?

MARK CALCAVECCHIA: Laziness.

Q. One course you've never played you'd like to play?

MARK CALCAVECCHIA: Merion Golf Club in Philadelphia.

Q. What you currently drive?

MARK CALCAVECCHIA: I drive a 2008 911 Turbo Porsche.

Q. First concert you ever went to?

MARK CALCAVECCHIA: 1976, Kiss. I was hooked.

Q. Most memorable golf shot?

MARK CALCAVECCHIA: 5-iron second shot I hit in the playoff at the 1989 British Open at Royal

Troon.

Q. Favorite charity?

MARK CALCAVECCHIA: The Fore!Kids Foundation.

Q. Does your cell phone have a special ringtone?

MARK CALCAVECCHIA: I have certain ringers for certain people. The main one is usually a song by

Iron Maiden.

Q. If you're not playing golf, you enjoying doing?

MARK CALCAVECCHIA: Bowling and watching TV.

Q. And two things that would be on your bucket list.

MARK CALCAVECCHIA: Nothing in particular. It’s not skydiving. I see no need to jump out of a

perfectly good plane.

Q. Three favorite restaurants?

MARK CALCAVECCHIA: Let's go with Alex in Las Vegas, It’s a French restaurant in the Wynn Hotel.

Another is Le St. Germain on Highway 111 in Palm Desert, CA. My other favorite is near where I live

in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. It’s called Cafe Chardonnay and it’s right down the street from PGA

National.

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