# Scott McCarron

Scott Michael McCarron (born July 10, 1965) is an American professional golfer who was formerly a member of the PGA Tour but now plays on the PGA Tour Champions.
McCarron was born in Sacramento, California and graduated from Vintage High School in Napa, California. He was a member of the golf team at UCLA, graduating in 1988 with a major in History. Unlike most golfers, McCarron did not transition right away from the college to the professional ranks – he gave up golf for four years (1988–1992) to work with his father in the family golf apparel business. He turned professional in 1992, and joined the PGA Tour in 1994.
McCarron won three times on the PGA Tour, with his victories coming in 1996, 1997 and 2001.
McCarron has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking.
McCarron was injured in the summer of 2006 and missed the entire 2007 season. He served as an analyst for The Golf Channel for its 2007 Masters coverage. He returned to the PGA Tour in 2008 and finished 108th on the money list to retain his card for 2009.
In 2010, McCarron became embroiled in controversy when he accused fellow PGA Tour player Phil Mickelson of "cheating" for using a Ping-Eye 2 wedge made before April 1, 1990 that is allowed under a legal technicality. McCarron publicly apologized to Mickelson a few days after. 30 days later, the PGA Tour and USGA banned the use of the Ping-Eye 2 wedges.
McCarron has won 11 times on the PGA Tour Champions, including one senior major, the 2017 Constellation Senior Players Championship. He made up a six-shot deficit in the final round to claim his first major by one shot.
On May 5, 2019, McCarron won the Insperity Invitational on the PGA Tour Champions for his tenth Champions tour title. The following month McCarron won the MasterCard Japan Championship by three strokes for his third win of the season.
On November 10, 2019, McCarron won the season-long Charles Schwab Cup and a $1,000,000 annuity on the PGA Tour Champions.
On January 15, 2020, McCarron received the Jack Nicklaus Trophy as the 2019 PGA Tour Champions Player of the Year.

## Professional wins (20)
### PGA Tour wins (3)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
| 1 | Mar 24, 1996 | Freeport-McDermott Classic | −13 (68-67-69-71=275) | 5 strokes | Tom Watson |
| 2 | May 11, 1997 | BellSouth Classic | −14 (70-69-66-69=274) | 3 strokes | David Duval, Brian Henninger, Lee Janzen |
| 3 | Apr 1, 2001 | BellSouth Classic (2) | −8 (68-67-72-73=280) | 1 stroke | Mike Weir |
PGA Tour playoff record (0–2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
| 1 | 2003 | Las Vegas Invitational | Stuart Appleby | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2004 | Reno–Tahoe Open | Stephen Allan, Hunter Mahan, Vaughn Taylor | Taylor won with birdie on first extra hole |

### Other wins (6)

* 1994 Long Beach Open
* 1997 Franklin Templeton Shark Shootout (with Bruce Lietzke)
* 2000 Franklin Templeton Shootout (with Brad Faxon)
* 2001 Franklin Templeton Shootout (with Brad Faxon)
* 2002 Fred Meyer Challenge (with Brian Henninger)
* 2016 TaylorMade Pebble Beach Invitational

### PGA Tour Champions wins (11)

* Legend
* PGA Tour Champions major championships (1)
* Charles Schwab Cup playoff events (1)
* Other PGA Tour Champions (9)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
| 1 | Jun 5, 2016 | Principal Charity Classic | −15 (68-68-65=201) | 1 stroke | Billy Andrade, Miguel Ángel Jiménez |
| 2 | Nov 6, 2016 | Dominion Charity Classic | −13 (67-67-69=203) | Playoff | Tom Byrum |
| 3 | Feb 12, 2017 | Allianz Championship | −17 (66-66-67=199) | 1 stroke | Carlos Franco, Kenny Perry |
| 4 | Jul 16, 2017 | Constellation Senior Players Championship | −18 (67-68-69-66=270) | 1 stroke | Brandt Jobe, Bernhard Langer |
| 5 | Aug 20, 2017 | Dick's Sporting Goods Open | −20 (71-61-64=196) | 1 stroke | Kevin Sutherland |
| 6 | Sep 3, 2017 | Shaw Charity Classic | −16 (63-64-67=194) | 1 stroke | Miguel Ángel Jiménez |
| 7 | Jun 24, 2018 | American Family Insurance Championship | −15 (70-67-64=201) | 1 stroke | Jerry Kelly |
| 8 | Sep 2, 2018 | Shaw Charity Classic (2) | −15 (67-65-63=195) | 1 stroke | Joe Durant, Scott Parel, Kirk Triplett |
| 9 | Apr 21, 2019 | Mitsubishi Electric Classic | −7 (68-70-71=209) | 2 strokes | Joe Durant, Kent Jones, Jerry Kelly, Kirk Triplett |
| 10 | May 5, 2019 | Insperity Invitational | −17 (67-65-67=199) | 2 strokes | Scott Parel |
| 11 | Jun 9, 2019 | MasterCard Japan Championship | −13 (69-67-67=203) | 3 strokes | Billy Andrade, Kirk Triplett |
PGA Tour Champions playoff record (1–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
| 1 | 2016 | Pacific Links Bear Mountain Championship | Colin Montgomerie | Lost to birdie on third extra hole |
| 2 | 2016 | Dominion Charity Classic | Tom Byrum | Won with birdie on first extra hole |

## Results in major championships

| Tournament | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Masters Tournament | T10 | T30 | T16 | T18 | | CUT | T23 | | | | |
| U.S. Open | T82 | T10 | T40 | | | T30 | CUT | | CUT | | |
| The Open Championship | | CUT | | | | T18 | T34 | | | CUT | |
| PGA Championship | T47 | T10 | CUT | | T70 | T39 | T14 | CUT | T59 | | T24 |
CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place.

### Summary

| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
| Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 18 |
* Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (1996 Masters – 1997 U.S. Open)
* Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)

## Results in The Players Championship

| Tournament | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
| The Players Championship | CUT | CUT | T35 | CUT |
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| The Players Championship | T66 | T44 | CUT | CUT | T53 | CUT | CUT | | | CUT |
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| The Players Championship | CUT | | | | | | | | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place

## Results in World Golf Championships

| Tournament | 2002 | 2003 |
| Match Play | 2 | R64 |
| Championship | 6 | |
| Invitational | T75 | |
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = Tied

## Senior major championships
### Wins (1)

| Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runners-up |
| 2017 | Constellation Senior Players Championship | 6 shot deficit | −18 (67-68-69-66=270) | 1 stroke | Brandt Jobe, Bernhard Langer |

### Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2022.
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| The Tradition | – | 6 | T2 | T5 | T66 | NT | T35 | T16 | T36 | T22 |
| Senior PGA Championship | – | T7 | T5 | T3 | 2 | NT | T34 | T33 | T12 | T51 |
| U.S. Senior Open | – | CUT | T37 | T52 | T6 | NT | | T49 | | |
| Senior Players Championship | – | 13 | 1 | T4 | T7 | T28 | T37 | T55 | T30 | T60 |
| Senior British Open Championship | T25 | 2 | T23 | T3 | | NT | | | | T25 |
CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic