", COLOR PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREG FOSTER [Larry Mize], COLOR PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREG FOSTER Mize is torn between time with (clockwise, from left) Patrick, Robert and David, and the Tour. His first PGA Tour win was the 1983 Danny Thomas Memphis Classic. “Where my parents used to live in Augusta, they had some trees in the front yard and they were climbable. Larry was born on December 5, 1945 in Provo, Utah to Cora Williamson Mize… He has made more than $1.5 million abroad, including$550,000 for winning the Johnnie Walker World Championship inJamaica in '93. Had 19 available TOUR events to equal or exceed 125th place on the 2002 Official Money List ($515,445).

John Ford. Just like an only child doesn’t know what life’s like with a sibling, the Mize brothers don’t know what life’s like without a Masters champion as a father. The abundance of normalness was by design. Dropped from 19th to 37th on the money list and had just two top-10 finishes over the final four months of the season. Mize, who finished at 5-under 275 (69-72-67-67), finished four shots ahead of four players – Will Chandler, Carter Collins, Trey Rule and Kelly Burton – who were tied at 1-under 279. Favorite team as a kid was the Pittsburgh Steelers. Thirty-three years ago, Mize won on the second playoff hole by holing an iconic chip shot that inspired the iconic call by CBS announcer Steve Melnyk: “Words do not do justice to the greatness of that shot.”. "I can't tell you what I was thinking," Mize is saying. Share Larry's life story with friends and family. Within a year of David'sbirth, Bonnie Mize, had her spiritual rebirth too. For now, Mize's standard nine-iron travels about 130yards. Did you know you can save your preferences across all your digital devices and platforms simply by creating a profile? Granted Major Medical Extension for 2003 due to lower back injury suffered at the Greater Milwaukee Open. 4, Brett Quigley, $688,825.

But the biggest effect from Larry Mize’s 1987 Masters win is something he cherishes even more: time. After pursuing professional golf for a couple years, Robert is now a Management Associate at a bank in Augusta. Larry I. Mize Services for Larry I. Mize will be held at 12:00 p.m., Monday, October 17, 2011 at First Baptist Church, Dry Prong, with Reverend Lloyd Whitman and Reverend Melvin Brunson Finished fifth in driving accuracy (78.0 percent), the ninth time since 1990 that he finished the year ranked in the top-10. All itwould do is interfere with the memory.") On his third shot, Mize hit an incredible, memorable chip shot with a sand wedge from around 140 feet, giving him the birdie. “That was the way I wanted it, I wanted to have a fun time with my family wherever I was, whether it was at the Masters or anywhere else,” he said. One of the most accurate players off the tee on the PGA TOUR. She and her husband, Jonathon, have been married for 16 years and have three daughters, Abigail, Anabel and Rachel Mae.

She enjoys riding horses and spending time outdoors. One course he has not played which he'd love to is Royal Melbourne GC. Mize has hit his balls at Green Island. For Larry, his regular life included coaching his sons’ soccer and basketball teams in elementary and middle school. He is sitting behind the wheel of hissensible Lexus, which is idling in front of his church, and heis talking about his spirituality and his family, which for Mizeare intertwined subjects and the ones about which he is mostanimated.