One of the Greats

Calvin Peete won his first PGA Tour event when he was 36. He won a total of 12 tournaments over 8 years, between the ages of 36 and 43.

During that same age span other preeminent golfers won:

16 Arnold Palmer

12 Jack Nicklaus

11 Raymond Floyd

10 Phil Mickelson (and he’s only 39)

10 Greg Norman

9 Gary Player

9 Lee Trevino

8 Mark O’Meara

6 Ben Crenshaw

4 Fred Couples

3 Nick Faldo

1 Tom Watson

Peete won more tournaments between the age of 39 and 43 than any golfer in history: 11.

9 Palmer

7 Norman

6 Floyd

6 O’Meara

5 Trevino

3 Player

3 Nicklaus

Peete passed away on April 29 in Atlanta. Nice line from Michael Bamberger in Sports Illustrated: “It is sometimes said that Peete was Tiger Woods before there was a Tiger Woods. He was not. He was Calvin Peete.”