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United States Gary McCord has transitioned from professional golfer to acclaimed golf commentator and author.
Former PGA Tour professionals and current analysts Brandel Chamblee and Gary McCord are throwing their weight behind a new golf training product, Tathata Golf.
This agreement is between Tour Striker-TGA LLC and Gary McCord. McCord agrees to endorse the Tour Striker line of golf training clubs and host related materials.
The Highlander Athletics Association announced today that Barnhart, Inc. has agreed to serve as the presenting sponsor of UC Riverside's Gary McCord golf event.
McCord and Kostis are based in Scottsdale and are partners there in the Kostis McCord Learning Center at Grayhawk Golf Club.
McCord formerly served as a co-announcer on the EA Sports' Tiger Woods PGA Tour series along with David Feherty.
Gary Dennis McCord was born on May 23, 1948, in San Gabriel, California, and raised in southern California. He attended the University of California, Riverside, where he was a two-time Division II All-American for the UC Riverside Highlanders. In 1970, McCord won the NCAA Division II individual championship, marking an early achievement in his golfing career. He turned professional in 1971.
McCord had a notable professional golfing career, competing in over 400 PGA Tour events. While he did not secure a PGA Tour victory, he achieved two second-place finishes at the Greater Milwaukee Open in 1975 and 1977, along with two dozen top-10 finishes throughout his time on tour. His career included a unique focus on course strategy, demonstrated by his 1991 Ben Hogan Gateway Open win, where he purposefully missed greens to minimize putts. In 1998, after turning 50, McCord joined the Champions Tour, where he claimed two titles in 1999: the Toshiba Senior Classic and the Ingersoll-Rand Senior Tour Championship.
Beyond his playing career, McCord became widely recognized for his work as a golf analyst with CBS Sports, a role he began in 1986 at age 37. Known for his candid and often irreverent commentary, he covered numerous golf events for CBS for 33 years. Although he was removed from the Masters Tournament commentary team after controversial remarks in 1994, he continued to contribute to other CBS golf broadcasts. McCord has also authored two books, “Just a Range Ball in a Box of Titleists” and “Golf for Dummies,” and appeared in the 1996 film “Tin Cup.” He co-founded the Kostis/McCord Learning Center in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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