Andrew Magee

Background

Magee was born in Paris, France, where his father, a Texas oil man, was working at the time. He grew up in Dallas, Texas.

Education

Magee attended the University of Oklahoma from 1981–1984.

Career

He turned pro in 1984 and joined the Professional Golf Association Tour in 1985. His best finish in a major was T5 at the 1992 British Open. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

Magee is the only person in Professional Golf Association Tour history to hit a hole-in-one on a par 4 hole during a Professional Golf Association Tour event.

He did this with a driver at the 332-yard 17th hole of the 2001 Phoenix Open. The ball caromed off Tom Byrum"s putter on its way to the bottom of the cup.

Byrum, in the group ahead, was squatting down looking over a putt. In February 2006, Magee underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his left kidney at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio.

The operation was deemed successful and he was back playing on the Tour in April.

In January 2007, Magee signed on with The Golf Channel as an analyst for its new show The Approach with Callaway Golf and for the Sprint Pre-Game and Sprint Post-Game shows. Andrew Magee is also the new host of the Golf Channel"s 2008 season of The Big Break, which is set in Hawaii. During the summer of 2006 Magee"s eldest son, Campbell, caddied for him in five tour events.

Campbell is a graduate of Brophy College Preparatory, where he played competitive lacrosse.

Campbell later attended the University of Arizona. Magee resides in Paradise Valley, Arizona.

His last Professional Golf Association Tour cut was the 2006 Southern Farm Bureau Classic. Prior to age 50, the last cut he made on a professional tour was at the Nationwide Tour"s 2009 Bayerische Motoren Werke Charity Pro-American

Since reaching age 50, Magee has played in a limited number of events on the Champions Tour.

Professional Golf Association Tour wins (4) DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10. Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (1991 Open Championship – 1994 Masters) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice).

Achievements

• Professional Golf Association Tour playoff record (1–0).

Membership

While there he was a distinguished member of the golf team, winning All-American honors three times.