Mark Pfeil (born July 18, 1951) is an American

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who played on the

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and the

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. Pfeil was born in

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. He attended the

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, where he was a two-time All-American as a member of the

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team — third-team in 1973 and second-team in 1974. While playing for the

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, Pfeil and his teammates, including future Masters champion

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, lead them to a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Championship in 1973, and a fourth-place finish a year later. Pfeil was a member of the

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team. He turned professional in 1974 and joined the PGA Tour in 1976. Pfeil had 12 top-10 finishes including a win at the 1980 Tallahassee Open during his PGA Tour career. His best finish in a major was T-22 at the 1982

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. His best year was 1984, when he finished 69th on the money list with $101,878. In his forties, he accepted an assistant coaching position at USC and was involved in corporate golf exhibitions, mainly for

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. After turning 50 in July 2001, Pfeil began play on the Champions Tour. His best finish in this venue was T-10 at the 2002 NFL Golf Classic. Pfeil lives in

Palos Verdes Estates, California Palos Verdes Estates (''Palos Verdes'', Spanish for "Green Sticks") is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, situated on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The city was master-planned by the noted American landscape architect and p ...

. He holds the course record (59) at Palos Verdes Golf Club (par-71).

Amateur wins

*1972 Pacific Coast Amateur *1973 Southern California Amateur *1974 PAC-8 Conference Championship (individual), Pacific Coast Amateur

Professional wins (4)

PGA Tour wins (1)

Other wins (3)

*1976 Spalding Invitational *1983 Anderson-Pacific Classic *1985 Jerry Ford Invitational

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur *

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1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: ...

(winners)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pfeil, Mark American male golfers USC Trojans men's golfers PGA Tour golfers PGA Tour Champions golfers Golfers from Illinois Golfers from California People from Chicago Heights, Illinois People from Palos Verdes Estates, California 1951 births Living people