Corey Pavin

What I love about Corey Pavin is that he won with craft, not power. Standing just 175 cm, he never overwhelmed courses; he outthought them with shotmaking and grit. His path is endearingly roundabout too, failing at Q-School, then proving himself overseas with wins in South Africa and Germany before returning to conquer the PGA Tour, capped by a 1996 ESPY as best male golfer. A UCLA-schooled Californian, he attacked greens with intelligence rather than brute force. I have a real soft spot for cerebral golfers like him; the underdog who wins by outsmarting everyone is my kind of champion.

Name (English)

Corey Pavin

Name (Japanese)

コリー・ペイビン

Reading

こりー・ぺいびん

Born

November 16, 1959 (age 66)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Boar

Origin

Oxnard, California, United States

Height

175 cm

Occupation

golfer

High school

Oxnard High School

University

University of California, Los Angeles

Awards & achievements

• 1996 Best Male Golfer ESPY Award

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey%20Pavin
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%82%A4%E3%83%93%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1132650

Tags

• California
• golfer

Last updated

2026-06-21

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