The Resume

(January 30, 1955- )
Born in Norfolk, Virginia
Won two US Opens (1988-89)
Ryder Cup captain (2002)
Lead golf analyst for ABC (1997-2005)
Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame (2007)

Why he might be annoying:

After hitting his ball into the rough during a 1982 tournament, he kicked his bag -- while it was being carried by caddy Gene Kelley, who was knocked over and injured his back.
Kelley said, 'He could have at least had the decency to apologize, which to this day he has never done.'
He collapsed at the 1995 Ryder Cup, bogeying the final three holes when a par on any one would have secured an American win.
His decisions as 2002 Ryder Cup captain prompted Sports Illustrated's Rick Reilly to say that he had 'given more gifts to Europe than the Marshall Plan.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He has an identical twin brother.
At Wake Forest, he was a member of a golf team that won the NCAA championship and was called 'the greatest of all time' by Golf World.
He was the first golfer to win a million dollars in a PGA tour season (1988).
He was the first golfer to win back-to-back US Opens since Ben Hogan in 1950-51.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 31]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [January] (Ranked: 1301955)
• ESPN's Who's #1 Top 25 Chokes of the ESPN Era (Ranked: 14)
• Golf Digest's 50 Greatest Golfers of All Time [2000] (Ranked: 33)
• Golfers
• Golf's U.S. Open Champs (Ranked: 1988)
• Golf's U.S. Open Champs (Ranked: 1989)
• I Attended Wake Forest University
• Identical Twins
• Look at Me, I'm Armed
• Look at Me, I'm in a Field or Meadow
• Male Sportscasters
• Profiles 29751-30000 (Ranked: 29902)
• Short Fuses
• Twins

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 18 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 21 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 25 Votes: 72.00% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 33 Votes: 69.70% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying