Mike Nicolette
American golfer
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Mike Nicolette |
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| fullname | Michael Rexford Nicolette |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| death_date | |
| height | |
| weight | 155 lb |
| nationality | |
| college | Rollins College |
| yearpro | 1978 |
| retired | |
| tour | |
| extour | PGA Tour |
| prowins | 2 |
| pgawins | 1 |
| champwins | |
| seneurowins | |
| otherwins | |
| majorwins | |
| masters | T44: 1983 |
| usopen | T13: 1983 |
| open | DNP |
| pga | T47: 1983 |
| wghofid | |
| wghofyear | |
| award1 | |
| year1 | |
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| name = Mike Nicolette | image = | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = Michael Rexford Nicolette | nickname = | birth_date = | birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = 155 lb | nationality = | residence = | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = Rollins College | yearpro = 1978 | retired = | tour = | extour = PGA Tour | prowins = 2 | pgawins = 1 | champwins = | seneurowins = | otherwins = | majorwins = | masters = T44: 1983 | usopen = T13: 1983 | open = DNP | pga = T47: 1983 | wghofid = | wghofyear = | award1 = | year1 = | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = Michael Rexford Nicolette (born December 7, 1956) is an American professional golfer and inventor who played on the PGA Tour in the 1970s and 1980s.
Early life and amateur career
Nicolette was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
He attended Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida and was a member of the golf team. While a student at Rollins, he won the 1976 NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championship.
Professional career
In 1978, Nicolette turned professional. Nicolette had ten top-10 finishes in PGA Tour events during his career including a win at the 1983 Bay Hill Classic. In that tournament, he defeated Greg Norman in a playoff on the first extra hole. He was the first round co-leader at the 1988 U.S. Open but faded in the last three days. His best finish in a major championship was T-13 at the 1983 U.S. Open.
Parsons Xtreme Golf (PXG) hired Nicolette, who served as senior product designer for PING prior to joining PXG. Given no time or budget constraints, Nicolette worked on designing the first iteration of what would become the PXG 0311 forged iron.
Nicolette is named as an inventor on 179 US Utility Patents , the majority of which are assigned to PXG. He is also named on 255 US Design Patents.
Amateur wins
- 1973 Pennsylvania State Junior Golf Championship
- 1976 NCAA Division II Championship
Professional wins (2)
PGA Tour wins (1)
::data[format=table] | No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Mar 13, 1983 | Bay Hill Classic | −1 (66-72-71-74=283) | Playoff | AUS Greg Norman | ::
PGA Tour playoff record (1–0) ::data[format=table]
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1983 | Bay Hill Classic | AUS Greg Norman | Won with par on first extra hole |
| :: |
Source:
Other wins (1)
- 1999 Arizona Open
Results in major championships
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| Tournament | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T44 | CUT | ||||
| U.S. Open | T13 | 59 | CUT | T40 | ||
| PGA Championship | T47 | |||||
| :: |
Note: Nicolette never played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
References
References
- "Golf Major Championships".
- Gray, Robert. (2016-03-20). "GoDaddy's Founder Has a Booming Luxury Golf Club Business".
- Harig, Bob. (2016-02-09). "PXG clubs, going for about $5K a set, turning heads on tour". ESPN.com.
- Dusek, David. (2015-07-16). "Bob Parsons has a grand plan in new golf equipment company". Golfweek.
- Tolson, Shaun. (2015-11-01). "Domain Game". Robb Report.
- (2016-01-04). "Zach Johnson among 8 players moving to PXG". ESPN.com.
- DiMeglio, Steve. (2016-04-19). "Bob Parsons' passion for golf drives PXG". USA TODAY.
- [https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&d=PTXT&Query=apt%2F1+and+in%2FNicolette-Michael$ US Utility Patents of Michael R. Nicolette]
- [https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&d=PTXT&Query=apt%2F1+and+in%2FNicolette-Michael$+and+an%2FParsons US Utility Patents of Michael R. Nicolette assigned to PXG]
- [https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&d=PTXT&Query=apt%2F4+and+in%2FNicolette-Michael$ US Design Patents of Michael R. Nicolette]
- "Mike Nicolette". PGA Tour.
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