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According to an article in Forbes income from television rights provide 60% of each tournament's purse and the other 40% are provided by tournament sponsors.
Hubert Green has won two major championships, the 1977 US Open at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma and the 1985 PGA Championship at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado.
Wayne Player, the son of golfer Gary Player, was banned from attending the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club after he was accused of involvement in a ticket-scalping scheme.
Jack Nicklaus, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Ben Hogan, Gary Player and Gene Sarazen, all legends of the game, are the six players to have won a career Grand Slam.
Greg Norman is called the Great White Shark in a reference to his blond hair, size, aggressive golf playing style and his birthplace (Queensland, Australia) home of the native animal the shark.
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