Byron Nelson was an American professional golfer who played between 1935 and 1946. He was widely considered one of the greatest golfers of all time. In total he won 63 professional tournaments including 52 PGA Tour events.
Jack Nicklaus was given his nickname by Australian sportswriter Don Lawrence who wrote an article about Jack Nicklaus arriving in Australia in 1961. The headline was: “Golden Bear from U.S. to Arrive Today”.
George C Thomas, an amateur architect was commissioned by the Los Angeles Athletic Club. Actually, he was not truly commissioned as Thomas agreed to take on the project, free of charge.
The European team for the 2023 Ryder Cup was Tommy Fleetwood, Sepp Straka, Justin Rose, Shane Lowry, Nicolai Højgaard, Ludvig Åberg, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Matt Fitzpatrick, Viktor Hovland, Tyrrell Hatton and Robert MacIntyre.
Andrew Magee is the only player to have ever scored a hole in one on a par 4 in PGA Tour history. On the 25th of January 2001 he scored his ace at the Phoenix Open.
Vijay Singh was 41 years, 6 months and 2 weeks old when he first became world number one on September 5, 2004. He was 42 years, 3 months and 3 weeks old when he last held the position on June 11, 2005.
Scottie Scheffler brought an American theme to the champions dinner serving: Cheeseburger sliders, firecracker shrimp, Tortilla soup, Texas ribeye steak or blackened redfish and Warm chocolate chip cookie skillet.
Karsten Solheim designed the first PING putter, known as the PING 1A, in his garage in 1959 before founding Karsten Manufacturing, manufacturer of all PING product.
At the time of The Match held in July 2021, where Tom Brady partnered Phil Mickelson against Bryson DeChambeau and Aaron Rodgers, Tom's handicap index was reported to be 8.1.
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