name	Sam Snead
fullname	Samuel Jackson Snead
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birth date	May 27, 1912
birth place	Ashwood, Virginia
death date	May 23, 2002
death place	Hot Springs, Virginia
height
weight
nationality
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retired	1987
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Samuel Jackson Snead (May 27, 1912 – May 23, 2002) was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of four decades. He and two of the other greatest golfers of all time, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, were born within six months of each other in 1912. Snead won a record 82 PGA Tour events.

Snead won seven majors: three Masters, three PGA Championships and one British Open. But his reputation has always been slightly tarnished by his failure to win a U.S. Open. Snead used to share the record for most second-place finishes in that championship (four) with four others; Bobby Jones, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Phil Mickelson. After the 2009 U.S. Open, Mickelson became the all-time leader with five second-place finishes.

Snead's nickname was "Slammin' Sammy." He was admired by many for having the so-called "perfect swing," and generated many imitators. Snead was famed for his folksy image, wearing a straw hat, playing tournaments barefoot, and making such statements as "Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt." He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974, and received the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998.

Personal

Snead was born in Ashwood, Virginia near Hot Springs. At the age of seven, he began caddying at The Homestead in Hot Springs; he worked as an assistant pro at The Homestead at 19, and turned professional in 1934. Snead was self-taught. He joined the PGA Tour in 1936, and achieved immediate success. In 1944 he became head pro at The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Snead maintained ties to Hot Springs and The Homestead for all of his life.

He served in the United States military during World War II, from 1942 to 1945.

Career

In 1937, Snead's first full year on the Tour, he won five events, including the Oakland Open at Claremont Country Club in California.

In 1938, he first won the Greater Greensboro Open. He won that event a total of eight times, the Tour record, concluding in 1965 at the age of , making him the oldest player to win a PGA Tour event.

The year 1939 was the first of several times he failed at crucial moments of the U.S. Open, the only major event he never won. Needing par to win, but not knowing this, since on-course scoreboards did not exist at that time, he posted an 8 on the par-5 72nd hole. Snead had been told on the 18th tee by a spectator that he needed a birdie to win.

At the U.S. Open in 1947, Snead missed a 2-foot putt on the final playoff hole to lose to Lew Worsham.

In 1950, he won 11 events. No one has since won more in one year. He won the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average four times: 1938, 1949, 1950, and 1955. He played on seven Ryder Cup teams: 1937, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, and 1959, and captained the team in 1951, 1959, and 1969.

At the 1952 Jacksonville Open, Snead forfeited rather than play a 18-hole playoff against Doug Ford after the two golfers finished in a tie at the end of regulation play. The forfeit stemmed from a ruling Snead received during the tournament's second round of play. On the 10th hole, Snead's drive landed behind an out of bounds stake. While Chick Harbert who was playing with Snead thought the ball was out of bounds, a rules official ruled differently due to the starter not telling players the stakes had been moved since the previous day's play had ended. Afterwards, Snead explained why he forfeited even though Ford suggested they play sudden death for the title. "I want to be fair about it. I don't want anyone to think I took advantage of the ruling."

In December 1959 (televised April 1960), Snead took part in a controversial match against Mason Rudolph, at the Mid Ocean Club in Bermuda. Snead decided to deliberately lose the televised match, played under the 'World Championship Golf' series, during its final holes, after he discovered he had too many golf clubs in his bag on the 12th hole. The match was tied at that stage. A player is limited to 14 clubs during competitive rounds. The extra club in his bag, a fairway wood Snead had been experimenting with in practice, would have caused him to be immediately disqualified according to the Rules of Golf, even though he did not use it during the round. After the match was over, Snead explained the matter, and said he did not disqualify himself in order to not spoil the show. The problem did not become known outside a small circle until the show was televised four months later. After the incident came to light, the sponsor cancelled further participation in the series.

In 1971, he won the PGA Club Professional Championship.

In 1973, he became the oldest player to make a cut in a U.S. Open.

In 1974, at age 62, he shot a one-under-par 279 to finish third, three strokes behind winner Lee Trevino at the PGA Championship at Tanglewood in Clemmons, North Carolina.

In 1978, he won the first Legends of Golf event, which was the impetus for the creation two years later of the Senior PGA Tour, now known as the Champions Tour.

In 1979, he was the youngest PGA Tour golfer to shoot his age (67) in the second round of the 1979 Quad Cities Open. He shot under his age (66) in the final round.

In 1983, at age 71, he shot a round of 60 (12-under-par) at The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia.

In 1997, at age 85, he shot a round of 78 at the Old White course of The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

In 1998, he received the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award, the fourth person to be so honored.

From 1984 to 2002, he hit the honorary starting tee shot at The Masters. Until 1999, he was joined by Gene Sarazen, and until 2001, by Byron Nelson.

Snead wrote several golf instructional books, and frequently wrote instructional columns in golf magazines. HIs 1962 autobiography was titled ''The Education of a Golfer.''

In 2000, he was ranked the third greatest golfer of all time, in ''Golf Digest'' magazine's rankings. Jack Nicklaus was first, and Ben Hogan was second.

Snead was inducted into the West Virginia Golf Hall of Fame in 2009 with William C. Campbell.

Death

Sam Snead died in Hot Springs, Virginia, in 2002 following complications from a stroke, four days before his 90th birthday. He was survived by two sons: Sam Jr. of Hot Springs, and Terry, of Mountain Grove, Virginia, and a brother, Pete, of Pittsburgh, as well as two grandchildren. His wife Audrey died in 1990. His nephew J.C. Snead was also a PGA Tour golfer.

Playing style

During his peak years, Snead was an exceptionally long driver, particularly into the wind, with very good accuracy as well. He was a superb player with the long irons. Snead was also known for a very creative short game, pioneering use of the sand wedge for short shots from grass. As he aged, his putting deteriorated. Snead pioneered croquet-style putting in the 1960s, where he straddled the ball with one leg on each side. The United States Golf Association banned this technique in 1968 by amending the old Rule 35–1, since until that time, golfers had always faced the ball when striking. Snead then went to side-saddle putting, where he crouched and angled his feet towards the hole, and held the club with a split grip. He used that style for the rest of his career.

Records

From official PGA Tour site.

Most PGA Tour victories: 82

Most PGA Tour victories at an event: 8 at the Greater Greensboro Open (1938, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1965)

Oldest player to win a PGA Tour event: age 52 years, 10 months, 8 days at the 1965 Greater Greensboro Open

Oldest player to make the cut at a major: age 67 years, 2 months, 7 days at the 1979 PGA Championship

First PGA Tour player to shoot his age: 67 in the second round of the 1979 Quad Cities Open

Oldest player to make a cut on the PGA Tour: age 67 years, 2 months, 21 days at the 1979 Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic.

Only player to post a top ten finish in at least one major championship in five different decades.

Snead also held the record for most PGA Tour wins after reaching age 40, with 17, until it was broken at the 2007 Mercedes-Benz Championship by Vijay Singh.

Professional wins (165)

PGA Tour wins (82)

1936 (1) West Virginia Closed Pro

1937 (5) Oakland Open, Bing Crosby Pro-Am, St. Paul Open, Nassau Open, Miami Open (Dec.)

1938 (8) Bing Crosby Pro-Am, Greater Greensboro Open, Chicago Open, Canadian Open, Westchester 108 Hole Open, White Sulphur Springs Open, Inverness Invitational Four-Ball (with Vic Ghezzi), Palm Beach Round Robin

1939 (3) St. Petersburg Open, Miami Open, Miami Biltmore International Four-Ball (with Ralph Guldahl)

1940 (3) Canadian Open, Anthracite Open, Inverness Invitational Four-Ball (with Ralph Guldahl)

1941 (6) Bing Crosby Pro-Am, St. Petersburg Open, North and South Open, Canadian Open, Rochester Times Union Open, Henry Hurst Invitational

1942 (2) St. Petersburg Open, PGA Championship

1944 (2) Portland Open, Richmond Open

1945 (6) Los Angeles Open, Gulfport Open, Pensacola Open, Jacksonville Open, Dallas Open, Tulsa Open

1946 (6) Jacksonville Open, Greater Greensboro Open, The Open Championship (not counted as a PGA Tour win at the time, but designated as such in 2002), World Championship of Golf, Miami Open, Virginia Open

1948 (1) Texas Open

1949 (6) Greater Greensboro Open, Masters Tournament, Washington Star Open, Dapper Dan Open, Western Open, PGA Championship

1950 (11) Los Angeles Open, Bing Crosby Pro-Am (tie with Jack Burke, Jr., Smiley Quick, Dave Douglas), Texas Open, Miami Beach Open, Greater Greensboro Open, Western Open, Colonial National Invitation, Inverness Invitational Four-Ball (with Jim Ferrier), Reading Open, North and South Open, Miami Open

1951 (2) PGA Championship, Miami Open

1952 (5) Masters Tournament, Palm Beach Round Robin, Inverness Invitational Four-Ball (with Jim Ferrier), All American Open, Eastern Open

1953 (1) Baton Rouge Open

1954 (2) Masters Tournament, Palm Beach Round Robin

1955 (4) Greater Greensboro Open, Palm Beach Round Robin, Insurance City Open, Miami Open

1956 (1) Greater Greensboro Open

1957 (2) Dallas Open Invitational, Palm Beach Round Robin

1958 (1) Dallas Open Invitational

1960 (2) De Soto Open Invitational, Greater Greensboro Open

1961 (1) Tournament of Champions

1965 (1) Greater Greensboro Open

Major championships are shown in bold.

Other wins

1936 West Virginia Open

1937 West Virginia Open

1938 West Virginia Open

1940 Ontario Open (Canada)

1941 Center Open (Argentina)

1948 West Virginia Open

1949 North and South Open, West Virginia Open

1952 West Virginia Open, Brazil Open, Greenbrier Pro-Am

1953 Greenbrier Pro-Am

1954 Panama Open

1957 West Virginia Open

1958 West Virginia Open, Greenbrier Invitational

1959 Sam Snead Festival

1960 West Virginia Open

1961 West Virginia Open, Sam Snead Festival

1962 Royal Poinciana Plaza Invitational

1964 Haig & Haig Scotch Foursome (with Shirley Englehorn)

1966 West Virginia Open

1967 West Virginia Open

1968 West Virginia Open

1970 West Virginia Open

1971 PGA Club Professional Championship, West Virginia Open

1972 West Virginia Open

1973 West Virginia Open

''Note: this list is incomplete.''

Senior wins (14)

1964 PGA Seniors' Championship, World Seniors

1965 PGA Seniors' Championship, World Seniors

1967 PGA Seniors' Championship

1970 PGA Seniors' Championship, World Seniors

1972 PGA Seniors' Championship, World Seniors

1973 PGA Seniors' Championship, World Seniors

1978 Legends of Golf (with Gardner Dickinson)

1980 Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-Am

1982 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Don January)

Major championships

Wins (7)

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Results timeline

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" !align="left"|Tournament !1937 !1938 !1939 |- |The Masters |align="center"|18 |align="center"|T31 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|2 |- |U.S. Open |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|2 |align="center"|T38 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|5 |- |The Open Championship |align="center"|T11 |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |- |PGA Championship |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|R16 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|2 |align="center"|DNP |}

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" !align="left"|Tournament !1940 !1941 !1942 !1943 !1944 !1945 !1946 !1947 !1948 !1949 |- |The Masters |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T7 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T6 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T7 |align="center"|NT |align="center"|NT |align="center"|NT |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T7 |align="center"|T22 |align="center"|T16 |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|1 |- |U.S. Open |align="center"|T16 |align="center"|T13 |align="center"|NT |align="center"|NT |align="center"|NT |align="center"|NT |align="center"|T19 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|2 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|5 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T2 |- |The Open Championship |align="center"|NT |align="center"|NT |align="center"|NT |align="center"|NT |align="center"|NT |align="center"|NT |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|1 |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |- |PGA Championship |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|2 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|QF |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|1 |align="center"|NT |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|R32 |align="center"|R32 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|QF |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|1 |}

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" !align="left"|Tournament !1950 !1951 !1952 !1953 !1954 !1955 !1956 !1957 !1958 !1959 |- |The Masters |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|3 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T8 |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|1 |align="center"|T15 |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|1 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|3 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T4 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|2 |align="center"|13 |align="center"|T22 |- |U.S. Open |align="center"|T12 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T10 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T10 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|2 |align="center"|T11 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T3 |align="center"|T24 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T8 |align="center"|CUT |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T8 |- |The Open Championship |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |- |PGA Championship |align="center"|R32 |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|1 |align="center"|R64 |align="center"|R32 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|QF |align="center"|R32 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|QF |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|R16 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|3 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T8 |}

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" !align="left"|Tournament !1960 !1961 !1962 !1963 !1964 !1965 !1966 !1967 !1968 !1969 |- |The Masters |align="center"|T11 |align="center"|T15 |align="center"|T15 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T3 |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|T42 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T10 |align="center"|42 |align="center"|CUT |- |U.S. Open |align="center"|T19 |align="center"|T17 |align="center"|T38 |align="center"|T42 |align="center"|T34 |align="center"|T24 |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T9 |align="center"|T38 |- |The Open Championship |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T6 |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |- |PGA Championship |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T3 |align="center"|T27 |align="center"|T17 |align="center"|T27 |align="center"|DNP |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T6 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T6 |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T34 |align="center"|T63 |}

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" !align="left"|Tournament !1970 !1971 !1972 !1973 !1974 !1975 !1976 !1977 !1978 !1979 |- |The Masters |align="center"|T23 |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|T27 |align="center"|T29 |align="center"|T20 |align="center"|WD |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|WD |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|CUT |- |U.S. Open |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T29 |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |- |The Open Championship |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |- |PGA Championship |align="center"|T12 |align="center"|T34 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T4 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T9 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T3 |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|T54 |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T42 |}

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" !align="left"|Tournament !1980 !1981 !1982 !1983 |- |The Masters |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|WD |align="center"|WD |- |U.S. Open |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |- |The Open Championship |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |- |PGA Championship |align="center"|WD |align="center"|WD |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |}

NT = No tournament DNP = Did not play WD = Withdrew CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Starts – 118

Wins – 7

2nd place finishes – 8

Top 3 finishes – 22

Top 5 finishes – 29

Top 10 finishes – 48

Longest streak of top-10s in majors – 6

Trivia

Snead was referenced in several jokes in the ''Peanuts'' comic strip in the 1950s and 1960s. Linus van Pelt has claimed to "have always kind of admired him", and Schroeder bragged that he was "going to be the Sam Snead of music!"

Snead hit the Wrigley Field scoreboard with a golf ball teed off from home plate.

Snead once appeared in an episode of ''The Phil Silvers Show'' (Sergeant Bilko).

In 1987, Snead appeared opposite Tim Conway in ''Dorf's Golf Bible''. Despite Snead's efforts, Dorf cannot follow through on even the simplest of Snead's instructions, prompting Snead's repeated pleas of "why don't you quit?"

According to an edition of the ''Book of Sports Lists'', Snead made a commercial for Bromo-Seltzer in which he said, "On the day of atonement, I cannot afford to be sick." It was a while before the Jewish audience realized Sammy was not referring to Yom Kippur, but "could not pronounce 'tournament' like other white folk."

Snead was so flexible and coordinated that for most of his adult life, he was able to stand on one foot and kick the other foot high enough to touch the top of a door frame without losing his balance.

See also

Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

Golfers with most wins in men's major championships

Most PGA Tour wins in a year

Most wins in one PGA Tour event

References

External links

World Golf Hall of Fame profile

about.com profile Profile, stats and quotes

Sam Snead Profile at Golf Legends

Photos of Sam Snead at Palm Beach Golf Classic

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name	Roberto De Vicenzo
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death date
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Roberto De Vicenzo (born 14 April 1923) is a former professional golfer from Argentina. He won more than 230 tournaments worldwide in his career including eight on the PGA Tour and most famously the 1967 Open Championship.

Biography

De Vicenzo was born in Villa Ballester, a western suburb of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was raised in the Villa Pueyrredón neighborhood of Buenos Aires, and acquired the game of golf as a caddie. He developed his skills at the Ranelagh Golf Club, and later relocated to the town of the same name.

He won his first Argentine tournament, the Abierto del Litoral, in 1942; his first World Cup in 1953; and a major tournament, the British Open, in 1967. De Vicenzo is best remembered for his misfortune in the 1968 Masters. On the par-4 17th hole, Roberto De Vicenzo made a birdie, but playing partner Tommy Aaron inadvertently entered a 4 instead of 3 on the scorecard. He did not check the scorecard for the error before signing it, and according to the Rules of Golf the higher score had to stand and be counted. If not for this mistake, De Vicenzo would have tied for first place with Bob Goalby, and the two would have met in an 18-hole playoff the next day. His quote afterwards became legendary for its poignancy: "What a stupid I am!"

In 1970, he was voted the Bob Jones Award, the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf.

De Vicenzo subsequently found great success in the early days of the Senior PGA Tour, winning the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf two times and the inaugural U.S. Senior Open in 1980. Also won the 1974 PGA Seniors' Championship, and represented Argentina 17 times in the Canada Cup/World Cup (leading Argentina to victory in 1953).

De Vicenzo was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1989, and officially retired on November 12, 2006 at age 83. He had 100 international victories. The Museum of Golf was organized in Berazategui on his initiative, and was named in his honor upon its inaugural in 2006.

Professional wins

PGA Tour wins (8)

1951 (3) Palm Beach Round Robin, Inverness Invitational Four-Ball (with Henry Ransom)

1957 (2) Colonial National Invitation, All American Open

1966 (1) Dallas Open Invitational

1967 (1) British Open

1968 (1) Houston Champions International

Major championship is shown in bold.

European wins (9)

1948 (1) North British Tournament

1950 (3) Belgian Open, Dutch Open, Open de France

1960 (1) Open de France

1964 (2) Open de France, German Open

1966 (1) Spanish Open

1967 (1) British Open

Argentine Tour wins (131)

''this list is incomplete''

1942 (1) Abierto del Litoral

1943 (2) Center Open, Westinhouse Grand Prix

1944 (3) Argentine PGA Championship, Argentine Open, Cirio Grand Prix

1945 (3) Argentine PGA Championship, Cirio Grand Prix, Bahía Blanca Open

1946 (5) Palermo Grand Prix, Abierto del Litoral, South Open, La Plata Open, Masllorens Grand Prix

1947 (10) Argentine PGA Championship, Abierto del Litoral, South Open, Cirio Grand Prix, Ranelagh Open, Masllorens Grand Prix, Alvear Grand Prix, San Isidro Open, Mailly Grand Prix, America Cup

1948 (5) Argentine PGA Championship, Cirio Grand Prix, Masllorens Grand Prix, Ranelagh Open, La Plata Open

1949 (6) Argentine PGA Championship, Argentine Open, Abierto del Litoral, Ituzaingo Grand Prix, Masllorens Grand Prix, San Isidro Open

1950 (4) Masllorens Grand Prix, Ituzaingo Grand Prix, San Isidro Open, San Martin Grand Prix

1951 (5) Argentine PGA Championship, Argentine Open, Msllorens Grand Prix, Alvear Grand Prix, San Isidro Open

1952 (2) Argentine Open, San Isidro Open

1953 (1) Argentino Grand Prix

1954 (2) Alvear Grand Prix, San Martin Grand Prix

1958 (1) Argentine Open

1960 (3) Argentine PGA Championship, Charles Of the Ritz Grand Prix, Siam Grand Prix

1961 (1) Ranelagh Open

1962 (6) Argentine Masters, North Open, Center Open, South Open, Branca Grand Prix, Suixtill Grand Prix

1963 (2) Branca Grand Prix, Tortugas Grand Prix

1964 (4) Argentine Masters, Argentine PGA Championship, Minerva Grand Prix, Jockey Club Rosario Open

1965 (6) Argentine PGA Championship, Argentine Open, Center Open, Rio Cuarto Open, Acantilados Grand Prix, Jockey Club Rosario Open

1966 (4) Argentine Masters, Argentine PGA Championship, North Open, Ranser Grand Prix

1967 (6) Argentine Open, Center Open, South Open, Ranelagh Open, Ranser Grand Prix, Pindapoy Grand Prix

1968 (4) Abierto del Litoral, Ranelagh Open, Acantilados Grand Prix, Peugeot Grand Prix

1969 (6) Argentine PGA Championship, Norpatagonico Open, Ranelagh Open, Glustora Grand Prix, Lomas Open, Kanmar Grand Prix

1970 (4) Argentine Open, Argentine Masters, Ranelagh Open, Old Smugler Grand Prix

1971 (5) Argentine PGA Championship, Acantilados Grand Prix, La Cumbre Open, Pinamar Open, Santa Teresita Open

1972 (5) Argentine PGA Championship, Center Open, South Open, Ranelagh Open, Acantilados Grand Prix

1973 (4) Center Open, South Open, North Open, Lomas Open

1974 (7) Argentine PGA Championship, Argentine Masters, Argentine Open, Center Open, North Open, San Martin Grand Prix, Charles of the Ritz Grand Prix

1975 (2) Jockey Club Rosario Open, Charles of the Ritz Grand Prix

1976 (2) Velox Grand Prix, Metropolitano Open

1977 (3) Argentine PGA Championship, South Open, Velox Grand Prix

1978 South Open, San Martin Grand Prix, Sidesa Grand Prix

1979 (3) Acantilados Grand Prix, Sidesa Grand Prix

1983 (1) North Open

1985 (1) Argentine PGA Championship

World Cup wins (3)

1953 Canada Cup (team with Antonio Cerdá)

1962 Canada Cup (individual)

1970 World Cup (individual)

South American wins (62)

1946 Chile Open (tie with Enrique Bertolino), Viña del Mar Open (Chile)

1947 Cali Open (Colombia)

1948 Uruguay Open

1949 Uruguay Open

1951 Cali Open (Colombia), Bogota Open (Colombia), Barranquilla Open (Colombia), Mexican Open

1952 Panama Open, Santo Domingo Open (Chile)

1953 Panama Open, Mexican Open, Peru Open

1954 Brazil Open, Peru Open, Barranquilla Open (Colombia) Bogota Open (Colombia)

1955 Mexican Open, PGA of Mexico, Jamaica Open, Medellin Open (Colombia)

1956 Jamaica Open, Barranquilla Open (Colombia), Bogota Open (Colombia), PGA of Mexico

1957 Brazil Open, Jamaica Open

1958 Peru Open, Medellin Open (Colombia), PGA of Mexico

1959 PGA of Mexico

1960 Brazil Open, Barranquilla Open (Colombia), Bogota Open (Colombia)

1961 Chile Open, Colombian Open, Barranquilla Open (Colombia)

1962 Barranquilla Open (Colombia)

1963 Brazil Open

1964 Brazil Open, Uruguay Open, Bogota Open (Colombia)

1965 Lagartos Grand Prix (Colombia)

1966 Lagartos Grand Prix (Colombia)

1968 Lagartos Grand Prix (Colombia)

1969 PGA of Mexico, Lagartos Grand Prix (Colombia)

1970 Itanhanga Open (Brazil)

1971 Panama Open

1972 Venezuela Open, San Pablo Open (Brazil), Rio Grande Open (Brazil)

1973 Panama Open, Venezuela Open, Brazil Open

1974 Panama Open, Lagartos Grand Prix (Colombia), Raleigh Cup (Mexico)

1978 Santiago Open (Chile)

1979 Santo Tome Open, Oro Negro Open (Venezuela)

Senior PGA Tour wins (2)

1980 U.S. Senior Open

1984 Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-Am

Senior major championship is shown in bold.

Other senior wins (16)

''this list may be incomplete''

1974 PGA Seniors' Championship, World Senior Match Play

1979 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Julius Boros)

1983 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Rod Funseth), Doug Sanders Classic

1986 Conmmemorative Pro-Am (Super Senior)

1987 Argentine Senior Open, Pontevedra Classic (Super Senior), Digital Classic (Super Senior)

1988 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Legendary Division (with Charlie Sifford), Vintage Championship Invitational (Super Senior), Pages Classic (Super Senior)

1989 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Legendary Division (with Charlie Sifford), Vantage Championship (Super Senior)

1991 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Legendary Division (with Charlie Sifford)

1992 Center Senior Argentine Open

Major championships

Wins (1)

{|class="wikitable" !Year!!Championship!!54 Holes!!Winning Score!!Margin!!Runner-up |-bgcolor="#ABCDEF" | 1967 ||The Open Championship ||2 shot lead ||-10 (70-71-67-70=278) ||2 strokes || Jack Nicklaus |}

Results timeline

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" !align="left"|Tournament !1948 !1949 |- |The Masters |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |- |U.S. Open |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |- |The Open Championship |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T3 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|3 |- |PGA Championship |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |}

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" !align="left"|Tournament !1950 !1951 !1952 !1953 !1954 !1955 !1956 !1957 !1958 !1959 |- |The Masters |align="center"|T12 |align="center"|T20 |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T17 |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|DNP |- |U.S. Open |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T29 |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T27 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T8 |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|DNP |- |The Open Championship |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|2 |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|6 |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|3 |align="center"|T35 |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |- |PGA Championship |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T9 |align="center"|DNP |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T5 |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |}

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" !align="left"|Tournament !1960 !1961 !1962 !1963 !1964 !1965 !1966 !1967 !1968 !1969 |- |The Masters |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T22 |align="center"|T33 |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T22 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T10 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|2 |align="center"|CUT |- |U.S. Open |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T24 |align="center"|DNP |- |The Open Championship |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T3 |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|3 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|4 |align="center"|T20 |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|1 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T10 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T3 |- |PGA Championship |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |}

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" !align="left"|Tournament !1970 !1971 !1972 !1973 !1974 !1975 !1976 !1977 !1978 !1979 |- |The Masters |align="center"|CUT |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T9 |align="center"|T22 |align="center"|T51 |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |- |U.S. Open |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |- |The Open Championship |align="center"|T17 |align="center"|T11 |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T28 |align="center"|T51 |align="center"|T28 |align="center"|T32 |align="center"|T48 |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|CUT |- |PGA Championship |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |}

DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

Champions Tour major championships

Wins (1)

{|class="wikitable" !Year!!Championship!!Winning Score!!Margin!!Runner(s)-up |-bgcolor="#FBCEB1" | 1980 ||U.S. Senior Open || −3 (74–73–68–70=285) || 4 strokes || William Campbell (a) |}

See also

Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

References

External links

World Golf Hall of Fame profile

Profile on about.com

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