Tom Watson has a degree in psychology?
Before he became one of the greatest links golfers of all time, Tom Watson studied at Stanford University, where he played on both the ...
Gary Player won The Open in three different decades?
Gary Player won The Open at Muirfield in 1959, at Carnoustie in 1968 and at Royal Lytham & St Annes in 1974. He is the only man in ...
A two-foot putt in 1969 gave its name to a golf course?
The 1969 Ryder Cup at Royal Birkdale came down to the very last match, between Jack Nicklaus and Tony Jacklin. After Nicklaus holed his...
Jack Nicklaus nearly won the U.S. Open as a 20-year-old amateur, playing alongside Ben Hogan?
At the 1960 U.S. Open at Cherry Hills, the reigning U.S. Amateur champion Jack Nicklaus played the final 36 holes, both on the Saturday...
Arnold Palmer spent three years in the U.S. Coast Guard before he became famous?
In 1950, Palmer’s close friend and Wake Forest teammate Bud Worsham was killed in a car accident. Devastated, Palmer left college and e...
