Gene Sarazen
Name:
Gene SarazenCountry:
USALived:
[1902-1999]. Born on Feb 27, 1902 in Harrison, New York. Died on May 13, 1999 in Naples, Florida (aged 97).Original/Home Club:
Harrison, New YorkOccupation:
Professional golfer, TV commentator and presenter, inventor of the modern sand wedgeTurned Pro:
1921America
PGA of America
Played as the PGA Seniors' Championship. Second-placed Charles Sheppard (USA) finished 3 shots behind Gene Sarazen (USA). [Dunedin GC, Dunedin, nr Tampa, FL. at the time known as PGA National GC].
America
PGA of America
Played as the PGA Seniors' Championship. Second-placed Al Watrous (USA) and Perry Del Vecchio (USA) finished 2 shots behind Sarazen (USA). [Dunedin GC, Dunedin, nr Tampa, FL. at the time known as PGA National GC].
Europe
Teacher's
Played as the inaugural Teacher International Senior Professional Championship (Jun 30-July 1; 36-hole match between the US PGA Senior Champion and a leading British senior professional; for the unofficial title of world senior professional champion). Sarazen (USA) beat Percy Alliss (Eng) 4 and 3. [Southport & Ainsdale GC, Southport, Merseyside].
America
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Played as the Miami Biltmore International Four-Ball. Winning Team: Ben Hogan & Gene Sarazen, by 4 and 3 in the final. [The Biltmore, Coral Gables, Miami, FL].
Played as the Lake Placid Open.
Played as the Florida West Coast Open.
Played as the Chicago Open. [No.3 Course, Medinah CC, Bloomingdale, nr Chicago, IL].
Aus/NZ
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Played as the Australian Open (Sept 24-26). Second-placed Harry Williams (Aus, amateur) finished 4 shots behind Sarazen (USA). [Metropolitan GC, South Oakleigh, Melbourne, Aus].
Played as the Long Island Open.
Played as the Massachusetts Open.
Majors
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The Masters Tournament (2nd) (April 4-8; played as the Augusta National Invitation Tournament). Sarazen (USA) beat Craig Wood (USA) in a 36-hole playoff: Sarazen 144 (E), Wood 149 (+5). Wood was also runner-up in the first Masters a year earlier. [Augusta National GC, Augusta, GA].
America
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Played as the Hawaiian Open. Second-placed Paul Runyan (USA) and Hawaiian native Guinea Kop (USA) finished in second place behind Sarazen (USA). [Waialae CC, Honolulu, Hawaii]. Note: After its well-publicised first two years in 1928/29, the Hawaiian Open settled down to become a local, relatively low money event from 1930 thru' 1964. It was typically played at Waialae CC, and occasionally attracted a few top professionals from the PGA Tour. Most famously during this period, Gene Sarazen won it in 1934. Local amateur Arthur Armstrong, from Palolo, Honolulu, was the most prolific winner of the title (1939, '40, '43, '45, '46).
Majors
PGA of America
The US PGA Championship (16th) (Aug 8-13). Sarazen (USA) beat Willie Goggin (USA) 5 and 4 in the 36-hole final. [Blue Mound G&CC, Wauwatosa, nr Milwaukee, WI].
Majors
USGA
The US Open (36th) (June 23-25). Second-placed Bobby Cruickshank (Scot) and Thomas Philip "Phil" Perkins (Eng) finished 3 shots behind Sarazen (USA). [Fresh Meadow CC, Lake Success, NY].
Played as the True Temper Open.
Majors
R&A
The Open Championship (67th) (June 8-10). Second-placed Macdonald "Mac" Smith (Scot) finished 5 shots behind Sarazen (USA), in the only Open Championship played at Prince's. [Prince's GC, Sandwich, Kent].
Played as the Coral Gables Open Invitational.
Played as the Lannin Memorial Tournament.
Played as the Florida West Coast Open.
Played as the La Gorce Open.
Played as the Miami Open.
Played as the United States Pro Invitational.
America
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Played as the inaugural Agua Caliente Open (Jan 20-23; at the time the world's richest golf tournament). Second-placed Horton Smith (USA) and Al Espinosa (USA) finished 2 shots behind Sarazen (USA). [CS&DC de Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico; at the time called Agua Caliente CC].
Played as the Concord Country Club Invitational
America
WGA
Played as the Western Open (Aug 21-23). Second-placed Al Espinosa (USA) finished 7 shots behind Gene Sarazen (USA). [Old course, Indianwood G&CC, Lake Orion, Mich].
Played as the Florida West Coast Open.
Played as the Middle Atlantic Open.
Played as the Lannin Memorial Tournament.
Played as the Miami Beach Open.
Played as the Miami Open.
Played as the Metropolitan PGA Championship.
Played as the Nassau Bahamas Open.
Played as the Miami Beach Open.
Played as the Miami Open.
Played as the Long Island Open.
Played as the Metropolitan PGA Championship.
Played as the Miami Open.
Played as the Miami Open.
Played as the Metropolitan Open.
Majors
PGA of America
The US PGA Championship (6th) (Aug 23-29). Defending champion Sarazen (USA) beat Walter Hagen (USA) 1-up with a birdie-3 at the 38th hole in the final. [Pelham CC, Pelham, nr New York City, NY].
Majors
USGA
The US Open (26th) (July 14/15). Second-placed Bobby Jones (USA, amateur) and John Black (USA) finished 1 shot behind Sarazen (USA). [Skokie CC, Glencoe, nr Chicago, IL].
America
SGA
Played as the inaugural Southern Open (March 3/4; Southern Golf Assoc event). Second-placed Leo Diegel (USA) finished 8 shots behind Gene Sarazen (USA), who recorded his first significant professional win (counted as a "PGA Tour" win, after Tour established in 1929). [New Orleans CC, New Orleans, Louisiana].
Majors
PGA of America
The US PGA Championship (5th) (Aug 12-18). Sarazen (USA) beat Emmet French (USA) 4 and 3 in the 36-hole final. [Oakmont CC, nr Pittsburgh, PA].
Tournaments:
US Women's PGA Championship: located just outside Philadelphia, the famed Donald Ross layout of Aronimink Golf Club hosts the third women’s major championship of 2020 (Oct 8-11).
Scottish Open: first played in 1972, this year’s championship is again played on the Tom Doak-designed Renaissance Club course, which sits alongside mighty Muirfield in East Lothian (Oct 1-4).
Who's Who:
Jim Furyk: in winning the Pure Insurance Championship at Pebble Beach Golf Links, “The Grinder” joined Arnold Palmer and Bruce Fleisher as the only players to win their first two starts on the PGA Tour Champions.
Georgia Hall: recorded her first win in an LPGA Tour event on American soil at this year’s Portland Classic, played at Columbia Edgewater Country Club … on the edge of the Columbia River.
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