Morris Hatalsky
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Nov 10, 1951 in San Diego, California.Original/Home Club:
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Professional golferTurned Pro:
1973America
Puerto Vallarta
Played as the inaugural (and only) Puerto Vallarta Blue Agave Classic (Mar 31-Apr 2). Second-placed Scott Simpson (USA) finished 1 shot behind Hatalsky (USA). [Nicklaus course, Vista Vallarta GC, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico].
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Columbus
Played as the inaugural (and only) Columbus Southern Open (May 23-25). Second-placed Allen Doyle (USA) finished 1 shot behind Hatalsky (USA). [Green Island CC, Columbus, Georgia].
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Novell
Played as the Uniting Fore Care Classic presented by Novell (Aug 23-25; played on a modified stableford basis). Second-placed Jay Sigel (USA) finished 12 points behind first-time Snr PGA Tour winner Hatalsky (USA). [Park Meadows CC, Park City, nr Salt Lake City, Utah].
Awards
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Hatalsky (USA) won the Senior PGA Tour 2002 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player, based on the votes of his peers. He finished 10th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $1,391,044.
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Bank of Boston
Played as the Bank of Boston Classic (July 12-15). Second-placed Scott Verplank (USA) finished 1 shot behind Morris Hatalsky (USA), who claimed the last of his four PGA Tour wins. [Pleasant Valley CC, Sutton, MA].
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Kemper Insurance
Played as the Kemper Open (Jun 2-5). Morris Hatalsky (USA) beat defending champion Tom Kite (USA) with a par at the second playoff hole. [TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm, Potomac, nr Washington DC. At the time known as TPC Avenel].
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Played as the Greater Milwaukee Open (July 7-10). Morris Hatalsky (USA) beat George Cadle (USA) with a par at the second playoff hole, to record his second PGA Tour win. [Tuckaway CC, Franklin, nr Milwaukee, Wisc.].
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Played as the Hall of Fame Classic (Sept 24-27). Second-placed Jerry Pate (USA) and D.A. Weibring (USA) finished 2 shots behind first-time PGA Tour winner Hatalsky (USA). [No.2 course, Pinehurst Resort, North Carolina].
Tournaments:
Women’s major championships: the month of June sees two women’s majors: the US Women’s Open (June 3-6), with A Lim Kim defending, and the Women’s PGA Championship (June 24-27), with Sei Young Kim defending.
Senior PGA Championship: the revered Southern Hills in Oklahoma hosts the 81st staging of this event (May 27-30); Ken Tanigawa holds the title from its last playing in 2019.
Who's Who:
Phil Mickelson: in winning the 2021 PGA Championship, the world’s most famous “leftie” became the oldest winner of a golf major championship.
Hideki Matsuyama: became the first Japanese professional to win a men’s major championship, when he triumphed in this year’s Masters Tournament.
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
American Dunes opens for play following Nicklaus transformation
Nicklaus Design has transformed the former Grand Haven Golf Club in Michigan into the American Dunes Golf Club, a new public course that is now open for play
New course opens for play at Barnbougle
Bill Coore designs 14-hole layout with “sporty” holes on dune ridge above Lost Farm (golf carts allowed).
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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