Walter Hagen
MARANA, AZ - FEBRUARY 23: The Walter Hagen cup on display during the third round of the World Golf Championships - Accenture Match Play at the Golf Club at Dove Mountain on February 23, 2013 in Marana, Arizona.
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Jack Nicklaus' golfing teacher deserves a little of the spotlight, too: Bill Livingston
age of 12 in 1922, Jack Grout, the man who taught golf to Jack Nicklaus, caddied for the top professional in the country, Walter Hagen. It was quite an honor, considering that another caddie at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club, Johnny Martin, a bit from Cleveland Plain Dealer Read more »
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A hat trick of titles for Cotton
Cotton is widely regarded as one Great Britain’s finest golfers and along with America’s Walter Hagen was largely responsible for raising the status of professionals throughout the golfing world. The Englishman won three Open Championships between 1934 and from The Open Championship Read more »
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AP Sportlight
Borel, becomes the first foreign-bred (England) colt to win the Kentucky Derby with a 2-length victory over Ticket. 1924 — Walter Hagen wins the PGA championship with a 2-up victory over Jim Barnes. 1955 — Sam "Toothpick" Jones of the Cubs gets a no-hitter from ABC News Read more »
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Masters fashion through the years
but that hasn't stopped some of golf's greatest players from sporting their own stand-out looks at Augusta National Golf Club. Walter Hagen, who won his first professional major in 1914, had a particular panache -- he traveled by limousine and favored snazzy from CNN Read more »
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Masters fashions over the years
hasn't stopped some of golf's greatest players from sporting their own stand-out looks at Augusta National Golf Club. Walter Hagen, who won his first professional major in 1914, had a particular panache -- he traveled by limousine and favored snazzy clothes from CNN Read more »
