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Gary James Player DMS OIG (born 1 November 1935) is a South African retired professional golfer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time. During his career, Player won nine major championships on the regular tour and nine major championships on the Champions Tour.
Apr 11, 2024 · He’s as old as one of sport’s longest-running tournaments, but Gary Player boomed a tee drive that many a quarter of his age would be content with to raise the curtain on the 88th Masters.
Jul 20, 1998 · Gary Player (born November 1, 1935, Johannesburg, South Africa) is a South African who was one of the world’s best professional golfers in the post-World War II era. He was the third man (after Gene Sarazen and Ben Hogan, both of the United States) to win the four major tournaments composing the modern golf Grand Slam.
The Official PGA TOUR Profile of Gary Player. PGA TOUR Stats, bio, video, photos, results, and career highlights
Gary Player practised harder, travelled further and was more meticulous about his diet and fitness than any other golfer of his generation. He started playing golf aged 14 and turned professional three years later, embarking on a career that required him to spend weeks and weeks of every year away from his home in South Africa.
May 18, 2022 · Of the 281 shots that Gary Player took on his way to victory at the 1972 PGA Championship, one stands out among the rest. Fifty years have passed since Player claimed his sixth of nine majors at Oakland Hills Golf Club, but one singular shot remains as vivid to Player as the day he struck it.
May 15, 2024 · Gary Player of South Africa, a nine-time major winner, captured the P.G.A. Championship in 1962 and 1972 and made an impressive run for a third crown in 1984 at age 48, finishing second to Lee ...
Nov 1, 2015 · For Gary Player's 80th birthday on Nov. 1, friends and family will gather to deliver cards, gifts, a book of memories, 80 birthday spanks and a pinch to grow an inch.
Jul 11, 2022 · NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — Surely, Gary Player could have long ago gotten away from being one of golf’s globe-trotting mascots. He is 86 now, with 160 victories — including nine major ...
Gary Player is the only golfer to win the British Open in three decades (1959, 1968 and 1974). In the 1962 PGA Championship, he gutted out a two-under-par victory at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown ...
