GOLFERSBY: THOMAS O’FARRELL

TIGER WOODS (1975-PRESENT)

• First appeared on television for golf at age 2

• Won three straight U.S. junior amateurs

• 1997: Youngest ever to win the Masters

• Won 4 straight major championship

• Streaks of 264 and 281 weeks as world number one

• Admitted to Infidelity in 2009

JACK NICKLAUS (1940-PRESENT)

• The Golden Bear

• Won U.S. amateur twice and was NCAA champ at OSU

• Took first major in 1962 after beating Palmer

• Youngest Masters champion in 1963

• Record 18 pro championships

ARNOLD PALMER (1929-PRESENT)

• Fan Base known as “Arnie’s Army”

• Won seven majors including four masters

• First golfer to make 1 million on tour

• Drink named after him

BEN HOGAN (1912-1997)

• PGA tour’s leading money winner from 1940-42

• Serviced in WWII

• Won 9 majors overall

• Won 3 championships in one season

BOBBY JONES (1902-1971)

• Never turned pro

• Won thirteen major championships in eight years

• Won “grand slam” in 1930

• Retired from Golf to practice law

SAM SNEAD (1912-2002)

• 135 PGA tournaments victories

• Won 7 professional championships

• 1939: Led the U.S. Open for 71 holes but scored an 8 on the last hole

BYRON NELSON (1912-PRESENT)

• Won 5 five major championships overall

• 1945: Won a record 18 tournaments in 30 starts

• Won 11 consecutive tournaments

• Iron Byron: Mechanical club and ball testing device named after him

TOM WATSON (1949-PRESENT)

• Major rival to Jack Nicklaus

• Won 5 British Open tournaments from 1975-1983

• 8 major championships overall

• Still competes on senior tour

LEE TREVINO (1939-PRESENT)

• “Supermex” for Mexican heritage

• Served in Marines

• Shockingly won 1968 U.S. Open

• Won six majors

• Was struck by lightning on the golf course

GARY PLAYER (1935-PRESENT)

• Of South African descent

• Took the U.S. Open crown in 1965

• Won all four modern Grand Slam events

• “The Black Knight” and “Mr. Fitness”

GENE SARAZEN (1902-1999)

• Won PGA championships in 1922 to 1923

• Won 7 majors in total

• 1935 Masters: Carded an albatross from the fairway of the par-5 15th hole to force a playoff

WALTER HAGEN (1892-1969)

• First great pro golfer

• Appeared in over 2,500 exhibitions

• Five time PGA championship

• Won 11 majors overall

• Captained U.S. Ryder Cup team six of the first seven times the event was held