Lee Trevino was the first golfer to win theU.S. Open,Canadian OpenandBritish Openin the same year. Trevino did so in 1971. Only Tiger Woods has accomplished the feat since. Lee Trevino Biography Lee Trevino rose up from a hardscrabble youth to becomeone of the greatest golfersof his time...
By 'some type of tutelage', all I mean is for someone to show you how it's done. Doesn't have to be a golf pro, either. Could be your parent, your older brother, a friend, whoever. Many top golfers (e.g., Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Lee Trevino) started out as caddies, and i...
Tom Weiskopf was known for having one of the best swings of his era, and his career was pretty good: 16 wins and aBritish Openchampionship. But just about everyone, including Weiskopf, felt his career should have been even better. Golf Digestdescribed him as having "a golf swing to die ...
1984Lee Trevino 1985Hubert Green 1986Bob Tway 1987Larry Nelson 1988Jeff Sluman 1989Payne Stewart 1990Wayne Grady (Austl.) 1991John Daly 1992Nick Price (Zimb.) 1993Paul Azinger 1994Nick Price (Zimb.) 1995Steve Elkington (Austl.) 1996Mark Brooks ...
…such as Nicklaus, Palmer, Trevino, Rodriguez, and Irwin were no longer competing with the young men of the PGA Tour on a daily basis, they extended their competitive careers into the 21st century with this tour, demonstrating some excellent golf in the process. ...