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Paul Azinger

Paul AzingerBorn: Jan. 6, 1960Golf PGA Player of Year (1987); 12 career wins, including '93 PGA Championship; missed most of '94 season overcoming lymphoma (a form of cancer) in right…

Chris Schenkel

Chris SchenkelBorn: Aug. 21, 1923Radio-TV 4-time Sportscaster of Year; easy-going baritone who covered basketball, bowling, football, golf and the Olympics for ABC and CBS; host of ABC's Pro…

Juli Inkster

Juli InksterBorn: June 24, 1960Golfer 28 career LPGA victories as of Sept. 2002; winner of 7 major LPGA tournaments and 3 consecutive U.S. Women's Amateur tournaments (1980-82); inducted into…

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Joe Concannon 2000 Deaths

Joe ConcannonAge: 60 sports reporter who covered the Boston Marathon, golf, the Beanpot, college football and the Olympics for the Boston Globe for more than 30 years; retired after covering…

Herbert Warren Wind 2005 Deaths

Herbert Warren WindAge: 88 writer who eloquently covered golf for Sports Illustrated and The New Yorker. He also wrote more than a dozen books about the game. Died: Bedford, Mass., May 30,…

Peter Davi Biography

surferDied: Dec. 4, 2007 (California) Best Known as: surfer renowned for his fearlessness Davi was a California surfer renowned for his fearlessness who…

Walter Hagen

Walter HagenBorn: Dec. 21, 1892Pro golf pioneer won 2 U.S. Opens (1914,19), 4 British Opens (1922,24,28-29), 5 PGA Championships (1921,24-27) and 5 Western Opens; retired with 40 PGA wins; 6-…

Bobby Jones

Bobby JonesBorn: Mar. 17, 1902 Won U.S. and British Opens plus U.S. and British Amateurs in 1930 to become golf's only Grand Slam winner ever; from 1922-30, won 4 U.S. Opens, 5 U.S. Amateurs…

Samuel Ryder

Samuel RyderBorn: Mar. 24, 1858Golf English seed merchant who donated the Ryder Cup in 1927 for competition between pro golfers from Great Britain and the U.S.; made his fortune by coming up…