Struck the Shot Heard Round the World, his 4-wood that nestled in the hole for a double eagle at Augusta National’s No.Open (1932) by playing the last 28 holes in an incredible 100 strokes in one of the great performances in golf history Winner of seven major titles and a career Grand Slam.Sarazen is widely credited with the invention of the sand wedge in the early 1930s. He even impacted the way the game is played. After 66 years, only four other players - Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods - have joined that elite group. Open titles (1922, 1932), his three PGA Championships (1922, 19) and his 1932 British Open win. He became the first member of golf’s modern Career Grand Slam club with his Masters win, which he added to his two U.S.
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Sarazen won his first professional title at the age of 19 and never looked back, winning 37 more times in a career that spanned more than four decades. And Bobby Jones’ little gathering in Augusta was never the same. Knowing he needed to get the ball in the air to carry the small creek guarding the front of the green, Sarazen pulled out his 4-wood and promptly made history, holing his shot for a double eagle that put him in a playoff with Wood, which he won. The story goes that as he stood in the 15th fairway, he turned to his caddie, Stovepipe, and said, “Should I play it safe?” “Noooo. His tee shot left him some 220 yards from the flag. 15, a par-5 that is reachable in two shots. He trailed Craig Wood by three shots on the final day when he came to Augusta’s No. It’s a shame, really, that Gene Sarazen is remembered primarily for a single shot, when he meant so much more than that to the game.
One of only 15 men to hold at least three legs of the career Grand Slam.One of only 8 players with as many as three Masters wins.Winner of six major championships (3 Masters, 1 British Open, 2 PGA Championships).But as he proved at Kiawah, anything is possible where Phil is concerned. Open, hope remains alive for a career Grand Slam, which would be a remarkable achievement for a guy who suffered through countless crushing disappointments just to win his first major. His jaw-dropping 66 in the final round of the 2013 British Open on baked, windswept Muirfield joins the ranks of the greatest rounds in major championship history and vaulted Phil the Thrill into our top 10. Open, but that only adds to his everyman appeal. He's also recorded a record six runner-up finishes in the U.S.
His win at the 2021 PGA Championship - almost eight years after his last one, at the 2013 British Open - was perhaps his most stunning, as he became the oldest major winner in history at 50 years, 11 months, seven days, and the throng that surrounded him on the 72nd hole spoke volumes of his undying popularity as his generation's Arnold Palmer. But there have been plenty of successes - 45 PGA Tour wins (tied for eighth all time) and six majors, including three Masters. Tagged from the beginning as the Next Nicklaus, Mickelson has always lived with massive expectations, some of them self-imposed, and Phil's failures are almost as celebrated as his many successes.
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