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Bobby Jones
Bobby Jones 1902-1971 American golfer Although he retired from competitive golf in 1930, at age twenty-eight, Bobby Jones is widely regarded as the greatest golfer of all time. While earning three college degrees Jones played golf as an amateur, winning thirteen of the twenty-one national... Read more |
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Arnold Palmer
Arnold Palmer 1929-, American golfer, b. Latrobe, Pa. The son of a professional golfer, he won three regional titles in his youth. Turning professional after winning the 1954 U.S. amateur championship, he won the 1955 Canadian Open. Palmer won the Masters tournament in 1958, 1960, 1962, and 1964,... Read more |
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Babe Didrikson
Babe Didrikson (Mildred Didrikson) , 1913-56, American athlete, generally considered the greatest woman athlete of modern times, b. Port Arthur, Tex. At an early age Babe Didrikson excelled in basketball, baseball, and track. In 1932 she won five events, tied for first in another, and finished... Read more |
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Golf Ball
Golf Ball Background Golf, a game of Scottish origin, is one of the most popular sports in the world. In the United States alone more than 24 million people play golf, including over 8,000 professional players. Golf tournaments around the world are popular with spectators,... Read more |
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Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp
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Nancy Lopez
Nancy Lopez 1957- American golfer When Nancy Lopez burst onto the scene of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour during her rookie year in 1978 by winning a record five consecutive tournaments, she gave new life to the women's tour. Then-LPGA's director of publicity, Chip Campbell,... Read more |
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Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods (Eldrick Woods), 1975-, American golfer, b. Cypress, Calif. The son of a African-American father and a Thai mother, he was a college star at Stanford and became the only three-time (1994-96) U.S. amateur champion before turning professional in 1997. Seeming to justify publicity... Read more |
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Jack William Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus 1940-, American golfer, b. Columbus, Ohio. He began playing golf at the age of 10 and before becoming a professional in late 1961 was considered by many the greatest amateur golfer since Bobby Jones . In his first year as a professional in 1962 he defeated Arnold Palmer in... Read more |
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Robert Tyre Jones Jr
Robert Tyre Jones, Jr. (Bobby Jones), 1902-71, American golfer, b. Atlanta, Ga. A lawyer, he became a golf devotee. Jones won the National Open (1923, 1926, 1929-30), the National Amateur (1924-25, 1927-28, 1930), and the British Open (1926-27, 1930). A perfectionist given to temper tantrums in his... Read more |
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amateur
amateur in sports, one who engages in athletic competition without material recompense. Upper-class Englishmen in the 19th cent. used the concept to help define their social status, first applying the term to sportsmen who did not need to work with their hands as livelihood, later using it to... Read more |
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Disc golf coming of age with new courses
...Oaks Disc Golf Course in...Thielke from Wisconsin throws his...traveled from Wisconsin just to play...years, disc golf has been...is free. Plus, a disc...Association has amateur, intermediate and ... |
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KELLY GETS CALL TO HALL JERRY KELLY HOPES HIS INDUCTION INTO THE WSGA HALL OF...
...leaving the amateur ranks in...the 1992 Wisconsin State Open...now 15-plus volumes after...sports (golf and hockey...his three Wisconsin-born contemporaries...major amateur golf title on...Madison City ... |
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U.S. OPEN HERE IN 2015 CHAMBERS BAY TO HOST GOLF MAJOR, PLUS U.S....
...revolving tournament - and receiving...2010 U.S. Amateur. The United States Golf Association...throughout the golf world, probably...built by noted golf architect...marks a huge professional golf ... |
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WOODS STILL SAYING NO TO GMO BUT WISCONSIN GOLF FANS CAN SEE HIM AT THIS...
...made his professional debut at...one of golf's four...Cog Hill Golf & Country...to fans in Wisconsin, it is offset...twice as an amateur (1994 and...loyal to tournament director...Open. ``(Plus), it's a ... |
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State's best course? Golf Digest says it's Medinah
...CDGA Pro Amateur Championship...other club professionals in the national...The U.S. Golf Association...were Compass Golf of Placentia...National Golf Foundation has found Wisconsin and Minnesota...The ... |
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...seats 500, plus a restaurant...manager of professional development...puts his golf pro experience...ratings from Golf Digest and hosting top golf events, such as the Wisconsin State Amateur ... |
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DISCUSSION YIELDS NO CHANGE FOR THIS YEAR QUALIFYING FOR THE MADISON MEN'S...
...Men's Golf Tournament will remain...at Nakoma Golf Club. The head professionals at each of...by Madison Golf Development...finishers plus ties at this...director of golf for the city...conflict with the ... |
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Quinn feeling confident heading into State Open.
...s 72-hole tournament on the Meadow...Amundsen, head professional at Skyline Golf Club in Black...Tribune County Amateur Golf Championship...University of Wisconsin men's golf team, is also...60 scores, ... |
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ACE HELPED GIESE BECOME GOLF ACE THE PRAIRIE DU CHIEN JUNIOR WAS HOOKED BY A...
...little orange golf ball around...the junior golf scene in Wisconsin. Now a junior...Division 2 state tournament. That was...Southwest Wisconsin Athletic...state's top amateurs, club professionals and ... |
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RELAXED QUINN DENIES TURCOTT STATE AMATEUR CHAMPION DEFENDS...
...inside a tent in Wisconsin Dells, rubbed...of the State Amateur golf tournament. It was the...he said. Plus, last year...t playing golf. "I don...think about golf when I'm...millions as ... |
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