GULDAHL NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN AT BRAEMAR CC.Byline: Greg Wilcox Golf Win a bunch of Nissan Opens, Honda Classics or Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classics and time tends to forget you ever played the game. Win a major and history treats you with a little more kindness. Win a trifecta tri·fec·ta n. A system of betting in which the bettor must pick the first three winners in the correct sequence. Also called triple. [tri- + (per)fecta.] of majors, say a Masters championship and two U.S. Open The term U.S. Open is applied to "open" United States national championships in a particular sport, in which anybody, amateur or professional, American or non-American may compete. These include:
Live life after competitive golf as a gentleman and you might wind up with your own personal Hall of Fame. So it is for the late Ralph Guldahl Ralph J. Guldahl (November 22, 1911 – June 11, 1987) was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the sport for three years in the late 1930s. He was born in Dallas, Texas. , the former club pro at Braemar Country Club in Tarzana and winner of a Masters and back-to-back U.S. Open titles. He was the head pro there from 1961 until his death in 1987. Braemar became a shrine to Guldahl, one of the great players from golf's golden era. There are pictures and mementos of his exploits throughout the sprawling clubhouse and a bronze statue of him near the practice putting green. His green Masters blazer used to hang in a locker in the pro shop, and the west course at the 36-hole complex bears his name. And while Augusta, Ga., has Masters week, Braemar members stretch their celebration out a little longer. They will play the 14th annual Ralph Guldahl Memorial Pro-Am next week. Four members will be paired with a club pro from area courses. The men's club tournament was also moved to April and dedicated to Guldahl to commemorate his Masters victory. ``There is not a day that goes by here at Braemar that we don't talk about Ralph. He means everything to this club,'' said head professional Tom Szwedzinski. ``Even when he retired, he played golf with the members and that's what he did until he died. People always talk about what a gentleman he was.'' He was a pretty good golfer, too. Guldahl won 14 times on tour, including his three majors. He also finished second in the 1937 and 1938 Masters to Byron Nelson John Byron Nelson, Jr. (February 4 1912 – September 26 2006) was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946. He and two other well known golfers of the time, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, were born within 6 months of each other in 1912. and Henry Picard, respectively. Golf history books recount that Guldahl had one of the best swings of his era, which included Sam Snead, Nelson, Gene Sarazen, Horton Smith and Harry Cooper. He was also undefeated in Ryder Cup play. His career was good enough to gain him admission to the World Golf, PGA (1) (Professional Graphics Adapter) An early IBM PC display standard for 3D processing with 640x480x256 resolution. It was not widely used. (2) (Programmable Gate Array) See gate array and FPGA. , American Golf, Texas Sports and Texas Golf halls of fame. And he has his own personal Hall of Fame in the hills above Tarzana. Sometimes, good guys do finish first. --Notes: One nerve-racking decision Tiger Woods did not have to make at Augusta last weekend was what to wear each round. In case you missed it, Daily News fashion writer Barbara DeWitt checked out what professional golfers were wearing during those pressure-packed rounds and picked up a surprising bit of news. Woods, one of the tour's classier dressers, has his wardrobe handpicked for each round by a Nike representative. . . . Robinson Ranch, the new upscale course in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. , is offering residents of that area reduced rates. The discount is available if you live in Santa Clarita, Saugus, Canyon Country, Valencia, Stevenson Ranch, Castaic or Newhall. The fee is $70 Monday through Thursday and $95 Friday through Sunday. The deal is good for a resident with a driver's license showing a local address and one guest. Regular greens fees range from $85 to $130. The 36-hole complex, designed by father-and-son team Ted Robinson Sr. and Ted Robinson Jr., consists of the Valley and Mountain courses. The Mountain course opened in February and the Valley course is scheduled to open Memorial Day weekend. ON THE GREEN: PGA TOUR MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. Classic-The Heritage of Golf, at Hilton Head Island Hilton Head Island An island off the southern coast of South Carolina in the Sea Islands of the Atlantic Ocean. It is a popular tourist resort. The town of Hilton Head Island, on the northeast coast, has a population of 35,200. , S.C. Course: Harbour Town Golf Links The Harbour Town Golf Links is a golf course that hosts the Verizon Heritage golf tournament on the PGA Tour, usually held in April. The course is located in the Sea Pines Plantation of Hilton Head Island, in Beaufort County of South Carolina. (6,916 yards, par 71) Purse: $3 million, $540,000 to winner TV: The Golf Channel and Fox Sports Net (Today, 1-3:30 p.m.; Friday, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.), CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. (Saturday-Sunday, noon-3 p.m.) LPGA LPGA abbr. Ladies Professional Golf Association TOUR Longs Drugs Challenge, at Lincoln, Calif. Course: Twelve Bridges Golf Club (6,412 yards, par 72) Purse: $700,000, $105,000 to winner TV: The Golf Channel (Today, 10:30 p.m.-1 a.m., tape; Friday-Sunday, 1:30-4:30 p.m.) PGA SENIOR TOUR PGA Seniors Championship This article is about the European Seniors Tour event. For the Champions Tour major championship, see Senior PGA Championship. The PGA Seniors Championship is a European Seniors Tour golf tournament for men aged fifty and above. , at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Course: PGA National Golf Club (6,702 yards, par 72) Purse: $1.8 million, $324,000 to winner TV: ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (Today, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; Friday, 9-11 a.m.; Saturday, noon-3 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m.-noon) SCORING LEADERS/PGA Tiger Woods 68.40 Tom Lehman 69.02 Ernie Els 69.54 Jesper Parnevik 69.66 Paul Azinger 69.76 LPGA Karrie Webb 69.16 Annika Sorenstam 70.06 Juli Inkster 70.56 Dottie Pepper 71.00 Sherri Steinhauer 71.21 SENIOR Hubert Green 69.24 Allen Doyle 69.30 Tom Watson 69.30 Bruce Fleisher 69.38 Jose Maria Canizares 69.52 SPOTLIGHT Allen Doyle, a Norwich University Hall of Fame hockey player, used his distinctive slap-shot swing to win last year's PGA Seniors' Championship by two strokes over Vincente Fernandez. CAPTION(S): box Box: ON THE GREEN (see text) |
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