Topic: Gene Sarazen

Tom Watson channeled Gene Sarazen to ace the sixth hole Friday at Royal St. George's during second-round play at the British Open. . . It was the...

April 8, 2011: Golf on this day....

On this day.... 1935 - Gene Sarazen wins PGA Tour major The Masters; first-place prize money - NA. 1956 - Jack Burke Jr. , wins PGA Tour major The...
If you've ever won a corporate, charity or club golf tournament, you've probably got an inexpensive, gold-plated trophy with a wooden base gathering dust on a shelf somewhere. It's the same kind they give kids for winning the Little ...

Great golfers of the US Masters

The youngest of the four men's majors of professional golf, the Masters tournament has been played annually at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia since 1934, when Horton Smith won the inaugural event with a score of 284. Gene ...

Mastering the sand wedge

The sand wedge is the most versatile club in the bag and the third most important, behind putter and driver. The late, great Gene Sarazen invented the sand wedge many years ago when he was out flying his plane. Sarazen decided to ...

Best Golfers

The best golfers are those who not only exude skill and ability but also the patience to take each round one hole at a time. Hogan, 16 months removed from a horrific auto accident that ravaged his body, was on the verge ...

Gene Sarazen

, his score of three strokes under par-on the par-five 15th hole in the last round of the 1935 Masters Tournament is one of the most famous shots in the history of the game.. Born to impoverished Italian immigrants, Sarazen began caddying when ...

Player to play in his 52nd and final Masters

Nine-time major champion Gary Player will play his final Masters this week, the 73-year-old South African legend announcing Monday he will call it quits after his 52nd Augusta National start. "I've decided I would like to make this my last appearance ...

Gene Sarazen and the Masters

Gene Sarazen was one of professional golf's great early champions, winning 38 PGA Tour titles during his career. Despite all of those accomplishments, Sarazen will forever be remembered for one remarkable shot - the "Shot Heard Round the World. Sarazen, who had ...

Golf Legend Gene Sarazen

Eugenio Saraceni was born in Harrison, New York on February 27, 1902, the son of an Italian Immigrant. Not long after that, he changed his name to Gene Sarazen because, to him, it sounded more like a golfer's name.. That year ...