By George Petro Saying that Walter Hagen won four PGA championships in a row is an understatement! The PGA championship from 1916 through 1957 was held at match-play. There is a good reason Walter Hagen is often considered the greatest match-play player. While he did not play in the PGA Championship in 1919 or 1920, he won in 1921, (his […]
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interview with jack burke jr.
He’s 97 and still going strong, keeping an eye on things at Champions GC in Houston, Texas. Writer Art Stricklin posted a great interview on Golf.com with the 1956 Masters champion, one that reminds out that it is not often we get to hear golf history straight from the mouth of those who lived it those many years ago. Click […]
golf art – week of Aug. 2, 2020
Tiger Woods by Hayo Riemersma By Frank Cantrel Jr. There are multiple opportunities for golf history to be made at the PGA Championship this week at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. Among other things, Brooks Koepka is trying to achieve a rare three-peat and Jordan Spieth is trying to become only the sixth player in history to accomplish a […]
tpc harding park is one of five munis to host PGA Championship
The PGA championship will be played this week at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, Calif. The venue, named for our 29th president, Warren G. Harding, is the fifth municipal golf course to host the PGA Championship. It has been hosted on several public courses, among them Pinehurst No. 2, Pebble Beach, and the Straits Course at Whistling Straits. […]
early champion was a 52-time winner
Celebrating Black Golfers – John Brooks Dendy He had a startling talent with a golf club, did Mr. John Brooks Dendy. Born in 1913, the self-made golfer grew up in Asheville, N.C., and fell in love with the game while caddying at Asheville CC. Doing what caddies do, the young man kept his eye out for discarded club heads. With […]