Lee Trevino How Special Has the PNC Event Been to You? “We Love This

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Lee Trevino How special has the PNC event been to you? “We love this tournament. We started out in Florida and have ended up here at the Ritz. What makes this so special is that everything is on campus. You don’t have to go anywhere, don’t have to drive. I like the date now, as opposed to a week later. A week later is closer to Christmas. Even though we’re old, we still celebrate Christmas. So, I would like to see it keep this same week, the first week in December.” “Healthwise, I’m not doing great. I’m 80 years old now. My knees are giving me trouble. My son carried us more this year than he has in the past. He played a lot better this year. I putted better this year than last year. But, of the 22 of these I have played in, this is the lowest score I have posted.” On Jack Nicklaus turning 80 and how he was as a competitor “Well, everyone knows it. I mean, the guy was 70-something tournament and 18 of those were major championships. So, we know what kind of golfer he was. We were all competitive. We were not playing each other. You have to understand that there are 144 players, or whatever, in the field. 70, probably, after the cut. If you start messing around trying to mess with one person, you’re probably very stupid. That’s because there are another 68 guys trying to pass you. But, if we were one or two shots back, we might look at the board to see who was leading and we knew that if we shot 67, 68, we’d win the golf tournament. That’s what we focused on. Nicklaus was phenomenal at it. He could almost tell you what the score was going to be. But, we knew his name was going to be there when we started. Jack was so much longer and stronger than all of us. So, if the course had four or five par-5s, Jack Nicklaus was 3- under when he parked his car, cuz he could hit all those par-5s in two. We had to really work for our birdies.” .

Copy Link

Recommended publications

2017 Presidents Cup Sponsorship Opportunities
LIBERTY NATIONAL GC SEPTEMBER 25-OCTOBER 1, 2017 LIBERTY NATIONAL GC MILESTONES 2006 2009 2013 2017 With Paul Fireman’s direction, The PGA TOUR partnered with With the goal to repeat the Another chapter in Liberty Tom Kite and Robert E. Cupp Liberty National to host one same success from 2009, National history will be designed a breathtaking of the top tournaments on The Barclays returned to a written when The Presidents course with 360-degree views TOUR, The Barclays, the newly renovated course at Cup 2017 returns to America of one of the most iconic marquee event to kick off Liberty National. “The way for its 12th playing. Liberty symbols in the world, the the FedExCup Playoffs. they presented this course, National becomes just the Statue of Liberty. it was in perfect shape,” said fourth course in the United Adam Scott, 2013 winner. States to host this prestigious, international team competition. COMPETITION AT ITS FINEST Since its inception in 1994, The Presidents Cup Scheduled for September 25-October 1 when has become one of the most eagerly awaited and the biennial competition is played in the United highly watched events in the world of golf. Top States for the seventh time, Liberty National players from the United States are pitted against will be the fourth venue in the United States an International Team culled from the ranks of the to host this prestigious event, joining Robert finest golfers from outside Europe. The aura of Trent Jones Golf Club, Gainesville, Virginia international cooperation and civility that is the (1994, 1996, 2000, 2005); TPC Harding Park, hallmark of the event has not served to cool the San Francisco, California (2009); and Muirfield competitive fire that burns within these players.
[Show full text]
THE JACK NICKLAUS SIGNATURE GOLF COURSE and CLUBHOUSE
THE JACK NICKLAUS SIGNATURE GOLF COURSE and CLUBHOUSE The Course The centerpiece of The Clubs of Cordillera Ranch is a par-72 Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course. Since being honored with the distinction of “Best New Golf Course in Texas” by the Dallas Morning News annual golf rankings, the golf course at Cordillera Ranch has consistently ranked among the top 5 in Texas and unquestionably the #1 golf course in the Texas Hill Country. The 7,464-yard course embraces the authentic Texas Hill Country beauty and character to provide a singular golf experience. It plays 7,464 yards from the Bear tees; from 6,649 to 5,985 yards from the middle tees; and 5,028 yards from the forward tees with Bentgrass greens and Zoysia fairways and tees. The Design Numerous holes take full advantage of the dramatic elevation change and offer 25-mile views of the Guadalupe River Valley. Other holes play across and through the middle of 40-foot limestone canyon walls while six holes offer the strategy and beauty of water cascading along fairways. From the dogleg right par five 5th hole with a split fairway and the waterfall in back of the green to the par five 12th hole with water along the left of the landing area and the approach to the live oak guarded green, these holes represent a glimpse of how magnificent the design fits into the natural terrain. The ultra-strategic, drivable par four 14th hole offers choices on whether to try to drive the green or take the layup option.
[Show full text]
March 22, 1934: First Masters Tournament Begins
March 22, 1934: First Masters Tournament Begins Suggested Readings Steve Eubanks, Augusta: Home of the Masters Tournament (Nashville, Tenn.: Rutledge Hill Press, 1997). David Owen, The Making of the Masters: Clifford Roberts, Augusta National, and Golf's Most Prestigious Tournament (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1999). Clifford Roberts, The Story of the Augusta National Golf Club (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1976). Curt Sampson, The Masters: Golf, Money, and Power in Augusta, Georgia (New York: Villard, 1998). “Masters History.” Official Site of the Masters Tournament. http://www.masters.com/en_US/discover/timeline.html “Masters Tournament.” The New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-740&hl=y www.todayingeorgiahistory.org March 22, 1934: First Masters Tournament Begins Learn More Image Credits Bobby Jones Image Courtesy of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Bobby Jones Image Courtesy of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Bobby Jones Image Courtesy of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Bobby Jones L and Clifford Roberts, front row, with GaryPlayer, Jack Nicklaus Arnold Palmer, Dawning Gray Image Courtesy of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Bobby Jones, Atlanta 1921 Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-npcc-04601 www.todayingeorgiahistory.org Bobby Jones Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ggbain-29260 Clifford Roberts and Bobby Jones, 1932 Courtesy of Masters Historic Imagery Collection, Getty Images Fruitlands, Augusta Image courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, HABS Collection Hole 12 at Augusta National released into the public domain by Reheinrich Jack Burke Jr, Sam Snead, Cliff Roberts, Bobby Jones, 1952 Image courtesy of the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center Masters flowers, 2007 Image courtesy of Torrey Wiley www.todayingeorgiahistory.org Masters spectators, 1955 Image courtesy of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Scan provided by GPB UCLA Film & Television Archive www.todayingeorgiahistory.org .
[Show full text]
Jack Nicklaus Gary Player Lee Trevino
PRE-TOURNAMENT INTERVIEW: JACK NICKLAUS GARY PLAYER LEE TREVINO April 19, 2017 DAVE SENKO: I would like to thank everyone for coming today and joining us for our three World Golf Hall of Famers, Lee Trevino, Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus. Before we open it up for questions, maybe if you can just share your thoughts on coming back to this Top of the Rock and what a special event this is each year, a team event, playing with guys you played with on tour for many years. LEE TREVINO: Of all the years we've been coming back, I came here to do the press conference when I found out that Johnny Morris and Bass Pro Shops were going to sponsor the Legends. We had not had the Legends for what, four or five years, and we were down in Savannah. And I came here to do the press conference, and it's phenomenal what they've done here. It's absolutely phenomenal. I don't think at the time -- we were looking at Buffalo Ridge and I didn't think at the time we played, Jack and I played there the first year and it was so soggy and everything. I told them they had to take those fairways up and cap them. But he's done a great job here. I think he finally looked at golf and seeing what revenue not only the game could bring him, but the people that he could get to come to this area. I was talking to someone this morning about Johnny Morris and I summed it up like this: I said, you know, there's a lot of people in this country that are extremely wealthy that give their money to charity.
[Show full text]
CS2884 Golf Materials Golf Trivia Quiz ANSWERS.Indd
par for Parkinson’s Golf trivia quiz answers 1. What is the surname of double US Open winner Andy? a. North b. South c. East d. West 2. What was awarded to the winners of the Open Championship between 1860 and 1870? a. Red belt b. Yellow tie c. Green hat d. Blue jacket 3. At which course do the World Match Play Championships take place? a. St Andrews b. Wentworth c. Muirfield d. The Belfry 4. How many times did Spaniard Seve Ballesteros win The Open? a. 3 b. 1 c. 4 d. 2 5. The Claret Jug is famously awarded to the winner of which golf major? a. US Open b. US Masters c. US PGA d. The Open 6. Which course has hosted The Open more times than any other? a. St Andrews b. Muirfield c. Prestwick d. Royal Troon 7. First awarded in 1949, who is given a Silver Medal at The Open? a. Leading amateur b. Last place c. Leading British player d. Runner up 8. How many years were there between Gary Player’s first and final triumphs at The Open? a. 15 b. 5 c. 10 d. 20 9. How many points are available in each Ryder Cup tournament? a. 26 b. 24 c. 20 d. 28 10. Who was the first player from outside the British Isles to captain a European Ryder Cup team? a. Sergo Garcia b. Bernhard Langer c. Jose Maria Olazabal d. Seve Ballesteros 11. Who captained the US team to victory in the 2008 Ryder Cup, ending a streak of three European victories? a.
[Show full text]
2021 PGA Championship (34Th of 50 Events in the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season)
2021 PGA Championship (34th of 50 events in the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season) Kiawah Island, South Carolina May 20-23, 2021 FedExCup Points: 600 (winner) Ocean Course at Kiawah Par/Yards: 36-36—72/7,876 Purse: TBD Third-Round Notes – Saturday, May 22, 2021 Weather: Partly clouDy. High of 79. WinD E 8-13 mph. Third-Round Leaderboard Phil Mickelson 70-69-70—209 (-7) Brooks Koepka 69-71-70—210 (-6) Louis Oosthuizen 71-68-72—211 (-5) Kevin Streelman 70-72-70—212 (-4) Christian Bezuidenhout 71-70-72—213 (-3) Branden Grace 70-71-72—213 (-3) Things to Know • Five-time major champion and 2005 PGA Championship winner Phil Mickelson holds a one-stroke lead and is looking to become the first player to win a men’s major championship after turning 50 years old • Mickelson is the fourth player to hold the 54-hole lead/co-lead in a major at age 50 or older during the modern era (1934-present) • Mickelson is 3-for-5 with the 54-hole lead/co-lead in major championships (21-for-36 in 72-hole PGA TOUR events) • 2018 and 2019 PGA Championship winner Brooks Koepka is one stroke back of Mickelson; last player to win the same major at least three times in a four-year stretch: Tom Watson, The Open Championship (1980, 1982, 1983) • Sunday’s final pairing includes two players that have combined for nine major championship titles (Mickelson/5, Koepka/4) Third-Round Lead Notes 13 Third-round leaders/co-leaders to win the PGA Championship since 2000 Tiger Woods/2000, David Toms/2001, Shaun Micheel/2003, Vijay Singh/2004, Phil Mickelson/2005, Tiger Woods/2006, Woods/2007,
[Show full text]
Is Tiger Woods a Winner? Scott M
Is Tiger Woods a Winner? Scott M. Berry Abstract Tiger Woods has an amazing record of winning golf tournaments. He has gained the persona of a player that is a winner, a player that when near the lead or in the lead can do whatever it takes to win. In this paper I investigate whether in fact, he is a winner. A mathematical model is created for the ability of Tiger Woods, and all PGA Tour golfers to play 18 holes of tournament golf. The career of Tiger Woods is replayed using the mathematical model for all golfers and the results are very consistent with Tiger Woods’ actual career. Therefore the mathematical model, which does not give Woods any additional ability to win, would result in essentially the same career. Woods has not needed any additional ability to win–only his pure golfing ability. The ramifications of this result are that there is no evidence that Woods is in fact a “winner” – but instead he is just a much better golfer than everyone else. Introduction Tiger Woods is one of those rare athletes that accomplish feats in their sport that are freakish. In this small group are guys such as Babe Ruth, Wayne Gretzky, Wilt Chamberlain, Barry Bonds, and Jack Nicklaus. Woods dominates a sport where the population of players are all very good–and very tightly bundled in their ability. To win one tournament, beating 100+ of these players is incredibly difficult. To average one tournament victory a year for 10 years is a Hall of Fame type accomplishment.
[Show full text]
Tee-Scripts.Com GREATS of GOLF May 5, 2018 Annika Sorenstam
GREATS OF GOLF May 5, 2018 Annika Sorenstam Jack Nicklaus Gary Player MODERATOR: Welcome, good morning, welcome to 3M Greats of Golf. Jack and Gary, we're thrilled to have you back here in the Woodlands, and you brought a new friend in Annika. Just talk about what you're expecting out there this afternoon. JACK NICKLAUS: Well, she's young and we expect to be able to play her tee shots and her second shots. ANNIKA SORENSTAM: No expectations. No, I'm just thrilled to be here. It's overwhelming to sit here obviously between the greats and just to be part of this event. I'm very, very honored and excited at the same time. I got the call maybe two, three weeks ago and I was like, okay, where are my clubs and where's the driving range, I've got to go practice a little bit. No, this is a dream come true and I look forward to just having a good time. I love listening to the stories. Obviously golf is what we do, but just to share in the stories is what I get excited about. MODERATOR: Y'all flew over here together from Florida. Gary, any strategy on the plane that was discussed? GARY PLAYER: No, but I just think it's wonderful that they've invited a lady pro golfer to play. I think there should be a few more. I've seen a lot of them play the last five years, and I tell you, I've been so impressed. They play so well.
[Show full text]
PGA of America Awards
THE 2006 PGA MEDIA GUIDE – 411 PGA of America Awards ¢ PGA Player of the Year The PGA Player of the Year Award is given to the top PGA Tour player based on his tournament wins, official money standing and scoring average. The point system for selecting the PGA Player of the Year was amended in 1982 and is as follows: 30 points for winning the PGA Championship, U.S. Open, British Open or Masters; 20 points for winning The Players Championship; and 10 points for winning all other designated PGA Tour events. In addition, there is a 50-point bonus for winning two majors, 75-point bonus for winning three, 100-point bonus for winning four. For top 10 finishes on the PGA Tour’s official money and scoring average lists for the year, the point value is: first, 20 points, then 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2. Any incomplete rounds in the scoring average list will result in a .10 penalty per incomplete round. 1948 Ben Hogan 1960 Arnold Palmer 1972 Jack Nicklaus 1984 Tom Watson Tiger Woods 1949 Sam Snead 1961 Jerry Barber 1973 Jack Nicklaus 1985 Lanny Wadkins 1950 Ben Hogan 1962 Arnold Palmer 1974 Johnny Miller 1986 Bob Tway 1996 Tom Lehman 1951 Ben Hogan 1963 Julius Boros 1975 Jack Nicklaus 1987 Paul Azinger 1997 Tiger Woods 1952 Julius Boros 1964 Ken Venturi 1976 Jack Nicklaus 1988 Curtis Strange 1998 Mark O’Meara 1953 Ben Hogan 1965 Dave Marr 1977 Tom Watson 1989 Tom Kite 1999 Tiger Woods 1954 Ed Furgol 1966 Billy Casper 1978 Tom Watson 1990 Nick Faldo 2000 Tiger Woods 1955 Doug Ford 1967 Jack Nicklaus 1979 Tom Watson 1991 Corey Pavin 2001 Tiger Woods 1956 Jack Burke Jr.
[Show full text]
Top 10 by DAVE HACKENBERG Moments at Inverness
SECTION T , PAGE 22 toledoBlade.com THE BLADE: TOLEDO, OHIO ■ SUNDAY , JULY 24 , 2011 Top 10 BY DAVE HACKENBERG Moments at Inverness TWAY’S SHOT LORD BYRON Bob Tway One of the most famous shots won 1986 PGA. in golf history certainly has to be the single greatest moment in Inverness history. During the 1986 PGA Championship, Bob Tway rallied from a four-shot deficit on the back nine, made a magnificent par save to stay tied with British In 1939, after interviewing the Open champ Greg Norman at the 17th hole, and then hit his approach to the last hole into the two finalists for the vacant head greenside bunker short and right of the pin. Norman’s wedge shot spun back into the fluffy rough professional job at Inverness, between the two front bunkers. With some 15,000 fans crowded around the final green for a past president Cloyd Haas wrote Byron Nelson, Inverness Club Pro. weather-delayed Monday finish, Tway stepped into the bunker and into history, holing his sand shot a letter to the runner-up. It to win a major championship. began, "Dear Mr. Hogan." The now-legendary Ben Hogan OPEN DOORS didn’t get the job, but the man who did became just as large a legend. Byron Nelson signed a contract with Inverness in early summer of ’39 and won the U.S. Open two weeks later. He started work in the spring of 1940 and resigned at the end of the summer in 1944, a year before compiling the greatest single season in PGA Tour history with 18 wins, including 11 straight.
[Show full text]
31St PGA Grand Slam of Golf
31ST PGA GRAND SLAM OF GOLF Newsletter No. 1 | April 2013 www.PGA.com ADAM SCOTT BECOMES FIRST AUSTRALIAN TO WIN THE MASTERS; BOOKS FIRST BERTH IN 2013 PGA GRAND SLAM OF GOLF Padraig Harrington 2012 PGA Grand Slam of Golf Champion 2013 MAJOR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS TH • 77 MASTERS Clutch putts on a rainy Sunday in Augusta help Winner: Adam Scott Adam Scott win his first major title and gain entry to the 2013 PGA Grand Slam of Golf • 113TH U.S. OPEN June 13 - 16 Adam Scott let one major championship slip out the outcome … that if I make it I win. You find • 142ND OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP of his grasp last summer, but transformed into a out how much you really want it.” July 18 - 21 closer on a wet Sunday at Augusta National Golf TH Last summer, Scott threw away the Open • 95 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Club, ending more than a half-century of August 8 - 11 Championship at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, Australian frustration at the Masters. England, making bogey on his last four holes to Scott made a 20-footer for birdie on the 18th lose by one stroke to Ernie Els. The 32-year-old hole of regulation, then captured his first major handled that defeat with dignity and pledged to championship with a 12-footer for birdie on the finish stronger if given another chance. second hole of a sudden-death playoff with “Lytham gave me the belief that I could win a Argentina’s Angel Cabrera. major championship, even though I lost,” said “We like to think we’re the best at everything.
[Show full text]
Teescripts.Com GREATS of GOLF INTERVIEW
GREATS OF GOLF INTERVIEW - May 2, 2015 Jack Nicklaus Gary Player Lee Trevino Tom Weiskopf PHIL STAMBAUGH: I thought I would just start off maybe with a comment from each of you about playing in the event again here in Houston. Tom, your first time, just talk about that. Lee, do you want to start? LEE TREVINO: I love this, I absolutely love it because I get to see the guys. We don't get to see each other as much as we used to naturally when we don't play a competition anymore against each other. But it's great to see Tom back. We've been beating the bushes here for a while trying to get him to come out and play. And I think he's enjoying it, I think he's having a great time, and I hope that he's realizing how much fun he's missed over the years. And I don't have to tell you about Jack. Greatest that's ever played. I'm just glad to be paired with him instead of playing against him. And then Gary, Gary doesn't age. I mean, the man is 150 years old and I'm telling you he can still jump over cars. He does all this stuff. But you know what? I was so impressed last week the way he hit that golf ball. I mean, you just don't hit a ball like that at 80 years old. You just don't do it. You know what that is? All that is is that he took good care of himself.
[Show full text]