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500 Festival Open Invitation
The 500 Festival Open Invitation was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played during the 1960s in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was sponsored by The 500 Festival, a not-for-profit volunteer organization created in 1957 to organize civic events to promote the Indianapolis 500. The tournament was played at the Speedway Golf Course, located in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway complex; the exception was in 1965, when it was played at Greentree Country Club while the Speedway was undergoing renovations. Tournament highlights In 1961 Doug Ford won on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff over Arnold Palmer. In 1963 the Indianapolis 500 was held on Thursday May 30, and the tournament was held over four days from Friday, May 31 to Monday, June 3. Previously the golf tournament was held prior to the running of the race. The one-day turnaround required grounds crews to quickly clean up the nine holes inside the track, used on race day for parking by fans. Considerable atte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speedway, Indiana
Speedway is a town in Wayne Township, Marion County, Indiana, United States. The population was 11,812 at the 2010 U.S. Census. Speedway, which is an enclave of Indianapolis, is the home of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. History Speedway was laid out in 1912 as a residential suburb. It took its name from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It is an early example of a residential community planned for the industrial plants located nearby. Carl G. Fisher, James A. Allison, Frank Wheeler, and Arthur Newby, founders of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, planned the suburb of Speedway west of the track. Fisher and Allison owned plants that needed workers, the Prest-O-Lite factory and Allison Engine Company. The investors' goal was to create a city without horses, where residents would drive automobiles, as well as participate in creating mechanical parts for new modes of transportation. The Speedway Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Hill (golfer)
Michael Joseph Hill (born January 27, 1939) is an American professional golfer. Born in Jackson, Michigan, Hill attended Arizona State University in Tempe and turned professional in 1967. Hill had three PGA Tour wins and his best finish in a major was a tie for eleventh at the PGA Championship in 1974. Hill won 18 times on the Senior PGA Tour (now PGA Tour Champions) and topped the money list in 1991. He is the brother of PGA Tour player Dave Hill. Professional wins (27) PGA Tour wins (3) Senior PGA Tour wins (18) ''*Note: Tournament shortened to 36 holes due to weather.'' Senior PGA Tour playoff record (5–1) Other senior wins (6) *1989 Mazda Champions (with Patti Rizzo) *1991 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Lee Trevino) *1992 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Lee Trevino) *1995 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Lee Trevino) *1996 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Lee Trevino) *2000 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Legendary Division (with Lee Trevino) Res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Aaron
Thomas Dean Aaron (born February 22, 1937) is an American former professional golfer who was a member of the PGA Tour during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Aaron is best known for winning the 1973 Masters Tournament. He is also known for an error in the 1968 Masters Tournament, when he entered a 4 instead of a 3 on Roberto De Vicenzo's scorecard, which kept De Vicenzo out of a playoff for the championship. Early years Thomas Dean Aaron was born on February 22, 1937 in Gainesville, Georgia.Georgia Golf Hall of Fame, Members Tommy Aaron Retrieved December 20, 2015. He began playing golf at age 12 and won two Georgia Amateur titles, two Southeastern Amateur events and two Georgia Open crowns, despite not having a golf course in his hometown. College career Aaron attended the University of Florida, where he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order Fraternity (Beta Zeta Chapter). While he was a Florida student, he played for the Florida Gators men's golf team from 1956 to 1959, wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dow Finsterwald
Dow Henry Finsterwald, Sr. (September 6, 1929 – November 4, 2022) was an American professional golfer who is best known for winning the 1958 PGA Championship. He won 11 Tour titles between 1955 and 1963, played on four Ryder Cup teams, and served as non-playing captain for the 1977 U.S. Ryder Cup team. Early life and amateur career Finsterwald was born and raised in Athens, Ohio. He attended Ohio University in his hometown, where he played on the golf team and graduated in the Class of 1952. In 1969, he was inducted into the Ohio University Athletics Hall of Fame joining his father, Russ Finsterwald, who was in the first class of inductees as a football player, and later basketball and football head coach. Professional career Finsterwald turned professional in 1951 and won 11 times on the PGA Tour during his career. He finished fifth or better more than 50 times in his career. He played on four Ryder Cup Teams (1957, 1959, 1961, 1963) and was the non-playing captain of the 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 PGA Tour
The 1963 PGA Tour season was played from January 4 to November 24. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Arnold Palmer won the most tournaments, seven, and there were seven first-time winners. Palmer was the leading money winner with earnings of $128,230. Julius Boros was voted the PGA Player of the Year and Billy Casper won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1963 season. Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official. Money leaders The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. Awards Notes References External linksPGA Tour official site {{PGA Tour Seasons PGA Tour seasons PGA Tour The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in the United States and North America. It organ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Wall Jr
Arthur Jonathan Wall Jr. (November 25, 1923 – October 31, 2001) was an American professional golfer, best known for winning the Masters Tournament in 1959. Early life Wall was born and raised in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. He and his younger brother "Dewey" caddied for their parents, starting around age ten, and began playing shortly after. The brothers served in the military during World War II. Art served in the United States Army Air Forces, Army Air Forces and Dewey in the United States Navy, Navy. Dewey was killed at the age of 20 in October 1944 when his submarine USS Shark (SS-314), USS ''Shark'' was sunk in the Pacific Ocean near Taiwan. Amateur career Wall won the Pennsylvania Amateur in 1947 and 1949. He attended Duke Blue Devils, Duke University and graduated in 1949 with a business degree. Professional career Wall won 14 titles on the PGA Tour, including four in 1959. That year he was chosen as the PGA Player of the Year, and also won the money title and Vardon Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Sanders
George Douglas Sanders (July 24, 1933 – April 12, 2020) was an American professional golfer who won 20 events on the PGA Tour and had four runner-up finishes at major championships. Early years He was born into a poor family in Cedartown, Georgia, northwest of Atlanta, where his father farmed and drove trucks. Sanders was the fourth of five children and picked cotton as a teenager. The family home was near a nine-hole course and he was a self-taught golfer. Amateur career Sanders accepted an athletic scholarship to the University of Florida in Gainesville, where he played for the Gators golf team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition in 1955. In his single year as a Gator golfer, Sanders and the team won a Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship and earned a sixth-place finish at the NCAA championship tournament—the Gators' best national championship finish at that time. Sanders won the 1956 Canadian Open as an amateur—the only amateur eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 PGA Tour
The 1964 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to November 22. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Tony Lema won the most tournaments, five, and there were seven first-time winners. Jack Nicklaus was the leading money winner with earnings of $113,285. Ken Venturi was voted the PGA Player of the Year and Arnold Palmer won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1964 season. Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official. Money leaders The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. Awards Notes References External linksPGA Tour official site {{PGA Tour Seasons PGA Tour seasons PGA Tour The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in the United States and North America. It org ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel Hebert
Lionel Paul Hebert (January 20, 1928 – December 30, 2000) was an American professional golfer. He won five times on the PGA Tour, including the PGA Championship in 1957, the last edition held at match play. His older brother Jay won the same event at stroke play in 1960. Lionel also played on the Ryder Cup team in 1957. An ethnic Cajun from Louisiana, he was born and died in Lafayette. Professional wins (5) PGA Tour wins (5) PGA Tour playoff record (1–1) Major championships Wins (1) ''Note: The PGA Championship was match play until 1958'' Results timeline CUT = missed the half-way cut WD = withdrew R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play "T" = tied Summary * Most consecutive cuts made – 8 ('58 PGA – '61 Masters) * Longest streak of top-10s – 2 ('56 PGA & '57 PGA) See also * List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins * List of men's major championships winning golfers The men's major golf championships, also kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacky Cupit
Jackie or Jacky may refer to: People and fictional characters * Jackie (given name), a list of people and fictional characters named Jackie or Jacky ** Jackie, current ring name of female professional wrestler Jacqueline Moore ** Jackie Lee (Irish singer) (born 1936), also known as "Jacky" * Jarrhan Jacky (born 1989), Australian rules football player Arts and entertainment Films * ''Jackie'' (1921 film), directed by John Ford * ''Jacky'' (film), a 2000 Dutch film * ''Jackie'' (2010 film), an Indian multilingual film directed by Kannada director Soori * ''Jackie'' (2012 film), a Dutch film * ''Jackie'' (2016 film), a biographical drama about Jackie Kennedy Music Albums * ''Jackie'' (Jackie DeShannon album) (1972) * ''Jackie'' (Ciara album) (2015) Songs * "Jacky" (Jacques Brel song) (1965) * "Jackie" (Elisa Fiorillo song) (1987) * "Jackie", a song from the 1987 album ''The Lion and the Cobra'' by Sinéad O'Connor * “Jackie”, a song from the 1993 rap album ''KKKill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Crampton
Bruce Crampton (born 28 September 1935) is an Australian professional golfer. Early life Crampton was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and attended Kogarah High School from 1948 to 1950. In August 1953 he reached final of the New South Wales Amateur Championship, losing 5&4 to Harry Berwick. Professional career Crampton turned professional in late 1953, becoming an assistant to Billy McWilliam at Beverley Park in Sydney. His decision to turn professional came soon after he had been left out of the Australian amateur team to tour Britain in 1954 and play in the Commonwealth Tournament at St Andrews. Crampton won the Vardon Trophy for the player with the lowest stroke average on the PGA Tour in 1973 and 1975. He had 14 career wins on the PGA Tour between 1961 and 1975 and was runner up in four major championships – one Masters, one U.S. Open, and two PGA Championships – all to Jack Nicklaus. He was ranked among the top five golfers in the world in both 1972 and 1973, acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 PGA Tour
The 1966 PGA Tour season was played from January 6 to November 27. The season consisted of 40 official money events. Billy Casper won the most tournaments, four, and there were six first-time winners. Casper was the leading money winner with earnings of $121,945. He was voted the PGA Player of the Year and also won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1966 season. Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official. Money leaders The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. Awards Notes References External linksPGA Tour official site {{PGA Tour Seasons PGA Tour seasons PGA Tour The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in the United States and North America. It organizes most of the event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
