Gene Sarazen (; born Eugenio Saraceni, February 27, 1902 – May 13, 1999) was an American
professional golfer
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, one of the world's top players in the 1920s and 1930s, and the winner of seven
major championships. He is one of five players (along with
Ben Hogan
William Ben Hogan (August 13, 1912 – July 25, 1997) was an American professional golfer who is generally considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of the game. He is notable for his profound influence on golf swing theory and ...
,
Gary Player,
Jack Nicklaus
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, and
Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer. He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins, ranks second in men's major championships, and holds numerous golf records.
*
*
* Woods is widely regarded as ...
) to win each of the four majors at least once, now known as the
Career Grand Slam:
U.S. Open (
1922
Events
January
* January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes.
* January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...
,
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
),
PGA Championship
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(
1922
Events
January
* January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes.
* January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...
,
1923
Events
January–February
* January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory).
* January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...
,
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
),
The Open Championship
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(
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
), and
Masters Tournament
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(
1935
Events
January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
* ...
).
Early life
Eugenio Saraceni was born on February 27, 1902, in
Harrison, New York
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History
Harrison was established in 1696 by a patent granted by the British government to John Harrison a ...
, his parents were poor
Sicilian immigrants. He began
caddying
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Description
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at age ten at local golf clubs, took up golf himself, and gradually developed his skills; Sarazen was essentially self-taught. Somewhat novel at the time, he used the interlocking grip to hold the club.
Career
Sarazen took a series of club professional jobs in the New York area from his mid-teens. In 1921, he became a professional at Titusville (Pa.) Country Club, and he contracted to be the professional at Highland Country Club near Pittsburgh, Pa. in 1922. Sarazen arrived in April, stocked the golf shop and gave a few lessons, but spent most of his time at
Oakmont Country Club
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practicing with
Emil Loeffler
Emil Frederick "Dutch" Loeffler, Jr. (June 5, 1895 – March 19, 1948) was an American professional golfer and golf course designer.
Early life
Loeffler was born on June 5, 1895 at Oakmont, Pennsylvania, to Swiss immigrants Emil Loeffler, Sr. and ...
. At some point, the pair visited
Skokie Country Club to practice on the course that would hold the
U.S. Open; in July, he came from four shots behind to win the tournament. He returned to Pittsburgh and was feted at the
William Penn Hotel
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, where he burst from a
paper mâché golf ball. He did not return to Highland CC, broke his contract and became a 'touring' golf professional. Later that summer, he won the
PGA Championship
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at Oakmont.
Sarazen was a contemporary and rival of amateur
Bobby Jones, who was born in the same year; he also had many battles with
Walter Hagen
Walter Charles Hagen (December 21, 1892 – October 6, 1969) was an American professional golfer and a major figure in golf in the first half of the 20th century. His tally of 11 professional majors is third behind Jack Nicklaus (18) and Tiger ...
, who was nine years older. Sarazen, Jones, and Hagen were the world's dominant players during the 1920s. Rivalries among the three great champions significantly expanded interest in golf around the world during this period, and made the United States the world's dominant golf power for the first time, taking over this position from
Great Britain
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. Sarazen has a plaque in his honor placed 195 yards out from the 15th green at Hororata Golf Club where he famously made a
double eagle in the final round of sectional qualifiers. He earned his spot in his first United States Open in 1920 at age 18. Some say it was his greatest achievement as an amateur.
The winner of 38
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tour events, Sarazen was inducted into the
World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. He was the
Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year in 1932, and won the PGA Tour's first
Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996. He played on six U.S.
Ryder Cup
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teams:
1927
Events January
* January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General.
* January 7
* ...
,
1929
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,
1931
Events
January
* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.
* January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa.
* January 22 – Sir I ...
,
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
,
1935
Events
January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
* ...
, and
1937
Events
January
* January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua.
* January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe ...
.
Invents modern sand wedge
Sarazen claimed to have invented the modern
sand wedge, and debuted the club (while keeping it secret during preliminary practice rounds) at
The Open Championship
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at
Prince's Golf Club
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in 1932 (which he won). He called it the sand iron, and his original club is no longer on display at Prince's as it is worth too much for the insurers to cover. However, a similar club was patented in 1928 by Edwin Kerr McClain, and it is possible Sarazen saw this club.
Sarazen had previously struggled with his sand play and there had been earlier sand-specific clubs. But Bobby Jones's sand club, for example, had a
concave
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In ca ...
face, which actually contacted the ball twice during a swing; this design was later banned. Sarazen's innovation was to weld solder onto the lower back of the club, building up the flange so that it sat lower than the leading edge when soled. The flange, not the leading edge, would contact the sand first, and explode sand as the shot was played. The additional weight provided punch to power through the thick sand. Sarazen's newly developed technique with the new club was to contact the sand a couple of inches behind the ball, not actually contacting the ball at all on most sand shots.
Every top-class golfer since has utilized this wedge design and technique, and the same club design and method are also used by amateur players around the world. The sand wedge also began to be used by top players for shots from grass, shortly after Sarazen introduced it, and this led to a revolution in short-game techniques, along with lower scoring by players who mastered the skills.
Masters Tournament win
Sarazen hit "the shot heard 'round the world" at
Augusta National Golf Club
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on the fifteenth hole in the final round of the Masters Tournament in
1935
Events
January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
* ...
. He struck a spoon (the loft of the modern four wood) into the hole, scoring a double eagle. At the time he was trailing
Craig Wood by three shots, and was then tied with him. He parred the 16th, 17th and 18th holes to preserve the tie. The following day, the pair played a 36-hole playoff, with Sarazen winning by five shots.
The Sarazen Bridge, approaching the left side of the 15th green, was named in
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...
to commemorate the double eagle's twentieth anniversary,
which included a contest to duplicate, with the closest just over away.
It remains one of the most famous golf shots in golf history.
Later years, legacy
In spite of his height of , Sarazen was one of the longest hitters of his era. He played several lengthy exhibition tours around the world, promoting his skills and the sport of golf, and earned a very good living from golf. One of his American tours in 1940 was sponsored by ''
Golf Magazine
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'' and he played a match every day for 60 days. As a multiple past champion, he was eligible to continue competing after his best years were past, and occasionally did so in the top events, well into the 1960s, and occasionally into the 1970s. Throughout his life, Sarazen competed wearing knickers or
plus-fours, which were the fashion when he broke into the top level.
For many years after his retirement, Sarazen was a familiar figure as an honorary starter at the Masters. From 1981 to 1999, he joined
Byron Nelson and
Sam Snead
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in hitting a ceremonial tee shot before each Masters tournament. He also popularized the sport with his role as a commentator on the ''
Wonderful World of Golf'' television show, and was an early TV broadcaster at important events.
At age 71, Sarazen made a
hole-in-one at
The Open Championship
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in
1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
, at the "Postage Stamp" at
Troon
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in
Scotland
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. In 1992, he was voted the
Bob Jones Award The Bob Jones Award is the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. It is named in honor of Bobby Jones.
Winners
*1955 Francis Ouimet
*1956 William C. Campbell
*1957 Babe Za ...
, the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. Sarazen had what is still the longest-running endorsement contract in professional sports – with
Wilson Sporting Goods from 1923 until his death, a total of 75 years.
Sarazen received an honorary degree in 1978 from
Siena College
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, in
Loudonville, New York
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Hist ...
. In 1998, shortly before his death, the Sarazen Student Union was named in his honor. He also established an endowed scholarship fund at the college, The Gene and Mary Sarazen Scholarship, which is awarded annually to students reflecting the high personal, athletic, and intellectual ideals of Dr. Sarazen. For many years, kitted in his signature
plus-fours, he hit the first ball in an annual golf tournament, held to raise funds for the scholarship.
Sarazen died at age 97 in 1999 from complications of
pneumonia
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in
Naples, Florida
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. His wife Mary died thirteen years earlier in 1986, and they are interred at Marco Island Cemetery in
Marco
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.
In 2000, Sarazen was ranked as the 11th greatest golfer of all time by ''
Golf Digest
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'' magazine. In 2018, T.J. Auclair ranked Sarazen as the ninth greatest golfer of all time.
Professional wins (48)
PGA Tour wins (38)
*1922 (3)
Southern (Spring) Open
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,
U.S. Open,
PGA Championship
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*1923 (1)
PGA Championship
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*1925 (1)
Metropolitan Open
*1926 (1)
Miami Open
*1927 (3)
Long Island Open,
Miami Beach Open
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Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It w ...
,
Metropolitan PGA The Metropolitan PGA Championship is a golf tournament that is the section championship of the Metropolitan section of the PGA of America. It has been played annually since 1926 at a variety of courses around the New York City metropolitan area. It ...
*1928 (4)
Miami Beach Open
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,
Miami Open,
Nassau Bahamas Open,
Metropolitan PGA The Metropolitan PGA Championship is a golf tournament that is the section championship of the Metropolitan section of the PGA of America. It has been played annually since 1926 at a variety of courses around the New York City metropolitan area. It ...
*1929 (2)
Miami Open,
Miami Beach Open
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Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It w ...
*1930 (8)
Miami Open,
Agua Caliente Open
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Tijuana ( , , Florida West Coast Open, Concord Country Club Open, United States Pro Invitational,
Western Open
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, Lannin Memorial Tournament, Middle Atlantic Open
*1931 (3) Florida West Coast Open,
La Gorce Open
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Winners
*1931 Gene Sarazen
*1930 Bill Mehlhorn
*1929 Horton Smith
Horton Smith (May 22, 1908 – Oct ...
, Lannin Memorial Tournament
*1932 (4) True Temper Open,
Coral Gables Open
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,
U.S. Open,
The Open Championship
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*1933 (1)
PGA Championship
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*1935 (3)
Masters Tournament
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,
Massachusetts Open,
Long Island Open
*1937 (2) Florida West Coast Open,
Chicago Open
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*1938 (1) Lake Placid Open
*1941 (1)
Miami Biltmore International Four-Ball
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(with
Ben Hogan
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)
Major championships are shown in bold.
Source:
Australian Tour win (1)
*1936
Australian Open
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Other wins (6)
''this list may be incomplete''
*1923
Daily Dispatch Northern Professional Championship
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The event w ...
*1928
Miami International Four-Ball
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(with
Johnny Farrell
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Early life
Born in White Plains, New York, Farrell ...
)
*1939
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*1945 Shoreline Open
*1948 Shoreline Open
*1966
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Senior wins (3)
*1954
PGA Seniors' Championship,
World Senior Championship
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*1958
PGA Seniors' Championship
Major championships
Wins (7)
''Note: The PGA Championship was match play until 1958''
1 Defeated Craig Wood in a 36-hole playoff - Sarazen 144 (Even), Wood 149 (+5)
Results timeline
NYF = tournament not yet founded
NT = no tournament
WD = withdrew
DNQ = did not qualify for match play portion
CUT = missed the half-way cut
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Summary
*Most consecutive cuts made – 44 (1920 U.S. Open – 1937 U.S. Open)
*Longest streak of top-10s – 7 (1927 PGA – 1929 PGA)
See also
*
Career Grand Slam Champions
*
List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins
*
List of men's major championships winning golfers
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*
Most PGA Tour wins in a year
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*
Sarazen World Open
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References
External links
*
Gene SarazenProfile at Golf Legends
Electronic Resources on Gene Sarazen from SoHG ArchivesGene Sarazen swing sequences from SoHG Master Classes*
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American male golfers
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Ryder Cup competitors for the United States
Winners of men's major golf championships
Men's Career Grand Slam champion golfers
World Golf Hall of Fame inductees
Golf writers and broadcasters
Golfers from New York (state)
American sportspeople of Italian descent
People from Harrison, New York
1902 births
1999 deaths