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August 15th, 2008 — , Dave Stockton, Gene Littler, Lee Trevino, Orville Moody, U.S. Open, U.S. Senior Open from The Armchair Golfer @ ARMCHAIR GOLF BLOG
Photo: Orville and Kim, his caddie and friend.KIM GREEN WAS A CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND of Orville Moody, who died last week in Texas. Kim also caddied for “Sarge,” a U.S. Open and U.S. Senior Open champion, in the early 1990s. She graciously shared many…
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August 8th, 2008 — , Billy Casper, Bob Goalby, Champions Tour, Don January, Doug Ford, Doug Sanders, Dow Finsterwald, Gene Littler, Jack Fleck, Lee Elder, Orville Moody, U.S. Open, U.S. Senior Open from The Armchair Golfer @ ARMCHAIR GOLF BLOG
ORVILLE MOODY, THE 1969 U.S. OPEN CHAMPION, died today in Texas. He was 74. Reports didn’t give a cause of death, but he had been in poor health for most of the year after suffering a massive stroke.A former caddie informed me of Orville’s death vi…
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August 4th, 2008 — , Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Dow Finsterwald, Gene Littler, MIke Souchak, PGA Championship, PGA Tour, U.S. Senior Open from The Armchair Golfer @ ARMCHAIR GOLF BLOG
FIFTY YEARS AGO AFTER A LONG HISTORY as a match-play tournament, the PGA Championship became a stroke-play event. The 1958 PGA Championship was also the first major to be televised (although parts of other majors had been televised).The winner of that …
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July 12th, 2008 — , Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Bob Rosburg, Dow Finsterwald, Gay Brewer, Gene Littler, MIke Souchak, Mark Calcavecchia, Orville Moody, PGA Tour, Tommy Bolt, U.S. Open from The Armchair Golfer @ ARMCHAIR GOLF BLOG
LAST MONDAY NEAR THE END of an hour-long phone conversation, a retired West Coast sportswriter who shares my interest in the old-time PGA Tour players said what I often think: They won’t be around forever.Three days later 15-time tour winner Mike Sou…
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April 19th, 2008 — , Champions Tour, Charlie Sifford, Dow Finsterwald, Fred Hawkins, Gene Littler, Jack Fleck, Lee Elder, Legends of Golf, PGA Tour from The Armchair Golfer @ ARMCHAIR GOLF BLOG
(Jack Fleck denied Ben Hogan a record fifth U.S. Open title.)It began with Jack Fleck.A golf friend I made through this blog wrote me and said I might be interested in talking to the unlikely man who beat Ben Hogan in an 18-hole playoff to win the 1955…
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January 3rd, 2008 — Annika Sorenstam, Ben Hogan, Bobby Jones, Byron Nelson, Gene Littler, Gene Sarazen, Harry Vardon, Jack Nicklaus, Johnny Miller, Lee Trevino, PGA Tour. Tiger Woods, Sam Snead, Vijay Singh from The Armchair Golfer @ ARMCHAIR GOLF BLOG
The greatest golf swings of all time. Who’s on your list? How do you even determine such a thing? Beauty? Effectiveness? Wins? Majors?It’s subjective, a matter of opinion, which I think will make it a fun subject to explore as an occasional series….
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December 28th, 2007 — Ben Hogan, Cristie Kerr, Gene Littler, Jack Fleck, John Derr, LPGA Tour, Orville Moody, PGA Tour, Pat Perez, Paula Creamer, Sam Snead, U.S. Open, U.S. Women's Open, USGA from The Armchair Golfer @ ARMCHAIR GOLF BLOG
I didn’t have a jumpsuit like these pro caddies when I looped for Orville Moody this year. (Glasson/Flickr)Not too bad a year for this golf blogger. I made many new golf connections, including other golf bloggers and writers and several Tour pros — me…
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