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The Santa Barbara Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1987 to 1988. [1] It was played at two courses in the Santa Barbara, California area: Sandpiper Golf Club in Goleta and La Purisima Golf Course in Lompoc. In 1987, the field was split for the first two rounds, half playing on each course, then switching to the other course on ...
Phoebe Mills, athlete, gymnastics bronze medalist in 1988 Summer Olympics [105] John Moore (2009), NHL player [102] Mike Pyle (1957), NFL center [3] Jack Riley (1933), Olympic wrestler and NFL offensive tackle [3] Fred Schmidt, swimmer [3] Charlie Tilson (2011), MLB outfielder for Chicago White Sox; Emma Vlasic (2015), ice hockey forward
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When he was 15, he began caddying at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, founded by the Coghill brothers in 1927 at Lemont, Illinois, 28 miles (45 km) to the southwest of Chicago. At the age of 17, he became a professional golfer and joined the PGA Tour for a while, then returned to Cog Hill where he took various jobs.
He was elected to the Minnesota Golf Hall of Fame in 1988. [3] Johnston's biggest win came at the 1929 U.S. Amateur where he beat Oscar Willing, 4 and 3, at Pebble Beach Golf Links. [4] Johnston played on four winning Walker Cup teams: 1923, 1924, 1928, and 1930. He was also a member of the 1932 team but did not play in any matches.
As a member of the Cougars golf team, he earned All-American honors in 1959 and 1960, turned pro in 1960, and joined the PGA Tour in 1961. His older brother, Buster, was a professional golfer who played mainly in Texas and Oklahoma. Cupit played on the PGA Tour from 1961 to 1973 and had four victories.
In Lake County, the par-71 course is 6,645 yards (6,076 m) from the back tees; it has a course rating of 72.8 with a slope rating of 134, [1] on Chicago grass. Charles B. Macdonald designed the first nine holes in 1895; the second nine was designed in 1898 by Herbert J. Tweedie, James Foulis and Robert Foulis. [2]
Edwards began caddying for Watson in 1973 and worked with him until 1989. Edwards left to assist Greg Norman but returned to Watson's side in 1992 and stayed until 2003. . That year, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease) but continued to caddie for Watson until the strain became too