Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Gene Sarazen (/ ˈ s ɑːr ə z ɛ n /; [1] born Eugenio Saraceni, [2] February 27, 1902 – May 13, 1999) was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players in the 1920s and 1930s, and the winner of seven major championships.
Five men: Nicklaus, Woods, Hogan, Gary Player and Gene Sarazen are the only golfers to have won all four of the majors during their career, [9] thus achieving the career grand slam. Although the U.S. Amateur and The Amateur Championship were once considered to be majors, [ 10 ] they are no longer recognized as such, and victories in these ...
Only five golfers have won all four of golf's modern majors at any time during their careers, an achievement which is often referred to as a Career Grand Slam: Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods. Woods and Nicklaus have won each of the four majors at least three times.
The Sarazen World Open was a professional golf tournament, named in honor of seven-time major champion and hall of famer Gene Sarazen.It was held from 1994 to 1999. The field mostly consisted of national open winners from around the world from the previous two years. [1]
As of the 2024 season, 233 golfers have won one of men's professional golf's four major championships – the modern accepted definition of the majors has only existed since the 1960s but wins in these tournaments have been retrospectively recognized by all the major sanctioning organizations.
Gene Sarazen won his second U.S. Open championship, [5] and the fifth of his seven major titles, ten years after his first U.S. Open win. Earlier in the month, he won the 1932 British Open in England. [3] Sarazen began with rounds of 74 and 76, which left him five strokes behind co-leaders José Jurado and Philip Perkins. [6]
The 1932 Open Championship was the 67th Open Championship, held 8–10 June at Prince's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Gene Sarazen won his only Open title, five strokes ahead of runner-up Macdonald Smith. [3] [4] [5] Sarazen led wire-to-wire to secure the fifth of his seven major championships.
The men's major golf championships, ... (The Open Championship was the first major contested in 1931) 1932: Gene Sarazen 1932 Open, 1932 U.S. Open ...