Grim Up North 3,727 Posted September 10, 2019 5 minutes ago, DevonDeathTrip said: I think pipe smoking bowls player David Bryant is still with us and knocking on a bit now. Yes he's on the list (in fact when I saw Bryan Barnes photo pipe in mouth my thought process must have been similar to yours because I immediately thought, wonder if David Bryant is still alive?) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,076 Posted September 10, 2019 DDP QO for Brian Barnes: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/10/brian-barnes-beat-jack-nicklaus-twice-one-day-dies-aged-74-golf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted November 6, 2019 Terry Galvin, the former editor of Golf World magazine, has died. He was 79. https://www.golfdigest.com/story/terry-galvin-former-golf-world-magazine-editor-dies-at-79 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,661 Posted November 30, 2019 Lee Trevino is 80 today Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,743 Posted November 30, 2019 56 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said: Lee Trevino is 80 today Yes, but how old is his wife? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted December 10, 2019 Jo Ann Washam, a three-time winner on the LPGA tour, has died. She was 69. Washam played on the tour between 1973 and 1989 and became the first female golfer to shoot two holes-in-one during a tournament. https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/golf/jo-ann-washam-three-time-lpga-tour-winner-from-auburn-dies-at-age-69/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,347 Posted January 7, 2020 Multiple golf tournament winner American golfer Lou Graham turns 82 today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,076 Posted January 9, 2020 On 01/02/2019 at 23:33, YoungWillz said: Twitterperch full of reports of the death of golf course designer Alice Dye. Along with her hubby Pete, many championship courses. I recognise her from Rory McIlroy's PGA Golf (EA Sports) as she and Pete are name checked several times. Looks like renowned golf course designer Pete Dye has died according to Twitter: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,488 Posted January 9, 2020 10 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Looks like renowned golf course designer Pete Dye has died according to Twitter: A DDP pick! So keep watching the skies...or QOs. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead Wait 1,149 Posted January 9, 2020 21 minutes ago, msc said: A DDP pick! So keep watching the skies...or QOs. Guess the clue was in the name..... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted January 9, 2020 1 hour ago, msc said: A DDP pick! So keep watching the skies...or QOs. Here you go 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 10, 2020 Interestingly, I came to post Dye's obit, meaning the search box didn't perform it's basic function. How the F is he a pick - gotta be a golf theme team. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,347 Posted January 21, 2020 American golfing legend Jack Nicklaus turns 80 today. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,728 Posted February 17, 2020 World Golf Hall of Fame member Mickey Wright, who won 82 LPGA Tours and 8 major championships, dead at 85 years after heart attack: https://fox40.com/2020/02/17/hall-of-fame-golfer-mickey-wright-dies-at-85/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 8, 2020 John Merchant, the first black person to be elected to the USGA's executive committee and a former unpaid counsel to Tiger Woods, died Thursday at age 87 after a long illness, his daughter, Susan, announced on Facebook. "My dear Pop left peacefully to play the back nine," she wrote. "My heart is heavy and I will miss him beyond measure." In the aftermath of the Shoal Creek controversy at the 1990 PGA Championship, former USGA president Sandy Tatum made it "a personal mission" to diversify the association's Executive Committee. In 1992, he recruited Merchant, a lawyer and consumer counsel for the state of Connecticut, making him the first black person to be elected to the USGA's most powerful committee. Merchant had been a pioneer before. He was the first black graduate of the University of Virginia law school, arriving on campus in 1955, one year after Brown vs. Board of Education. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,887 Posted March 26, 2020 Former Irish Open Champion and Ryder Cup player John O'Leary https://www.rte.ie/sport/golf/2020/0326/1126583-former-irish-open-winner-john-oleary-passes-away/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,076 Posted April 12, 2020 Doug Sanders, perennial runner-up on the PGA majors, dead at 86: https://www.pressherald.com/2020/04/12/sports-digest-four-time-golf-major-runner-up-doug-sanders-dies-at-86/ DDP Pick. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted April 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Doug Sanders, perennial runner-up on the PGA majors, dead at 86: https://www.pressherald.com/2020/04/12/sports-digest-four-time-golf-major-runner-up-doug-sanders-dies-at-86/ DDP Pick. Already an AP copy and paste from the Mail Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,609 Posted April 12, 2020 So four hits announced in a day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689 Posted April 13, 2020 6 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Doug Sanders, perennial runner-up on the PGA majors, dead at 86: https://www.pressherald.com/2020/04/12/sports-digest-four-time-golf-major-runner-up-doug-sanders-dies-at-86/ DDP Pick. Career defined by one of the most famous single-shot golf chokes, unlike the hole-choke by Jean van de Velde or the round-choke by Norman. If non-golf fans remembered him at all, he'd be Bill Buckner. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrWonderful 481 Posted April 13, 2020 5 minutes ago, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said: Career defined by one of the most famous single-shot golf chokes, unlike the hole-choke by Jean van de Velde or the round-choke by Norman. If non-golf fans remembered him at all, he'd be Bill Buckner. I'm still giving that "honor" to Scott Hoch, whose missed putt to win the 1989 Masters was from just two feet away...Hoch rhymes with choke! Now that I think about it, if you really want to see a choke, it doesn't get much worse than the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship, where I.K. Kim missed a 14-inch putt to win. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689 Posted April 13, 2020 6 minutes ago, MrWonderful said: I'm still giving that "honor" to Scott Hoch, whose missed putt to win the 1989 Masters was from just two feet away...Hoch rhymes with choke! Now that I think about it, if you really want to see a choke, it doesn't get much worse than the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship, where I.K. Kim missed a 14-inch putt to win. That was a beauty, my joint favourite with JvdV - chokes are so much more enjoyable when it's by a journeyman who blew their one and only chance at glory. Handing the trophy to a Brit made it even better, even if it was to a cunt like Faldo. Brings out the couch-potato-warrior sadist in me, which is a dreadful character trait Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrWonderful 481 Posted April 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said: That was a beauty, my joint favourite with JvdV - chokes are so much more enjoyable when it's by a journeyman who blew their one and only chance at glory. Handing the trophy to a Brit made it even better, even if it was to a cunt like Faldo. Brings out the couch-potato-warrior sadist in me, which is a dreadful character trait Ha, Kim's missed putt is the worst missed putt under the circumstances I have ever seen, but van de Velde's choke is the biggest collapse I have ever seen. It was just so unnecessary. All he had to do was hit a couple of mid-irons, hit a short iron onto the green, and two-putt for a simple bogey. And he still would've had a shot to spare. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689 Posted April 13, 2020 11 minutes ago, MrWonderful said: Ha, Kim's missed putt is the worst missed putt under the circumstances I have ever seen, but van de Velde's choke is the biggest collapse I have ever seen. It was just so unnecessary. All he had to do was hit a couple of mid-irons, hit a short iron onto the green, and two-putt for a simple bogey. And he still would've had a shot to spare. I've missed shorter, and in tournaments on about the same level (par) with the Nabisco Champs - this is women's golf, right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrWonderful 481 Posted April 13, 2020 ^ When you accumulate $9.6MM in career earnings for playing golf, let me know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
