alt obits guy 3,385 Posted June 3, 2022 Bart Bryant, a three-time PGA tour winner, has died. He was 59. Bryant died when a truck slammed into his SUV. https://wset.com/news/nation-world/pro-golfer-bart-bryant-dies-after-suv-slams-into-his-truck-in-florida-who-has-beaten-tiger-woods-pga-tour-commissioner-jay-monahan-construction-us-open-golf-sports-news-ben-hogan-award-golf-writers-association-of-america-tournaments-auburndale-par-clubs 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 473 Posted July 5, 2022 According to golf twitter: Mac McLendon, who won 6 professional tournaments between 1968-1978 and is inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, has died aged 76 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,889 Posted July 13, 2022 Open Champions Dinner on last night. Nicklaus, Trevino and Player all there so one would assume in reasonable health given they travelled (Trevino and Player both played a 4 hole event on Monday but notably Nicklaus didn't) Greg Norman wasn't invited 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,706 Posted July 13, 2022 4 hours ago, DCI Frank Burnside said: Open Champions Dinner on last night. Nicklaus, Trevino and Player all there so one would assume in reasonable health given they travelled (Trevino and Player both played a 4 hole event on Monday but notably Nicklaus didn't) Greg Norman wasn't invited What happened to the invitations of Messrs Ben Curtis and Todd Hamilton, the most nonentity champions this side of Paul Lawrie? And in that 4-hole knockabout tourney (shades of a LIV future?) I was most impressed by the chap with one leg. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,889 Posted July 13, 2022 7 minutes ago, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said: What happened to the invitations of Messrs Ben Curtis and Todd Hamilton, the most nonentity champions this side of Paul Lawrie? And in that 4-hole knockabout tourney (shades of a LIV future?) I was most impressed by the chap with one leg. Lawrie is there in the back row behind Watson and Morikawa. As for Curtis this from last year. Still has 20 years of an exemption and yet seems to have little interest in it. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/12/ben-curtis-winner-2003-open-golf-royal-st-georges-sandwich 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,706 Posted July 13, 2022 I know Lawrie was there; my point being if him then why not those other two journeymen. Maybe they did both get invited then, but didn’t fancy the tatties and neeps, and the who ‘the hell are you’ stares. They could have added a chokers’ table in the corner: Van der Velde, Scott, Bjorn, Westwood and Mrs Doubtfire. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,176 Posted July 13, 2022 6 hours ago, DCI Frank Burnside said: Open Champions Dinner on last night. Nicklaus, Trevino and Player all there so one would assume in reasonable health given they travelled (Trevino and Player both played a 4 hole event on Monday but notably Nicklaus didn't) Greg Norman wasn't invited Tony Jacklin is a pretty big omission. Similar to Virginia Wade on the recent Tennis thread. Also unsurprisingly Tom Weiskopf not there. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,176 Posted July 13, 2022 Hard to see much but Bob Charles looks decent for 86. Again, he must have flown a fair way to get there. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,889 Posted July 13, 2022 43 minutes ago, Deathrace said: Tony Jacklin is a pretty big omission. Similar to Virginia Wade on the recent Tennis thread. Also unsurprisingly Tom Weiskopf not there. Might just be case of Jacklin not being arsed going even with it being the 150 anniversary.He lives in Florida now. I suppose it's possible like with Navratilova at Wimbledon he was supposed to go but perhaps tested positive for Covid. His son qualified for the US Open last month and he spoke about it https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/06/13/u-s-open-sean-jacklin-tony-jacklin/?taid=62a85c22802cad0001f8a6c7&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,889 Posted July 21, 2022 On 13/07/2022 at 22:59, Deathrace said: Tony Jacklin is a pretty big omission. Similar to Virginia Wade on the recent Tennis thread. Also unsurprisingly Tom Weiskopf not there. Tony Jacklin popped up on Sky Sports News earlier. Looks and sounds ok. Probably either just couldn't be arsed to come over which would be somewhat surprising given it was the 150th or perhaps had a minor(ish) brief illness (covid, stomach bug etc.) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,213 Posted August 21, 2022 On 13/07/2022 at 22:59, Deathrace said: Tony Jacklin is a pretty big omission. Similar to Virginia Wade on the recent Tennis thread. Also unsurprisingly Tom Weiskopf not there. Tom Weiskopf being reported dead on Twitter - hoax or heartache? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,213 Posted August 21, 2022 11 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Tom Weiskopf being reported dead on Twitter - hoax or heartache? Report of the report, seemingly from Tom Watson on Tom Weiskopf: https://www.golfmonthly.com/news/report-1973-open-champion-tom-weiskopf-dies-aged-79 I'll admit an Open Champ from my childhood - rocked me on my slingbacks. RIP. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 473 Posted August 21, 2022 On 12/02/2022 at 15:55, Salmon Mousse said: Near the beginning of today's CBS coverage of the Phoenix Open Jim Nantz gave an update on Tom Weiskopf, saying that he was doing great with his treatment and, in fact, there is "no sign of cancer". So, take that for what it's worth. Believe Harry Reid and Shintaro Ishihara both had the same update at one point. Really nailed that reporting, Nantz 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,631 Posted August 21, 2022 3 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Report of the report, seemingly from Tom Watson on Tom Weiskopf: https://www.golfmonthly.com/news/report-1973-open-champion-tom-weiskopf-dies-aged-79 I'll admit an Open Champ from my childhood - rocked me on my slingbacks. RIP. BBC 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,176 Posted August 21, 2022 2 hours ago, Salmon Mousse said: Really nailed that reporting, Nantz In fairness, that was over six months ago. Pancreatic cancer often appears to be cured and then comes back a few months later with deadly effect. It did the same to John Hurt. Evil disease. RIP Tom. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrWonderful 483 Posted August 22, 2022 Weiskopf was a hit for me. Low-hanging fruit really, in picking an almost 80-year-old with pancreatic cancer. He had a great line as a commentator on the Sunday broadcast of the 1986 Masters that Nicklaus went on to win. As Jack was about to hit his tee shot on the par-3 16th, Jim Nantz, then a very young broadcaster just getting his start at CBS, asked Weiskopf what Jack might be feeling in that moment, noting that he hadn't experienced a stretch like that in a while. And Weiskopf quipped "if I knew that, I would have won this tournament!" It was great. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,071 Posted August 22, 2022 It must have been the timing of the ‘feeling better’ reporting (possibly December?) because no one on my home DP had him despite full knowledge of Panc C. I guess we all figured he could scoot through a 12-month period seeing as much older senators seemed to last nearly two years. Weiskopf put together one of the great golf years ever. RIP SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,846 Posted October 17, 2022 Peter Butler (wiki), English professional golfer, dead at 90. Won the PGA Close Championship in 1963 and the French Open in 1968. Oldest surviving Great Britain and Ireland Ryder Cup player. DDP pick. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 473 Posted October 17, 2022 2 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: Peter Butler (wiki), English professional golfer, dead at 90. Won the PGA Close Championship in 1963 and the French Open in 1968. Oldest surviving Great Britain and Ireland Ryder Cup player. DDP pick. Ah yes, a hit for both golf theme teams 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 473 Posted October 30, 2022 Legendary University of Tulsa women's golf coach Dale McNamara has passed away aged 86 after halving her second match with cancer. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 473 Posted November 2, 2022 Double post cheerfully removed. I'm thinking as slow as a senate candidate today. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,138 Posted November 2, 2022 On 17/10/2022 at 20:37, Ulitzer95 said: Peter Butler (wiki), English professional golfer, dead at 90. Won the PGA Close Championship in 1963 and the French Open in 1968. Oldest surviving Great Britain and Ireland Ryder Cup player. DDP pick. This. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,539 Posted November 2, 2022 No qualifying obit in over 2 weeks, mind you. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 473 Posted November 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, msc said: No qualifying obit in over 2 weeks, mind you. Even sectors of golf twitter have been slow to react.... which caused my hasty double post. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,078 Posted November 2, 2022 Ah indeed. I have a list on my phone for open QOs and saw Peter Butler yesterday there, and wondered what this was about. Have already forgotten about him...and it seems I'm not alone. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
