TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted November 5, 2022 Dow Finsterwald, the winner of the 1958 PGA Championship who had 12 career PGA Tour victories to his name, died at 93 years: https://www.golfchannel.com/news/dow-finsterwald-1958-pga-champion-dies-age-93 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 473 Posted November 5, 2022 11 minutes ago, TomTomTelekom said: Dow Finsterwald, the winner of the 1958 PGA Championship who had 12 career PGA Tour victories to his name, died at 93 years: https://www.golfchannel.com/news/dow-finsterwald-1958-pga-champion-dies-age-93 Took a quick look to see if he and the recently deceased Peter Butler ever competed against each other at the Ryder Cup, hoping maybe Butler could piggyback a mention in an obit somewhere, but interestingly while they combine for 8 consecutive appearances in the event none of them overlap. The lack of an obit for a Butler might be the difference on the DDP theme team leaderboard now that Dow is gone. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 473 Posted November 28, 2022 Former chief executive of the PGA, Sandy Jones, has died 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,033 Posted December 25, 2022 @Salmon Mousse pick for the DDP, most successful female Kathy Whitworth reportedly dead: https://www.golfchannel.com/news/kathy-whitworth-winningest-player-lpga-and-pga-tours-dies-83 Edit: Sky Sports QO: https://www.skysports.com/golf/news/12176/12774408/kathy-whitworth-lpga-record-breaker-dies-aged-83 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 26, 2022 8 hours ago, YoungWillz said: @Salmon Mousse pick for the DDP, most successful female Kathy Whitworth reportedly dead: https://www.golfchannel.com/news/kathy-whitworth-winningest-player-lpga-and-pga-tours-dies-83 Edit: Sky Sports QO: https://www.skysports.com/golf/news/12176/12774408/kathy-whitworth-lpga-record-breaker-dies-aged-83 It said winningest not most successful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sly Ronnie 879 Posted December 26, 2022 3 hours ago, Sir Cunto said: It said winningest not most successful. Yes but most successful is the better, more appropriate phrase whereas winningest looks and sounds like it was made up by a 6 year old. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,741 Posted December 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Sly Ronnie said: Yes but most successful is the better, more appropriate phrase whereas winningest looks and sounds like it was made up by a 6 year old. He's doing it on purpose. He knows full well that winningest is an awful American construction of a word that sounds like fingernails down a blackboard and causes more than a few here to get a little annoyed. It's mentioned in the grammar thread that I can't be asked to look up. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 473 Posted December 26, 2022 5 hours ago, Sly Ronnie said: Yes but most successful is the better, more appropriate phrase whereas winningest looks and sounds like it was made up by a 6 year old. Problem is that, with golf, you can be "winningest" without being also most successful, due to how much weight majors carry. Mickey Wright would be considered the greater player historically, despite 6 fewer regular tour victories. This doesn't even factor in the money component. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 30, 2022 On 26/12/2022 at 09:43, Salmon Mousse said: Problem is that, with golf, you can be "winningest" without being also most successful, due to how much weight majors carry. Mickey Wright would be considered the greater player historically, despite 6 fewer regular tour victories. This doesn't even factor in the money component. Success is subjective. Winningest is objective. They couldn’t be more diverse words. Anyway the stupid cunt posted a quote then changes the wording and is called out by someone (apparently the only person around here)) that thinks words and their meaning and intended usage are sacrosanct. And I shall continue to do so. SirC 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,741 Posted December 30, 2022 2 minutes ago, Sir Cunto said: Winningest is a ridiculous americanism. It grates more than almost anything else those Columbus found fools have invented, well ok - Trump, but otherwise.... Buffoon. There's a proper word. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted January 1, 2023 Irish Ryder Cup player Barry Lane has died at 62: https://www.rte.ie/sport/golf/2023/0101/1344421-former-ryder-cup-player-barry-lane-dies-aged-62/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 473 Posted January 1, 2023 8 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Irish Ryder Cup player Barry Lane has died at 62: https://www.rte.ie/sport/golf/2023/0101/1344421-former-ryder-cup-player-barry-lane-dies-aged-62/ Slapped together a golf theme team, again this year, but he was not on my radar Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,585 Posted January 2, 2023 10 hours ago, gcreptile said: Irish Ryder Cup player Barry Lane has died at 62: https://www.rte.ie/sport/golf/2023/0101/1344421-former-ryder-cup-player-barry-lane-dies-aged-62/ Telegraph obit confirms he was a 2022 death. Unpicked in last year's DDP. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,170 Posted January 2, 2023 16 hours ago, gcreptile said: Irish Ryder Cup player Barry Lane has died at 62: https://www.rte.ie/sport/golf/2023/0101/1344421-former-ryder-cup-player-barry-lane-dies-aged-62/ A small detail but he was English not Irish. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,585 Posted January 9, 2023 On 01/01/2023 at 16:25, gcreptile said: English Ryder Cup player Barry Lane has died at 62: https://www.rte.ie/sport/golf/2023/0101/1344421-former-ryder-cup-player-barry-lane-dies-aged-62/ Lane's cause of death given as cancer by his Times obit. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted January 31, 2023 Brian Morris, the terminally ill golfer who was on one PGA tournament in late 2021 has now died: https://www.royalgazette.com/golf/sport/article/20230130/professional-golfer-brian-morris-dies-aged-55/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OneManJury 84 Posted January 31, 2023 54 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Brian Morris, the terminally ill golfer who was on one PGA tournament in late 2021 has now died: https://www.royalgazette.com/golf/sport/article/20230130/professional-golfer-brian-morris-dies-aged-55/ I can visualise the funeral now and the cry going up “Get In The Hole”. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nantonian2013 50 Posted February 1, 2023 Jack Burke Jr turned 100 the other day, seems in fine fettle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,887 Posted February 17, 2023 Former Chief Referee on the European Tour John Paramor Dead at 67 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyfiona 2,577 Posted February 25, 2023 Jan Stephenson has stage 3 breast cancer - Three-time major champion and a World Golf Hall of Fame member. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,583 Posted March 15, 2023 Jim Ferree, American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour.has died aged 91. Obit 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nantonian2013 50 Posted April 5, 2023 Our annual form-spotting guide -the Masters Champions Dinner. We already knew Phil had lost weight, I don't believe it's anything like a Chadwick Boseman situation (despite the fact he's playing terribly). Tommy Aaron looks the most likely to go next, though will be interesting to see if Nicklaus can swing a club tomorrow morning. I don't think Crenshaw looks great for 71, but he played the par 3 contest. As did Gary Player. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,887 Posted April 7, 2023 Pre-Masters Press Conference with Tom Watson, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player Nicklaus really showing his age more so than Player who's a few years older than him. I think he'll go before Player Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,583 Posted April 11, 2023 Jan Dorrestein, Dutch golfer has died aged 77. Obit (In Dutch). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,187 Posted April 22, 2023 Hedley Muscroft. who played in the Open Championship 16 times, with a best of eighteenth in the 1967 Open Championship, died last month. Won the first (of only two) Classic International tournaments in 1970 and played on the European Tour. He died last month - https://www.pga.info/news/hedley-muscroft-1938-2023/ Another former Open Championship competitor, Scotsman Stuart Murray (Best place 40th in 1964, 3 times a competitor), who enjoyed a successful amateur career in the early 1960's, died in January - https://www.pga.info/news/stuart-murray-1933-2023 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
