... died Aug. 29. Bolt won 15 times on the PGA Tour, with his lone major championship coming in 1958 by four shots over Gary Player. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2002, which he called the highlight of his career. Bolt was ...

... against Martha Burk and a media onslaught in 2003). "Historically, golf has been a racist, elitist sport," said Gary Player, the South African who won nine major titles. "Go back in history and look at the country club rules no women ...

... straight for the practice range. Maybe for him, but not for the 25 players who managed to break par. It was tough on Gary Player, Fuzzy Zoeller and Greg Norman for other reasons. Player completed his remarkable career at the Masters by competing ...

... Masters record. It was like the Augusta of old, when the roars reverberated through the Georgia pines as everyone from Gary Player to Jack Nicklaus pulled off dramatic comebacks. "It was a fun front nine," Lefty said. "I thought there were some ...

... would be nice, because obviously, historically, the 1980s and 1990s, we had a great run here, the Europeans." Gary Player, playing in his record 51st Masters, is the only South African Masters champion. Ernie Els and Retief Goosen have ...

... breakthrough. - Advertisement - "He has as fine a swing as any man playing golf today," said fellow South African Gary Player. "His swing is absolutely the closest that I've seen to Ben Hogan and I've always thought Ben Hogan was the best ...

... champion since Raymond Floyd in 1976 to lead wire-to-wire. He's the first South African Masters winner since Gary Player won the last of his three green jackets in 1978. - Advertisement - Player contributed to Immelman's victory. Immelman ...

... delightful junctures of performance merging with fate and luck. Immelman won 30 years after his idol, South African Gary Player, won the Masters, the last from that country to do so. And as complex, as grand and as eloquent as we try to describe ...

... job cuts. Today's Birthdays: Newspaper columnist James J. Kilpatrick is 88. Actress Betsy Palmer is 82. Golfer Gary Player is 73. Country singer Bill Anderson is 71. Actress Barbara Bosson is 69. Actor Robert Foxworth is 67. Actress Marcia ...

... 18th hole at Crosswater Golf Club. When he missed a nearly 4-foot putt, he recalled words of advice from Gary Player. "Gary Player always said, 'Mark, as long as you win by one, you've won,'" McNulty said. McNulty finished the Champions ...