August 10 Kenny Perry turns 55. He has had success on both the PGA and Champions Tours, with 14 PGA wins and eight Champions. While never winning a Major, he finished second twice and third once, and won the 2009 Payne Stewart Award and 2013 Champions Tour Player of the Year. August 11 Grant Waite … Continue reading Golf Birthdays: August 10-16
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Golf Birthdays: August 6-9
August 6 Doug Ford: Two-time Major winner Doug Ford turns 93. Ford won the 1957 Masters and 1955 PGA Championship among his 19 PGA titles. The 1955 PGA title came when the tournament was still a match-play style, and he defeated Cary Middlecoff 4&3, winning Player of the Year honors in the process. In 1957, … Continue reading Golf Birthdays: August 6-9
Golf Birthdays: August 1-4
August 1 Brad Faxon, eight-time PGA Tour winner, turns 54. His eight wins came between 1991 and 2005, with two each 1992. In 1999-2000, he won back to back B.C. Open titles. He racked up three Top 10 finishes at Majors, including fifth at the 1995 PGA Championship. Brandt Jobe, a veteran of the PGA … Continue reading Golf Birthdays: August 1-4
Golf Birthdays: July 30-31
July 30 Klas Eriksson turns 44. He has five wins on the European Challenge Tour, which is tied for fifth all-time, turning pro in 1991. In 1996, he received an exemption to The Open Championship and finished tied for 41st. Graeme McDowell, winner of the 2010 US Open, turns 36. McDowell has won two PGA … Continue reading Golf Birthdays: July 30-31
Golf Birthdays: July 24-26
July 24 Kaname Yokoo, a five-time winner on the Japan Golf Tour, turns 43. He played three years on the PGA Tour, finishing tied for second at the 2002 Phoenix Open. July 26 Allen Doyle, a four-time winner on the Champions Tour, turns 67. Doyle has won four majors on the circuit, earning $11 … Continue reading Golf Birthdays: July 24-26
Golf Birthdays: July 18-23
July 18 Brendon de Jonge, winner of the 2008 Xerox Classic, turns 35. A native of Zimbabwe, de Jonge attended Virginia Tech University and turned pro in 2003. His best finish in a Major was a tie for 26th at the 2011 PGA Championship. Sir Nick Faldo, the UK's most successful golfer and winner of … Continue reading Golf Birthdays: July 18-23
Golf Birthdays: July 15-16
July 15 Stephen Dodd, a three-time European Tour winner, turns 49. His three wins all came in a three-year span in his late 30s as he won the Volvo China Open in 2004, the Nissan Irish Open in 2005 and the Smurfit Kappa European Open in 2006. Dicky Pride, winner of the 1994 Fed Ex … Continue reading Golf Birthdays: July 15-16
Golf Birthdays: July 6-7
July 6 Bradley Dredge turns 42. Dredge has two career European Tour wins - the 2003 Madeira Islands Open and the 2006 Omega European Masters. He finished tied for 27th at the 2001 Open Championship. Lindy Miller, who finished tied for 16th at the Masters as an amateur in1978, turns 58. He was a four-year … Continue reading Golf Birthdays: July 6-7
Golf Birthdays: June 29 – July 1
June 29 Mark Hensby, also known as The Forgotten man of Australian Golf, turns 43. Hensby won the 2004 John Deere Classic and the 2005 Scandinavian Masters. In 2005 he finished tied for fifth at the Masters and tied for third at the US Open. June 30 Roger Maltbie, a five-time PGA winner who is … Continue reading Golf Birthdays: June 29 – July 1
Golf Birthdays: June 22-24
June 22 Dustin Johnson, current world No. 3 and runner-up at the 2015 US Open, turns 31. Johnson also finished tied for second at the 2011 Open Championship, and has nine PGA wins overall, including two WGC events. June 23 Colin Montgomerie, who ranks fourth all-time on the European Tour win list with 31, turns … Continue reading Golf Birthdays: June 22-24
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