Happy Birthday to the Legend’s, ah…make that, Senior’s—I mean Champions.
Some forward-thinking people got together with Liberty Mutual back in April 1978 to offer a chance to see some of golf’s greatest players play in teams of two. This turned out to be a popular event that year. And on April 30th, 1978, the team of Sam Snead, and Gardner Dickinson won the the inaugural event.
These were certainly two champions, but Mr. Dickenson is perhaps the lesser heralded of the two…He still holds the record for best percentage in Ryder Cup match play.
The Legend’s tour took hold the next year to become a place for golfers over 50 years of age to go to [continue to] compete. The Legends Tour eventually became the Seniors Tour, and ultimately the event we now know today as the Champions Tour.
This week it was Tom Watson and Andy North taking home the bacon, but they will have to pedal hard to catch up with Hale Irwin (the Tiger Woods of the Champions Tour). Tiger himself, trying to catch up to Sam Snead’s record of 82 PGA wins on the regular PGA Tour.
Happy Birthday to all the Champions of golf!
From the gotta-grip team.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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