The winning team at the 1982 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf Tournament as 70 year old Slammin Sam Snead and his partner Don January…..who won this championship with a score of -27 under par for the three day 54 hole event….while beating the rest of the field by 12 strokes….and any way you cut the pie, that is…
This video seen herewith takes place in The Butler Cabin at Augusta National Golf Club after play had finished in the 1983 Masters….as this historic interview with Augusta National Club Chairman Hord Hardin and CBS Brent Musburger talking with low amateur winner Sam Randolph and Masters winner Bernhard Langer….who was the 1st German and only the 3rd…
Tom Watson (born September 4, 1949) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour Champions, formerly on the PGA Tour….who in the 1970’s and 1980’s was one of the leading players in the world…. while winning eight major championships…..and winning the PGA leading money list five times…..as he was the # 1 player in the world according to McCormack’s World Golf…
In our current world of November 2019, everything seems to be driven by “instant gratification” no matter what the subject might be….and as a result of this universal mental framework, we here at ImaSportsphile are finding that a large number of our viewers really enjoy our “short snippets” of vintage video…..whether it be 30 second TV ads or…
The inaugural Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf Tournament was held in 1978 at Onion Creek Country Club in Austin, Texas….which was a highly anticipated event for not just Austin…..but all of Central Texas…..for within a 100 mile radius of the Capitol of Texas are some 35 golf courses….which equates to lots of golf fans….and when you add to…
Any time there is a video to post that features a sports legend interviewing a sports legend…..that is when you have what we call around here…..”Sportsphile Nirvana”…..cuz it just doesn’t get any better than this…..for on this video herewith….our viewers are truly blessed to have sportscasting legend Vin Scully…..an icon in Dodger Blue….conducting an introspective…
NBC Sports roving golf reporter Bob Goalby interviews an obviously jubilant Jack Nicklaus after he won the final “skin” at the 1983 Skins Game against Tom Watson, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player…. which guaranteed that Nicklaus would get to return as a competitor in the 1984 Skins Game. We here at ImaSportsphile have seen and posted our…
The Legends of Golf Tournament is often called “The tournament that launched the Seniors / Champions Tour“…..which from 1978 until 2012 was known as the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf Tournament…..when from 1978 to 1985, the tournament was played at Onion Creek Country Club in Austin, Texas. In addition to providing a showcase for all the golfing greats…
The 1984 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year Awards Show was hosted by NFL sportscaster Merlin Olsen…..as he introduced the candidates for the award from golf…..which included LPGA Patty Sheehan as winner of the Women’s US Open….along with PGA’s Ben Crenshaw, who won the green jacket at the Masters Tournament…..plus, Seve Ballesteros, the winner of the 1984…