In 1986, golfer Greg Norman’s 11 worldwide victories that year included four wins in Australia and two regular PGA Tour events….at the Panasonic Las Vegas Invitational…..and the Kemper Open (for the second time)….but 1986 is remembered for the Norman Slam or the Saturday Slam.….when Norman held the lead for all four majors through 54 holes. This meant he played in the final…
Talk about historic…this video of Hord Hardin, Chairman of Augusta National Golf Club welcoming newly crowned winner of the 1986 Masters Golf Tournament The Golden Bear himself….who had turned back the hands of time….after winning his sixth Masters Tournament with a phenomenally clutch putt at the end of the tournament….heck, we here at ImaSportsphile can still see…
Jay Haas is an American professional golfer formerly of the PGA Tour….who now plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He turned professional in 1976….then had a solid career on the PGA Tour….while winning nine times between 1978 and 1993….and had a resurgence in 2003….when he finished in the top 30 on the money list for the first time since 1995….while making the United…
Greg Norman earned more than $1 million five times on the U.S. PGA Tour….which included three Arnold Palmer Awards as the Tour’s leading money winner in 1986, 1990 and 1995…..as he was also the first person in Tour history to surpass $10 million in career earnings. He has 30 top-10 finishes in majors or more than 38% of those…
On Sunday, June 1, 1986 during Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics verses the Houston Rockets….CBS Sports would break into their live game telecast to bring hole by hole updates of the sudden death playoff at the Kemper Open between Larry Mize and Greg Norman…..so this was the 4th interruption update….as…
As the 1986 Kemper Open Golf Tournament moved into the 3rd hole of sudden death playoff between Larry Mize verses Greg Norman….it seems to be obvious that the first player to make a birdie would win…..and both players had makeable birdie putts….when Mize just lipped out on a 15 footer that kissed the lip of…
These hole by hole highlights of the 1986 Kemper Open Golf Tournament sudden death playoff between Greg Norman verses Larry Mize were shown during the 1987 NBA Finals Game 3 between the Los Angeles Lakers verses Boston Celtics live program…..as CBS Brent Musburger would break into his NBA live telecast by switching back and forth…
Keith Clearwater is an American professional golfer who has won two tournaments on the PGA Tour…..as he turned pro in 1982…..and joined the PGA Tour in 1987…..when he won two tournaments on the PGA Tour in his rookie season of 1987…..as he won the prestigious Colonial National Invitation in the spring of that year with a 14 under par 266….which tied the previous tournament…
Larry Mize is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour…..who is best known for one career-defining shot….which was a chip from off the green at the 11th hole at Augusta to win the playoff for the 1987 Masters Tournament…..as his only major title. Mize turned professional in 1980…..and from thereafter he finished in the top 125…