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Gary Player
Breakfast with the Champion
Hall of famer Gary Player is regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He’s just one of five players in the world to win all four majors – The Masters Tournament, The U.S. Open, The Open Championship, and The PGA Championship – winning nine majors altogether during his professional career. He also won the South African Open 13 times, the Australia Open seven times, and the World Series of Golf three times (1965, 1968, 1972), logging in with more than 160 victories worldwide over his lifetime. He has played golf with every president in the United States over the last 70 years, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2021 and has played in more celebrity tournaments than I can list.
He is also a renowned golf course architect, designing some 400 projects worldwide, with many acclaimed among the Top 100 Golf Courses in the World. He has written or co-authored 36 books on golf instruction, design, philosophy, motivation and fitness, established a foundation for young players and supports a number of worthy c
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Professional Golfer and Golf Course Architect
When speaking of Gary Player, it’s common for observers to say something along the lines of: “He’s done more with less than any golfer I’ve ever seen.”
The less is Player’s improbable 5’7″, 160 pounds, his unorthodox method and his hailing from a small country in a remote corner of the world. The more includes nine Major Championships, the modern Grand Slam, over 160 professional victories around the world –including 24 official PGA TOUR victories – and nine Majors on the PGA TOUR Champions. Yet Player, in his forthright way, differs with a reductionist view of his career. “I had a great deal of talent,” he will say, before adding, “but talent alone will only take you so far.”
“The harder you practice, the luckier you get.”
No, with Player there has always been a palpable sense of something extra. Perhaps no golfer has ever craved victory so much for such a long time. “What I have learned about myself,” he wrote in his 1991 autobiography, “is that I am an animal when it comes to achievement and wanting success. There is never enoug
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Gary Player
South African professional golfer (born 1935)
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Player in 2008 | |
| Full name | Gary James Player |
| Nickname | The Black Knight, Mr. Fitness |
| Born | (1935-11-01) 1 November 1935 (age 89) Johannesburg, Union of South Africa |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) |
| Weight | 150 lb (68 kg; 11 st) |
| Sporting nationality | South Africa |
| Residence | Jupiter Island, Florida, U.S. Plettenberg Bay, South Africa |
| Spouse | Vivienne Verwey (m. 1957; died 2021) |
| Children | 6 |
| Turned professional | 1953 |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Southern Africa Tour Champions Tour |
| Professional wins | 159 |
| PGA Tour | 24 |
| European Tour | 4 |
| Sunshine Tour | 20 |
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 2 |
| PGA Tour Champions | 22 (Tied-7th all-time) |
| European Senior Tour | 3 |
| Other | 63 (regular) 6 (senior) |
| Masters Tournament | Won: 1961, 1974, 1978 |
| PGA Championship | Won: 1962, 1972 |
| U.S. Open | Won: 1965 |
| The Open Championship | Won: 1959, 1968, 1974 |