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Gene Sarazen

January 01, 1970

Gene Sarazen (/ˈsɑːrəzɛn/;[1] born Eugenio Saraceni,[2] February 27, 1902 – May 13, 1999) was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players in the 1920s and 1930s, and the winner of seven major championships. He is one of a handful of players in golf history to win the grand slam.

Gene Sarazen
Sarazen in 1922
Personal information
Full nameEugenio Saraceni
NicknameThe Squire
Born(1902-02-27)February 27, 1902
Harrison, New York, U.S.
DiedMay 13, 1999(1999-05-13) (aged 97)
Naples, Florida
Height5 ft 5+1⁄2 in (166 cm)
Weight162 lb (73 kg; 11.6 st)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceBrookfield, Connecticut
SpouseMary Sarazen
(m. 1924–86, her death)
Children2
Career
Turned professional1920
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins48
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour38
Other10
Best results in major championships
(wins: 7)
Masters TournamentWon: 1935
PGA ChampionshipWon: 1922, 1923, 1933
U.S. OpenWon: 1922, 1932
The Open ChampionshipWon: 1932
Achievements and awards

Early life edit

Eugenio Saraceni was born on February 27, 1902, in Harrison, New York.[3] He was an Italian American as his parents were poor Sicilian immigrants.[4] He began caddying at age ten at local golf clubs, took up golf himself, and gradually developed his skills; Sarazen was essentially self-taught. Somewhat novel at the time, he used the interlocking grip to hold the club.

Amateur career edit

Sarazen has a plaque in his honor placed 195 yards out from the 15th green at Hororata Golf Club where he famously made a double eagle in the final round of sectional qualifiers. He earned his spot in his first United States Open in 1920 at age 18. Some say it was his greatest achievement as an amateur.

Professional career edit

Sarazen took a series of club professional jobs in the New York area from his mid-teens. In 1921, he became a professional at Titusville (Pa.) Country Club, and he contracted to be the professional at Highland Country Club near Pittsburgh in 1922. Sarazen arrived in April, stocked the golf shop and gave a few lessons, but spent most of his time at Oakmont Country Club practicing with Emil Loeffler. At some point, the pair visited Skokie Country Club to practice on the course that would hold the U.S. Open; in July, he came from four shots behind to win the tournament.[5] He returned to Pittsburgh and was feted at the William Penn Hotel, where he burst from a paper mâché golf ball.[6] He did not return to Highland CC, broke his contract and became a "touring" golf professional. Later that summer, he won the PGA Championship at Oakmont.

Sarazen was a contemporary and rival of amateur Bobby Jones, who was born in the same year; he also had many battles with Walter Hagen, who was nine years older. Sarazen, Jones, and Hagen were the world's dominant players during the 1920s. Rivalries among the three great champions significantly expanded interest in golf around the world during this period, and made the United States the world's dominant golf power for the first time, taking over this position from Great Britain.

The winner of 38 PGA tour events. He played on six U.S. Ryder Cup teams: 1927, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1935, and 1937.

Invents modern sand wedge edit

Sarazen claimed to have invented the modern sand wedge,[7] and debuted the club (while keeping it secret during preliminary practice rounds) at The Open Championship at Prince's Golf Club in 1932 (which he won). He called it the sand iron, and his original club is no longer on display at Prince's as it is worth too much for the insurers to cover. However, a similar club was patented in 1928 by Edwin Kerr McClain, and it is possible Sarazen saw this club.[8]

Sarazen had previously struggled with his sand play and there had been earlier sand-specific clubs. But Bobby Jones's sand club, for example, had a concave face, which actually contacted the ball twice during a swing; this design was later banned. Sarazen's innovation was to weld solder onto the lower back of the club, building up the flange so that it sat lower than the leading edge when soled. The flange, not the leading edge, would contact the sand first, and explode sand as the shot was played. The additional weight provided punch to power through the thick sand. Sarazen's newly developed technique with the new club was to contact the sand a couple of inches behind the ball, not actually contacting the ball at all on most sand shots.

Every top-class golfer since has utilized this wedge design and technique, and the same club design and method are also used by amateur players around the world. The sand wedge also began to be used by top players for shots from grass, shortly after Sarazen introduced it, and this led to a revolution in short-game techniques, along with lower scoring by players who mastered the skills.

Masters Tournament win edit

Sarazen hit "the shot heard 'round the world" at Augusta National Golf Club on the fifteenth hole in the final round of the Masters Tournament in 1935. He struck a spoon (the loft of the modern four wood) 232 yards (212 m) into the hole, scoring a double eagle. At the time he was trailing Craig Wood by three shots, and was then tied with him. He parred the 16th, 17th and 18th holes to preserve the tie. The following day, the pair played a 36-hole playoff, with Sarazen winning by five shots.

The Sarazen Bridge, approaching the left side of the 15th green, was named in 1955 to commemorate the double eagle's twentieth anniversary,[9][10] which included a contest to duplicate, with the closest just over 4 feet (1.2 m) away.[11] It remains one of the most famous golf shots in golf history.

Later years, legacy edit

In spite of his height of 5 ft 5+1⁄2 in (1.66 m),[12] Sarazen was one of the longest hitters of his era. He played several lengthy exhibition tours around the world, promoting his skills and the sport of golf, and earned a very good living from golf. One of his American tours in 1940 was sponsored by Golf Magazine and he played a match every day for 60 days.[13] As a multiple past champion, he was eligible to continue competing after his best years were past, and occasionally did so in the top events, well into the 1960s, and occasionally into the 1970s. Throughout his life, Sarazen competed wearing knickers or plus-fours, which were the fashion when he broke into the top level.

For many years after his retirement, Sarazen was a familiar figure as an honorary starter at the Masters. From 1981 to 1999, he joined Byron Nelson and Sam Snead in hitting a ceremonial tee shot before each Masters tournament. He also popularized the sport with his role as a commentator on the Wonderful World of Golf television show, and was an early TV broadcaster at important events.

At age 71, Sarazen made a hole-in-one at The Open Championship in 1973, at the "Postage Stamp" at Troon in Scotland. In 1992, he was voted the Bob Jones Award, the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. Sarazen had what is still the longest-running endorsement contract in professional sports – with Wilson Sporting Goods from 1923 until his death, a total of 75 years.[14]

In 1998, shortly before his death, the Sarazen Student Union was named in his honor. He also established an endowed scholarship fund at the college, The Gene and Mary Sarazen Scholarship, which is awarded annually to students reflecting the high personal, athletic, and intellectual ideals of Dr. Sarazen. For many years, kitted in his signature plus-fours, he hit the first ball in an annual golf tournament, held to raise funds for the scholarship.[15]

Personal life edit

Sarazen died at age 97 in 1999 of complications from pneumonia in Naples, Florida. His wife Mary died 13 years earlier in 1986 with both interred at Marco Island Cemetery in Marco.[16]

Honors and awards edit

Professional wins (48) edit

 
Sarazen with the PGA Championship trophy in 1939

PGA Tour wins (38) edit

Major championships are shown in bold.

Source:[19]

Other wins (7) edit

this list may be incomplete

Senior wins (3) edit

Major championships edit

Wins (7) edit

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner(s)-up
1922 U.S. Open 4 shot deficit +8 (72-73-75-68=288) 1 stroke   Bobby Jones
1922 PGA Championship n/a 4 & 3   Emmet French
1923 PGA Championship (2) n/a 38 holes   Walter Hagen
1932 U.S. Open (2) 1 shot deficit +6 (74-76-70-66=286) 3 strokes   Bobby Cruickshank,   Philip Perkins
1932 The Open Championship 4 shot lead −5 (70-69-70-74=283) 5 strokes   Macdonald Smith
1933 PGA Championship (3) n/a 5 & 4   Willie Goggin
1935 Masters Tournament 3 shot deficit −6 (68-71-73-70=282) Playoff 1   Craig Wood

Note: The PGA Championship was match play until 1958
1 Defeated Craig Wood in a 36-hole playoff - Sarazen 144 (Even), Wood 149 (+5)

Results timeline edit

Tournament 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
U.S. Open T30 17 1 T16 T17 T5 T3 3 T6 T3
The Open Championship T41 2 T8
PGA Championship QF 1 1 R16 R32 R16 QF SF QF
Tournament 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
Masters Tournament NYF NYF NYF NYF 1 3 T24 T13 5
U.S. Open T28 T4 1 T26 2 T6 T28 T10 10 T47
The Open Championship T3 1 T3 T21 T5 CUT
PGA Championship 2 SF DNQ 1 R16 R32 R64 R32 QF R64
Tournament 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
Masters Tournament T21 T19 T28 NT NT NT T26 T23 T39
U.S. Open 2 T7 NT NT NT NT CUT T39 CUT CUT
The Open Championship NT NT NT NT NT NT
PGA Championship QF SF NT R64 R16 R16 R32
Tournament 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
Masters Tournament T10 T12 WD T38 T53 WD T49 CUT CUT CUT
U.S. Open T38 T35 T33 CUT WD CUT CUT
The Open Championship T17 T17 WD T16
PGA Championship R64 R64 R16 CUT WD
Tournament 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Masters Tournament CUT CUT WD 49 WD CUT CUT WD CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship WD
PGA Championship
Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
Masters Tournament CUT CUT CUT CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT CUT WD
PGA Championship CUT WD
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

NYF = tournament not yet founded
NT = no tournament
WD = withdrew
DNQ = did not qualify for match play portion
CUT = missed the half-way cut
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary edit

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 1 0 1 3 4 10 34 17
U.S. Open 2 2 3 9 14 17 33 26
The Open Championship 1 1 2 5 6 10 17 11
PGA Championship 3 1 3 12 18 22 31 27
Totals 7 4 9 29 42 59 115 81
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 44 (1920 U.S. Open – 1937 U.S. Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 7 (1927 PGA – 1929 PGA)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Asked how to say his name, he told the Literary Digest "Veteran Gene Sarazen/ Aims to play par again". (Charles Earle Funk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.)
  2. ^ Bleile, Gene (July 25, 2019). "Mr. (Sand Wedge) Eugenio Saraceni". Cape Gazette.
  3. ^ Dorman, Larry (May 14, 1999). "Gene Sarazen, 97, golf champion, dies". New York Times. Retrieved February 17, 2009.
  4. ^ Starn, Orin (2006). "Caddying for the Dalai Lama: Golf, Heritage Tourism, and the Pinehurst Resort" (PDF). South Atlantic Quarterly. 105 (2): 452. doi:10.1215/00382876-105-2-447.
  5. ^ Somers, Robert (1987) The U.S. Open Golf's Ultimate Challenge. Atheneum. pp. 59–60. ISBN 0689115253.
  6. ^ Sarazen, Gene (1950) Thirty Years of Championship Golf. pp. 80–81, 87
  7. ^ Barkow, Al (1986). Gettin' to the Dance Floor. Atheneum. ISBN 978-0689115172.
  8. ^ Davies' Dictionary of Golfing Terms, 1980, p. 147
  9. ^ "Special day for golfdom's Squire". Chicago Daily Tribune. United Press photo. April 7, 1955. p. 1, sec. 6.
  10. ^ "The Sarazen Bridge". masters.com. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  11. ^ "Haas closest to Sarazen's double eagle". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 7, 1955. p. 18.
  12. ^ Elliott, Len; Kelly, Barbara (1976). Who's Who in Golf. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House. p. 168. ISBN 0-87000-225-2.
  13. ^ "Oliver, Sarazen to Play at Rye". The Daily Argus. Mount Vernon. August 20, 1940. p. 10.
  14. ^ Sarazen, Mary Ann (November 29, 2014). "Dad didn't invent the sand wedge, but he modernized it". Golf Magazine. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  15. ^ . Archived from the original on July 4, 2007.
  16. ^ Hardwig, Greg (May 15, 1999). "Golf: Ken Venturi remembers Gene Sarazen as 'dear friend'". Naples Daily News. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
  17. ^ Yocom, Guy (July 2000). "50 Greatest Golfers of All Time: And What They Taught Us". Golf Digest.
  18. ^ Auclair, T.J. (March 5, 2018). "15 Greatest golfers of all time". PGA of America.
  19. ^ Barkow, Al (1989). The History of the PGA TOUR. Doubleday. p. 266. ISBN 0-385-26145-4.

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Gene Sarazen ˈ s ɑːr e z ɛ n 1 born Eugenio Saraceni 2 February 27 1902 May 13 1999 was an American professional golfer one of the world s top players in the 1920s and 1930s and the winner of seven major championships He is one of a handful of players in golf history to win the grand slam Gene SarazenSarazen in 1922Personal informationFull nameEugenio SaraceniNicknameThe SquireBorn 1902 02 27 February 27 1902Harrison New York U S DiedMay 13 1999 1999 05 13 aged 97 Naples FloridaHeight5 ft 5 1 2 in 166 cm Weight162 lb 73 kg 11 6 st Sporting nationality United StatesResidenceBrookfield ConnecticutSpouseMary Sarazen m 1924 86 her death Children2CareerTurned professional1920Former tour s PGA TourProfessional wins48Number of wins by tourPGA Tour38Other10Best results in major championships wins 7 Masters TournamentWon 1935PGA ChampionshipWon 1922 1923 1933U S OpenWon 1922 1932The Open ChampionshipWon 1932Achievements and awardsWorld Golf Hall of Fame1974 member page PGA Tour LifetimeAchievement Award1996Bob Jones Award1992Associated PressMale Athlete of the Year1932 Contents 1 Early life 2 Amateur career 3 Professional career 3 1 Invents modern sand wedge 3 2 Masters Tournament win 3 3 Later years legacy 4 Personal life 5 Honors and awards 6 Professional wins 48 6 1 PGA Tour wins 38 6 2 Other wins 7 6 3 Senior wins 3 7 Major championships 7 1 Wins 7 7 2 Results timeline 7 3 Summary 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksEarly life editEugenio Saraceni was born on February 27 1902 in Harrison New York 3 He was an Italian American as his parents were poor Sicilian immigrants 4 He began caddying at age ten at local golf clubs took up golf himself and gradually developed his skills Sarazen was essentially self taught Somewhat novel at the time he used the interlocking grip to hold the club Amateur career editSarazen has a plaque in his honor placed 195 yards out from the 15th green at Hororata Golf Club where he famously made a double eagle in the final round of sectional qualifiers He earned his spot in his first United States Open in 1920 at age 18 Some say it was his greatest achievement as an amateur Professional career editSarazen took a series of club professional jobs in the New York area from his mid teens In 1921 he became a professional at Titusville Pa Country Club and he contracted to be the professional at Highland Country Club near Pittsburgh in 1922 Sarazen arrived in April stocked the golf shop and gave a few lessons but spent most of his time at Oakmont Country Club practicing with Emil Loeffler At some point the pair visited Skokie Country Club to practice on the course that would hold the U S Open in July he came from four shots behind to win the tournament 5 He returned to Pittsburgh and was feted at the William Penn Hotel where he burst from a paper mache golf ball 6 He did not return to Highland CC broke his contract and became a touring golf professional Later that summer he won the PGA Championship at Oakmont Sarazen was a contemporary and rival of amateur Bobby Jones who was born in the same year he also had many battles with Walter Hagen who was nine years older Sarazen Jones and Hagen were the world s dominant players during the 1920s Rivalries among the three great champions significantly expanded interest in golf around the world during this period and made the United States the world s dominant golf power for the first time taking over this position from Great Britain The winner of 38 PGA tour events He played on six U S Ryder Cup teams 1927 1929 1931 1933 1935 and 1937 Invents modern sand wedge edit Sarazen claimed to have invented the modern sand wedge 7 and debuted the club while keeping it secret during preliminary practice rounds at The Open Championship at Prince s Golf Club in 1932 which he won He called it the sand iron and his original club is no longer on display at Prince s as it is worth too much for the insurers to cover However a similar club was patented in 1928 by Edwin Kerr McClain and it is possible Sarazen saw this club 8 Sarazen had previously struggled with his sand play and there had been earlier sand specific clubs But Bobby Jones s sand club for example had a concave face which actually contacted the ball twice during a swing this design was later banned Sarazen s innovation was to weld solder onto the lower back of the club building up the flange so that it sat lower than the leading edge when soled The flange not the leading edge would contact the sand first and explode sand as the shot was played The additional weight provided punch to power through the thick sand Sarazen s newly developed technique with the new club was to contact the sand a couple of inches behind the ball not actually contacting the ball at all on most sand shots Every top class golfer since has utilized this wedge design and technique and the same club design and method are also used by amateur players around the world The sand wedge also began to be used by top players for shots from grass shortly after Sarazen introduced it and this led to a revolution in short game techniques along with lower scoring by players who mastered the skills Masters Tournament win edit Sarazen hit the shot heard round the world at Augusta National Golf Club on the fifteenth hole in the final round of the Masters Tournament in 1935 He struck a spoon the loft of the modern four wood 232 yards 212 m into the hole scoring a double eagle At the time he was trailing Craig Wood by three shots and was then tied with him He parred the 16th 17th and 18th holes to preserve the tie The following day the pair played a 36 hole playoff with Sarazen winning by five shots The Sarazen Bridge approaching the left side of the 15th green was named in 1955 to commemorate the double eagle s twentieth anniversary 9 10 which included a contest to duplicate with the closest just over 4 feet 1 2 m away 11 It remains one of the most famous golf shots in golf history Later years legacy edit In spite of his height of 5 ft 5 1 2 in 1 66 m 12 Sarazen was one of the longest hitters of his era He played several lengthy exhibition tours around the world promoting his skills and the sport of golf and earned a very good living from golf One of his American tours in 1940 was sponsored by Golf Magazine and he played a match every day for 60 days 13 As a multiple past champion he was eligible to continue competing after his best years were past and occasionally did so in the top events well into the 1960s and occasionally into the 1970s Throughout his life Sarazen competed wearing knickers or plus fours which were the fashion when he broke into the top level For many years after his retirement Sarazen was a familiar figure as an honorary starter at the Masters From 1981 to 1999 he joined Byron Nelson and Sam Snead in hitting a ceremonial tee shot before each Masters tournament He also popularized the sport with his role as a commentator on the Wonderful World of Golf television show and was an early TV broadcaster at important events At age 71 Sarazen made a hole in one at The Open Championship in 1973 at the Postage Stamp at Troon in Scotland In 1992 he was voted the Bob Jones Award the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf Sarazen had what is still the longest running endorsement contract in professional sports with Wilson Sporting Goods from 1923 until his death a total of 75 years 14 In 1998 shortly before his death the Sarazen Student Union was named in his honor He also established an endowed scholarship fund at the college The Gene and Mary Sarazen Scholarship which is awarded annually to students reflecting the high personal athletic and intellectual ideals of Dr Sarazen For many years kitted in his signature plus fours he hit the first ball in an annual golf tournament held to raise funds for the scholarship 15 Personal life editSarazen died at age 97 in 1999 of complications from pneumonia in Naples Florida His wife Mary died 13 years earlier in 1986 with both interred at Marco Island Cemetery in Marco 16 Honors and awards editIn 1932 he was the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year In 1962 he was inducted into the Connecticut Golf Hall of Fame In 1974 he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame In 1978 he received an honorary degree in 1978 from Siena College in Loudonville New York In 1996 he earned the PGA Tour s first Lifetime Achievement Award In 2000 he was ranked as the 11th greatest golfer of all time by Golf Digest magazine 17 In 2018 T J Auclair ranked Sarazen as the ninth greatest golfer of all time 18 Professional wins 48 edit nbsp Sarazen with the PGA Championship trophy in 1939 PGA Tour wins 38 edit 1922 3 Southern Spring Open U S Open PGA Championship 1923 1 PGA Championship 1925 1 Metropolitan Open 1926 1 Miami Open 1927 3 Long Island Open Miami Beach Open Metropolitan PGA 1928 4 Miami Beach Open Miami Open Nassau Bahamas Open Metropolitan PGA 1929 2 Miami Open Miami Beach Open 1930 8 Miami Open Agua Caliente Open Florida West Coast Open Concord Country Club Open United States Pro Invitational Western Open Lannin Memorial Tournament Middle Atlantic Open 1931 3 Florida West Coast Open La Gorce Open Lannin Memorial Tournament 1932 4 True Temper Open Coral Gables Open U S Open The Open Championship 1933 1 PGA Championship 1935 3 Masters Tournament Massachusetts Open Long Island Open 1937 2 Florida West Coast Open Chicago Open 1938 1 Lake Placid Open 1941 1 Miami Biltmore International Four Ball with Ben Hogan Major championships are shown in bold Source 19 Other wins 7 edit this list may be incomplete 1923 Daily Dispatch Northern Professional Championship 1928 Miami International Four Ball with Johnny Farrell 1936 Australian Open 1939 Metropolitan PGA 1945 Shoreline Open 1948 Shoreline Open 1966 Northeast New York PGA Championship Senior wins 3 edit 1954 PGA Seniors Championship World Senior Championship 1958 PGA Seniors ChampionshipMajor championships editWins 7 edit Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner s up 1922 U S Open 4 shot deficit 8 72 73 75 68 288 1 stroke nbsp Bobby Jones 1922 PGA Championship n a 4 amp 3 nbsp Emmet French 1923 PGA Championship 2 n a 38 holes nbsp Walter Hagen 1932 U S Open 2 1 shot deficit 6 74 76 70 66 286 3 strokes nbsp Bobby Cruickshank nbsp Philip Perkins 1932 The Open Championship 4 shot lead 5 70 69 70 74 283 5 strokes nbsp Macdonald Smith 1933 PGA Championship 3 n a 5 amp 4 nbsp Willie Goggin 1935 Masters Tournament 3 shot deficit 6 68 71 73 70 282 Playoff 1 nbsp Craig Wood Note The PGA Championship was match play until 1958 1 Defeated Craig Wood in a 36 hole playoff Sarazen 144 Even Wood 149 5 Results timeline edit Tournament 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 U S Open T30 17 1 T16 T17 T5 T3 3 T6 T3 The Open Championship T41 2 T8 PGA Championship QF 1 1 R16 R32 R16 QF SF QF Tournament 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 Masters Tournament NYF NYF NYF NYF 1 3 T24 T13 5 U S Open T28 T4 1 T26 2 T6 T28 T10 10 T47 The Open Championship T3 1 T3 T21 T5 CUT PGA Championship 2 SF DNQ 1 R16 R32 R64 R32 QF R64 Tournament 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 Masters Tournament T21 T19 T28 NT NT NT T26 T23 T39 U S Open 2 T7 NT NT NT NT CUT T39 CUT CUT The Open Championship NT NT NT NT NT NT PGA Championship QF SF NT R64 R16 R16 R32 Tournament 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 Masters Tournament T10 T12 WD T38 T53 WD T49 CUT CUT CUT U S Open T38 T35 T33 CUT WD CUT CUT The Open Championship T17 T17 WD T16 PGA Championship R64 R64 R16 CUT WD Tournament 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Masters Tournament CUT CUT WD 49 WD CUT CUT WD CUT U S Open The Open Championship WD PGA Championship Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 Masters Tournament CUT CUT CUT CUT U S Open The Open Championship CUT CUT WD PGA Championship CUT WD Win Top 10 Did not play NYF tournament not yet founded NT no tournament WD withdrew DNQ did not qualify for match play portion CUT missed the half way cut R64 R32 R16 QF SF round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play T indicates a tie for a place Summary edit Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top 5 Top 10 Top 25 Events Cuts made Masters Tournament 1 0 1 3 4 10 34 17 U S Open 2 2 3 9 14 17 33 26 The Open Championship 1 1 2 5 6 10 17 11 PGA Championship 3 1 3 12 18 22 31 27 Totals 7 4 9 29 42 59 115 81 Most consecutive cuts made 44 1920 U S Open 1937 U S Open Longest streak of top 10s 7 1927 PGA 1929 PGA See also editCareer Grand Slam Champions List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins List of men s major championships winning golfers Most PGA Tour wins in a year Sarazen World OpenReferences edit Asked how to say his name he told the Literary Digest Veteran Gene Sarazen Aims to play par again Charles Earle Funk What s the Name Please Funk amp Wagnalls 1936 Bleile Gene July 25 2019 Mr Sand Wedge Eugenio Saraceni Cape Gazette Dorman Larry May 14 1999 Gene Sarazen 97 golf champion dies New York Times Retrieved February 17 2009 Starn Orin 2006 Caddying for the Dalai Lama Golf Heritage Tourism and the Pinehurst Resort PDF South Atlantic Quarterly 105 2 452 doi 10 1215 00382876 105 2 447 Somers Robert 1987 The U S Open Golf s Ultimate Challenge Atheneum pp 59 60 ISBN 0689115253 Sarazen Gene 1950 Thirty Years of Championship Golf pp 80 81 87 Barkow Al 1986 Gettin to the Dance Floor Atheneum ISBN 978 0689115172 Davies Dictionary of Golfing Terms 1980 p 147 Special day for golfdom s Squire Chicago Daily Tribune United Press photo April 7 1955 p 1 sec 6 The Sarazen Bridge masters com Retrieved January 8 2017 Haas closest to Sarazen s double eagle Pittsburgh Post Gazette Associated Press April 7 1955 p 18 Elliott Len Kelly Barbara 1976 Who s Who in Golf New Rochelle New York Arlington House p 168 ISBN 0 87000 225 2 Oliver Sarazen to Play at Rye The Daily Argus Mount Vernon August 20 1940 p 10 Sarazen Mary Ann November 29 2014 Dad didn t invent the sand wedge but he modernized it Golf Magazine Retrieved July 6 2016 Sarazen Student Union Naming Opportunities Archived from the original on July 4 2007 Hardwig Greg May 15 1999 Golf Ken Venturi remembers Gene Sarazen as dear friend Naples Daily News Retrieved February 26 2014 Yocom Guy July 2000 50 Greatest Golfers of All Time And What They Taught Us Golf Digest Auclair T J March 5 2018 15 Greatest golfers of all time PGA of America Barkow Al 1989 The History of the PGA TOUR Doubleday p 266 ISBN 0 385 26145 4 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gene Sarazen Gene Sarazen at the World Golf Hall of Fame Gene Sarazen Profile at Golf Legends Electronic Resources on Gene Sarazen from SoHG Archives permanent dead link Gene Sarazen swing sequences from SoHG Master Classes Gene Sarazen at Find a Grave Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gene Sarazen amp oldid 1222471599, wikipedia, wiki, book, 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