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    Gene Alec Littler (July 21, 1930 – February 15, 2019) was an American professional golfer and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Known for a solid...
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  • Besselink Captures Tournament of Champions by Stroke Gene Littler easy tourney champ Littler Captures Third Tourney Of Champions Souchak Beats Wall...
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  • Legends of Golf (with Gene Littler), Mazda Champions (with Alice Miller) 1986 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Gene Littler) 1993 Liberty Mutual Legends...
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  • native Gene Littler is the only amateur winner, achieving the feat in 1954, and awarded a five-piece tea set. Subsequently, as a professional, Littler was...
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    across a 20-year period between 1956 and 1975. Fellow San Diegan great Gene Littler was a friend and rival from teenager to senior. Casper won three major...
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  • Hills Country Club in Birmingham, Michigan, a suburb north of Detroit. Gene Littler shot a final round 68 for 281 (+1) to win his sole major title, one stroke...
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  • tournament and 48 made the 36-hole cut at 150 (+6). Billy Casper defeated Gene Littler 69 to 74 in an 18-hole playoff on Monday to win his third major championship...
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  • Look up littler in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Littler is an English surname, derived from the place name Littleover, a village in Derbyshire. Some...
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  • on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff at Pebble Beach against Gene Littler. It was the first time the sudden-death format was used in a stroke-play...
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  • birdie putt on the final hole to finish one stroke ahead of runner-up Gene Littler. Arnold Palmer was seven strokes back, in a tie for fifth. Palmer won...
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    Player Gene Littles". High Point University. September 13, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021. "Former High Point basketball star Gene Littles dies at...
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  • eagles the 72nd hole to successfully defend his Tucson Open title. 1959: Gene Littler wins for the second consecutive week on the PGA Tour. He finishes one...
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  • runner-up Gene Littler. Littler owned the 36-hole lead by two strokes over defending champion Ben Hogan and Furgol. After a 76 in the third round, Littler fell...
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  • of a sudden death playoff. 1966: Bert Yancey wins by five shots over Gene Littler but only after nearly missing his Sunday tee time. A last moment phone...
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  • Bolt was at 211 (+1) and three strokes ahead of Gene Littler, who carded a 67 for 214 (+4). Littler fell back in the final round in the afternoon, shooting...
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  • 27, won his only major championship in a sudden-death playoff over Gene Littler. It was the first playoff at the PGA Championship in ten years and was...
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  • eventually beat him by one shot. In 1973, Gene Littler won by one shot over Bruce Crampton. Sixteen months previously, Littler had been operated on for cancer of...
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  • champions in the field made the 36-hole cut, Palmer and defending champion Gene Littler. Source: Lengths of the course for previous major championships: The...
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  • several regional and national tournaments, including: 1953 U.S. Amateur (Gene Littler beat Dale Morey on the last hole) Oklahoma City Open (1926, 1927, 1928...
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    Gene Sarazen (/ˈsɑːrəzɛn/; born Eugenio Saraceni, February 27, 1902 – May 13, 1999) was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players...
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  • took part in a four-way playoff at the Greater Greensboro Open won by Gene Littler. The U.S. Open in 1969 was played in June at the Cypress Creek Course...
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    playoff against Don Massengale. f Lanny Wadkins won in a playoff against Gene Littler. g John Mahaffey won in a playoff against Tom Watson and Jerry Pate....
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  • purse on the PGA Tour Champions; in 2016 it was $3.75 million, and champion Gene Sauers earned $675,000. The purse in 2017 is anticipated to be $4 million...
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    Beach: 1972, 1982, 1992, and 2000. Kite also shares the distinction (with Gene Littler) of playing in the most Masters Tournaments without a win. Kite was the...
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  • out of a total prize fund of £18,400. In the final, Bob Charles beat Gene Littler with an eagle at the 37th hole. For the first time all tickets had to...
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    1926, 1929, 1930 Opens Lawson Little: 1934, 1935 Amateurs; 1940 Open Johnny Goodman: 1937 Amateur; 1933 Open Gene Littler: 1953 Amateur; 1961 Open Arnold...
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    venue for an edition of Shell's Wonderful World of Golf, a match between Gene Littler and Byron Nelson. The club admits spectators for one day in late September...
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  • Shell's Wonderful World of Golf (category Gene Sarazen)
    show was restarted by Jack Nicklaus Productions and hosted by Gary Player. Gene Sarazen was the host for most of the earlier matches. Each contest was played...
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  • then makes birdie on the first two holes of sudden death to defeat Gene Littler and Cary Middlecoff. It was his one and only PGA Tour victory in the...
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  • Graham (11), Hubert Green (11), Paul Harney, Babe Hiskey, Jim Jamieson, Gene Littler (11), Bobby Nichols (11), Phil Rodgers, Chi-Chi Rodríguez (12), Mason...
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