Gary Player commits to Toshiba
Richard Dunn
One of golf’s great ambassadors, Gary Player, committed Tuesday to
the 2003 Toshiba Senior Classic, the PGA Champions Tour event that
will be played March 21-23 at Newport Beach Country Club.
Ending a three-year hiatus from the Toshiba tournament, the
67-year-old World Golf Hall of Famer is one of only five players to
win the PGA Tour’s Grand Slam, along with Jack Nicklaus, Gene
Sarazen, Ben Hogan, and Tiger Woods.
One of the game’s most traveled players, the South African
superstar, who has a long line of other business interests, including
golf course design, has 24 PGA Tour victories and 19 Champions Tour
victories. He won nine major championships on the PGA Tour: the 1959,
1968 and 1974 British Open, the 1961, 1974 and 1978 Masters, the 1962
and 1972 PGA Championship and the 1965 U.S. Open.
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