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Gary Groh
} Gary Mathieu Groh (born October 11, 1944) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1970s. Groh was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Michigan State University and turned pro in 1968. Groh played on the PGA Tour from 1971 to 1978 and won one event. His career year was 1975 when he won the Hawaiian Open, earned $68,296 and finished 31st on the money list. His best finish in a major championship was T18 at the U.S. Open in 1975. After leaving the PGA Tour, Groh took a job as head pro at Bob O' Link Golf Club in Highland Park, Illinois – a job he has held for more than a quarter of a century. In 1995, he joined the Senior PGA Tour and has played in a limited number of events; his best finish in this venue is T17 at the 1995 Ameritech Senior Open. He owns seven course records, including a round of 64 in 1985 at the world-famous Ballybunion in Ireland. Groh lives in Lake Bluff, Illinois. Professional wins (22) PGA Tour wins (1) Other wins ...
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Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = U.S. state, State , subdivision_type2 = List of counties in Illinois, Counties , subdivision_name1 = Illinois , subdivision_name2 = Cook County, Illinois, Cook and DuPage County, Illinois, DuPage , established_title = Settled , established_date = , established_title2 = Municipal corporation, Incorporated (city) , established_date2 = , founder = Jean Baptiste Point du Sable , government_type = Mayor–council government, Mayor–council , governing_body = Chicago City Council , leader_title = Mayor of Chicago, Mayor , leader_name = Lori Lightfo ...
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Al Geiberger
Allen Lee Geiberger Sr. (born September 1, 1937) is an American former professional golfer. Professional career Geiberger turned pro in 1959 and joined the PGA Tour in 1960. Geiberger won 11 tournaments on the PGA Tour, the first being the 1962 Ontario Open and the biggest being the 1966 PGA Championship, a major title. He won the Tournament Players Championship in 1975, and played on the Ryder Cup teams in 1967 and 1975. Geiberger also won 10 times on the Senior PGA Tour, now called the Champions Tour. Mr. 59 During the second round of the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic in 1977, Geiberger became the first player in history to post a score of 59 (−13) in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event. Starting on the tenth tee of the Colonial Country Club in Cordova, Tennessee, he shot a bogey-free round of six pars, 11 birdies, and an eagle on the layout. He sank a putt for birdie on his opening hole, and ended the round with a birdie from ; the lone eagle was a holed-out wedge shot. Geibe ...
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Sportspeople From Lake County, Illinois
An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-developed physiques obtained by extensive physical training and strict exercise accompanied by a strict dietary regimen. Definitions The word "athlete" is a romanization of the el, άθλητὴς, ''athlētēs'', one who participates in a contest; from ἄθλος, ''áthlos'' or ἄθλον, ''áthlon'', a contest or feat. The primary definition of "sportsman" according to Webster's ''Third Unabridged Dictionary'' (1960) is, "a person who is active in sports: as (a): one who engages in the sports of the field and especially in hunting or fishing." Physiology Athletes involved in isotonic exercises have an increased mean left ventricular end-diastolic volume and are less likely to be depressed. Due to their strenuous physical activitie ...
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People From Lake Bluff, Illinois
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of p ...
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Golfers From Chicago
The following lists of golfers are arranged by gender: *List of male golfers * List of female golfers Golfers who have won a major championship or Olympic medal * List of men's major championships winning golfers ** Chronological list of men's major golf champions * List of LPGA major championship winning golfers ** Chronological list of LPGA major golf champions * List of Champions Tour major championship winning golfers * List of Olympic medalists in golf Golfers with the most wins on a professional golf tour * List of golfers with most Asian Tour wins * List of golfers with most Challenge Tour wins * List of golfers with most European Tour wins * List of golfers with most European Senior Tour wins * List of golfers with most Japan Golf Tour wins * List of golfers with most Ladies European Tour wins * List of golfers with most LPGA of Japan Tour wins * List of golfers with most LPGA Tour wins * List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins * List of golfers with most PGA ...
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PGA Tour Champions Golfers
PGA is an acronym or initialism that may stand for: Aviation * IATA code for Page Municipal Airport, Coconino County, Arizona * ICAO designator for Portugália, regional airline based in Lisbon, Portugal * Abbreviation for Prince George Airport, British Columbia, Canada Organizations * Parliamentarians for Global Action, an international parliamentary group that engage in a range of action-oriented initiatives. * Peoples' Global Action, a worldwide co-ordination of radical social movements * Producers Guild of America, an organization representing television producers, film producers and new media producers in the United States Golf Organizations and tours * Professional Golfers' Association (Great Britain and Ireland) * Professional Golfers' Association of America * PGA Tour, United States-based organization (independent of the PGA of America) that operates men's professional golf tours, and the name of the elite tour it runs * PGA European Tour, Europe-based organizat ...
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Michigan State Spartans Men's Golfers
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the largest by area east of the Mississippi River.''i.e.'', including water that is part of state territory. Georgia is the largest state by land area alone east of the Mississippi and Michigan the second-largest. Its capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit. Metro Detroit is among the nation's most populous and largest metropolitan economies. Its name derives from a gallicized variant of the original Ojibwe word (), meaning "large water" or "large lake". Michigan consists of two peninsulas. The Lower Peninsula resembles the shape of a mitten, and comprises a majority of the state's land area. The Upper Peninsula (often called "the U.P.") is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac, a channel that joins Lake H ...
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American Male Golfers
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ...
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1971 PGA Tour Qualifying School Graduates
This is a list of the 1971 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates. The event was held in mid-October at PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. It is generally regarded to be one of the greatest qualifying schools in history with a number of future stars graduating, including Lanny Wadkins and Tom Watson. Tournament summary After three 72-hole regional qualifiers, there were 75 players in the 108-hole final qualifying tournament. Bob Zender was the medalist as 23 players earned their tour cards. Overall, according to the ''Orlando Sentinels Jim Warters, "The PGA tour qualifying school came and went just about the way the experts predicted." Elite, "nationally-known" amateurs such as Lanny Wadkins, Steve Melnyk, Allen Miller, and John Mahaffey "graduated to the tour with little difficulty." In addition, Bruce Fleisher and David Graham, "a couple of relatively new pros who should have earned their diplomas earlier," also finished in the top ten. In addition, the ...
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Spring 1969 PGA Tour Qualifying School Graduates
This is a list of Spring 1969 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates. The tournament was played at the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida in April. The tour reduced the length of the tournament from 144 holes to 72 holes for the first time. There were 91 players in the field and 15 earned their tour card. The final three cards were determined in a six-man playoff. Bob Eastwood was the medallist at 291, three strokes ahead of Jerry Preuss. Sources: References {{PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates 1969 1 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 ** Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach t ... 1969 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates 1 PGA Tour Qualifying School Graduates PGA Tour Qualifying School Graduates ...
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Illinois Open Championship
The Illinois Open Championship is a golf tournament that is administered by the Illinois PGA (Professional Golfers' Association). The state championship of golf is a 54-hole championship over three days to determine the finest player in the state of Illinois. The tournament is open to professionals and amateurs with a handicap of 10 or less who reside within the state of Illinois. In 2015, for the first time in the history of the Illinois Open, the Illinois PGA changed the format of the event having it contested at two facilities for the first and second rounds. The final championship field size after qualifying events increased from 156 to 258 players. The number of competitors making the cut also increased to the top 70 and ties from the top 50 and ties. Qualifying events conducted throughout the month of June finalize the championship field to the top 258 players. Winners *a = Amateur * PO = Won in playoff ** = Championship was 36-holes *** = Championship was shortened t ...
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