Scigolf - The Nineteenth Hole - Weird Golf Facts and Figures.

Common Links

All of the golfers in each group listed below have something in common. Find the link.

1. Phil Mickelson, Bob Charles, Russ Cochran and Blaine McCallister.

2. Tom Wargo, Jim Albus, Larry Mowry, Larry Laoretti and Simon Hobday.

3. Jim Barnes, Jock Hutchinson, Cyril Walker and Tommy Armour

4. Doug Weaver, Marke Wiebe, Nick Price and Jerry Pate.

Hold your right mouse button down and run over text below for answers.

1. They are all left-handed putters. Not all left-handed golfers since Blaine McCallister putts left but plays right-handed.

2. They have all won major titles on the Senior Tour but never won the regular PGA Tour.

3. They are all British born players who became naturalized Americans before winning their Majors in the 1920s and 1930s.

4. All four recorded an ace on the par-3 sixth hole in the same round of the 1989 U.S. Open that was played at Oak Hill. In total, only 17 holes-in-one had previously been recorded in the history of the Open.

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