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Sarazen invented the modern sand wedge, and debuted the club ( while keeping it secret during preliminary practice rounds ) at the British Open at Prince's Golf Club in 1932 ( which he won ).
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Gene Sarazen began to win tournaments in 1935 with a new club he had invented that was specialized for sand play.
The modern sand wedge was invented by Gene Sarazen.
Sarazen debuted his newly invented sand iron at the Championship, and his original club was on display at Prince's for many years, until insurance costs became prohibitively expensive.
Gene Sarazen won the 1932 British and US Open tournaments with a new club he had invented that was specialized for sand play.
Sarazen and modern
Only five golfers have won all four of golf's modern Majors at any time during their career, an achievement which is often referred to as a Career Grand Slam: Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods.
The modern sand wedge, the first of the clubs to be called a wedge, was developed by Gene Sarazen after flying in Howard Hughes ' private plane.
Sarazen and sand
Sarazen had previously struggled with his sand play.
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.
With the concave-faced wedge having been outlawed in 1931, Sarazen designed his sand wedge with a straight face.
Sarazen noticed the flaps on the wings that were lowered on takeoff to help create lift, and surmised that the same could be done to a high-lofted golf club to help the clubhead cut through and then lift out of the sand ( bringing the ball with it ).
The resulting plume of sand from such a shot was made famous by Sarazen as the " explosion shot " and is a common sight in televised golf events.
Sarazen and club
Sarazen took a series of club professional jobs in the New York area from his mid-teens, and worked hard on his game.
Manero defeated Cooper, who had already finished with a then-record score, by two shots to win the tournament ; over the final holes, Manero was apparently receiving assistance in club selection from Gene Sarazen, a top player and fellow Italian-American, who had already finished his round.
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Sarazen, Jones, and Hagen were the world's dominant players during the 1920s.
This win made him the youngest player, age 26 ( his fifth year on Tour ), and the only one after Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, and Gary Player ( until Tiger Woods at age 24 in 2000, also during his fifth year on Tour ) to win all four major championships, now known as the Career Slam.
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Gene Sarazen, who stood at the 18th Green of St George's later said of Norman's achievement: " I never thought I would live to see golf played like this.
Sarazen began caddying at age ten at local golf clubs, took up golf himself, and gradually developed his skills ; he was essentially self-taught.
Sarazen won his first major championships – the 1922 U. S. Open and PGA Championship – at age 20.
The Sarazen Bridge at the Augusta National Golf Club is named to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of this feat.
For many years after his retirement, Sarazen was a familiar figure as an honorary starter at the Masters.
At the age of 71, Sarazen made a hole-in-one at the 1973 British Open Championship.
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.
In 1955, Arnold Palmer captured the Canadian Open championship, his first PGA Tour victory. Gene Sarazen, Tommy Armour and Walter Hagen playing the Canadian Open at Lakeview Golf Club, 1934.
After a winless period due to injuries and the birth of his first child, Bjørn returned to the winner's circle in October 1999 at the Sarazen World Open.
Nelson scored a U. S. Open record 65-67 over the last 36 holes at the difficult Oakmont course, which broke a 51 year Open record established by Gene Sarazen.
Among the memorable holes in one, one occurred in the 1973 British Open when at age 71, Gene Sarazen made a hole in one.
Sarazen and British
* British Open – Gene Sarazen
His victory means he becomes only the sixth player ever to win the U. S. and British Opens in the same year, following Bobby Jones, Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Lee Trevino and Tom Watson.
Sarazen and Open
Gene Sarazen ( Eugenio Saraceni ) won both the Professional Golf Association and U. S. Open Tournaments in 1922.
* US Open – Gene Sarazen
His victory also made Nicklaus the only player since Gene Sarazen in 1922 and Ben Hogan in 1948 to win the U. S. Open and PGA Championship the same year ( subsequently equaled by Tiger Woods in 2000 ).
* U. S. Open – Gene Sarazen
Prince's is notable for hosting the 1932 Open Championship, which was won by the American Gene Sarazen.
Sarazen and Golf
The winner of 39 PGA Tournaments, Sarazen was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974.
In 2000, Sarazen was ranked as the 11th greatest golfer of all time by Golf Digest magazine.
After working as a commentator for " All Star Golf " in the early ' 60s, he replaced George Rogers as co-host for Shell's Wonderful World of Golf along with Gene Sarazen in 1966.
Walter Hagen and Joe Kirkwood, Sr. were signed up to Pasadena Country Club, Jim Barnes and Fred McLeod played for Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club and Gene Sarazen and Leo Diegel represented Hollywood Country Club.
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Throughout his life, Sarazen competed wearing knickers or plus-fours, which were the fashion when he broke into the top level.
* Masters Tournament – Gene Sarazen fired a double eagle on the 15th hole in the final round to force an 18-hole playoff which Sarazen would win the next day.
Sarazen and won
Gene Sarazen, who has won the career grand slam once
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He invented modern plywood and started work on the " torpedo ".
He invented and described many of the principles of modern botany.
While two-piece bathing suits had been worn on the beach before, the modern bikini was invented by French engineer Louis Réard in 1946.
However, the possibility of actually constructing a conscious machine was probably first discussed by Ada Lovelace, in a set of notes written in 1842 about the Analytical Engine invented by Charles Babbage, a precursor ( never built ) to modern electronic computers.
The American poet Adelaide Crapsey invented the modern form, known as American Cinquain inspired by Japanese haiku and tanka, akin in spirit to that of the Imagists
T. S. Eliot called Collins's novel The Moonstone ( 1868 ) " the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels ... in a genre invented by Collins and not by Poe ", and Dorothy L. Sayers called it " probably the very finest detective story ever written ".
Three of the best-known figures in the sport are George Sappenfield, who privately called the game " Basket Frisbee ", " Steady Ed " Headrick who introduced the first formal disc golf target with chains and a basket, and Dave Dunipace who invented the modern golf disc.
Although the names are old, this opposition is a modern western-influenced development popularized by Martin Haug in the 1880s, and was in effect a realignment of the precepts of Zurvanism ( Zurvanite Zoroastrianism ), which had invented a third deity, Zurvan, in order to explain a mention of twinship ( Yasna 30. 3 ) between the moral and immoral.
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The modern steam turbine ( invented by Sir Charles Parsons in 1884 ) currently generates about 80 % of the electric power in the world using a variety of heat sources.
The modern steam turbine invented by Sir Charles Parsons in 1884 today generates about 80 percent of the electric power in the world using a variety of heat sources.
A typical example is the modern 11-string archguitar, invented and played by Peter Blanchette.
The ancient Greeks and Romans believed that books on magic were invented by the Persians, with the 1st century CE writer Pliny the Elder stating that magic had been first discovered by the ancient philosopher Zoroaster around the year 6347 BC, but that it was only written down in the 5th century BC by the magician Osthanes — his claims are not however supported by modern historians.
The forerunner to the modern gas mask was invented in 1847 by Lewis Haslett, a device that contained elements that allowed breathing through a nose and mouthpiece, inhalation of air through a bulb-shaped filter, and a vent to exhale air back into the atmosphere.
A few modern scholars have argued that Herodotus exaggerated the extent of his travels and invented his sources yet his reputation continues largely intact: " The Father of History is also the father of comparative anthropology ", " the father of ethnography ", and he is " more modern than any other ancient historian in his approach to the ideal of total history ".
In the 1970s, Canadian Keith Johnstone invented Theatresports that has become a staple of modern improvisational comedy.
The philibeg or small kilt, also known as the walking kilt ( similar to the modern kilt ) was invented by an English Quaker from Lancashire called Thomas Rawlinson sometime in the 1720s for the use of the Highlanders he and Iain MacDonnell, chief of the MacDonnells of Inverness employed in logging, charcoal manufacture and iron smelting, for which the belted plaid was " cumbrous and unwieldy ".
* 2007 – Ed Yost, American inventor, invented the modern hot air balloon ( b. 1919 )
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As writer Michael Bracewell notes in his book Roxy: the band that invented an era, Roxy Music was created expressly by Ferry, Mackay and Eno as a means of combining their mutual interests in music, modern art and fashion.
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