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A SNAPSHOT IN TIMEGary Player receiving the South African Sportsman of the Year Award in 1961. Cricketer Jack Cheetham present Player with the Eterna Trophy.Uploaded:May 31, 2017
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A bunker renovation project has been completed at GlenArbor Golf Club near Bedford Hills, New York. Work was led by Senior Designer, Jeff Lawrence from Gary Player Design, and commenced in early 2017 with the project reaching completion early this month. GCA spoke to Jeff Lawrence of Gary Player Design to find out more about the work. “GlenArbor is a course designed by Gary Player Design, and we have a great relationship with the client,” Lawrence said. “It was a collective effort by ownership and GPD to recognize the bunkers needed work so we embarked on a bunker study to identify the best method to update the bunkers in a meaningful and sustainable way.” Lawrence and the project team discussed the […]
A stellar field of Major winners, icons of the game and Tour professionals will participate in the 2017 Berenberg Gary Player Invitational at Wentworth Club in London on July 23 and 24, part of a global series that has so far raised more than $63 million for good causes. Under the banner of a ‘Union of Golf and Giving,’ Black Knight International and title sponsor Berenberg will stage the Gary Player Invitational on the Edinburgh Course, a layout designed by the Black Knight, the day after The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale Golf Club. Competitors from the men’s game will include tournament host Gary Player, Fred Couples, Branden Grace, Bernhard Langer, Colin Montgomerie, Martin Kaymer, Tom Watson, Trevor Immelman, Thomas […]
Three-time Champion Golfer of the Year Gary Player was reunited with the famous Claret Jug trophy today on a surprise visit to St Philip’s Church of England Primary School in Southport. Fifteen-hundred schoolchildren from five schools in Sefton will come face-to-face with one of the most iconic trophies in sport this week and for the pupils of St Philip’s, the experience included the opportunity to talk with an Open Champion. Gary Player practised harder, travelled farther and was more meticulous about his diet and fitness than any other golfer of his generation. He started playing golf aged 14 and turned professional three years later, embarking on a career that required him to spend many weeks a year away from his […]
As we approach the 2017 U.S. Open at Erin Hills, the aftermath of most players’, but especially Gary Player’s, criticism of Chambers Bay, the 2015 venue, has now unfortunately been raised yet again by Robert Trent Jones Jr. nearly two years later. Following an interview by John Strenge with Jones Jr., Golf Digest published an article in which the course designer once again called out the Black Knight for saying what seemed to be on every golfer’s, fan’s, and journalists’ mind when Chambers Bay hosted the U.S. Open – the high standard expected for a USGA Major Championship course was simply not up to par. The Black Knight was in attendance on the USA’s West Coast for the region’s first U.S. Open, […]
Credit to Bernhard Langer. His tear through the Senior Tour the last nine years gives life to the debate over whether the PGA Champions Tour in the USA will ultimately and officially recognize Gary Player’s three Senior Open victories as Majors. The key word in the matter is consistency. Every Major Championship on the Regular and Senior Tour is counted by the US PGA Tour as a Major from its inception. Their only exception is the Senior Open Championship, in which 16 championships (1987-2002) are not “officially” considered Majors. This is where they are inconsistent. Here they slight greats like Gary Player and Sir Bob Charles. Golf media and personalities around the world reacted positively to the Black Knight’s interview […]
One of the greatest players of all time, Mr. Gary Player, offers his wisdom on how to hole more putts. Video courtesy of Golfing World.
