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A SNAPSHOT IN TIMEApril 20th this year marked the 60th Anniversary of Gary Player’s first PGA TOUR victory at the Kentucky Derby Open Golf Tournament. While it was his first US PGA Tour win, it was his 14th worldwide win. In the clipping pictured, Gary and his wife Vivienne celebrate his winnings, a $2,800 check.Uploaded:April 30, 2018
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April 30, 2018
GARY PLAYER ON TRANSLATING MASTERY OF GOLF INTO MASTERY OF LIFE
How do you become world-class at something? Do you find yourself building a career as a soloist? Have you faced adversity and don’t know how to move past it? Struggle to find time to improve your physical or mental fitness? Want to know the role of love in your career? If you’re curious about or relate to any of these ideas, come along with me as we talk to golf legend Gary Player, aka “The Black Knight.” Admittedly, I’m not a golf fan, but I am a fan of hard work, dedication, mastery, and the unexpected lessons we can translate from one arena to another. So, I sat down with Gary Player to see what we can learn from his success. Golf is an inherently individual sport. What’s your advice for anyone in a career where their success weighs heavily on their independent performance? Success begins with what’s inside a […]
Sergio Garcia is set to return to the Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary Player for the first time since 2013 – the penultimate Rolex Series event on the European Tour’s Race to Dubai – when he joins the field this November. The Spaniard is a two-time winner of the prestigious tournament, with those victories in 2001 and 2003 coming prior to it becoming an officially sanctioned European Tour event, while his most recent appearance at the Gary Player Country Club five years ago yielded a runner-up finish. The 38 year old has since become a Major Champion, following his momentous victory at the 2017 Masters Tournament – one of three European Tour titles to his name in a career-defining campaign last year. Garcia’s last visit to Sun City was a thrilling one for the South African spectators, as he made an almighty front nine charge on the final day […]
E-News , Events , Invitational , News April 27, 2018
THE GOLF WORLD ACCORDING TO GARY PLAYER AND JACK NICKLAUS
After once again serving as Masters honorary starters, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player sat down for nearly 90 minutes to answer questions from assembled media. The topics ranged from the Par 3 Contest to Tiger Woods, with cameos by James Braid, Stewart Maiden, Roberto de Vicenzo and no shortage of laughs. With a combined nine green jackets, Nicklaus, 78, and Player, 82, weighed in with some traditional takes on golf’s distance issues and some not-so expected rants on green-reading books. Some of the highlights: Jack on his grandson’s hole-in-one: “I didn’t want to be disrespectful because six green jackets is pretty good, but that’s about yourself. But when something happens with your children or your grandchildren, that’s far more special to you. And so yesterday I said was the greatest day I’ve had at Augusta National, and it was just absolutely fantastic. I loved it.” Gary on the Par 3: “To have […]
