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A SNAPSHOT IN TIMEGary Player is pictured here returning his winnings check at the 1965 U.S. Open for use in supporting junior golf and cancer research.Uploaded:September 30, 2017
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September 26, 2017
BERENBERG GARY PLAYER INVITATIONAL ANNOUNCES PARTICIPANT LINE UP FOR NEW YORK CHARITY EVENT
Gary Player, Bernhard Langer, Lee Trevino, Branden Grace, Cristie Kerr and Paige Spiranac to play at GlenArbor Golf Club Black Knight International and title sponsor Berenberg today announced the outstanding line-up celebrating the Union of Golf and Giving at the Berenberg Gary Player Invitational on October 1-2, following the Presidents Cup. The event will take place for the third consecutive year at GlenArbor Golf Club in Bedford Hills, New York. The all-star participant list includes Presidents Cup player and the first male golfer to score sub-63 in a major, Branden Grace; two-time Masters champion and winner of 10 senior major championships, Bernhard Langer; and 19-time winner on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, Cristie Kerr. Recent World Golf Hall of Fame inductee Mark O’Meara; 1987 Masters Champion Larry Mize; six-time PGA Tour winner and PGA Champion, Jeff Sluman; and 2018 Masters qualifier, Tony Finau will also join the event. […]
News September 22, 2017
REMEMBERING DR. IAN PLAYER ON WORLD RHINO DAY
Dr. Ian Player, pioneering conservationist and international environmental activist, passed away nearly three years ago on November 30, 2014; however, his legacy remains through the ongoing fight to protect our planet. Ian Player was as accomplished a conservationist as Gary Player, his brother, is a professional golfer. Both brothers pursued their goals with determination and great success. Using the Shakespearean allusion, he often said “I was born on the Ides of March.” Dr. Player’s work in environmental education, conservation, and activism contributed greatly to today’s wildlife conservation in Southern Africa. He served on the Natal Parks Board beginning in 1952 and went on to become the Chief Game Conservator. Operation Rhino, spearheaded by Dr. Player in the 1960s, saved the threatened White Rhino from extinction. Dr. Player not only successfully relocated the few remaining White Rhinos to safer and larger habitats, but he also facilitated the move of many White […]
E-News , Events , Invitational , News September 20, 2017
GARY PLAYER: GOLF’S INTERNATIONAL AMBASSADOR IS STILL WINNING
The man known around the world as the Black Knight may be in his 80’s, but his passion for life, people, designing golf courses and building bridges between cultures remains strong. And 50 years after his famed U.S. Open victory to complete the career Grand Slam, golf’s global ambassador is at it again, though this time at sea. His victory made him the third man in history to win the Grand Slam, joining Gene Sarazen and Ben Hogan. Since then only Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods have joined this elite club of only five. Player recently again astounded the world, this time via a backflip off the side of a boat during a challenge from his grandchildren when on vacation in Thailand. Afterwards, Player said of his stunning acrobatics, “Age is just a number and we are only as old as those surrounding you.” During his career, Player won 18 […]
