Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Ben Daniel Crenshaw (born January 11, 1952) is a retired American professional golfer who has won 19 events on the PGA Tour, including two major championships: the Masters Tournament in 1984 and 1995.
This is a partial list of golf courses designed by Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore, individually and as partners in the design firm Coore & Crenshaw.The duo has been designing golf courses as partners since 1986. [1]
Ben Crenshaw won his second Masters championship, one stroke ahead of runner-up Davis Love III. It was an emotional victory for Crenshaw as it came just days after the death of his mentor, Harvey Penick. Crenshaw and Tom Kite attended the funeral in Texas on Wednesday and did not return to Augusta until that night, on the eve of the first round.
Born to American parents in Aberdeen, Scotland, [3] [4] Dan Crenshaw grew up in Katy, Texas. [5] His mother Susan died of cancer when he was ten years old. [6] [7] His father, Jim Crenshaw, is a petroleum engineer who worked abroad, and Crenshaw spent time growing up in Ecuador and Colombia, developing proficiency in Spanish. [8]
The 1984 Masters Tournament was the 48th Masters Tournament, held April 12–15 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Ben Crenshaw won the first of his two major titles, both Masters, two strokes ahead of runner-up Tom Watson, the winner in 1977 and 1981.
Shell's Wonderful World of Golf was a televised series of golf matches which began in the 1960s. [1] [2] The program was sponsored by Shell Oil.It was a part of the tradition of "challenge matches" between pairs of professional golfers, which were the earliest form of professional golf competition, but have now been almost entirely replaced by large field tournaments.
Crenshaw kept Jackson on as caddie. Crenshaw won the Masters Tournament twice while Jackson was his caddie, once in 1984 and then again in 1995. [1] Jackson was supposed to caddie for Crenshaw in the 2015 Masters, but had to pull out on Thursday morning due to sore ribs. Jackson's younger brother, Bud, caddied for Crenshaw instead.
Crenshaw is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ander Crenshaw (born 1944), American politician; Anderson Crenshaw (1783–1847), American jurist; Ben Crenshaw (born 1952), American professional golfer; Caroline A. Crenshaw, American lawyer; Claude J. Crenshaw, American Air Force officer and flying ace; Dan Crenshaw (born 1984 ...