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Charles Owens (born February 22, 1930) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour. Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In Golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional Golf tours in the United States. The Champions Tour, a Golf tour run by the PGA Tour, hosts a series of events annually
Owens was born in Winter Haven, Florida. Winter Haven is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. He played football at Florida A&M University and served in the U.S. Army. Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, commonly known as Florida A&M or FAMU, is a historically black university located in Tallahassee The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. He suffered injuries to both knees and his left ankle during a parachute jump at Fort Bragg, North Carolina in 1952 which left him handicapped. [1]
Owens turned professional in 1967 and joined the PGA Tour in 1970. During his seven years on the Tour, he won the 1971 Kemper Asheville Open, a "satellite" PGA Tour event. Owens played with a limp and played all golf shots cross-handed. The biggest year of his professional career came on the Senior PGA Tour in 1986, when he won twice in a three tournament span, and finished eighth on the money list with $207,813.
Owens was allowed to use a cart while competing in most instances due to his disability, and once staged a protest at the 1987 U.S. Senior Open against the USGA for its ban on carts at that event. The US Senior Open is one of the major championships in men's senior golf The United States Golf Association ( USGA) is the United States ' national association of golf courses, clubs and facilities and the governing body [1]
Owens also is credited with inventing and popularizing a "belly putter"[2] which he used to overcome the yips. Yips, or The yips is an expression describing an apparently baseless sudden loss of ability in one of a number of different sports
He lives in Tampa. He won the Ben Hogan award in 1987 and was inducted into the African American Golfers Hall of Fame in 2007.
Regular career wins
- 1971 Kemper Asheville Open (a PGA Tour "satellite" event)
- 1974 Florida Open
Senior PGA Tour wins (2)
References
- ^ a b White Jr. The 1986 Senior PGA Tour was the seventh season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 (it was renamed the Champions Tour in 2003 The Treasure Coast Classic was a Golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1985 to 1986 The MONY Arizona Classic was a Golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1984 to 1989 , Gordon S. . "Handicapped Senior Golfer to Protest Ban on Carts", New York Times, July 8, 1987. Retrieved on 2007-12-01. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican
- ^ Charlie Owens, An Overlooked Pioneer