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Ken Venturi (born May 15, 1931) was a prominent PGA Tour professional during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional Golf tours in the United States.

Venturi was born in San Francisco, California. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Venturi first gained national attention in 1956 when, as an amateur, he finished second in that year's Masters after leading from the first round. The Masters Tournament, also known as The Masters or The US Masters (outside of the United States is one of four major championships in men's He shot a final round 80 and blew a four shot lead which prevented him from winning outright and thus becoming the first amateur to do so in the history of The Masters. Years later it would be compared to Greg Norman's back nine collapse in 1996. Career outline Norman was born in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia to Merv and Toini Norman

In the early 50's, Venturi had been a pupil of the great Byron Nelson and was also influenced by playing partner Ben Hogan. Early life and career Born near Waxahachie Texas, Byron Nelson was the son of Madge Allen Nelson and John Byron Nelson Sr Early life and character Born in Stephenville, Texas, he was the third and youngest child of Chester and Clara (Williams Hogan With this fine tuning combined with his tremendous talent, Venturi was a regular winner during his early years on the PGA Tour after turning pro at the end of 1956. He again come close to winning the Masters in 1958 and 1960, both times being edged out by Arnold Palmer. Career outline Palmer was born in Latrobe Pennsylvania. He learned golf from his father Deacon Palmer who was head professional and greens keeper at Latrobe Country Club

After suffering minor injuries in an automobile accident in 1961, Venturi's swing, and thus his career, began to slide. This slump lasted until 1964 when, for no reason even Venturi could fathom, he began playing well again. After a couple of high finishes, Venturi reached the pinnacle of his comeback by winning the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club after nearly collapsing in the scorching heat during the then 36-hole final round. The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the US The Congressional Country Club is a Country club and Golf course located in Bethesda Maryland. He received Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsman of the Year" award. Sports Illustrated is an American Sports Magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Since its inception in 1954, Sports Illustrated magazine has annually presented the " He played on the 1965 Ryder Cup team. The Ryder Cup is a Golf trophy donated by Samuel Ryder, which is awarded Biennially in an event called the "Ryder Cup Matches" between teams from Venturi received the 1998 Old Tom Morris Award from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, GCSAA's highest honor. The Old Tom Morris Award is the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America 's most prestigous honor Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA was originally founded in 1926 when 60 superintendents met at the Sylvania Country Club in Toledo Ohio to form the

After 1964, Venturi's career again took a blow when he was diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome in both wrists. Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS or median neuropathy at the wrist is a medical condition in which the Median nerve is compressed at the Wrist, leading After several surgeries his condition was reversed, but he was never able to regain his past form. After retiring from the Tour in 1967 with a total of 14 career wins, Venturi spent the next 35 years working as a color commentator for CBS Sports (until his retirement in June 2002) as well as owning and operating a series of instructional schools. A color commentator, sometimes known as a color analyst, is a member of the Broadcasting team for a sporting event who assists the Play-by-play CBS Sports is a division of CBS which airs many of the sports telecasts in the United States.

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PGA Tour wins (14)

Other wins (1)

Major Championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship Winning Score Margin Runner Up
1964 U.S. Open -2 (72-70-66-70=278) 4 strokes Flag of the United States Tommy Jacobs

Results timeline

Tournament 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
The Masters DNP T16 DNP 2 LA T13 T4 CUT
U.S. Open CUT DNP DNP 8 LA T6 T35 T38
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T20 T5
Tournament 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
The Masters 2 T11 T9 34 DNP CUT 16 T21 T50 CUT
U.S. Open T23 DNP DNP DNP 1 CUT T17 T28 CUT CUT
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship 9 T37 T51 DNP T5 DNP T15 T11 T48 DNP
Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

LA = Low Amateur
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
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This is a list of golfers who have won five or more official money events on the PGA Tour.
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