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Gary Player
Gary Player DMS, OIG is a retired South African professional golfer who is considered by many to be one of the greatest golfers of all time. During his career, Player won 9 major championships in regular tournaments and 9 major leagues in Champions tournaments. At the age of 29, the tennis player won the 1965 US Open and became the only non-American to win all four major tournaments of his career, known as the career Grand Slam. At the time, he was the youngest player to do this, although Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods later broke the record. He became the third golfer in history to win a Grand Slam in his career, behind Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen, and only Nicklaus and Woods have made it since. He has won over 160 professional tournaments across six continents in seven decades and was inducted into the Golf World Hall of Fame in 1974 .
Full nameGary Player
NicknameThe Black Knight, Mr. Fitness
BornNovember 1, 1935, Johannesburg, South Africa
ResidenceJupiter Island, Florida, U.S, Colesberg, South Africa
SpouseVivienne Verwey (m. 1957–present)
ChildrenJennifer, Marc, Wayne, Michele, Theresa, Amanda
Turned professional1953
Former tour(s)Sunshine Tour, PGA Tour (joined 1957), Champions Tour (joined 1985)
Professional wins160
PGA Tour24
European Tour4
Sunshine Tour60 (total South African wins)
PGA Tour of Australasia2
PGA Tour Champions22 (Tied 7th all time)
European Senior Tour3
Other44 (regular), 6 (senior)
Masters TournamentWon: 1961, 1974, 1978
U.S. OpenWon: 1965
The Open ChampionshipWon: 1959, 1968, 1974
PGA ChampionshipWon: 1962, 1972
World Golf Hall of Fame1974 (member page)
PGA Tour, leading money winner1961
Southern Africa Tour, Order of Merit winner1976/77, 1979/80
PGA Tour Lifetime, Achievement Award2012
Presidential Medal of Freedom2021

About Gary Player

Gary Player
Gary Player

Golfer Gary Player was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on November 1, 1935. He's 88 years old today.

Golfer from South Africa who has won all four Grand Slam competitions.

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Gary Player before becoming famous

Gary Player was born in the Zodiac sign Scorpio (The Scorpion), and 1935 is also the year of Pig (豬) in the Chinese Zodiac.

His mother died and his father had to take a loan out to buy his son a set of golf clubs.

Achievement of Gary Player

In 1974, he was admitted into the World Golf Hall of Fame after winning nine major golf titles.

Gary Player's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Gary Player
Gary Player

With Vivienne Verwey, he has six children.

Gary Player Collabed with

Both he and Golfer Tiger Woods won Grand Slam titles.

Gary Player Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Gary Player updated on March 21 2023.