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词条 George Knudson
释义

  1. Amateur wins

  2. Professional wins (28)

     PGA Tour wins (8)  Other wins (20) 

  3. Results in major championships

     Summary 

  4. Team appearances

  5. See also

  6. References

  7. External links

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George Alfred Christian Knudson, CM (June 28, 1937 – January 24, 1989) was a Canadian professional golfer, who along with Mike Weir holds the record for the Canadian with the most wins on the PGA Tour, with eight career victories.

Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Knudson learned to play golf at the St. Charles Country Club. He won the 1954 and 1955 Manitoba Junior Championships,[1] and the 1955 Canadian Junior Championship.[2] He moved to Toronto in 1958, and worked at the Oakdale Golf Club, where he received instruction and encouragement from the Club, to improve his game. He was then able to secure some financial backing to try the PGA Tour. He won the Manitoba Open in 1958, 1959, and 1960, and the Ontario Open in 1960, 1961, 1971, 1976 and 1978.[3]

Between 1961 and 1972, he won eight tournaments on the PGA Tour. He won the Canadian PGA Championship five times, and won the World Cup with Al Balding in 1968. He wrote a book, The Natural Golf Swing ({{ISBN|0-7710-4534-4}}) with Lorne Rubenstein.

Knudson tied for second in the 1969 Masters Tournament, one shot behind champion George Archer. In seven Masters appearances, Knudson posted three top-10s, including 10th in his 1965 debut and sixth a year later.

He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1969, and the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.[4]

Knudson left tournament golf in the late 1970s, and started teaching golf, with success, at a facility in the Toronto area. His teaching methods have since been adopted by the Canadian PGA.

In 1988, he was inducted into both Royal Canadian Golf Association Hall of Fame, the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum and was made a member of the Order of Canada.

He was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1987. He recovered, and competed at the 1988 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf Senior tournament. Shortly thereafter, the cancer had spread to his brain, and he would die from it in 1989.

He was buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, Ontario.

Amateur wins

  • 1954 Manitoba Junior Championship
  • 1955 Manitoba Junior Championship, Canadian Junior Championship

Professional wins (28)

PGA Tour wins (8)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunner(s)-up
1Dec 10, 1961Coral Gables Open Invitational−11 (65-71-71-66=273)1 strokeUSA}} Gay Brewer
2Sep 22, 1963Portland Open Invitational−17 (69-67-68-67=271)PlayoffUSA}} Mason Rudolph
3Oct 4, 1964Fresno Open Invitational−8 (73-69-71-67=280)PlayoffCAN}} Al Balding
4May 14, 1967Greater New Orleans Open Invitational−11 (71-66-70-70=277)1 strokeUSA}} Jack Nicklaus
5Feb 18, 1968Phoenix Open Invitational−12 (67-64-70-71=272)3 strokesUSA}} Julius Boros, {{flagicon|USA}} Sam Carmichael, {{flagicon|USA}} Jack Montgomery
6Feb 25, 1968Tucson Open Invitational−15 (70-67-71-65=273)1 strokeUSA}} Frank Beard, {{flagicon|USA}} Frank Boynton
7Sep 20, 1970Robinson Open Golf Classic−16 (67-69-69-63=268)PlayoffUSA}} George Archer
8Oct 22, 1972Kaiser International Open Invitational−17 (66-69-66-70=271)3 strokesUSA}} Hale Irwin, {{flagicon|USA}} Bobby Nichols
PGA Tour playoff record (3–0)
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
11963Portland Open InvitationalUSA}} Mason RudolphWon with eagle on first extra hole
21964Fresno Open InvitationalCAN}} Al BaldingWon with birdie on second extra hole
31970Robinson Open Golf ClassicUSA}} George ArcherWon with par on fourth extra hole

Other wins (20)

This list is probably incomplete
  • 1958 Manitoba Open
  • 1959 Manitoba Open
  • 1960 Manitoba Open, Ontario Open
  • 1961 Ontario Open
  • 1962 Maracaibo Open, Puerto Rico Open
  • 1963 Panama Open
  • 1964 Canadian PGA Championship, Caracas Open
  • 1966 Canada Cup (individual event)
  • 1967 Canadian PGA Championship
  • 1968 Canadian PGA Championship, World Cup (team event with Al Balding)
  • 1969 Wills Masters (Australia)
  • 1971 Ontario Open
  • 1976 Canadian PGA Championship
  • 1976 Ontario Open
  • 1977 Canadian PGA Championship
  • 1978 Ontario Open

Results in major championships

Tournament1962196319641965196619671968196919701971197219731974
Masters Tournament10T6T31T28T2T45CUT
U.S. OpenT17T44T36T61T51
PGA ChampionshipT51T28T20T43T25T55CUTCUTT56
Note: Knudson never played in The Open Championship.
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 1 0 1 3 3 7 6
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 5
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 7
Totals 0 1 0 1 3 6 21 18
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 16 (1962 PGA – 1970 PGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)

Team appearances

Amateur
  • Americas Cup (representing Canada): 1956
Professional
  • World Cup (representing Canada): 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966 (individual winner), 1967, 1968 (winners), 1969, 1976, 1977

See also

  • List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins

References

1. ^History of Golf in Canada, by Lawrence Vincent Kavanagh, Toronto, Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 1973, p. 185
2. ^{{cite book |title=Golf in Canada: A History |first=James A. |last=Barclay |authorlink=James A. Barclay |publisher=McClelland & Stewart |location=Toronto |year=1992 |isbn=978-0-7710-1080-4}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gao.ca/index.php/ci_id/2134/la_id/1 |title=Ontario Golf Hall of Fame – George Knudson |publisher=Golf Association of Ontario |accessdate=March 11, 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412044614/http://www.gao.ca/index.php/ci_id/2134/la_id/1 |archivedate=April 12, 2012 |df= }}
4. ^{{cite web |title=George Knudson |url=http://oshof.ca/index.php/honoured-members/item/87-george-knudson |publisher=Ontario Sports Hall of Fame |accessdate=23 September 2014}}

External links

  • Profile at Canadian Golf Hall of Fame
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080928115434/http://www.halloffame.mb.ca/honoured/1988/gKnudson.htm George Knudson's biography] at Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
  • {{PGATour player|01640}}
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