But he could walk the walk as well as talk the talk. He survived being struck by lightning, was always chatting and joking on the course, even when his opponents were not listening, and along with a magical touch around the greens had found consistency in his long game by turning a natural draw into a fade. Somehow, Trevino had saved his par but Jacklin had a 15-footer for his birdie which would still have put him back in the outright lead. Lee Trevino won the Brit ish Open golf championship yesterday, shooting a 70 for a four‐round total of 278 and a one‐stroke edge over Lu Liang Huan of Taiwan. He won the 1968 U.S. Open, and from then until around 1974 was a dominant force. Register now. © R&A Championships Limited, Company No. The man they called the Merry Mex produced moment of magic after moment of magic throughout his weekend in becoming the first man to claim back-to-back wins at The Open since Arnold Palmer. OpenCanadian OpenBritish OpenSahara Invitational, 1972Danny Thomas Memphis ClassicBritish OpenGreater Hartford Open InvitationalGreater St. Louis Golf Classic, 1973Jackie Gleason Inverrary-National Airlines ClassicDoral-Eastern Open, 1974Greater New Orleans Open InvitationalPGA Championship, 1980Tournament Players ChampionshipDanny Thomas Memphis ClassicSan Antonio Texas Open, 1990Royal Caribbean ClassicAetna ChallengeVintage Chrysler InvitationalDoug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity ClassicNYNEX CommemorativeU.S. SC247046 R&A Group Services Limited, Company No. Trevino did so in 1971. © R&A Championships Limited, Company No. Only Tiger Woods has accomplished the feat since. Trevino is considered one of the best ballstrikers, and one of the most creative ballstrikers, the game has ever seen. What unfolded from then has gone down in golfing folklore. ", • Lee Trevino: "You can talk to a fade but a hook won't listen.". This was his fourth major, his second Claret Jug and one that will never be forgotten. Two weeks later he won the Canadian Open and the very next week he won The Open at Royal Birkdale, beating Lu Lian-Huan by a stroke and Tony Jacklin by two. Trevino was born into poverty and never knew his father. Trevino nipped Nicklaus again at the 1972 British Open, the second of his back-to-back wins there. That final round at Muirfield could not have been more beautifully poised. Trevino did so in 1971. After Trevino was discharged from the Marines, he went to work as club professional in El Paso, Texas. “You can talk to a fade but a hook won’t listen,” he said. Before 1972, Trevino had never set foot on the course at Muirfield. He won 29 times on each tour. They didn’t call him the Merry Mex for nothing. While at an El Paso club in the mid-1960s, the then-unknown Trevino battled the already famous Ray Floyd over three titanic days in one of the most legendary gambling matches in golf history. Yet the self-made magician who had risen from humble beginnings to become one of the all-time greats had earned that slice of fortune. But when an uncle gave him a rusty golf club and a few beat-up balls, the young Trevino found his calling. Trevino loved to stir the pot. Trevino was nearly killed when he was struck by lightning during a tournament in 1975. They came out even. Lee Trevino was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1981. Lee Trevino was the first golfer to win the U.S. Open, Canadian Open and British Open in the same year. He began caddying at age eight, sometimes attending school but more often working or practicing golf. Trevino had run out of celebrations by this point. Trevino was all at sea to save his par while Jacklin needed to get up and down for his birdie. Lee Trevino won the prestigious 100th Open, held at Royal Birkdale in 1971, he prevailed by 1 stroke over Taiwanese golfer Lu Liang-Huan. All that meant that, on the tee box at 17 in the final round, Trevino and Jacklin were tied at six-under with Nicklaus in the clubhouse a shot behind. Despite that, Trevino's achievements place him among the game's greats. Lee Trevino was one of the other greats of the Jack Nicklaus era in PGA Tour history, a 6-time major champion whose career was interrupted by injuries suffered after he was struck by lightning. Trevino then had to hack his way to the rough behind the green in four while the composed Jacklin was just short of the green in two. He was raised by his mother and his grandfather, a gravedigger. Jacklin’s third was left much shorter than he would have liked, indeed Trevino was probably closer but from the off the green, so the Englishman waved him through. Mind games? Haven't got an account? When it comes to Lee Trevino’s win at Muirfield in 1972, it is hard to pick just one shot out. But what happened next will never be forgotten by all who saw it – least of all Jacklin who admitted his career was never the same after this defeat. The injuries he suffered lingered, including back problems, but he recovered to win another Vardon Trophy in 1980. The Gods had been smiling on Trevino all weekend, but when his tee shot found a bunker on the par-five 17th it appeared his fun was at an end. As he remembered afterwards: ‘Let me tell you something, my chili was hot, I was mad. He holed a scarcely believable five chips from off the green during that wonderful week at Muirfield – a course Trevino had never been to before – but there is one that everyone remembers. SC247047, R&A Rules Limited, Company No. But I hadn’t quit. Trevino earned $6,000 for finishing fifth, which earned him Tour privileges for the rest of the 1967 season. Senior OpenTransamerica Senior Golf Championship, 1991Aetna ChallengeVantage at The DominionSunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf Classic, 1992Vantage at The DominionThe TraditionPGA Seniors ChampionshipLas Vegas Senior ClassicBell Atlantic Classic, 1993Cadillac NFL Golf ClassicNationwide ChampionshipVantage Championship, 1994Royal Caribbean ClassicPGA Seniors ChampionshipPaineWebber InvitationalBell Atlantic ClassicBellSouth Senior Classic at OprylandNorthville Long Island Classic, 1995Northville Long Island ClassicThe Transamerica. It was good training. His short game had by then become the best in the world, and to hold off a charging Jack Nicklaus – who was on for a Grand Slam that year – and home favourite Tony Jacklin it needed to be. I chipped in five times that week. In 1971 he beat Nicklaus in a play-off for the US Open at Merion. He qualified for the U.S. Open in 1966, made the cut, and tied for 54th, earning $600. Brent Kelley is an award-winning sports journalist and golf expert with over 30 years in print and online journalism. Haven't got an account? Trevino found his way onto the PGA Tour in 1967, and quickly established himself as one of the best. Lee Trevino rose up from a hardscrabble youth to become one of the greatest golfers of his time, or any time. LiveAbout uses cookies to provide you with a great user experience. Greater Hartford Open Invitational: Finished with a flourish at the Greater Hartford Open, winning in playoff fashion over Lee Elder.
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