Two-time major champion Fuzzy Zoeller dead at 74

Two-time main champion Fuzzy Zoeller has died on the age of 74, the PGA Tour introduced on Thursday.

“Fuzzy was a real authentic whose expertise and charisma left an indelible mark on the sport of golf,” PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan stated in a press release. “Fuzzy mixed aggressive excellence with a humorousness that endeared him to followers and fellow gamers alike. We have a good time his exceptional legacy and prolong our deepest condolences to his household.”

Zoeller was a 10-time winner on tour, together with the aforementioned majors. His first main and second PGA win got here on the 1979 Masters, the primary time he ever performed at Augusta Nationwide.

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Golfer Gary Participant helps grasp golf match winner Fuzzy Zoeller get his inexperienced jacket. (Getty Pictures)

5 years later, he went on to win the US Open in epic style at Winged Foot Golf Membership, taking over Greg Norman in an 18-hole play-off. Zoeller shot a three-under 67 whereas Norman trailed by eight strokes. Zoeller and Norman have been the one gamers to attain beneath par within the 4 common rounds, going 4 beneath. Curtis Unusual’s third got here at 1-over.

He completed second on the 1981 PGA Championship and third on the 1994 Open Championship at Turnberry, now owned by President Donald Trump.

Greg Norman (R) congratulates Fuzzy Zoeller on the 18th gap after shedding the US Open. (John Iacono/Sport Illustrated through Getty Pictures)

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Zoeller had a share of the lead heading into the ultimate spherical in Scotland, however Nick Value shot 4-under within the closing spherical, whereas Zoeller shot an excellent 70 to lose by three strokes.

Zoeller additionally gained the Senior PGA Championship in 2002 and had one other top-10 end on the Masters.

Fuzzy Zoeller celebrates a 65-foot birdie putt on the second gap of his playoff spherical on the 1984 US Open. (Getty Pictures)

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Zoeller represented america within the 1979, 1983 and 1985 Ryder Cups, profitable his first two earlier than shedding his closing. The 1985 Ryder Cup was the primary time america had misplaced the Ryder Cup since 1957, when the Nice Britain crew expanded all through Europe. That introduced in golf legends like Seve Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer and Sandy Lyle.

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