Which golfer won the British Open, US Open and Canadian Open in 1971?
"unfavorable scheduling, this special status has largely dissipated, but the Canadian Open remains a well-regarded fixture on the PGA Tour. The top three golfers on the PGA Tour Canada Order of Merit prior to the tournament are given entry into the Canadian Open. However, prize money won at the Canadian Open does not count towards the Canadian Tour money list. Celebrated winners include Hall of Fame members Leo Diegel, Walter Hagen, Tommy Armour, Harry Cooper, Lawson Little, Sam Snead, Craig Wood, Byron Nelson, Doug Ford, Bobby Locke, Bob Charles, Arnold Palmer, Kel Nagle, Billy Casper, Gene Littler, Lee Trevino, Curtis"
"1971 PGA Tour The 1971 PGA Tour season was from January 7 to December 12. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Lee Trevino won the most tournaments, six, and there were 10 first-time winners. Trevino won two majors, the U.S. Open and British Open, in a span of three weeks. In between, he also won the Canadian Open to become the first to win all three in the same season. The tournament results and award winners are listed below. The following table shows all the official money events for the 1971 season. ""Date"" is the ending date of"
"year and Hill was taken off probation. 1971 PGA Tour The 1971 PGA Tour season was from January 7 to December 12. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Lee Trevino won the most tournaments, six, and there were 10 first-time winners. Trevino won two majors, the U.S. Open and British Open, in a span of three weeks. In between, he also won the Canadian Open to become the first to win all three in the same season. The tournament results and award winners are listed below. The following table shows all the official money events for the 1971"
"both were Tom Watson (1982) and Tiger Woods (2000); all six are Americans. Trevino also won the Canadian Open the previous week near Montreal for three national titles in 1971, all won in less than a <br> Lengths of the course for previous Opens: ""Wednesday, 7 July 1971"" ""Thursday, 8 July 1971"" <br> Amateurs: ""Bonallack (−3), Melnyk (+4)"",<br>Humphreys (+6), Berry (+7), Carr (+8), Foster (+9), Birtwell (+11), Bird (+12), Rolley (+14). ""Friday, 9 July 1971"" <br> Amateurs: ""Bonallack (−2), Melnyk (+4)"". ""Saturday, 10 July 1971"" <br> Amateurs: ""Bonallack (−1), Melnyk (+6)"" 1971 Open Championship The 1971 Open Championship was the"
"1971 and following this playoff win, his confidence soared. Two weeks later he won the Canadian Open in a the next week the British Open, and became the first to win those three national opens in the same only Tiger Woods has done it since, in 2000. Trevino won six times on tour in 1971 with two majors and was PGA Player of the Year. He was named athlete of the year by the Associated Press and ""Sporting News"", and was the ""Sports Illustrated"" ""Sportsman of the Year."" Trevino was the first to win the U.S. and British Opens in"
"the U.S. Open. ""T"" indicates a tie for a place<br> Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10 Willie Anderson (golfer) William Law Anderson (21 October 1879 – 25 October 1910) was a Scottish immigrant to the United States who became the first golfer to win four U.S. Opens, with victories in 1901, 1903, 1904, and 1905. He is still the only man to win three consecutive titles, and only Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, and Jack Nicklaus have equalled his total of four championships. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Born in North Berwick, in"
"Willie Anderson (golfer) William Law Anderson (21 October 1879 – 25 October 1910) was a Scottish immigrant to the United States who became the first golfer to win four U.S. Opens, with victories in 1901, 1903, 1904, and 1905. He is still the only man to win three consecutive titles, and only Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, and Jack Nicklaus have equalled his total of four championships. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Born in North Berwick, in East Lothian, Scotland, Anderson was educated at the public school in North Berwick and was a licensed caddie"
"1971 US Open (tennis) The 1971 US Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the Forest Hills, Queens in New York City, USA. The tournament ran from 1 September until 12 September. It was the 91st staging of the US Open, and the fourth Grand Slam tennis event of 1971. Stan Smith defeated Jan Kodeš, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 7–6 Billie Jean King defeated Rosemary Casals, 6–4, 7–6 John Newcombe / Roger Taylor defeated Stan Smith / Erik van Dillen, 6–7, 6–3, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6 Rosemary Casals / Judy Tegart Dalton defeated Gail Chanfreau"
"6–3, 6–2 1971 Rothmans Canadian Open The 1971 Rothmans Canadian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club in Toronto in Canada that was part of the 1971 World Championship Tennis circuit. The tournament was held from August 9 through August 16, 1971. John Newcombe and Françoise Dürr won the singles titles. John Newcombe defeated Tom Okker 7–6, 3–6, 6–2, 7–6 Françoise Dürr defeated Evonne Goolagong 6–4, 6–2 Tom Okker / Marty Riessen defeated Arthur Ashe / Dennis Ralston 6–3, 6–3, 6–1 Rosemary Casals / Françoise Dürr defeated Lesley Turner Bowrey /"
"1968 Open Championship)<br> ""T"" indicates a tie for a place Jimmy Hitchcock (golfer) James Hitchcock (1930 – 25 December 2015) was an English professional golfer. Hitchcock was born in Bromley. He won several major professional tournaments including the 1960 British Masters and the 1965 Agfa-Gevaert Tournament. He was selected as a member of the Great Britain and Ireland Ryder Cup team in 1965, losing all three of the matches he played. Hitchcock died, aged 85, on Christmas Day 2015 in Belgium where he had lived for many years. ""Note: Hitchcock only played in the Masters Tournament and The Open Championship.""<br>"
"1970 Open Championship) John Hudson (golfer) John Anthony Hudson (born 26 August 1945) is an English professional golfer. Born in Wokingham, Berkshire, he turned professional in 1964, and was a European Tour member in 1971, 1974, and 1976. Although relatively little-known, Hudson - then 25 years old, and club professional at Hendon - achieved fame during the second round of the 1971 Martini International tournament, held at the Royal Norwich Golf Club. Teeing off, using a 4-iron, at the par-three, 195-yard 11th hole, Hudson holed his tee shot for a hole-in-one. At the next hole, the downhill 311-yard, par-four 12th,"
"1971 Rothmans Canadian Open The 1971 Rothmans Canadian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club in Toronto in Canada that was part of the 1971 World Championship Tennis circuit. The tournament was held from August 9 through August 16, 1971. John Newcombe and Françoise Dürr won the singles titles. John Newcombe defeated Tom Okker 7–6, 3–6, 6–2, 7–6 Françoise Dürr defeated Evonne Goolagong 6–4, 6–2 Tom Okker / Marty Riessen defeated Arthur Ashe / Dennis Ralston 6–3, 6–3, 6–1 Rosemary Casals / Françoise Dürr defeated Lesley Turner Bowrey / Evonne Goolagong"
"for the first time, the Canadian Open traveled west of Ontario, landing at Shaughnessy Heights Golf Club in Vancouver, British Columbia, where Charles Congdon sealed his victory on the 16th hole with a 150-yard bunker shot that stopped eight feet from the cup. The following birdie gave him the lead, and Congdon went on to win by three shots. Mississaugua Golf & Country Club has hosted six Canadian Opens: 1931, 1938, 1942, 1951, 1965, and 1974. The 1951 Open tournament was won by Jim Ferrier, who successfully defended the title he had won at Royal Montreal a year earlier. Winnipeg's"
"1971 PGA Championship The 1971 PGA Championship was the 53rd PGA Championship, played February 25–28 at the original PGA National Golf Club, presently known as BallenIsles Country Club (East Course) in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Jack Nicklaus won the second of his five PGA Championships, two strokes ahead of Billy Casper, the reigning Masters champion. Nicklaus led wire-to-wire, and held a four-stroke lead over Gary Player after 54 holes, with Casper seven shots back. The two were pre-tournament favorites, along with Arnold Palmer, who shot an opening round 75 and finished at 289 (+1), eight strokes back. Nicklaus became the"
"1971 Cincinnati Open The 1971 Cincinnati Open, also known as the Western Open Championships, was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Coney Island in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1971 Pepsi-Cola Grand Prix. The tournament was held from August 2 through August 8, 1971. Stan Smith and Virginia Wade won the singles titles. Stan Smith defeated Juan Gisbert, Sr. 7–6, 6–3 Virginia Wade defeated Linda Tuero 6–3, 6–3 Stan Smith / Erik Van Dillen defeated Sandy Mayer / Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 6–4 Helen Gourlay / Kerry"
"1971"" ""Saturday, February 27, 1971"" ""Sunday, February 28, 1971"" 1971 PGA Championship The 1971 PGA Championship was the 53rd PGA Championship, played February 25–28 at the original PGA National Golf Club, presently known as BallenIsles Country Club (East Course) in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Jack Nicklaus won the second of his five PGA Championships, two strokes ahead of Billy Casper, the reigning Masters champion. Nicklaus led wire-to-wire, and held a four-stroke lead over Gary Player after 54 holes, with Casper seven shots back. The two were pre-tournament favorites, along with Arnold Palmer, who shot an opening round 75 and finished"
"came to rest next to the cup for a tap-in birdie. Two months earlier, Nicklaus had won the Masters to become the first in a dozen years (Arnold Palmer in 1960) to win golf's first two major titles of the season. At the British Open in July, Nicklaus shot a final round 66 to finish second, one stroke behind Lee Trevino, ending his Grand Slam run in 1972. (Palmer also missed a third straight major by a stroke at the 1960 British Open.) Through 2017, only one golfer has won the Masters, U.S. Open, and British Open in the same"
"Walter Hagen Walter Charles Hagen (December 21, 1892 – October 6, 1969) was an American professional golfer and a major figure in golf in the first half of the 20th century. His tally of 11 professional majors is third behind Jack Nicklaus (18) and Tiger Woods (14). Hagen is widely considered one of the greatest golfers ever. Hagen won the U.S. Open twice, and in 1922 he became the first native-born American to win the British Open, and won the Claret Jug three more times. He also won the PGA Championship a record-tying five times (all in match play), and"
"1971 Monte Carlo Open The 1971 Monte Carlo Open was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Monte Carlo, Monaco . The men's tournament was part of the 1971 Pepsi-Cola Grand Prix circuit. It was the 65th edition of the event and was held from 5 April through 11 April 1971. Ilie Năstase and Gail Chanfreau won the singles titles. Ilie Năstase defeated Tom Okker 3–6, 8–6, 6–1, 6–1 Gail Chanfreau defeated Betty Stöve 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac defeated Tom Okker / Roger Taylor"
"Open were compulsory. Bobby Locke won with an average of 73.16 in 36 rounds. Norman Von Nida won in 1947 with an average of 71.25 in 52 rounds and Charlie Ward won in 1948 averaging 71.29 over 44 rounds. Before 1975 the Order of Merit was based on a points system, so it was not necessarily headed by the golfer who won the most money. In 1971 Peter Oosterhuis won the Order of Merit and won £9,269. Gary Player was the leading money winner with £11,281 but of that, £8,500 came from winning the 1971 Piccadilly World Match Play Championship."
"Alex Smith (golfer) Alexander Smith (28 January 1874 – 21 April 1930) was a Scottish-American professional golfer who played in the late 19th and early 20th century. He was a member of a famous Scottish golfing family. His brother Willie won the U.S. Open in 1899, and Alex won it in both 1906 and 1910. Like many British professionals of his era he spent much of his adult life working as a club professional in the United States. Smith was born in Carnoustie, Scotland, on 28 January 1874, the son of John D. Smith and Joann Smith née Robinson. On"
"Peter Oosterhuis Peter Arthur Oosterhuis (born 3 May 1948) is an English professional golfer and golf analyst. Oosterhuis played on the European circuit from 1969 to 1974, winning 10 tournaments and taking the Harry Vardon Trophy for heading the Order of Merit for four consecutive seasons from 1971 to 1974. From 1975 he played on the PGA Tour, winning the Canadian Open in 1981. He was twice runner-up in the Open Championship, in 1974 and 1982. Later he became a golf analyst on TV, initially in Europe and then in the United States. In 2015, Oosterhuis announced that he had"
"on 26 February 2005, aged 88, of pneumonia at St Richard's Hospital, Chichester. ""Note: Faulkner only played in The Open Championship.""<br> CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1974 Open Championship)<br> ""T"" indicates a tie for a place Max Faulkner Herbert Gustavus Max Faulkner, OBE (29 July 1916 – 26 February 2005) was an English professional golfer who won the Open Championship in 1951. Faulkner was born on 29 July 1916 in Bexhill-on-Sea, the son of Gus (1893–1976), a professional golfer who had been assistant to James Braid before World War I. After the war his father"
"twenty years, until Jack Nicklaus won his second PGA Championship in 1971. Claude Harmon, Lloyd Mangrum, and Pete Cooper tied for the lowest score in the stroke play qualifier at 142 (−2). Harmon won the $250 medalist prize on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff. The British Open in 1951 was held in the first week of July in Northern Ireland. Its mandatory two-day qualifier was held the same days as the PGA's semifinals and finals, which prevented participation in both events. The match play format at the PGA Championship in 1951 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in"
"Sunday at Valhalla Golf Club. However, Woods played the last twelve holes of regulation seven under par, and won a three-hole aggregate playoff over May with a birdie on the first hole and pars on the next two. He joined Ben Hogan (1953) as the only other player to win three professional majors in one season. Three weeks later, he won his third straight start on Tour at the Bell Canadian Open, becoming only the second man after Lee Trevino in 1971 to win the Triple Crown of Golf (U.S., British, and Canadian Opens) in one year. By the end"
"British Open four weeks later. This was the fourth U.S. Open played at Merion, all at its East Course. Previous editions were hosted in 1934, 1950, and 1971. At , the same length as 1971, it was the shortest U.S. Open course since 1947. With heavy rains softening the course before the tournament, 93 rounds of par 70 or better were recorded. Fifteen players were under par after 36 holes, but only five finished under par for the four rounds. Five more were at even par 280, including defending champion Jack Nicklaus, a four-time winner. After 1981, the U.S. Open"
"Peter Townsend (golfer) Peter Michael Paul Townsend (born 16 September 1946) is an English professional golfer. Townsend was born in Cambridge. Following a successful amateur career, during which he won both the Brabazon Trophy and Lytham Trophy, he turned professional at the end of 1966. He won a number of tournaments around the world during the 1960s and 1970s, including the Dutch Open in 1967, the British PGA Closed Championship in 1968, the Venezuela Open in 1969 and the Swiss Open in 1971. After a promising start to his career, Townsend moved to the United States and qualified for the"
"Harris defeated Gail Chanfreau / Winnie Shaw 6–4, 6–4 1971 Cincinnati Open The 1971 Cincinnati Open, also known as the Western Open Championships, was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Coney Island in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1971 Pepsi-Cola Grand Prix. The tournament was held from August 2 through August 8, 1971. Stan Smith and Virginia Wade won the singles titles. Stan Smith defeated Juan Gisbert, Sr. 7–6, 6–3 Virginia Wade defeated Linda Tuero 6–3, 6–3 Stan Smith / Erik Van Dillen defeated Sandy Mayer"
"1970 U.S. Open (golf) The 1970 U.S. Open was the 70th U.S. Open, held June 18–21 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, a suburb southwest of Minneapolis. Tony Jacklin shot under-par in all four rounds on his way to a seven-stroke victory and his only U.S. Open title, the second of his two major championships. He was the first champion born in England since Cyril Walker in 1924. Jacklin led wire-to-wire and was hardly threatened throughout the championship. He took a four-shot lead over Dave Hill into the final round, and despite bogeys at the 7th and 8th,"
"after each of the first two rounds. ""Thursday, June 18, 1970 ""Friday, June 19, 1970 ""Saturday, June 20, 1970 ""Sunday, June 21, 1970 1970 U.S. Open (golf) The 1970 U.S. Open was the 70th U.S. Open, held June 18–21 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, a suburb southwest of Minneapolis. Tony Jacklin shot under-par in all four rounds on his way to a seven-stroke victory and his only U.S. Open title, the second of his two major championships. He was the first champion born in England since Cyril Walker in 1924. Jacklin led wire-to-wire and was hardly threatened"
"1969 (except 1971, when it was played in late February). Player missed the 36-hole cut at Troon, the British Open was won by Arnold Palmer for the second straight year. Palmer had also won the Masters in April. Both the U.S. Open and PGA Championship were played in his home state of Pennsylvania in 1962, just five weeks apart. Palmer lost to 22-year-old Jack Nicklaus in an 18-hole playoff at the U.S. Open at Oakmont near Pittsburgh, then finished ten strokes back in a tie for 17th at Aronimink. Jack Nicklaus, age 22, shot a final round 67 to finish"
"nine tournaments. The circuit culminated in a Masters event in Paris, France for the seven highest point scoring players. Stan Smith was the winner of the circuit with 187 ranking points and four tournament victories. The list of winners and number of singles titles won, listed alphabetically by last name: The following players won their first title in 1971: 1971 Grand Prix (tennis) The 1971 Pepsi Cola Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated three of the four grand slam tournaments, the Grand Prix tournaments. It was the second edition of the Grand Prix circuit"
"three strokes, 71 to 74. He won the championship with fiberglass-shafted golf clubs. With his win, Player joined Gene Sarazen and Ben Hogan as the only to win all four professional major championships, the career Grand Slam. Jack Nicklaus completed the feat himself the next year at the 1966 British Open. Player was also the first foreign-born winner of the U.S. Open in 38 years, since Scotland's Tommy Armour won in 1927. Arnold Palmer missed the 36-hole cut by two strokes, the only time from 1962 to 1967 that he placed outside the top-5 at the U.S. Open. Defending champion"