Gary Player is described in the public record as South African golfer. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1935.
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Take the IQ test →Gary James Player (born 1 November 1935) is a South African retired professional golfer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time. Player won over 160 professional tournaments across six continents, including nine major championships. Following victories at the 1959 Open Championship, 1961 Masters Tournament and 1962 PGA Championship, Player won the 1965 U.S. Open to become the first non-American to win the career grand slam. He was the third golfer to win the modern career grand slam, and only three more players have achieved the feat since. Player was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Nicknamed "the Black Knight", "Mr Fitness", and "the International Ambassador of Golf", Player has been prolific as a golf course architect with more than 400 design projects throughout the world. He has also authored or co-written 36 books on golf instruction, design, philosophy, motivation and fitness.
Gary Player is recorded among the figures by whom golf is remembered, and the surviving account of that career is the basis on which the reputation rests.
Golf is scored against the course rather than an opponent, so a champion's record is read in major championships won across changing conditions and equipment eras.
