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    Walter Hagen

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    Walter Hagen
    Hagen in 1914
    Personal information
    Full name Walter Charles Hagen
    Nickname Sir Walter, The Haig
    Born December 21, 1892
    Rochester, New York
    Died October 6, 1969 (aged 76)
    Traverse City, Michigan
    Height 5 ft 10.5 in (1.79 m)
    Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
    Nationality  United States
    Residence Traverse City, Michigan
    (1958–1969)
    Spouse Edna Crosby Straus
    (m. 1923–37)
    Margaret Johnson
    (m. 1917–21)
    Children Walter Jr. (1918–82)
    Career
    Turned professional 1912
    Former tour(s) PGA Tour
    Professional wins 57
    Number of wins by tour
    PGA Tour 45 (8th all time)
    Other 12
    Best results in major championships
    (wins: 11)
    Masters Tournament T11: 1936
    PGA Championship Won: 1921, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927
    U.S. Open Won: 1914, 1919
    The Open Championship Won: 1922, 1924, 1928, 1929
    Achievements and awards
    World Golf Hall of Fame 1974 (member page)

    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.[1] His tally of 11 professional majors is third behind Jack Nicklaus (18) and Tiger Woods (15). Hagen is widely considered one of the greatest golfers ever.[2]

    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.[3] He also won the PGA Championship a record-tying five times (all in match play), and the Western Open five times when it had near-major championship status. Hagen totaled 45 PGA wins in his career, and was a six-time Ryder Cup captain. The Masters Tournament, the newest major, was established in 1934, after his prime.

    Early years

    Born in Rochester, New York, Hagen came from a working-class family of German descent. His parents were William and Louisa (Boelke) Hagen, his father worked as a millwright and blacksmith in Rochester's railroad-car shops. Walter was the second of William and Louisa's five children and the only son.

    Hagen developed his golf game at the Country Club of Rochester, beginning as a caddie, and earned money to help support his family from pre-teen age. He earned ten cents per round and was occasionally tipped another five cents.[4] Hagen played golf at every chance he got; caddie access to the course was limited to off-peak times, as it was elsewhere in the U.S. during that era. Hagen, with assistance from head professional Alfred Ricketts,[4] gradually improved his golf skill to the stage where he was an expert player by his mid-teens, and was then hired by the club to give lessons to club members and to work in the pro shop. He made his top-class professional debut at age 19 at the 1912 Canadian Open, placing 11th, a good showing. Hagen followed up with a surprise 4th place showing at the 1913 U.S. Open at Brookline where he stated that he was treated badly by the other professionals who knew nothing about him. Hagen said "they pushed me off the tee and told me I could practice when they were through". He vowed to play in the 1914 U.S. Open and "win it", and he did exactly that.[5]

    Hagen was also very skilled at baseball, primarily as a pitcher and shortstop. He canceled a 1914 tryout for the Philadelphia Phillies in order to play in a golf tournament. Later that week, Hagen was the U.S. Open Champion, and his career was changed forever.[6]

    Raises stature of golf professionals

    Hagen was a key figure in the development of professional golf. He emerged in an era when the division between amateurs and professionals was often stark, with the amateurs having the upper hand in some sports, golf among them. This was especially true in the United Kingdom, which was the leading country in competitive golf when Hagen began his career. Golf professionals were not allowed to partake of the facilities of the clubhouse, and were not allowed to enter the clubhouse by the front door. On one occasion, at the 1920 British Open in Deal, Kent, Hagen hired a Pierce-Arrow car to serve as his private dressing room, because he was refused entrance to the clubhouse dressing room. He hired a chauffeur, and parked the expensive car in the club's driveway; this behavior raised a few eyebrows in class-conscious Britain.[7] On another occasion, he refused to enter a clubhouse to claim his prize because he had earlier been denied entrance. The 1920 U.S. Open in Toledo marked a turning point; the players, encouraged by Hagen, donated a large grandfather clock to the host Inverness Club, in appreciation of the club allowing access for the professionals to their clubhouse during the tournament.

    Hagen represented the Country Club of Rochester early in his professional competitive career; he was well supported by its members and management for his external competitive ventures. Beginning in 1918, Walter Hagen served as the first club professional at the now legendary Oakland Hills Country Club, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, northwest of Detroit. He worked for Oakland Hills until 1919, and then became the first touring professional unaffiliated with a club, a status he held alone for several years. In 1924, Hagen was President and co-owner of the Bear Creek Golf and Country Club associated with Jack Taylor's Pasadena-On-The-Gulf development in St. Petersburg, Florida. Due to influence from the public, the name was changed to the Boca Ciega Golf and Country Club and ultimately the Pasadena Golf and Country Club.[8][9]

    Style, wealth

    A sketch of Hagen by syndicated cartoonist Robert W. Edgren in 1922

    Hagen was a dashing and assertive character who raised the status of professional golfers and improved their earnings as well. Throughout his career, he played hundreds of exhibition matches, all across the United States and around the world; these tours popularized golf to an immense degree. Hagen was also widely known for his dashing wardrobe while playing; this featured expensive tailored clothes in bright colors and plush fabrics. As one of the world's top players, Hagen found his skills were much in demand with this exhibition format, and concluded it was much more lucrative than playing most tournaments.

    Hagen also made significant money endorsing golf equipment, and played a major role in helping to design clubs for Wilson Sports, which bore his name (either "Walter Hagen" or "Haig Ultra"). His work with Wilson produced some of the first matched sets of irons, around the same time that his great rival Bobby Jones was performing similar work for the Spalding company. The improved equipment expanded golf's appeal, brought high-quality clubs within the price range of many more players, and raised the standard of play.

    Hagen may have been the first sportsman to earn a million dollars in his career. He once stated that he "never wanted to be a millionaire, just to live like one". Hagen once expressed his creed in these words: "Don't hurry, don't worry, you're only here for a short visit, so be sure to smell the flowers along the way." Gene Sarazen, who was ten years Hagen's junior commented, "All the professionals ... should say a silent thanks to Walter Hagen each time they stretch a check between their fingers. It was Walter who made professional golf what it is." On the notion of golf as a financial endeavor, Hagen wrote in his autobiography, "My game was my business and as a business it demanded constant playing in the championship bracket, for a current title was my selling commodity."[10]

    Death

    Hagen battled throat cancer for over four years and had several operations.[1][11] Two years before his death, he was honored with a testimonial dinner in August 1967 in Traverse City, Michigan, attended by major champions Arnold Palmer and Cary Middlecoff.[12] A month earlier at the PGA Championship in Colorado, he admitted to being a fan of Palmer's, a member of "Arnie's Army."[13]

    Hagen died in 1969 at age 76 at his home in Traverse City,[1] and now rests at the Holy Sepulchre Mausoleum in Southfield, Michigan,[14] next to his grandson. His pall bearers included Palmer.[15]

    Legacy

    1921 PGA Champion

    In 2000, Hagen was ranked as the seventh greatest golfer of all time by Golf Digest magazine.[16] Hagen was ranked as the eighth greatest player of all time by Sports Illustrated / Golf Magazine in a major 2010 ranking.

    Major victories:

    There is some debate among golf historians as to whether Hagen should actually be credited with 16 major championships, second only to Jack Nicklaus and one ahead of Tiger Woods. (However, counting the U.S. Amateur, which is no longer considered a major championship, Woods' three U.S. Amateurs titles gives him a total of 18, two behind Nicklaus's 20.) Hagen captured the Western Open five times (1916, 1921, 1926, 1927, and 1932), at a time when the Western Open was considered one of the premier events on the world golf schedule, second only to the U.S. and British Opens.

    The concept of the "four modern majors" was not precisely initiated until Arnold Palmer's Masters and U.S. Open wins in 1960; Palmer stated his intent at that time of going for a modern Grand Slam by winning the Open Championship and the PGA Championship that same year; this was taken up by the world's golf media, and has gained increasing credence with time. In Hagen's prime, the Masters had not yet been founded, and the Western Open (the championship of the Western Golf Association) was, by today's definition, a "major", insofar as it was one of four elite tournaments in which most of the top golfers in the world could be counted on to participate each year.

    Hagen captained the United States in the first six Ryder Cups, and played on the first five U.S. teams: 1927, 1929, 1931, 1933, and 1935.

    Hagen has been inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame, in the charter class of 1974.

    Hagen has been portrayed by Bruce McGill in the 2001 movie The Legend of Bagger Vance, and by British actor Jeremy Northam in the 2004 Bobby Jones biopic Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius.

    Professional wins (57)

    PGA Tour wins (45)

    Hagen and Horton Smith in 1929

    Major championships are shown in bold.

    Other wins (12)

    (This list is incomplete)

    Major championships

    Wins (11)

    Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner-up
    1914 U.S. Open 2 shot lead +2 (68-74-75-73=290) 1 stroke Chick Evans
    1919 U.S. Open (2) 5 shot deficit +17 (78-73-75-75=301) Playoff 1 Mike Brady
    1921 PGA Championship n/a 3 & 2 Jim Barnes
    1922 The Open Championship 2 shot deficit (76-73-79-72=300) 1 stroke Jim Barnes
    1924 The Open Championship (2) Tied for lead (77-73-74-77=301) 1 stroke Ernest Whitcombe
    1924 PGA Championship (2) n/a 2 up Jim Barnes
    1925 PGA Championship (3) n/a 6 & 5 William Mehlhorn
    1926 PGA Championship (4) n/a 5 & 3 Leo Diegel
    1927 PGA Championship (5) n/a 1 up Joe Turnesa
    1928 The Open Championship (3) 1 shot lead (75-73-72-72=292) 2 strokes Gene Sarazen
    1929 The Open Championship (4) 4 shot lead +12 (75-67-75-75=292) 6 strokes Johnny Farrell

    Note: The PGA Championship was match play until 1958
    1 Defeated Mike Brady in an 18-hole playoff – Hagen 77 (+6), Brady 78 (+7)

    Results timeline

    Tournament 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
    U.S. Open T4 1 T10 7 NT NT 1
    The Open Championship NT NT NT NT NT
    PGA Championship NYF NYF NYF SF NT NT
    Tournament 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
    U.S. Open 11 T2 5 T18 T4 T5 7 6 T4 T19
    The Open Championship T53 T6 1 2 1 T3 1 1
    PGA Championship 1 2 1 1 1 1 QF SF
    Tournament 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
    Masters Tournament NYF NYF NYF NYF T13 T15 T11 T33
    U.S. Open T17 T7 10 T4 T58 3 T33
    The Open Championship T22 T26
    PGA Championship DNQ R32 R32 R32 R64 DNQ R64
    Tournament 1940 1941 1942
    Masters Tournament WD WD
    U.S. Open DQ
    The Open Championship NT NT NT
    PGA Championship R16 DNQ
      Win
      Top 10
      Did not play

    NYF = tournament not yet founded
    NT = no tournament
    WD = withdrew
    DQ = disqualified
    DNQ = did not qualify for match play portion
    R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
    "T" indicates a tie for a place

    Source for The Masters: www.masters.com

    Source for U.S. Open: USGA Championship Database

    Source for The Open Championship: www.opengolf.com

    Source for PGA Championship: PGA Championship Media Guide

    Summary

    Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
    Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 4
    U.S. Open 2 1 1 10 16 20 23 22
    The Open Championship 4 1 1 6 7 8 10 10
    PGA Championship 5 1 2 9 10 13 18 15
    Totals 11 3 4 25 33 44 57 51
    • Most consecutive cuts made – 31 (1913 U.S. Open – 1930 U.S. Open)
    • Longest streak of top-10s – 15 (1923 PGA Championship – 1929 Open Championship)
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