Gene Sarazen (born Eugenio Saraceni) (February 27, 1902 – May 13, 1999) is one of the few golfers to win all the Major Championships in his career, including Golfer Gene Sarazen 1937 Medinah CC The copyright status of this vintage image is undetermined; it may still be copyrighted. ... February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Golf (gowf in Scots) is a game where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area. ... The Major Championships, often referred to simply as the Majors are the four most prestigious annual golf tournaments in mens professional golf. ...

• 1922 US Open
• 1922 PGA Championship
• 1923 PGA Championship
• 1932 US Open
• 1932 British Open
• 1933 PGA Championship
• 1935 The Masters

Winner of 39 PGA Tournaments, Gene Sarazen was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The United States Open Golf Tournament is an annual mens golf tournament staged by the United States Golf Association each June. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... // The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament, conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA TOUR. The PGA Championship is one of the four Major Championships in mens golf, and it is the golf seasons final major, being played in August. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... // The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament, conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA TOUR. The PGA Championship is one of the four Major Championships in mens golf, and it is the golf seasons final major, being played in August. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... The United States Open Golf Tournament is an annual mens golf tournament staged by the United States Golf Association each June. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... 2005 Open Champion Tiger Woods holding the Claret Jug. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... // The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament, conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA TOUR. The PGA Championship is one of the four Major Championships in mens golf, and it is the golf seasons final major, being played in August. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Masters is one of four Grand Slam golf tournaments. ... Founded in 1916, the Professional Golfers Association of America is headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States and claims to be the largest working sports organization in the world with more than 27,000 members. ... The World Golf Hall of Fame [1] is located in St. ...

Sarazen invented the modern sand wedge in 1930. He called it the sand iron. As the name implies, a golfer uses a sand wedge to stroke a golf ball from a sand bunker, also known as a sand trap, bunker or hazard. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

Sarazen hit "The shot heard 'round the world" in the 1935 Masters. It was a final round 225-yard 4-wood on the par-5 15th hole that went in, giving him a very rare double eagle 2 on the hole. It led to him later winning the tournament in a playoff. This is a list of common golfing terms. ...

For many years after his retirement, Sarazen was a familiar figure as an honorary starter at the Masters. He also popularized the sport with his role as a commentator on the Wonderful World of Golf television show.

See also

• Golfers with most PGA Tour wins
• Golfers with most major championship wins
• Most PGA Tour wins in a year

This is a list of all the golfers who have won twenty or more official events on the PGA TOUR. Players under 50 years of age are shown in bold. ... This article lists all the winners of golfs major championships for men by the number of majors they have accumulated, and is complete through the 2005 PGA Championship. ... The following is a list of all occasions on which a golfer has won eight or more tournaments on the PGA Tour in a season. ...

External links

• World Golf Hall of Fame profile
• Golf stars online - links to features and profiles