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Joseph H. Kirkwood Sr. (April 3, 1897 – October 29, 1970) was a professional golfer who is acknowledged as having put Australian golf on the world map. Born in Sydney, Australia, as a ten-year-old he left home to work on a sheep ranch in the Australian Outback where his boss introduced him to the game of golf. He developed his skills to the point where he could compete in his country's most important golf tournaments. In 1920 he won the Australian Open and in that year's New Zealand Open he astounded the golfing world with a victory that surpassed the previous tournament record score by twelve strokes. April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ...
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A tourism sign post Yalgoo, Western Australia The outback is the remote and arid interior and north of Australia, although the term colloquially can cover any lands outside of the main urban areas. ...
The Australian Open is one of the principal annual golf tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia. ...
The New Zealand Open, which is currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Blue Chip New Zealand Open, is the leading mens golf tournament in New Zealand. ...
Kirkwood's success led to his going on tour in England and Europe where, in his first competition, he defeated the great Harry Vardon. In 1923, he began playing on the professional tour in the United States, winning that year's Houston Invitational. In 1924, he was one of the top ranked golfers on the Tour, scoring five victories, three of which were consecutive. He remains co-holder of the record for the widest winning stroke margin in PGA Tour history set at the 1924 Corpus Christi Open in Texas. That year he also teamed up with Walter Hagen to begin traveling around the globe putting on golf and trick-shot exhibitions, newsreels of which were sent back home to be shown in movie theaters around the U.S. Joe Kirkwood competed in the Major Championships, his best performance coming with a third place finish in the British Open. In 1933, he won the Canadian Open golf championship. He was apparently the first-ever golfer to tee off from the howdah atop a domesticated elephant, which he first did (and was photographed doing) at Royal Calcutta Golf Club in Calcutta in 1937, and soon after in other clubs in India, and later in Africa. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
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Over his lifetime in golf, Joe Kirkwood is credited with scoring twenty-nine holes-in-one, two of which came in the same round. In his later years, he retired to the mountain resort community of Stowe, Vermont where he was the local teaching pro at the Stowe Country Club. The club has held the Joe Kirkwood Memorial Golf Tournament annually since 1967. Notably, Kirkwood's skills remained at a high level for most of his life and at age fity-one, in 1948 he and his son Joe Kirkwood, Jr. both made the cut at the U.S. Open, the first father and son to do so and a record tied only in 2004. When his son won the 1951 Blue Ribbon Open in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, they became the third father-son winner in the history of the PGA Tour which in 2005 still has only six such winners. One of Kirkwood's most remarkable feats was playing a round of golf at 10 under par 62 at the age of sixty-three. Stowe, Vermont Stowe is a town located in Lamoille County, Vermont and is a major four season destination resort. ...
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The United States Open Championship is an annual mens golf tournament staged by the United States Golf Association each June, scheduled such that the final round is always played on the 3rd Sunday of that month. ...
The U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. ...
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Joe Kirkwood died in 1970 in Stowe, Vermont and is buried in a nearby cemetery. He was elected to the American Golf Hall of Fame at Foxburg, Pennsylvania. His autobiography, as told to Barbara Fey, was published posthumously in 1973 under the title "Links of Life." Stowe, Vermont Stowe is a town located in Lamoille County, Vermont and is a major four season destination resort. ...
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In his honour, the annual winner of Australian Open, that country's most prestigious golf event, receives the Kirkwood Cup. The Australian Open is one of the principal annual golf tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia. ...
PGA Tour wins (13)
- 1923 (5) California Open Championship, St. Augustine Open, Houston Invitational, Open Championship of Illinois, Kansas Mid-Continent Pro Championship (tie with Walter Hagen)
- 1924 (4) Texas Open, Houston Open, Philadelphia Open Championship, Corpus Christi Open
- 1930 (1) Long Beach Open
- 1931 (1) Southeastern Open
- 1933 (2) North and South Open, Canadian Open
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The Valero Texas Open is an official tournament on the PGA Tour. ...
The Shell Houston Open is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. ...
The Canadian Open is a golf tournament which was founded in 1904. ...
Other wins this list may be incomplete The Australian Open is one of the principal annual golf tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia. ...
The New Zealand Open, which is currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Blue Chip New Zealand Open, is the leading mens golf tournament in New Zealand. ...
The New Zealand PGA Championship is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Nationwide Tour. ...
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