Lee Trevino

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Lee Trevino
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Personnel
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
Career data
Professional since: 1967
Current tour: Champions Tour
Tournament wins: 82
Major wins : 6th
Awards: Hickok Belt (1971)
World Golf Hall of Fame (1981)

Lee Buck Trevino (born December 1, 1939 in Dallas , Texas ) is a former American professional golfer .

The early years

As a child of poor Mexican immigrants, Lee was raised by his mother and grandfather, a gravedigger. He never got to know his father. He could only occasionally find time to attend school, as he had to work in the cotton fields from the age of 5. He got into golf when his uncle gave him a couple of old golf balls and a rusty club. From then on, the little one spent every free minute on the adjacent golf courses. He started as a caddy at the age of 8 and a few years later that became his job. In addition, he hired himself as a shoe shine and earned around 30 dollars a week. As a caddy he was also allowed to play on 3 practice holes and with old clubs after work. Year after year, Trevino hit at least 300 balls per training session and improved his skills. At the age of 17 he enlisted in the US Navy and served there for four years. In the last 1½ years he has spent a lot of time on the golf course with officers.

The professional career

In 1967 Lee Trevino started on the PGA Tour and was voted Rookie of the Year (best newcomer) in its first season . A year later he won his first major , the US Open . Despite this rapid rise into the golf elite, many viewed his successes as pure luck, because his (self-learned) swing looked unnatural and cramped. But soon his critics fell silent, because Trevino's success curve continued to climb steeply. In 1971 he won another two majors and the Canadian Open, then still regarded as a secret fifth major . Trevino won tournament victory after tournament victory in the early 1970s and was Jack Nicklaus' fiercest competitor . After winning another major , the PGA Championship in 1974, however, he suffered a severe blow of fate. He was struck by lightning and sustained injuries to his back and spine. One of his intervertebral discs had to be surgically removed and the subsequent complaints hampered his play. Even so, Trevino still managed to keep himself at the top of the world for another decade, winning the PGA Championship again in 1984, at the age of 44, his sixth major overall .

In his career, Trevino managed to win 29 PGA Tour events, won more than 20 other international tournaments and took another 29 victories, including four senior majors , on the PGA Senior Tour , later the Champions Tour . He played for the USA six times in the Ryder Cup and has an impressive personal match record of 17 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses.

Trevino has launched numerous initiatives to provide help and support to many Americans of Mexican descent in need.

Awards

PGA Tour victories

Major championships are in bold .

PGA Senior and Champions Tour victories

  • 1990 Royal Caribbean Classic, Aetna Challenge, Vintage Chrysler Invitational, Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity Classic, NYNEX Commemorative, US Senior Open , Transamerica Senior Golf Championship
  • 1991 Aetna Challenge, Vantage At The Dominion, Charley Pride Classic
  • 1992 Vantage At The Dominion, The Tradition , PGA Seniors' Championship , Las Vegas Senior Classic, Bell Atlantic Classic
  • 1993 Cadillac NFL Golf Classic, Nationwide Championship, Vantage Championship
  • 1994 Royal Caribbean Classic, PGA Seniors' Championship , PaineWebber Invitational, Bell Atlantic Classic, BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland, Northville Long Island Classic
  • 1995 Northville Long Island Classic, The Transamerica
  • 1996 Emerald Coast Classic
  • 1998 Southwestern Bell Dominion
  • 2000 Cadillac NFL Golf Classic

Senior majors are in bold .

Other tournament victories

Results in major championships

Tournament 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Masters DNP DNP T40 T19 DNP DNP T33 T43 DNP T10 T28 DNP T14 T12 T26 CUT T38 T20 43 T10 47 CUT CUT T18
US Open T54 5 1 CUT T8 1 T4 T4 CUT T29 DNP T27 T12 T19 T12 CUT CUT DNP T9 CUT T4 CUT T40 CUT
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP T34 T3 1 1 T10 T31 T40 DNP 4th T29 T17 2 T11 T27 5 T14 T20 T59 T17 CUT T42
PGA Championship DNP DNP T23 T48 T26 T13 T11 T18 1 T60 CUT T13 T7 T35 7th DNP DNP T14 1 2 T11 DNP CUT CUT
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
The Masters T24 T49 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
US Open DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship T25 T17 T39 DNP CUT CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
PGA Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

DNP = not participated
CUT = Cut not made
"T" split placement
Green background for victories
Yellow background for top 10.

See also

literature

  • Michael D'Antonio : Tour '72. Nicklaus, Palmer, Player, Trevino. The Story of One Great Season . Hyperion, New York 2002.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lee Trevino: A Golf Legend Celebrates 75th Birthday. December 1, 2014, accessed on February 4, 2020 (German).
  2. ↑ Lee Trevino. August 15, 2007, accessed February 4, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Trevino, Lee
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trevino, Lee Buck (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American golfer
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Dallas , Texas, USA