Samuel Jackson Snead was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for the better part of four decades and widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Snead was awarded a record 94 gold medallions, for wins in PGA of America Tour events and later credited with winning a record 82 PGA Tour events, including seven majors. He never won the U.S. Open, though he was runner-up four times. Snead was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974.
Curtis Northrup Strange is an American professional golfer and TV color commentator. He is the winner of consecutive U.S. Open titles and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He spent over 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking between their debut in 1986 and 1990.
Craig Robert Stadler is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level, including one major championship, the 1982 Masters Tournament.
Davis Milton Love III is an American professional golfer who has won 21 events on the PGA Tour, including one major championship: the 1997 PGA Championship. He won the Players Championship in 1992 and 2003. He was in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking for over 450 weeks, reaching a high ranking of 2nd. He captained the U.S. Ryder Cup teams in 2012 and 2016. Love was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2017.
Jerry Lanston "Lanny" Wadkins Jr. is an American professional golfer. He ranked in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking for 86 weeks from the ranking's debut in 1986 to 1988.
Frederick Funk is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions.
William Thomas Andrade is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Champions Tour.
William Fred Mayfair is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.
Jesse Carlyle "J. C." Snead is an American professional golfer who has won many tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour. Snead is the nephew of the legendary Sam Snead.
Robert Edwin Wadkins is an American professional golfer. His older brother, Lanny, won 21 times on the PGA Tour, including the 1977 PGA Championship, and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Michael William Donald is an American professional golfer.
Richard Bernice "Pete" Cooper was an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour in the 1940s and 1950s; he was best known for winning the 1976 PGA Seniors' Championship.
Fred Wampler was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.
Brendon de Jonge is a professional golfer from Zimbabwe. He currently plays on the PGA Tour. He played collegiate golf at Virginia Tech.
William Creed Wampler Jr. is an American politician. A Republican, he was a member of the Senate of Virginia from 1988 to 2011. He represented the 40th district in the southwest corner of the state, which included Dickenson, Lee, Scott and Wise Counties and parts of Washington County, along with the cities of Bristol and Norton.
The Middle Atlantic PGA Championship is a golf tournament that is the championship of the Middle Atlantic section of the PGA of America. The tournament has been played annually since 1932 in Virginia, Maryland, or Washington, DC. Fred Funk, eight-time winner on the PGA Tour, holds the record with six Middle Atlantic PGA victories. Other PGA Tour winners who have also won the Middle Atlantic PGA Championship include Chandler Harper, Bobby Cruickshank, Lew Worsham, and George Fazio.
The Colorado PGA Championship is a golf tournament that is the championship of the Colorado section of the PGA of America. Fred Wampler, PGA Tour winner of the Los Angeles Open in 1954, and Jack Sommers, club pro and member of the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame, share the record for most victories with four. Other PGA Tour winners who have also won this event include Dale Douglass and Bill Johnston.
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