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2003 — Barry Bonds steals second base against the LA Dodgers, becoming the first player in MLB history to have 500 career homers and 500 steals.
Here are 10 facts about "Sir Walter": 1. He was born in Rochester in 1892 and grew up in the Corbett's Glen area of Brighton, the son of a blacksmith and the only boy among five Hagen children.
From June 18, 1915 Iver Hagen died at his home Tuesday evening. Mr. Hagen was born in Lesje Gulbrandsdalen, Norway, in 1949. In 1976 he came to Pope County and bought a farm a few miles East of ...
2016: A gunman claiming allegiance to Islamic State opens fire at gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 and injuring 53 – the worst mass shooting in the US. On the same day, the Broadway show ...
Celebrate the 125th U.S. Open with exclusive golf apparel and accessories from the Walter Hagen Collection, available only at DICK’S Sporting Goods.
Christine Hagen passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by her many loved ones on Sunday, May 18th, 2025. She will be remembered and greatly missed by her devoted husband of more than fifty years, ...
The famed Wanamaker Trophy is the largest and heaviest in golf, but don’t think for one minute it can’t ever be lost – a fact legendary golfer Walter Hagen learned in the 1920s.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Collin Morikawa had no idea how heavy the Wanamaker Trophy was when he attempted to hoist it in the air following his victory at the 2020 PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A look at some of the anniversaries this year at the PGA Championship: Site: Olympia Fields Winner: Walter Hagen Runner-up: Bill Mehlhorn Score: 6 and 5 Winner’s share ...
Nicklaus won all of his in the stroke play format, while Hagen's five wins all came during match play. No one ever won it in both formats. All the PGA Championship winners from 1958-2024 ...
Walter Hagen, after one day’s practice in England where he had gone to play Archie Compston a match for $3,750, got a big water blister on the pad of flesh at the base of the little finger of ...
Easily one of the best days on the golf calendar, the final round of the PGA Professional Championship always promises drama. Not just about who will raise the Walter Hagen Cup, but also . . . for ...