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7 Jul 2024 · 1949 Motor City Open (11 holes): Lloyd Mangrum and Cary Middlecoff declared co-winners by mutual agreement due to darkness. The previous year’s Motor City Open went to a playoff between Ben Hogan...
5 hari yang lalu · The TOUR record for a sudden death playoff is 11 holes in the 1949 Motor City Open, when Lloyd Mangrum and Cary Middlecoff were declared co-winners by mutual agreement due to darkness; four other...
18 Jun 2024 · Lloyd Mangrum owned five PGA Tour victories when he arrived on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day in June 1944. Amid the invasion his vehicle overturned. One of Mangrum’s arms was broken.
4 Jul 2024 · After joining the PGA Tour in 1937, pro golfer Mangrum won a whopping 36 events on the tour. He was slated to win more, except World War II kicked off and he was drafted. Though the U.S. Army offered him a job at the Fort Meade golf course so he could avoid combat, Mangrum denied the offer.
2 Jul 2024 · Cary Middlecoff and Lloyd Mangrum—both major champions and World Golf Hall of Famers—finished regulation play of the 1949 Motor City Open in Detroit knotted at 11-under, 273.In the playoff, the pair matched scores for 11 consecutive holes.
1 hari yang lalu · This round tied Lloyd Mangrum's record set at Augusta National in 1940 and remained in place until Nick Price shot 63 during the third round in 1986. It was at this time that Bobby Jones stated Nicklaus played a game with which he was unfamiliar; Jones called Nicklaus's result "the greatest performance in all of golfing history".
4 Jul 2024 · 1949 — Lloyd Mangrum sets a record with his 17-under par 263 to win the tournament. 1950 — Chandler Harper holds off the legendary Sam Snead and fan-favorite Manuel de la Torre for the Open title.
