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Gary Player
DMS
,
OIG
(born 1 November 1935) is a
South African
retired
professional golfer
who is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers ever.
[1]
During his career, Player won nine
major championships
on the regular tour and nine major championships on the
Champions Tour
.
[2]
[3]
[4]
At the age of 29, Player won the
1965 U.S. Open
and became the only non-American to win all four majors in a career, known as the
career Grand Slam
. At the time, he was the youngest player to do this, though
Jack Nicklaus
(26) and
Tiger Woods
(24) subsequently broke this record. Player became only the third golfer in history to win the Career Grand Slam, following
Ben Hogan
and
Gene Sarazen
, and only Nicklaus and Woods have performed the feat since. He won over 150 professional tournaments on six continents over seven decades and was inducted into the
World Golf Hall of Fame
in 1974.
[5]
Nicknamed the Black Knight, Mr. Fitness, and the International Ambassador of Golf,
[6]
Player is also a renowned
golf course architect
with more than 400 design projects on five continents throughout the world. He has also authored or co-written 36 golf books.
His business interests are exclusively represented by the Gary Player Group, which includes Gary Player Design, Player Real Estate, The Player Foundation, Gary Player Academies, and Black Knight Enterprises, aspects of which include licensing, events, publishing, wine, apparel and memorabilia.