Gene Sarazen

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American golfer human professional golfer

Gene Sarazen was an American professional golfer and one of the sport’s early greats, known for winning seven major championships and inventing the modern sand wedge.

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Gene Sarazen canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American golfer ⓘ
human ⓘ
professional golfer ⓘ
achievedCareerGrandSlam true ⓘ
burialPlace Marco Island, Florida ⓘ
surface form: Marco Island, Florida, United States
causeOfDeath complications from pneumonia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1902-02-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1999-05-13 ⓘ
eraOfActivity 1920s ⓘ
1930s ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Italian-American ⓘ
familyName Saraceni ⓘ
fullName Eugenio Saraceni NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName Eugenio ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction World Golf Hall of Fame ⓘ
hasSignature Gene Sarazen signature.svg ⓘ
height 5 ft 5 in ⓘ
invented modern sand wedge ⓘ
isKnownFor being one of golf’s early great players ⓘ
inventing the modern sand wedge ⓘ
winning seven major championships ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
majorChampionshipWins 7 ⓘ
nicknameOfShot Shot heard round the world ⓘ
surface form: The Shot Heard ’Round the World
notableShot double eagle at the 15th hole in the 1935 Masters Tournament ⓘ
occupation professional golfer ⓘ
oneOfFirstToAchieveCareerGrandSlam true ⓘ
placeOfBirth Harrison, New York ⓘ
surface form: Harrison, New York, United States
placeOfDeath Naples, Florida, United States ⓘ
playedOnTour PGA Tour ⓘ
residence Naples, Florida, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sport golf ⓘ
turnedProfessional 1919 ⓘ
wonMastersTournament 1935 ⓘ
wonOpenChampionship 1932 ⓘ
wonPGAChampionship 1922 ⓘ
1923 ⓘ
wonTournament Masters Tournament ⓘ
PGA Championship ⓘ
The Open Championship ⓘ
U.S. Open ⓘ
wonUSOpen 1922 ⓘ
1932 ⓘ
yearOfHallOfFameInduction 1974 ⓘ

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Prince’s Golf Club → winnerOf1932Open → Gene Sarazen ⓘ
Wanamaker Trophy → notableWinner → Gene Sarazen ⓘ