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43-500: Founded 102 years ago in 1922 and designed by William Flynn , the club features a championship 18-hole golf course, a 9-hole par three course, eight tennis courts, and a lap pool. The nine-hole course is called the Rip Arnold Course, named for the club's head professional from 1939 to 1962. It hosts a pro-member invitational event every September named for Warren Smith , the head pro from 1963 to 1991. A bas relief of Smith,

86-572: A 20-day span in the summer of 1971. He defeated Nicklaus in an 18-hole playoff to win the 1971 U.S. Open . Two weeks later, he won the Canadian Open (the first of three), and the following week won The Open Championship (British Open), becoming the first player to win those three titles in the same year. Trevino was awarded the Hickok Belt as the top professional athlete of 1971. He also won Sports Illustrated magazine's " Sportsman of

129-588: A PGA Tour individual event until J. T. Poston accomplished the feat at the 2019 Wyndham Championship . At the PGA Championship he won the fifth of his six major championships. He won the title by a stroke, again over Nicklaus, the fourth and final time Nicklaus was a runner-up in a major to Trevino. At the Western Open near Chicago in 1975 , Trevino was struck by lightning , and suffered injuries to his spine. He underwent surgery to remove

172-457: A beard." Trevino would later regret appearing in the film, due to the amount of swearing. After he was struck by lightning at the 1975 Western Open, Trevino was asked by a reporter what he would do if he were out on the course and it began to storm again. Trevino answered he would take out his 1-iron and point it to the sky, "because not even God can hit a 1-iron." Trevino said later in an interview with David Feherty that he must have tempted God

215-567: A caddie and shoe shiner. He was also able to practice golf since the caddies had three short holes behind their shack. After work, he would hit at least 300 balls. Many of these practice shots were struck from the bare ground with very little grass (known locally as 'Texas hardpan') and often in very windy conditions. It is this that is widely believed to be the reason Trevino developed his extremely distinct, unique (many would say unorthodox), and compact swing method, which he went on to develop with tremendous effect. A very pronounced controlled "fade"

258-536: A damaged spinal disk, but back problems continued to hamper his play. Nevertheless, he was ranked second in McCormack's World Golf Rankings in 1980 behind Tom Watson . Trevino had 3 PGA Tour wins in 1980 and finished runner-up to Tom Watson in the 1980 Open Championship . At the age of 44, Trevino won his sixth and final major at the PGA Championship in 1984 , with a 15-under-par score of 273, becoming

301-412: A notable cameo appearance in the comedy Happy Gilmore , appearing in several scenes where he's a witness to Happy's anger outbursts, always shaking his head in shocked disapproval. His only spoken line is when the movie's antagonist, Shooter McGavin, says to Happy in sarcasm, "Yeah, right, and Grizzly Adams had a beard," to which an unexpected Trevino appears and says to McGavin, "Grizzly Adams did have

344-669: A position previously held by Sam Snead and Tom Watson . At the Masters Tournament in 1989 , 49-year-old Trevino opened with a bogey-free five-under-par 67 to become the oldest to lead the field after a round in the tournament. It came despite Trevino's words twenty years earlier, when he said after the 1969 edition: "Don't talk to me about the Masters. I'm never going to play there again. They can invite me all they want, but I'm not going back. It's just not my type of course." Trevino said that he felt uncomfortable with

387-543: A rubber snake that his daughter had put in his bag as a joke at Nicklaus, who later admitted that he asked Trevino to throw it to him so he could see it. Trevino grabbed the rubbery object and playfully tossed it at Nicklaus, getting a scream from a nearby woman and a hearty laugh from Nicklaus. Trevino shot a 68 to defeat Nicklaus by three strokes. During one tournament, Tony Jacklin, paired with Trevino, said: "Lee, I don't want to talk today." Trevino retorted: "I don't want you to talk. I just want you to listen." Trevino made

430-688: Is found around Philadelphia, his most recognizable work is outside the area at places like Cherry Hills Country Club in Denver , The Cascades in Virginia, The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts , Woodcrest Country Club in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and Shinnecock Hills on Long Island . In 1927, Flynn added the Primrose nine at The Country Club . Three holes from the Primrose are used on

473-573: Is often referred to as " the Merry Mex " and " Supermex ," both affectionate nicknames given to him by other golfers. Trevino was born in Garland, Texas , into a family of Mexican ancestry. He was raised by his mother, Juanita Trevino, and his grandfather, Joe Trevino, a gravedigger . Trevino never knew his father, Joseph Trevino, who left when his son was small. During his childhood, Trevino occasionally attended school and worked to earn money for

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516-494: Is regarded as one of the greatest players in golf history. He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1981. Trevino won six major championships and 29 PGA Tour events over the course of his career. He is one of only four players to twice win the U.S. Open , The Open Championship and the PGA Championship . The Masters Tournament was the only major that eluded him. He is an icon for Mexican Americans , and

559-619: Is the most recent major played in the Mountain time zone. Source: 39°38′35″N 104°57′47″W  /  39.643°N 104.963°W  / 39.643; -104.963 William Flynn (golfer) William Stephen Flynn (December 25, 1890 – January 24, 1944) was a prominent golf course architect during the early part of the 20th century. Flynn is most noted for designing Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on Long Island and Cherry Hills Country Club , Huntingdon Valley Country Club , Lancaster Country Club , and for his work at

602-700: The Merion Golf Club . Flynn, along with A.W. Tillinghast , George C. Thomas, Jr. , Hugh Wilson , George Crump , and William Fownes together made up the "Philadelphia School" of golf course architecture. Together, the group designed over 300 courses, 27 of which are on in the top 100 golf courses in the world. Flynn was born in Milton, Massachusetts . He graduated from Milton High School , where he had played interscholastic golf and competed against his friend Francis Ouimet . He laid out his first course at Heartwellville, Vermont , in 1909 working under

645-564: The PGA of America 's Golf Professional of the Year in 1973, is near the tenth tee. The club's signature colors are cherry red and white. The par-72 course measures 7,348 yards (6,719 m) from the member back tees, and now extends to 7,466 yards (6,827 m) at par-71 for championships. The course plays shorter because its average elevation exceeds 5,300 feet (1,615 m) above sea level . A significant restoration by noted architect Tom Doak

688-418: The U.S. Open in 1938 , 1960 , and 1978 . It hosted the U.S. Amateur in 1990, won by Phil Mickelson . The U.S. Senior Open was won by Jack Nicklaus in 1993 , and Birdie Kim won the U.S. Women's Open in 2005 , holing out from a greenside bunker on the final hole. The U.S. Amateur returned to the club in 2012 and was won by Steven Fox . The first of the three U.S. Opens at Cherry Hills in 1938

731-483: The 18th for a round of 66. In the final round, Trevino was tied for the lead on the 17th tee with Tony Jacklin . Trevino chipped in from rough on the back of the green for a par on the 17th. A shaken Jacklin three-putted the same hole from 15 feet for a bogey. Trevino parred the 18th hole for a final round of 71, winning him the Open by a stroke over Nicklaus, with Jacklin finishing third. Trevino holed out four times from off

774-675: The 1969 and 1970 Dunlop International and ultimately won down under at the 1973 Chrysler Classic . He also won an event on the Japan Golf Tour , the Casio World Open in 1981. Trevino also had a great deal of success in Europe. Among his greatest triumphs were at the 1971 Open Championship and 1972 Open Championship . Trevino was also invited to play at the very prestigious (though unofficial) Piccadilly World Match Play Championship three times (1968, 1970, 1972). He reached

817-563: The British Masters. Additionally, he finished runner-up at three European Tour events: the 1980 Bob Hope British Classic , 1980 Open Championship , and the 1986 Benson & Hedges International Open. From 1983 to 1989, he worked as a color analyst for PGA Tour coverage on NBC television. In 2014 Trevino was named "Golf Professional Emeritus" at The Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia,

860-487: The Masters was a tie for tenth ( 1975 , 1985 ). Throughout his career, Trevino was seen as approachable and humorous, and was frequently quoted by the press. Late in his career, he remarked, "I played the tour in 1967 and told jokes and nobody laughed. Then I won the Open the next year, told the same jokes, and everybody laughed like hell." At the beginning of Trevino's 1971 U.S. Open playoff against Jack Nicklaus, he threw

903-460: The Year " and was named ABC 's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year. In 1972 at Muirfield in Scotland , Trevino became the first player to successfully defend The Open Championship since Arnold Palmer in 1962 . In a remarkable third round at Muirfield, Trevino had five consecutive birdies from the 14th through the 18th, holing a bunker shot on the 16th and sinking a 30–foot chip on

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946-428: The atmosphere at Augusta National and that he disliked the course because his style of play, where he liked to fade low shots left to right, was not suited to the course. Trevino did not accept invitations to the Masters in 1970 , 1971 , and 1974 . In 1972 , after forgoing the previous two Masters tournaments, he stored his shoes and other items in the trunk of his car, rather than use the locker room facilities in

989-404: The clubhouse. Trevino complained that had he not qualified as a player, the club would not have let him onto the grounds except through the kitchen. But he later described his boycott of the Masters as "the greatest mistake I've made in my career" and called Augusta National "the eighth wonder of the world." After his opening round 67 in 1989, Trevino tied for eighteenth; his best career result at

1032-412: The construction supervisor at Merion and remained on as superintendent for a short time, helping establish the course. Flynn continued his involvement with Merion for 25 years, perfecting the course. He and Wilson had hoped to form a design partnership, but Wilson's failing health prevented it. Instead, Flynn partnered with Howard Toomey just after World War I with Flynn the designer and Toomey handling

1075-418: The course's Composite Course for the U.S. Open , but much of Flynn's renovation work at The Country Club goes unnoticed. The climax of Flynn's career would be Shinnecock Hills Golf Club , where he had his finest site and certainly produced his greatest work. Toomey and Flynn were hired to redesign the original course in 1931 with the addition of new land to build the back nine. Flynn kept only two holes from

1118-476: The defending champion. His rounds of 69-68-69-69 was the first time 70 was broken in all 4 rounds of a U.S. Open. During his career, Trevino won 29 times on the PGA Tour, including six majors . He was at his best in the early 1970s, when he was Jack Nicklaus 's chief rival. He won the money list title in 1970, and had six wins in 1971 and four wins in 1972 . Trevino had a remarkable string of victories during

1161-637: The direction of his brother in law Frederick Pickering who was considered the “king of golf course constructors” in the beginning of the century. Pickering constructed the first Merion Course and William Flynn worked for him at the time. Although Pickering was supposed to construct the Merion East after a disagreement, Flynn was hired to assist Hugh Wilson with completion of the East Course at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania . He worked as

1204-460: The engineering side of the work. They started their own golf architectural firm, Toomey & Flynn. William Gordon, Robert Lawrence and Dick Wilson all started out as assistants with the firm of Toomey and Flynn and all later became prominent designers in their own right. Flynn was particularly active around Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , producing numerous highly rated courses which compete with each other for attention. Although his body of work

1247-478: The family. At age 5, he started working in the cotton fields. Trevino was introduced to golf when his uncle gave him a few golf balls and an old golf club. He then spent his free time sneaking into nearby country clubs to practice and began as a caddie at the Dallas Athletic Club , near his home. He soon began caddying full-time. Trevino left school at age 14 to go to work. He earned $ 30 a week as

1290-405: The finals twice. His most notable performance probably came in 1970 when he defeated defending Masters champion Billy Casper in the quarterfinals and defending PGA champion Dave Stockton in the semifinals. He also won two regular European Tour events late in his career at 1978 Benson & Hedges International Open and 1985 Dunhill British Masters . In fact, his last regular tour win was at

1333-488: The first player to shoot all four rounds under 70 in the PGA Championship. He was the runner-up the following year in 1985, attempting to become the first repeat champion since Denny Shute in 1937 . In the early 1980s, Trevino was second on the PGA Tour's career money list, behind only Nicklaus. From 1968 to 1981 inclusive, Trevino won at least one PGA Tour event a year, a streak of 14 seasons. He also won more than 20 international and unofficial professional tournaments. He

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1376-475: The greens during the tournament. Nicklaus had won the first two majors of the year ( Masters , U.S. Open ) and fell just short in the third leg of the grand slam . After holing his chip shot on the 17th in the final round, Trevino said: "I'm the greatest chipper in the world." In 1974, Trevino won the Greater New Orleans Open without scoring any bogeys, the only time it had happened in

1419-399: The lead with Palmer as he came to the par-5 17th hole, 47-year-old Ben Hogan hit his third shot into the water and bogeyed. He hooked his final tee shot and triple-bogeyed the final hole to finish four strokes back at even par, which ended his chances of a tenth major championship. Playing with Hogan, 20-year-old collegian Nicklaus from Ohio State bogeyed the final hole and finished second,

1462-524: The obvious low amateur. As a result of Palmer's feat, the USGA commissioned construction of a new tee prior to the 1978 edition, which extended the hole fifty yards (46 m). The third and most recent Open at Cherry Hills, it was won by Andy North by one stroke with a score of one over par. Until 2006 , this was the most recent U.S. Open in which the winning score had been over par. Two PGA Championships have been held at Cherry Hills. The first in 1941

1505-540: The original course in a total makeover. Shinnecock is praised for its beautiful routing and Flynn's use of the natural terrain. It is currently ranked third in Golf Digest 's 100 Greatest Courses Ranking, the highest of any course Flynn was involved in. Flynn died at the age of 53 in Philadelphia. Lee Trevino Lee Buck Trevino (born December 1, 1939) is an American retired professional golfer who

1548-469: The rest of the 1967 season. He won $ 26,472 as a rookie, 45th on the PGA Tour money list, and was named Rookie of the Year by Golf Digest . The fifth-place finish at the U.S. Open also earned him an exemption into the following year's event. In 1968, his second year on the circuit, Trevino won the U.S. Open at Oak Hill Country Club , in Rochester, New York , four strokes ahead of runner-up Nicklaus,

1591-529: The week before by staying outside during a lightning delay to entertain the crowds, saying "I deserved to get hit...God can hit a 1-iron." Trevino said: "I've been hit by lightning and been in the Marine Corps for four years. I've traveled the world and been about everywhere you can imagine. There's not anything I'm scared of except my wife." PGA Tour playoff record (5–5) European Tour playoff record (1–1) *Note: The 1991 Vantage at The Dominion

1634-734: Was Orville Moody , who would follow Trevino to the PGA Tour in the late 1960s. After Trevino was discharged from the Marines, he went to work as a club professional in El Paso, Texas . He made extra money by gambling for stakes in head-to-head matches. He qualified for the U.S. Open in 1966 , made the cut, and tied for 54th, earning $ 600. He qualified again in 1967 and shot 283 (+3), eight shots behind champion Jack Nicklaus , and only four behind runner-up Arnold Palmer . Trevino earned $ 6,000 for finishing fifth, which earned him Tour privileges for

1677-428: Was a match play event; Vic Ghezzi defeated defending champion Byron Nelson 1 up in the 36-hole final. Seven of the eight quarterfinalists in 1941 won a major title during their career. The championship changed to a stroke play format in 1958 and returned to Cherry Hills in 1985 ; Hubert Green won his second major with a score of 278 (–6), two strokes ahead of defending champion Lee Trevino . As of 2022 , it

1720-410: Was carried out during 2008 and opened for play in spring 2009. The course was extended to over 7,500 yards (6,860 m) and many trees were removed. In addition, several original bunkers that had been removed over the years were restored, bringing the course more in-line with William Flynn's original design. Cherry Hills has hosted seven United States Golf Association (USGA) championships, including

1763-779: Was his signature shot, although he had many other shot types in his repertoire and he is, still to this day, remembered as one of the very finest shot-makers of all time. When Trevino turned 17 in December 1956, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps , and served four years as a machine gunner and was discharged in December 1960 as a corporal with the 3rd Marine Division . He spent part of his time playing golf with Marine Corps officers. He played successfully in Armed Forces golf events in Asia, where one rival

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1806-626: Was one of the charismatic stars who was instrumental in making the Senior PGA Tour (now the PGA Tour Champions ) an early success. He claimed 29 senior wins, including four senior majors . He topped the seniors' money list in 1990 and 1992. Like many American stars of the era, Trevino played a considerable amount overseas. Early in his career he played sporadically on the Australasian Tour . He finished runner-up in

1849-425: Was won by defending champion Ralph Guldahl . He shot an even-par 284, six strokes ahead of runner-up Dick Metz . In 1960 , Arnold Palmer won with 280 (–4), two strokes ahead of the runner-up, amateur Jack Nicklaus . After three unsuccessful attempts (including a double bogey in the first round), Palmer finally drove the first green (346-yard (316 m) par four) in the fourth round on his way to victory. Tied for

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