Curtis Strange - Part 2 (Amateur Experience and Early Life on the Tour)

Curtis Strange, World Golf Hall of Fame member, recounts his amateur experiences winning the 1974 Western Amateur over good friend and Wake Forest teammate, Jay Haas, and playing on the winning side in the 1975 Walker Cup at the Old Course. Curtis reflects back on turning pro at age 21 just short of graduation and going out on the road on the PGA Tour with a bit of debt to keep the pressure on. He fondly recalls his many good friends, the locker room environment that he misses most and breaking through for his first win at the 1979 Pensacola Open. You will enjoy this engaging look-back with Curtis Strange, "FORE the Good of the Game."

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"FORE the Good of the Game” is a golf podcast featuring interviews with World Golf Hall of Fame members, winners of major championships and other people of influence in and around the game of golf. Highlighting the positive aspects of the game, we aim to create and provide an engaging and timeless repository of content that listeners can enjoy now and forever. Co-hosted by PGA Tour star Bruce Devlin, our podcast focuses on telling their life stories, in their voices. Join Bruce and Mike Gonzalez “FORE the Good of the Game.”

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Strange, Curtis

Professional Golfer, Broadcaster

Nobody, it was long said on the PGA TOUR, ever hated a bogey more than Curtis Strange. Although good to great with every club in the bag, it was the ferocity with which the Virginian played that will always be his signature. Strange’s intensity was his edge and led to back-to-back U.S. Open victories.

The first came at Brookline in 1988, when Strange led late only to three putt the 71st hole from 15 feet. When he hit his approach on the last into a greenside bunker, the man who had lost the 1985 Masters on the back nine seemed destined to never win a Major. But Strange got up and down to tie Nick Faldo, then defeated him with flawless golf the next day, 71 to 75.

“We only have so much energy, physically and mentally, to be the best.”
The following year at Oak Hill, Strange was an opportunist, staying in touch with the leaders with 15 straight pars on Sunday before taking the lead for the first time with a birdie on the 70th hole. He became the first man to win consecutive U.S. Opens since Ben Hogan in 1951.

Strange’s quest for the three in a row that would have tied the record of Willie Anderson fell short in 1990 at Medinah, where after a late challenge he faded to T21. The effort took something out of Strange. Although only 34 years old, he never won on the PGA TOUR again, finishing with 17 official victories. The flame that burned hotter than anyone else’s burned out. As he once said, “We only have so much energy, physically and mentally, to be the best.”

Born January 30, 1955, Strange was a child of golf. His father, Tom, was an ac… Read More

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