Jerry Pate - Part 1 (The Early Years)

Winner of the 1976 U.S. Open as a 22-year-old Tour Rookie, Jerry Pate shares his early days growing up in the South, walking-on to play golf at Alabama and his deep affection for their legendary football coach, Paul "Bear" Bryant. Jerry recalls his U.S. Amateur title in 1974 and his team and individual win in the Eisenhower Trophy representing his country that same year. He fondly remembers his Walker Cup experience in 1975 at the Old Course and how he tagged Craig Stadler with his now-famous nickname, "Walrus". Jerry Pate tells his early story, "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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Pate, Jerry

Golf Professional and Golf Course Architect

Are you a big golfer? Do you watch the PGA Tour whenever it’s on? Do you find yourself on https://golfingjourney.com/golfing-guides/improve-my-golf-swing/ – hoping to improve your game? Are you always on the green of your local course? If you said yes to these then the chances are you know Jerry Pate.

No player has ever made a splash – literally and figuratively – on the PGA TOUR quite like Jerry Pate. After winning the U.S. Amateur Championship and playing on the victorious U.S. Walker Cup team, Jerry took low amateur honors at the 1975 U.S. Open and was medalist at the 1975 PGA TOUR Q-School.

Jerry dazzled the golf world during his rookie season on the PGA TOUR. He won the U.S. Open title with one of the greatest shots in championship history – a 190-yard five-iron over water to within two feet of the hole. He added a second national crown when he won the Canadian Open later that year and garnered Rookie of the Year and Co-Player of the Year honors.

Between 1976 and 1982, Pate won eight times on the PGA TOUR and was one of the TOUR’s top players. Fans loved the color he brought to the game, including his orange golf ball, which he began using in 1980. In 1982, Jerry made golf history – and golf legend – when he won the THE PLAYERS Championship, the first held at Pete Dye’s diabolical new Stadium Course at the TPC Sawgrass. During the awards ceremony, Jerry delighted his fellow professionals and thousands of gallery members when he threw course architect Pete Dye and PGA TOUR Commissioner Deane Beman into the lake adjacent to the 18th green. Sho… Read More

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