Uncorked, The Life and Times of Champagne Tony Lema by Larry Baush
Uncorked tells the story of one of the brightest stars of the PGA Tour during the mid-1960s, a winner of the the 1964 Open Championship at The Old Course at St. Andrews. His life was cut tragically short when a small plane he was traveling in ran out of gas and crashed on a golf course. Uncorked is a story of love, faith and redemption. Get your copy signed by the author.
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n 1964 Tony Lema won The Open Championship at St. Andrews and then picked up one of the largest checks available to professional golfers when he won the World Series of Golf. The World Series of Golf pitted the winners of the Masters, The U.S. Open, The Open Championship and the PGA Championship in a two-round event with the winner in 1964 getting a $50,000 check. The winnings were unofficial and did not count towards the money list, but it still was the highest payout available at the time.
In December, Lema teamed up with Bobby Nichols to play in the best ball matches for the CBS Golf Classic. The CBS Golf Classic paid out $50,000 to the winning team. Lema and Nichols made it into the final 36-hole match against Bruce Devlin and Bob Charles.
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Uncorked, The Life and Times of Champagne Tony Lema
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The story of Tony Lema, one of the brightest stars on the PGA Tour in the mid-1960s, winner of the 1964 British Open, is a story of love, faith and redemption. With a cast of characters including Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Fred Corcoran, the Duke of Windsor and even the Pope, Uncorked reveals a story full of action, adventure, love and faith, and ultimately, redemption.
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