Senior Golfers - Hall Of Fame

There are a number of senior golfers that have walked the great hall of fame in the golf history. Harry Cooper who was born in 1904 and living to the ripe old age of 96 won around 31 tours in his game history. It is believed that you can play the game of gold better in you senior age. He had even coached the Westchester Country Club till his age was 93. Earlier he had trained golf lessons for 26 years in New York. One of his greatest achievements was Vardon Trophy which he had won in 1937and was a renowned golfer of his time.

Ben Hogan is also considered as one of the greatest golfers of the era. He lived from 1912 to 1997 and was very much famous for his theory of golf swing and his legendary ball striking abilities. He has a credit of around 64 tour wins including around 9 major championships. He had managed to turn to pro at his young age of 17.

He had won his first tour event in the year 1932 and managed to win a grant sum of $8.50, and was on his way to win his 63 pro tournaments even after he faced a brutal accident in Texas involving a bus in 1949. He also managed to walk the hall of fame as a member and won a Vardon Trophy around 3 different times. A number of golf clubs sure does exist that bore his name till date and most of these are still regarded as some of the best golf clubs.

Tommy Bolt is another such name in the history of senior golf. He is better known as having short temper in the green field. He had managed to gain a nick name for himself as “Thunder or Terrible Tommy”. Born in 1918 he had managed to play golf till he was 80. He had also won around 15 tours and one of the major tournaments in 1958. He was also chosen for the Ryder Cup Team and won the PGA Seniors back in 1969. He certainly was one of the best known golfers of his time.

Cary Middlecoff is another such name in the history of golfers. Born in 1921 and lived till 1988 had managed to win nearly 40 pro tournaments. He also managed to win Vardy Trophy in 1956 for having one of the lowest scoring averages. Three times he played Ryder Cup and was also known as world hall of fame member in Tennessee hall of sports.

Cary was a dentist by profession before he had joined PGA and also managed to become television commentator for golf. He had also written a book on golfing which is commonly called as Golf Swing. He had played the Walker Cup at the age of 60. He has a total of 29 PGA tour wins to himself and tournaments in Japan and Australia. He is also counted among some of the best golfers of his time.

There are a number of more names that can be added to this list and the list could simply grow bigger. All of them were senior golf players. So if you are a senior player you also have a chance to make it till Hall Of Fame because if they can do it you too can.