PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Calvin Peete competed in The Players Championship for the last time a year before Tiger Woods turned pro.Woods said he never had a chance to meet him, though he was well aware of how Peete went from the vegetable fields to being a 12-time winner on the PGA Tour.And how straight Peete hit the ball.
”There is a stat that not too many people know about,” Woods said Tuesday. ”And that is, at Muirfield Village he didn’t miss a fairway for 2 1/2 years. I mean, over 10 rounds without missing a fairway. OK, you’re going to hit one bad shot somewhere in 2 1/2 years, but he never missed a fairway.”
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Peete died last week. He was the most successful black golfer in PGA Tour history before Woods arrived in 1996. Among his victories was The Players Championship.
”I remember watching when he won here and what he did,” said Woods, who would have been 9 when Peete won at TPC Sawgrass.
Author: Doug Ferguson–Read more at PGA.COM
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