Professional Golfer. He won the second United States Open tournament in 1896. He and his brother David invented the bramble patterning for the new rubber-cored golf ball and developed a club called the "Mashie-Niblick", known today as the seven iron. In addition he designed many of the first golf courses in the midwestern United States.
Professional Golfer. He won the second United States Open tournament in 1896. He and his brother David invented the bramble patterning for the new rubber-cored golf ball and developed a club called the "Mashie-Niblick", known today as the seven iron. In addition he designed many of the first golf courses in the midwestern United States.
Bio by: Douglas Kirk Sorensen
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U.S. Open Golf Champion 1896
Professional at Chicago Golf Club Wheaton, Il.
Won at Shinnecock Hills G.C.
Southampton, New York
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