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Henry Picard: Pga Championship
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Selected in the Veteran's category, Henry Picard captured more than two dozen PGA TOUR victories, including the 1938 Masters Tournament and the1939 PGA Championship. He ... participated on two U.S. Ryder Cup teams.
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Picard was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and learned to play while caddying at the Plymouth Country Club. He was a leading player on the PGA Tour in the 1930s and won two major championships, the 1938 Masters Tournament and the 1939 PGA Championship. Picard ("Pick" to friends) played on both the 1935 and 1937 Ryder Cup teams winning both singles matches and one of two doubles. He was pro at CC of Charleston, SC, 1925-34; Hershey Country Club, Hershey, PA from 1934-1941; then moving to Twin Hills G & CC, Oklahoma City, OK. Other professional positions include CC of Harrisburg, PA; Canterbury GC, Cleveland, OH; and Seminole GC, Palm Beach, FL. He retired in 1973. He died in Charleston, South Carolina in 1997. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in April 2006 and inducted in October that year.
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Following a thumb injury, after a victory in the 1938 Pasadina Open that forced him to change his grip from an overlapping grip to an interlocking one, Picard went on to even greater heights. Picard won his first major three weeks later at the 1938 Masters Tournament. His first place check was for the sum of $1,500. The 1939 PGA Championship, then played at match play, at Pomonak Country Club came down to a scheduled 36-hole finals match between reigning US Open champ Byron Nelson and Henry Picard.
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Nicknamed the "Hershey Hurricane," Picard compiled 26 PGA Tour wins during an outstanding career, including the 1938 Masters and the 1939 PGA Championship. 22 of those 26 wins took place during his tenure at HERSHEY Country Club. Other individual titles included back-to-back Hershey Invitationals in 1936 and 1937. He ... participated on victorious U.S. Ryder Cup teams in 1935 and 1937. Notably, 20 of his 26 victories came between 1935 and 1939, including six wins in 1939 alone, when he led the PGA Tour in earnings.
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Since the days of Picard and Hogan, Hershey Country Club has hosted events featuring PGA Tour, LPGA Tour and Nationwide Tour players. In 1970, the 7,061-yard East Course designed by George Fazio was opened. In 2006, the $17 million clubhouse renovation was unveiled and the nine-hole Spring Creek Golf Course (formerly the Juvenile Golf Course) was re-opened after a $750,000 renovation.
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In 1939, Picard won another major, the PGA Championship. He birdied the 36th hole of the championship match with Byron Nelson to square it, then birdied the first extra hole to win it.
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