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Ken Venturi: Pga Tour
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In 1964 after going four years without winning a tournament, golfer Ken Venturi launched a comeback by winning the U.S. Open. Despite suffering severe dehydration and heat exhaustion due to the 100-degree heat at the Congressional in Washington, D.C., Venturi shot 66 and 70 in two rounds on the final day to finish four strokes ahead of Tommy Jacobs. Venturi finished the year sixth on the money list, with $65,682.
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Ken Venturi is one of the living legends in golf. Taught by golf greats Byron Nelson and mentored by Ben Hogan early in his career, Venturi was a fixture on the PGA Tour in the late '50s and early '60s. But a chronic ailment in his hands forced him to retire at the age of 33, with one U.S. Open Championship and 14 tour victories. Since then, his smooth baritone voice has been behind the mike of CBS's golf coverage, including the Masters. Last fall, he captained the U.S. Presidents Cup team, which defeated the International team at Lake Manassas, Virginia, in October. In a short, but wide-ranging conversation with Cigar Aficionado Executive Editor Gordon Mott, Venturi outlined a philosophy that draws directly from a deep and abiding respect for the game of golf.
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Ken Venturi, the 2000 President's Cup Captain, was forced to retire from the PGA Tour at the age of 33 due to severe carpal tunnel syndrome. He found a new career as a golf analyst for CBS Sports. Ken Venturi has been singled out by Golf Digest as the Nation's top golf commentator. Ken has written instructional articles and books.
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Ken Venturi (born 1931 in San Francisco, California ) was a prominent PGA Tour professional during the late 1950's and early 1960's. Venturi first gained national attention in 1956 when, as an amateur, he came second in that year's Masters after leading from the first round. Only a final round 80 under difficult conditions prevented him from winning outright and ... becoming the first amateur to do so in the history of The Masters.
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Ken Venturi, PGA Tour superstar, who was afflicted with a stuttering disability and couldn’t talk at 13, was hired by Chirkinian in 1968 to be his golf analyst. Venturi is best known for his heroic win of the 1964 U.S. Open at the Congressional Country Club and for his 35-year career as America’s most distinguished and cherished golf analyst. When Chirkinian hired Jim Nantz to work with Venturi, they became the longest running (17 years) and the most prominent team in sports.
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His dedication to the game paid off in 1956, when Venturi turned professional. His success continued, claiming 14 PGA Tour victories between 1957 and 1966. Ken Venturi is well known for his dramatic win of the 1964 U.S. Open on the 36-hole final day when temperatures soared above the 1001F mark and threatened players with heat exhaustion. Later that year, he was named PGA Player of the Year and Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year. In 1965, he was selected for the Ryder Cup Team.
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