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Lee Trevino: Canadian Open
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In 1971 during a four-week span in June and July, Lee Trevino won three straight golf tournaments: the U.S., Canadian, and British Opens. Trevino finished second on the money list with $231,000 and was named PGA Player of the Year. The gregarious and accessible Trevino ... helped broaden the appeal of golf.
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Lee Trevino brings some fond memories to Pebble Beach for this weekend's First Tee Open. He once hit a shot into the sand dunes of Cypress Point, where tournament host Bing Crosby and his wife, Kathryn, graciously helped Trevino look for his ball.
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Lee B. Trevino, 28, from Horizon City, Texas, played four rounds under par, equaled the 72-hole record of 275, and won by four strokes over the East Course of the Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, New York. Trevino scored 69-68-69-69 and became the first player in Open history to play all four regulation rounds under par and in the 60s. Trevino's 275 tied the record set by Jack Nicklaus the previous year. Nicklaus was second to Trevino at 279.
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Trevino joined the PGA tour in 1967. In his first season he earned Rookie of the Year honors, and in 1968 he won the U.S. Open tournament. In 1970 he won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average on the tour and went on to win the Trophy four more times (1971, 1972, 1974, and 1980). In 1971 Trevino won three national tournaments— the U.S. Open, in which he defeated Jack Nicklaus in a playoff for the title; the Canadian Open, which he won again in 1977 and 1979; and the British Open—and was named PGA Player of the Year. In 1972 he won the British Open for a second time. In 1974 and again in 1984 he won the PGA championship tournament.
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Trevino rebounded in the spring of 1971. In a playoff round against Nicklaus during the 1971 U.S. Open in Merion, Pennsylvania, Trevino bested him 68-71. That year the PGA named Trevino Player of the Year, one of many awards he would receive for winning the U.S. Open for the second time in four years. Chalking up wins in the British Open and the Canadian Open as well, Trevino became the first to win all three tournaments in a single year; in fact, he won them all in just over three weeks. His second World Cup win was just icing on the cake.
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After his discharge, Trevino continued his pursuit of the game. In 1967, he began playing on the PGA Tour, that year he played in his first U.S. Open golf championship, he shot a 283, eight shots behind champion Jack Nicklaus, and earned $6,000 for finishing fifth. He won $26,472 as a rookie, 45th on the PGA Tour money list. In 1968 at the Oak Hill Country Club (Rochester, New York), a large goal was reached when he won the U.S. Open. From here on there was no looking back. Over the course of his career, Trevino won 29 times on the PGA Tour, including six majors.
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