Full name Calvin Peete PGA Tour 12 Retired 2001 Professional wins 14 Career end 2001 | Turned professional 1975 Role Golfer Nationality United States Name Calvin Peete | |
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Born July 18, 1943
Detroit, Michigan ( 1943-07-18 ) Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Champions Tour Died April 29, 2015, Atlanta, Georgia, United States Spouse Pepper Peete (m. ?–2015), Christine Peete (m. ?–1987) Children Rickie Peete, Dennis Peete, Charlotte Peete, Calvin Peete, Kalvanetta Peete, Aleya Peete, Aisha Peete People also search for Rickie Peete, Dennis Peete, Charlotte Peete, Kalvanetta Peete, Aleya Peete, Aisha Peete | ||
Calvin peete golf swing compilation 1
Calvin Peete (July 18, 1943 – April 29, 2015) was an American professional golfer. He was the most successful African-American to have played on the PGA Tour, with 12 wins, prior to the emergence of Tiger Woods.
Contents
- Calvin peete golf swing compilation 1
- Calvin peete part 1
- Biography
- Family
- PGA Tour wins 12
- Japan Golf Tour wins 2
- Results in major championships
- Summary
- US national team appearances
- References
Calvin peete part 1
Biography
Peete was born in Detroit, Michigan. He played on the 1983 and 1985 U.S. Ryder Cup teams. He won the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average in 1984. He was in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking for several weeks when they debuted in 1986.
Peete did not begin playing golf until he was in his 20s, but immediately excelled at a game most pros learn as young children. He learned the game while peddling goods to migrant workers in Rochester, New York, playing on the public course at Genesee Valley Park. Growing up poor, Peete suffered a badly broken arm that was never properly set. He was the leader in driving accuracy on the PGA Tour for 10 straight years, 1981–90. Peete was inducted into the African American Ethnic Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.
Peete died after a long battle with lung cancer, in Atlanta, Georgia on April 29, 2015. He was 71.
Family
Peete and his first wife, Christine, who divorced in 1987, are the parents of Charlotte, Calvin, Rickie, Dennise and Nicole and Kalvanetta Peete. He was married to Pepper Peete and had two daughters, Aisha and Aleya. He was a cousin of former American football quarterback Rodney Peete.
PGA Tour wins (12)
PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)
Japan Golf Tour wins (2)
Results in major championships
Note: Peete never played in The Open Championship.
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
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