OU4LIFE
9/5/2008, 07:42 AM
Tommy Bolt, the 1958 U.S. Open champion(which he won in a 36 hole Saturday at Southern Hills), died Saturday at age 92 in Cherokee Village, Ark.
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His wife, Mary Lou, said "his liver shut down."
Bolt won 15 times on the PGA Tour, with his lone major coming at Southern Hills in 1958 when he beat Gary Player by four shots. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2002.
But it was his temper that gained him the most notoriety.
Bolt was called "Terrible Tommy" and "Thunder," and he was often fined and suspended for slamming clubs and using abusive language. He set up a special fund from his earnings to pay the fines.
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His wife, Mary Lou, said "his liver shut down."
Bolt won 15 times on the PGA Tour, with his lone major coming at Southern Hills in 1958 when he beat Gary Player by four shots. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2002.
But it was his temper that gained him the most notoriety.
Bolt was called "Terrible Tommy" and "Thunder," and he was often fined and suspended for slamming clubs and using abusive language. He set up a special fund from his earnings to pay the fines.