February 15, 2019(2019-02-15) (aged 88) San Diego, California
Height
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight
155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st)
Sporting nationality
United States
Spouse
Shirley Warren
(m. 1951)
Children
2
Career
College
San Diego State University
Turned professional
1954
Former tour(s)
PGA Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins
54
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour
29
Japan Golf Tour
1
PGA Tour of Australasia
1
PGA Tour Champions
8
Other
15
Best results in major championships (wins: 2)
Masters Tournament
2nd: 1970
PGA Championship
2nd: 1977
U.S. Open
Won: 1961
The Open Championship
T18: 1974
U.S. Amateur
Won: 1953
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame
1990 (member page)
Bob Jones Award
1973
Gene Alec Littler (July 21, 1930 – February 15, 2019)[1] was an American professional golfer and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.[2] Known for a solid temperament and nicknamed "Gene the Machine" for his smooth, rhythmical swing,[2] he once said that, "Golf is not a game of great shots. It's a game of the best misses. The people who win make the smallest mistakes."
^"Gene Littler, golfer who won the US Open and was admired for the beauty of his swing – obituary". Daily Telegraph. March 21, 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
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Gene Alec Littler (July 21, 1930 – February 15, 2019) was an American professional golfer and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Known for a solid...
Legends of Golf (with GeneLittler), Mazda Champions (with Alice Miller) 1986 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with GeneLittler) 1993 Liberty Mutual Legends...
across a 20-year period between 1956 and 1975. Fellow San Diegan great GeneLittler was a friend and rival from teenager to senior. Casper won three major...
tournament and 48 made the 36-hole cut at 150 (+6). Billy Casper defeated GeneLittler 69 to 74 in an 18-hole playoff on Monday to win his third major championship...
on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff at Pebble Beach against GeneLittler. It was the first time the sudden-death format was used in a stroke-play...
native GeneLittler is the only amateur winner, achieving the feat in 1954, and awarded a five-piece tea set. Subsequently, as a professional, Littler was...
playoff against Don Massengale. f Lanny Wadkins won in a playoff against GeneLittler. g John Mahaffey won in a playoff against Tom Watson and Jerry Pate....
Look up littler in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Littler is an English surname, derived from the place name Littleover, a village in Derbyshire. Some...
27, won his only major championship in a sudden-death playoff over GeneLittler. It was the first playoff at the PGA Championship in ten years and was...
eagles the 72nd hole to successfully defend his Tucson Open title. 1959: GeneLittler wins for the second consecutive week on the PGA Tour. He finishes one...
birdie putt on the final hole to finish one stroke ahead of runner-up GeneLittler. Arnold Palmer was seven strokes back, in a tie for fifth. Palmer won...
Player GeneLittles". High Point University. September 13, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021. "Former High Point basketball star GeneLittles dies at...
Gene Sarazen (/ˈsɑːrəzɛn/; born Eugenio Saraceni, February 27, 1902 – May 13, 1999) was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players...
took part in a four-way playoff at the Greater Greensboro Open won by GeneLittler. The U.S. Open in 1969 was played in June at the Cypress Creek Course...
Gay Brewer and Tommy Jacobs. h Billy Casper won in a playoff against GeneLittler. i Fuzzy Zoeller won in a playoff against Ed Sneed and Tom Watson. j...
1985 Peter Thomson 1984 Don January unofficial 1983 GeneLittler 1982 Miller Barber 1981 GeneLittler Source: "2009 Champions Tour Official Media Guide"...
California. The course record for lowest round (62) was set in 1959 by GeneLittler. PGAT − PGA Tour. William K. Wolfrum. "Hesperia Golf & Country Club will...
Graham (11), Hubert Green (11), Paul Harney, Babe Hiskey, Jim Jamieson, GeneLittler (11), Bobby Nichols (11), Phil Rodgers, Chi-Chi Rodríguez (12), Mason...
out of a total prize fund of £18,400. In the final, Bob Charles beat GeneLittler with an eagle at the 37th hole. For the first time all tickets had to...
only two players with previous Ryder Cup experience, Billy Casper and GeneLittler. The team was the only one that Arnold Palmer was not a member of from...
Beach: 1972, 1982, 1992, and 2000. Kite also shares the distinction (with GeneLittler) of playing in the most Masters Tournaments without a win. Kite was the...
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