Lema holding the Claret Jug after his 1964 Open Championship
Personal information
Full name
Anthony David Lema
Nickname
Champagne Tony
Born
(1934-02-25)February 25, 1934 Oakland, California
Died
July 24, 1966(1966-07-24) (aged 32) Lansing, Illinois
Sporting nationality
United States
Spouse
Elizabeth R. "Betty" Cline
Career
College
None
Turned professional
1955
Former tour(s)
PGA Tour
Professional wins
22
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour
12
Other
10
Best results in major championships (wins: 1)
Masters Tournament
2nd: 1963
PGA Championship
T9: 1964
U.S. Open
T4: 1966
The Open Championship
Won: 1964
Anthony David Lema (February 25, 1934 – July 24, 1966) was an American professional golfer who rose to fame in the mid-1960s and won a major title, the 1964 Open Championship at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland.[1][2][3] He died two years later at age 32 in an aircraft accident near Chicago.[4][5]
^"Lema wins British Open by 5 strokes". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. July 11, 1964. p. 1, sec. 2.
^"1964 Tony Lema". The Open. Archived from the original on November 26, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
^Fields, Bill (July 8, 2014). "What might have been". Golf Digest. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
^"Tony Lema, 3 others die". Chicago Tribune. July 25, 1966. p. 1.
^Bartlett, Charles (July 25, 1966). "Golf loses Lema, great team player". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 3.
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Europe—and the opposing honorary captains—Nicklaus for Team USA and England's Tony Jacklin for Team Europe. During the matches, the players paid tribute to...
Open Champion), Harvie Ward (1955 & 1956 U.S. Amateur Champion), and TonyLema (1964 British Open Champion), among others. Lowery played at San Francisco...
the PGA Tour money list again in 1965 by a healthy margin over TonyLema. Nicklaus and Lema formed the U.S. team for the World Cup, held in Madrid, Spain...
Championship, played 8–10 July at the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. TonyLema won his only major championship, five strokes ahead of runner-up Jack...
popular Palmer. Nicklaus won his first green jacket in 1963, defeating TonyLema by one stroke. Two years later, he shot a then-course record of 271 (17...
accidents and incidents: On 24 July 1966, American professional golfer TonyLema, his wife, and two others were killed when the aircraft struck terrain...
1964 Art Wall Jr. 274 −6 2 strokes TonyLema Bob Rosburg 30,000 4,300 1963 Gary Player 270 −14 1 stroke TonyLema 25,000 3,500 1962 Tommy Jacobs 277 −7...
1963 Memphis Open Invitational TonyLema Lost to par on first extra hole 2 1963 Cleveland Open Invitational TonyLema, Arnold Palmer Palmer won 18-hole...
players as reigning major champions was 1964, the first without Nicklaus. TonyLema took the top spot, followed by Ken Venturi, Bobby Nichols, and Palmer...
m) par putt on the final hole to finish one stroke ahead of runner-up TonyLema. Nicklaus shot a 66 (−6) in the second round, which was key in his victory...
Palmer 1963 Bob Charles† 1964 TonyLema 1965 Peter Thomson 1966 Jack Nicklaus 1967 Roberto De Vicenzo 1968 Gary Player 1969 Tony Jacklin 1970 Jack Nicklaus†...
Americans. The winner's share was £1,250. 1964 TonyLema 73 68 68 70 279 (−9) From 1962 to 1966, Lema won 12 times on tour, but this was his only major...
a calendar year Grand Slam. The only British champion in this period was Tony Jacklin, and it is also notable for having the first winner from Argentina...
Palmer 1963 Bob Charles† 1964 TonyLema 1965 Peter Thomson 1966 Jack Nicklaus 1967 Roberto De Vicenzo 1968 Gary Player 1969 Tony Jacklin 1970 Jack Nicklaus†...
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