GARY PLAYER - MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED - HFSID 158290

GARY PLAYER
The South African golfer signs a magazine photograph of him winning the Rodman Wanamaker Trophy at the 1962 PGA Championship.
Photograph signed: "Gary Player/Regards". B/w, 5x6½. Imprinted caption affixed at lower margin. In full: "Gary Player (right) raises the lid to the Rodman Wanamaker Trophy, symbol of his victory in the 1962 PGA Championship, as Lou Strong (left), PGA President, looks on. Gary became the first resident of a foreign country to win the National Championship by shooting a 278 at Aronimink Golf Club, Newton Square, Pa., July 19-22." List of players and their standings in the tournament affixed at left margin. Player, from Johannesburg, South Africa, was first with score of 72-67-69 and 70 (for a total of 278) to capture the title and the purse of $13,000. South African golfer Gary Player (born in 1935), who is considered one of golf's greatest players, won 24 PGA tournaments (1958-1978), including seven majors. "The Black Knight" won all four of golf's most prestigious events: the British Open (1959, 1968, 1971, 1974), the Masters (1961, 1978), the PGA (1962-1971) and the U.S. Open (1965). After joining the Champions Tour, he won 19 additional tournaments. Player is also a renowned golf course architect, and he has received acclaim for breeding thoroughbred racehorses at his Gary Player Stud Farm. The Gary Player Foundation, founded in 1983, is dedicated to supporting the educational needs of rural and underprivileged children, and the foundation also supports other children's charities. Tiny crease at lower right blank corner of photograph. Minor surface creases (not evident head on). Fine condition.