RIP Jack Burke Jr Masters Champion

[The Spin Meister]

Biggest comeback in Masters history. Was down right starting last round. Won PGA same year,

Died ten days shy of his 101st birthday.

Jack Burke Jr. - Wikipedia

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[Erial_Lion]

On the golf broadcast today, they brought up the fact that Burke’s club had 5 members that won the PGA. When someone asked him how unusual it was for a club to be able to claim that, he said “hell, we have 3 members that have walked on the moon”.