Orville Moody, the former Army sergeant who won the 1969 U.S. Open, died recently at the age of 74. Moody was one of those unknown golfers who came out of nowhere to claim the U.S. Open and then disappeared into obscurity. Moody's victory over Deane Beman, Al Geigberger and Bob Rosburg was considered a fluke because nobody had ever heard of him. He bounced around the PGA Tour with little success, partly because he was horrible with the putter. One writer recalled that he only needed two putts from 25 feet to win the Crosby Pro-Am at Pebble Beach over Jack Nicklaus and Raymond Floyd in 1973 but three-putted and lost in a playoff. He soon went to the long putter and his career was reborn when he turned 50 and proved he was not just a flash in the pan by winning 11 tournaments on the senior tour, including the U.S. Senior Open. Then he disappeared again and yes, he was one of Mr. Fairway's first "whatever happened to" players.
Hitting range balls while wondering whatever happened to Mark Hayes.
4 comments:
Hi noticed your comment, from back on January 8th of this year, in reference to Mike Reasor. I am curious what Mike Reasor you were talking about.
Mike Reasor the golf professional who played on the PGA Tour.
Mike Reasor was my dad. He passed away in September of 2002, at the age of 60. If you have any stories about him I would love to read them. I have collected a scrapbook of notes and writings about him.
Sorry to hear about Mike's passing. He was a very solid player and a good professional.
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