Gene Littler

Golfer

Birthday July 21, 1930

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace California

DEATH DATE Feb 15, 2019 (88)

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About

World Golf Hall of Fame inductee who won 29 PGA Tours and a U.S. Open; he spent over two decades near the top of golf's money list.

Before Fame

He won the 1953 U.S. Amateur and the 1954 San Diego Open, still as an amateur.

Trivia

He was diagnosed with melanoma cancer in 1972 but he came back and won 5 more events on the PGA Tour regardless.

Family Life

He grew up in San Diego, California.

Associated With

He joined Jack Nicklaus as an inductee into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1990.