NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Lou Graham, who received the 1975 U.S. Open and 5 different PGA Tour occasions, has died. He was 88 years outdated.
The PGA Tour and USGA introduced that Graham handed away on Monday. A pal, Joe Taggart, an expert golfer at Richland Nation Membership, the place Graham performed, advised The Tennessean that Graham was receiving hospice care.
Graham received the U.S. Open by defeating John Mahaffey by two strokes at Medina Nation Membership in Medina, Illinois.
His different PGA wins had been the 1967 Minnesota Golf Basic and the 1972 Liggett and Meyers Open. He additionally received the Valero Texas Open, IVB Philadelphia Golf Basic, and CVS Charity Basic in 1979. These wins earned him Golf Digest’s Comeback of the 12 months award.
In 1977, he completed runner-up on the U.S. Open held at Southern Hills Nation Membership in Tulsa, Oklahoma, shedding by one stroke to Hubert Inexperienced.
Graham’s finest end on the Senior Tour, later generally known as the PGA Tour Champions, was a tie for third on the 1990 AT&T Championship.
He joined the PGA Tour in 1964 and received greater than $1.4 million in his profession, plus greater than $600,000 on the Senior Tour in 1988.
He performed on Ryder Cup groups in 1973, 1975, and 1977.
Graham was born in Nashville and attended what was then Memphis State College earlier than being drafted into the Military.
