Roberto DeVicenzo

Roberto DeVicenzo ( born April 14, 1923 in Villa Ballester, Buenos Aires, Argentina ) is a former professional golfer. At the age of 15, he hit a this career and won his first 21 of a total of nine Argentine Open titles.

The inverse image of a golfer of the 50s of the 20th century won, as declared by the World Golf Hall of Fame, the amazing number of more than 230 tournaments during his career. His only major win was DeVicenzo 1967 at the Open Championship against the attacking competitor Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player.

He represented Argentina 17 times during the Canada Cup competition and its successor, the World Cup, where in 1953 he was able to lead them to victory even his country.

Even as a senior golfer DeVicenzo was very successful in the early days of the Senior PGA Tour. He won several tournaments, including two senior majors.

In the golf world is unforgotten his misfortune at the Masters in 1968. DeVicenzo signed after the final round, his scorecard ( co-written by his flight partner Tommy Aaron ), a 4 auswies for the 17th hole, although he had actually played there a birdie 3. According to the rules of golf but once a signed result remains adamant exist (signed to a better score, you will be disqualified ). Without this error DeVicenzo would have been the same impact with Bob Goalby, and both had an 18-hole playoff the next day to deny. His then the following comment was made famous because of the striking simplicity: "What I 'm just a fool! "

Awards

1970 received the Bob Jones Award DeVicenzo, the highest award of the United States Golf Association in recognition of outstanding sportsmanship. He was admitted to the Hall of Fame World Golf, World Golf Hall of Fame in 1989.