About Gary Player

Gary Player was born on 1 November 1935 in Johannesburg, South Africa. From an early age, he showed a keen talent for the game of golf. In 1953, Gary Player turned professional and has achieved 163 Championship wins throughout his career. His worldwide career earnings total a massive 12-million dollars.

Dubbed the "Black Knight" because of his courageous style of play and competitive, yet courteous demeanour, Gary Player has become one of the world's greatest golfers to date. With the following life mottos, it is no wonder that Gary Player has made such a success of his golfing career.

1. Change is the price of survival
2. Everything in business is negotiable, except quality
3. A promise made is a debt incurred
4. For all we take in life, we must pay
5. Persistence and common sense are more important than intelligence
6. The fox fears not the man who boasts by night, but the man who rises early in the morning
7. Accept the advice of the man who loves you, though you like it not at present
8. Trust instinct to the end, though you cannot render any reason
9. The heights of a great man rendered and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but that while their companions slept were toiling upward in the night
10. There is no substitute for personal contact

The list of Gary Player's achievements is limitless. Besides winning 9 Major Championships and 9 Major Senoir Championships, Gary Player has also won the following titles:

• Winner of Golf's Grand Slam (one of five golfers ever to achieve this)
• Winner of nine major championships (third on all-time list)
• The only winner of Grand Slam on Regular Tour and Champion’s Tour
• The winner of 163 professional worldwide tournaments over five decades
• The only player to win the British Open in three different decades
• The world's most travelled athlete with over 13-million air miles
• One of two golfers ever to be bestowed with an Honorary Doctorate of Law from St. Andrew’s
• He has won the South African Open a record thirteen times
• Winner of seven Australian Opens (the most ever)
• Five time winner of World Match Play Championship (the most ever)
• He scored a record low of 59 in the 1974 Brazilian Open. This is the lowest score ever in professional golf
• He has won two individual World Cup titles for South Africa
• Three times winner of World Series of Golf
• Placed in the top ten in 33 majors, including 17 top three finishes
• He has victories over 27 consecutive years, which is ten years more than the second best
• Honorary member of Royal and Ancient (one of only ten golfers)
• 18 holes-in-ones during official tournaments
• South African sportsman of the country in 2000
• One of original inductees into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974
• Winner of nine majors on Senior PGA Tour
• Oldest player to make the cut at the Open Championships (aged 62 in 1998)
• Holds the record for the most consecutive cuts made at the Masters, with 23
• Ranked by Golf Digests, Golf and Asian Golf magazines in the top ten of all time greatest golfers
• Winner of the 2003 Laurens Lifetime Achievement Award

The sponsors backing Gary Player include the following prestigious companies:

• SAP
• Callaway Golf
• Citigroup Private Bank
• Rolex
• Mastercard
• Verizon Business
• Boschendal

Besides being a world-acclaimed golfer, Gary Player has achieved success in various other arenas in life, such as establishing Black Knight International. This company includes Gary Player Equipment, the Gary Player Academy, the Gary Player Stud Farm, and Gary Player Enterprises. He is also a renowned golf course architect, with over 200 design projects throughout the world.

Gary Player is not only a successful golfer, but has established himself as a successful all-rounder and is not afraid to attempt anything in life. He truly is a man of great talent!