Gay Brewer attended the University of Kentucky on a football scholarship because the school did not have golf scholarships.
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11 Facts About Gay Brewer
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Gay Brewer turned professional in 1956 and made his first cut, at the Agua Caliente Open, tying for 12th.
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Gay Brewer came back to win the prestigious event the next year, scoring a one stroke victory over lifelong friend Bobby Nichols in the first live television broadcast of a golf tournament from the United States to Europe.
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Gay Brewer called winning the 1967 Masters "the biggest thrill I've had in golf".
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Gay Brewer's score of 25-under par 191 is a record that still stands over forty years later.
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Gay Brewer finished inside the top 10 on the Tour's money list three times, with his best performance his fifth-place finish in 1966.
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Gay Brewer won the 1972 Canadian Open and was again part of the US team that won the 1973 Ryder Cup.
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Gay Brewer was known for his jovial personality and his unusual golf swing.
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Gay Brewer joined the Senior PGA Tour and won the 1984 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf tournament with Billy Casper and at age sixty-three he won the 1995 MasterCard Champions Championship.
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In 2006, Gay Brewer was voted to the University of Kentucky Athletics Hall of Fame.
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