Harold Lee "Jug" McSpaden was an American professional golfer, and golf course architect.
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19 Facts About Jug McSpaden
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Jug McSpaden worked as a caddie, then was elected to PGA Membership at age 18 on November 11,1926.
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Jug McSpaden played in the first Masters in 1934 and won the Pasadena Open in 1935; the Canadian Open in 1939; and both the Los Angeles Open and the Phoenix Open in 1944.
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In 1938, Jug McSpaden played in the second Bing Crosby Pro-Am and was partnered with Eddie Lowery, who had been the caddy of Francis Ouimet in the 1913 US Open.
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Jug McSpaden was named to the US Ryder Cup team in 1939, but the event was cancelled that year due to the outbreak of World War II.
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Jug McSpaden was a member of the Ryder Cup team in 1941,1942, and 1943; but during those years only exhibition matches were played as fundraisers for the war effort.
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Jug McSpaden claimed to have cleared less than $150 when he cashed them in.
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In 1947, Jug McSpaden became vice president of a sportswear company, the Palm Beach Company, and left the professional golf tour; he did compete periodically in Tour events for some time after this.
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Jug McSpaden was the course architect for the Dub's Dread Golf Club in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Jug McSpaden competed in the Senior PGA Championship until the age of 85.
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Jug McSpaden finished 12 times in the top-10 at major championships.
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Jug McSpaden was the first pro golfer to shoot a 59 on a par 71 course in 1939.
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Jug McSpaden's playing partners that day were Byron Nelson, Paul Runyan, and Ben Hogan.
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Jug McSpaden holds the PGA record for being the oldest golfer ever to better his age in a Champions Tour event: in 1994 he shot an 81 at the age of 85 [1] in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
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Jug McSpaden was "honest, forthright, kind of rough and gruff", and because of his "exceptionally long arms" only used a 42-inch driver for most of his career.
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Jug McSpaden was named the 1994 Nissan Open Tournament Honoree, having won there, in 1944.
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Jug McSpaden was on the ballot for the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004 and 2005, but did not receive enough support for induction.
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Dub's Dread, the course Jug McSpaden designed, was once listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's longest golf course.
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