Former USGA 大統領 Sandy Tatum dies at 96
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Frank "Sandy" Tatum, the former U.S. ゴルフ 協会 大統領，／社長 known for difficult U.S. Open 体制／機構s and a famous 引用する after the "大虐殺 at Winged Foot," died Thursday. He was 96.
"All of us at the USGA are 深く，強烈に saddened by the passing of truly one of the 広大な／多数の／重要な individuals ever 伴う／関わるd with ゴルフ," マイク Davis, the USGA's (n)役員／(a)執行力のある director, said in a 声明. "Sandy Tatum certainly 衝撃d the USGA in immeasurable ways, but more important were his countless and 重要な 出資／貢献s to the game. He will long be remembered as one of the 広大な／多数の／重要なs in ゴルフ."
After the 1974 U.S. Open at Winged Foot, won by Hale Irwin at 7-over par, Tatum - then chairman of the 選手権 委員会 - said: "We're not trying to humiliate the best players in the world, we're 簡単に trying to identify them."
The Rhodes Scholar and longtime San Francisco lawyer was an 遂行するd player, winning the 1942 NCAA individual 肩書を与える and 主要な Stanford to team 肩書を与えるs in 1941 and 1942.
Tatum grew up playing Los Angeles Country Club, and was a member at San Francisco ゴルフ Club and Cypress Point Club. He led the 復古／返還 of San Francisco's 地方自治体の Harding Park, now called TPC Harding Park, and was chairman of the First Tee of San Francisco.
At age 16, he watched 足緒 Owens 勝利，勝つ the 走り幅跳び in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
His wife, Barbara, died in February.
