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[The Dunes G&BC, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina].

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Played as the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (unofficial two-man better-ball team event).

His last appearance on the Champions Tour was in 2000.

In June of 2007, just a couple months before his death as a result of lung cancer, Brewer's beloved Picadome Golf Course in Lexington, Ky., was renamed The Gay Brewer Jr. Course at Picadome. It was during these formative years that his potential in golf became evident, setting him on a path to professional success.

Career Highlights

Gay Brewer's professional journey is marked by significant achievements and memorable performances.

From Amateur to Professional

Brewer turned professional in 1956, quickly making a name for himself.

[Royal Birkdale GC, Southport, Merseyside].

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Played as the Pensacola Open (March 23-26). Even Tiger Woods, who got to know Brewer through the Champions Dinner at The Masters, told The Associated Press, "Man, he told more stories and was just incredible to be around."

"He always had a joke," Jack Nicklaus said.

And he made a golf-instruction record album titled How To Give Your Golf Game The Master's Touch.

Brewer also featured in two episodes of Shell's Wonderful World of Golf: in 1968, vs. He won a major championship in that stretch. He took me over to a par-3 and I proceeded to hit three balls all within six feet of the hole.

(Earlier in the year, the night before the 1972 Masters started, Brewer was hospitalized with bleeding ulcers. Nicklaus shot 70, Jacobs 72 and Brewer, perhaps still reeling from his 72nd-hole mishap the day before, carded a 78.

After Brewer won it in 1967, Nicklaus said, "For Gay to come back the next year and win a Green Jacket was fitting for such a tremendous person and a darn good player.

"He was always so likable and a very jovial type of guy," Gil Morgan said. [Sobu course, Sobu CC, Inzai, Chiba, Japan].

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Played as the Canadian Open (July 6-9). [Waialae CC, Honolulu, Hawaii].

Played as the U.S.

Junior Amateur Championship. [The Old Course, St Andrews, Fife].

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Played as the Pensacola Open (March 4-7). [Augusta National GC, Augusta, GA].

Played as the inaugural Alcan Golfer of the Year Championship (Oct 5-9).

Throughout his career, he won with a "loopy" golf swing, and throughout his life with a funny sense of humor.

Full name: Gay Robert Brewer Jr.

Date of birth: March 19, 1932

Place of birth: Middletown, Ohio

Date and place of death: August 31, 2007 in Lexington, Kentucky

Brewer's Biggest Pro Wins

Brewer won the 1967 Alcan Golfer of the Year tournament at St.

Andrews, and the same tournament in 1968 at Royal Birkdale.

And in 1965, Brewer teamed with Butch Baird to win the PGA National Four-ball Championship.

1967 Masters Win and Other Majors

A second-round 68 jumped Brewer into a tie for second place.

In all, on the senior tour, Brewer made 427 starts with one win, eight seconds, 10 thirds, 72 Top 10s.