[Walter Morgan sitting on mower], © 2020 ABG-SI LLC. It's a swingthat would have Johnny Miller sketching furiously on theTelestrator, and when Morgan is asked to describe it, achuckle--albeit a muted one--escapes his barrel chest. "Iwasn't the kind of sergeant who hollered a lot," he says. In 1994, with the goal of correcting this weakness,Morgan played mostly in the Senior satellite events, groovinghis skills from 80 yards and in. Three weeks ago, when he was told that TigerWoods had won in Orlando, the news produced a genuine rise. The golfer who holds the youngest-age-shooter record on golf's major professional tours is Walter Morgan, playing the Champions Tour. ", Pausing, Morgan said something similar to what Sifford had saidabout him. As one of six African-Americans on the Senior tour (andcurrently the most successful), Morgan is well aware of his debtto the pioneers of black golf.
"Hebelieves in himself," Morgan added. Morgan doesn't find the quest to be a relentless, and possibly fruitless, grind. YetMorgan doesn't find the quest to be a relentless, and possiblyfruitless, grind. After school, from the time he was nine until he was 15, Walterand his brothers picked cotton along with much of the blackcommunity. In golf, an "age shooter" is a golfer whose score for an 18-hole round of golf matches or betters his age. ", Trusting himself is what Morgan has been doing throughout a lifethat would have discouraged a less confident or adaptable man. When he once again emerged fromthe Q school for the '95 season, he was a different player. On the PGA Tour, that record belongs to Sam Snead. Before he was finished Smith matched or beat his age an amazing 3,359 times.
Morgan is also the holder of the youngest golfer to shoot his age or better record.
After completing a two-year hitch, Morgan signed up for sixmore. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. That year he played hisway into four Senior tour events, his best finish being a 19that the Showdown Classic. He was votedcomeback player of the year by his peers and hasn't looked backsince. "I just look forward to getting up everymorning," he says. He received the 1995 Comeback Player of the Year award, and was Champions Tour Player of the Month in September 1995 and March 1996. "Figured it couldn't be too bad ifthe ball was going straight." All Rights Reserved. The oldest-known golfer to shoot his age was 103-year-old Arthur Thompson of Victoria, British Columbia. Morgan's first 11-month tour ofVietnam came in 1966, his second in 1970, when he was a staffsergeant in charge of a combat platoon. Previously, this record was held by Jerry Barber, who in 1994 fired a 69 in the Champions Tour Kroger Senior Classic, nine strokes below his age. He shot a 63 in the firstround of the 1992 GTE North Classic but followed with a 73 and a76. Walter T. Morgan (born May 31, 1941) is an American professional golfer who has played on the Senior PGA Tour (now Champions Tour). At one point he made 47 straightstarts. Walter told Carrie that she would get a call from a man named Jensen, who calls Carrie at home and gets spooked because she's a cop, then she offers him $10K for his information and agrees to meet him. Adds Morgan's caddie, Carl Benham, "He's in theupper echelon as far as the emotional side. ", COLOR PHOTO: JACQUELINE DUVOISIN [Walter Morgan playing golf], COLOR PHOTO: DAVID LIAM KYLE Compared to the fieldwork Morgan did while growing up in Georgia, life on the Senior tour is easy pickings. Walter and his two brothersmade the kitchen their bedroom. Idon't worry about the other people--what they say or what theythink.".
Morgan holds or shares several Champions Tour records. He was the son of Evans, a heavy-equipmentoperator, and Willie Pearl Morgan. "Pickin' cotton, thatwill make you old quick," he says. He's a solid person. TheArmy made a good man out of me. "Neverwas curious about it," the soft-spoken Morgan says in the slowcadence of the rural South. Morgan watched the replay from his sofaat home in New Bern, N.C., and was stunned. In 2002, at age 61, Morgan shot a 60 in the AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship. US Open Cut Rule: How Many Golfers Make the Cut? But Morgan was locked into playing for Uncle Sam.
[Walter Morgan autographing hat for boy], COLOR PHOTO: ROBERT BECK Always a cut above off the tee and with long irons, Morgan blossomed after shoring up his short game. "You can just tell by the look in his eyes thatthat young man has absolutely no fear. "It's not a hard job.". During warmups before a baseball game atthe Scofield Barracks on Oahu in 1968, some players were hittingiron shots in the outfield. Brent Kelley is an award-winning sports journalist and golf expert with over 30 years in print and online journalism. It's an uphill battle. He played on the tour from 1991 to 2004, winning three times. In March, Morgan defeated Gary Player in a playoff to win theFHP Health Care Classic in Ojai, Calif. At the Ameritech SeniorOpen in July, Morgan, with the ever-present Te-Amo Naturaljammed into the corner of his mouth, coolly outdueled RaymondFloyd and John Bland to win by two strokes.
"Mainly, I had to set an example. "I got paired with Ray Floyd the last round and flatchoked," he says. The school didn't have a team,so he played semipro ball, as a power-hitting outfielder, witholder men. Says Sifford, "Walt's awonderful guy. He calls the 74-year-old CharlieSifford "my father" only half jokingly.
Hall of Famer Joe Morgan is a distant cousin. "Itcan make you mad. Slammin' Sam fired a 67 at the Quad Cities Open in 1979, when he was 67 years old. The golfer who holds the youngest-age-shooter record on golf's major professional tours is Walter Morgan, playing the Champions Tour.
He grew up in Haddock, Ga., 85 miles southeast of Atlanta. "It was a very tough experience," hesays. They were scramblers and sowas I, and I loved the competition.
", And play and play and play. His victory that year in Seattle capped a season in which hefinished in the top 10 five times and won $423,756. Morgan keeps at it because he's trying to work his wayup the career money list, on which the top 70 seniors areexempt. ", Morgan competed often in regional tournaments, and seniors suchas Orville Moody, Rives McBee and John Paul Cain encouraged himto try the Senior tour. But now I pay no attention. "It's not a hard job."
I'm here to playgolf. "Sure, I've been stoppedby security guards at the locker room door and gotten some funnylooks even after showing them my player's badge," he says. ", Morgan is so stubbornly self-reliant that being asked if he hasever seen a swing coach or a sports psychologist almost promptsanother laugh. "The things you teach yourself are the things youknow best," he says. "It was just bad timing, but I've got no complaints. If you let stuff like that bother you, you might as wellgo home.
Although he wasdesperate to play on a real course, Morgan wouldn't try until hefelt he had reasonable control of the ball.
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