I thought we would have a little fun this week by taking a look at professional golfers who are known by their nickname or a single name. I certainly do not know them all but will try and list as many as I can. Of course, the list has to start with “The King”, Arnold Palmer.
The King – Arnold Palmer
The Golden Bear- Jack Nicklaus
The Squire- Gene Sarazen
The Hawk- Ben Hogan
Byron – Byron Nelson, a.k.a. Iron Byron was named after Byron Nelson
Slamming Sam – Sam Snead
The Black Knight –Gary Player
Merry Mex- Lee Trevino
Chi Chi – Chi Chi Rodriguez
Champagne Tony- Tony Lema
Tiger – Eldrick Tiger Woods
Boom Boom- Fred Couples
Sir Nick- Nick Faldo (post competition)
Lefty or Phil the Thrill – Phil Mickelson
Desert Fox- Johnny Miller
Paddy- Padraig Harrington
Fuzzy- Fuzzy Zoeller
Gentle Ben – Ben Crenshaw
The Shark – Greg Norman
Radar –Mike Reid
The Big Easy – Ernie Els
The Goose- Retief Goosen
Monty – Colin Montgomerie
El Gato – Angel Cabrera
El Nino – Sergio Garcia
Walrus- Craig Stadler
Rors – Rory McIlroy
Seve- Seve Ballesteros
Bulldog- Corey Pavin
Anika- Anika Sorenstam
Pink Panther- Paula Creamer
Lumpy- Tim Herron
Lorena- Lorena Ochoa
The Mechanic – Miguel Angel Jimenez
Boo – Boo Weekley
Babe- Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Zinger – Paul Azinger
The Big Wiesy – Michelle Wie
Two Gloves- Tommy Gainey
I am sure I have missed many others, please add a comment on any you can think of.
Who is the golfer who lays on his belly and bends his knees all funky to eye up a putt? I have tried googling it with no luck! I think they called him Chameleon, but not sure.
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