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Golfing Great Calvin Peete "Mr. Accuracy", Passed away, 71 yrs old.


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Tragic. I loved that guy. Started playing golf about the same age I did. Difference is, he was good at it.

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Here's a ProFiles article from a few years back: http://thesandtrap.com/b/profiles/calvin_peete .

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RIP Calvin.

http://www.pgatour.com/content/pgatour/news/2015/04/29/calvin-peete-obituary.html

Thanks for posting.  RIP.

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Sorry to hear ...

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I literally sought out a few of his swing videos on Twitter last night. That's awful.

In my UnderArmour Links stand bag...

Driver: '07 Burner 9.5° (stiff graphite shaft)
Woods: SasQuatch 17° 4-Wood (stiff graphite shaft)
Hybrid: 4DX Ironwood 20° (stiff graphite shaft)Irons/Wedges: Apex Edge 3-PW, GW, SW (stiff shaft); Carnoustie 60° LWPutter: Rossa AGSI+ Corzina...

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RIP Calvin Peete.

I did not follow golf much back then but I do remember him.  Probably it was because he did have a good run of victories (11) between 82 and 86.

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Irons & Wedges:
  :nike:  Covert 2.0  5i - AW,  :titleist:   56-14F,  60-07S
Putter:     :titleist:Newport Select
Balls:  :bridgestone: B330-RX

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One of the most accurate drivers of the golf ball RIP.

Rich C.

Driver Titleist 915 D3  9.5*
3 Wood TM RBZ stage 2 tour  14.5*
2 Hybrid Cobra baffler 17*
4Hybrid Adams 23*
Irons Adams CB2's 5-GW
Wedges 54* and 58* Titleist vokey
Putter Scotty Cameron square back 2014
Ball Srixon Zstar optic yellow
bushnell V2 slope edition

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RIP, Calvin Peete.

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A self-taught player who never hit especially long, Peete was one of golf’s most accurate drivers and fairway players. He won his first Professional Golfers Association tour event, the Greater Milwaukee Open, in 1979, and from 1982 through 1986 was among the tour’s most prolific champions, winning 11 tournaments, including four in 1982.

In 1984, he averaged 70.56 shots per round, winning the Vardon Trophy, given annually to the professional golfer with the lowest per-round score. In 1985, his two wins included the prestigious Tournament Players Championship (now the Players Championship) in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., a victory that Sports Illustrated described as “against the best field that will tee off all the year on one of the most unrelenting, terrorizing courses the pros play.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/30/sports/calvin-peete-71-a-pioneer-on-the-pga-tour-is-dead.html?emc=edit_th_20150430&nl;=todaysheadlines&nlid;=18048360&_r=0

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Crap. One of my favorite golfers of all time. The only PGA event that I attended with my father was his first win at the GMO in '79. Lee Trevino finished T-2 behind him. A class act. RIP Calvin.

In David's bag....

Driver: Titleist 910 D-3;  9.5* Diamana Kai'li
3-Wood: Titleist 910F;  15* Diamana Kai'li
Hybrids: Titleist 910H 19* and 21* Diamana Kai'li
Irons: Titleist 695cb 5-Pw

Wedges: Scratch 51-11 TNC grind, Vokey SM-5's;  56-14 F grind and 60-11 K grind
Putter: Scotty Cameron Kombi S
Ball: ProV1

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