Friday, 17 May 2013

Hall of Famer Venturi dies aged 82 (Reuters)

Ken Venturi holds the President's Cup following his team's victory at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Lake Manassas, October 22, 2000. REUTERS/Shaun Best

(Reuters) - Former U.S. Open champion and television broadcaster Ken Venturi, a 14-times winner on the PGA Tour, died on Friday at the age of 82 following various health complications. Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame just 11 days ago, Venturi had been in hospital for the last two months for a spinal infection, pneumonia and an intestinal infection, the PGA Tour said in a statement. Venturi's son, Matt, said his father had died in a hospital in Rancho Mirage, California, where he had been living for several years. The highlight of Venturi's playing career came in the 1964 U.S. ...




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