1980 - Howard Twitty

<a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PESPT007496" title="Howard Twitty" href="/topic/sports/howard-twitty-PESPT007496.topic">Howard Twitty</a> smiles after winning the 1980 <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB001300" title="Sammy Davis Jr." href="/topic/entertainment/music/sammy-davis-jr.-PECLB001300.topic">Sammy Davis Jr.</a> <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="EVSPR000067" title="Travelers Championship" href="/topic/sports/golf/travelers-championship-EVSPR000067.topic">Greater Hartford Open</a>. Twitty won the tournament by defeating Jim Simmons on the sixth playoff hole.

( FILE PHOTO / HARTFORD COURANT )

Howard Twitty smiles after winning the 1980 Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open. Twitty won the tournament by defeating Jim Simmons on the sixth playoff hole.

  • Email E-mail
  • add to Twitter Twitter
  • add to Facebook Facebook
  • add to StumbleUpon StumbleUpon
Comments are filtered for language and registration is required. The Times makes no guarantee of comments' factual accuracy. Readers may report inappropriate comments by clicking the Report Abuse link next to a comment. Here are the full legal terms you agree to by using this comment form.
Connect
Advertisement
4 videos of Oklahoma tornado: Raw emotion as the monster forms

Watch the Oklahoma tornado form

<b>Opinion:</b> Why USC and not a black college, Dr. Dre?

Opinion: Why USC and not a black college, Dr. Dre?

Clippers parting ways with coach Vinny Del Negro

Del Negro out as Clippers head coach

<b>Opinion:</b> Immigration: A wider better welcome mat

Opinion: Immigration: A wider better welcome mat

Photos of the Day
More »

Video