Sports
Don Pooley’s name is on the Vardon Trophy along with Sam Snead, Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Tom Watson and most of the greatest golfers of the past 50 years.
Feb. 9, 1986
It’s Acapulco without water, and the divers wear spikes, colorful pants and tricked-up shirts that resemble billboards.
Aug. 11, 1995
Don Pooley bettered a first-round 65 by shooting an eight-under-par 64 and took a four-stroke lead in a PGA event at Mount Pleasant, S.C.
Nov. 7, 1992
Don Pooley shot an eight-under-par 64 Saturday to take a three-stroke lead over Loren Roberts after the second round of the Champions Tour’s season-opening MasterCard Championship at Kaupulehu, Hawaii.
Jan. 22, 2006
Golf: Nelson shoots 64, Pooley a 65, but no one can get close to Irwin, who takes three-stroke lead into final round of Toshiba Senior Classic.
March 10, 2002
The playoff matched five-time British Open winner Tom Watson against qualifier Don Pooley, whose last big golf moment occurred in 1987.
July 1, 2002
Greg Norman designed the course. Don Pooley mastered it.
May 9, 1997
Don Pooley needed only a two-under-par 70 to come from four shots back and score the second victory of his career Sunday in the Memorial golf tournament at Dublin, Ohio.
June 1, 1987
Hal Sutton led a spectacular scoring day with another bogey-free 64 that provided him with a two-stroke lead over Howard Twitty Friday in the second round of the $500,000 Phoenix Open golf tournament.
Jan. 25, 1986
Don Pooley used a hot putter Friday to shoot a six-under par 65 for a course record of 131 for 36 holes in the $700,000 Bank of Boston tournament at Sutton, Mass.
Sept. 16, 1989