The Haig, Wild Bill, and the Birth of Professional Tour Golf

Authors

Stephen Lowe, Olivet Nazarene UniversityFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

4-1997

Scholarship Domain(s)

Scholarship of Discovery

Abstract

The 1923 Texas Open is significant in many ways, both to the rise of American golf and to the specific career of Walter Hagen. San Antonio's Texas Open has a legitimate claim to being the birthplace of professional tour golf.

Comments

Paper presented at the annual conference of the Popular Culture Association, April 1997, in San Antonio, Texas.

Recommended Citation

Lowe, Stephen, "The Haig, Wild Bill, and the Birth of Professional Tour Golf" (1997). Faculty Scholarship – History. 1.
https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/hist_facp/1

Previous Versions

Apr 6 2010