Gary Player: A True Global Golfer

Gary Player is a living legend in golf. He started playing in 1955 and he is still playing. Wow, can you imagine how prolific and physically fit he is? He is also very strong mentally. He is from South Africa and he was born in 1935. He is undoubtedly one of the top players that golf has seen. He is playing in The Masters Golf Tournament 2007 too.

HendersonvilleNews has a great report about Gary Player. It wrote:

The first leg of his estimated 15 million miles in an airplane sent Gary Player to St. Andrews in 1955 for the British Open, a small step for a South African man with big ambitions.

He packed two pairs of trousers, two shirts, one pair of shoes and his golf clubs. He had his life savings in his pockets, about 200 British pounds. And he couldn't find an affordable roof over his head when he arrived.

``I couldn't get a hotel for under 50 pounds. That was a quarter of my wealth,'' Player said. ``I slept in one of those dunes where they filmed 'Chariots of Fire.' I slept on the beach that night. And the next day, I found a room for 12 schillings and 6 pence.''

So began one of golf's most amazing journeys.

Wishing you all the best Gary Player in The Masters Golf Tournament 2007. I will be really very happy if can win this tournament.