| Tony Lema | |
|---|---|
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Anthony David Lema |
| Nickname | Champagne Tony |
| Born | February 25, 1934 Oakland, California |
| Died | July 24, 1966 (aged 32) Lansing, Illinois |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Spouse | Elizabeth R. "Betty" Cline |
| Career | |
| College | None |
| Turned professional | 1955 |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 22 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 12 |
| Other | 10 |
| Best results in major championships (wins: 1) | |
| Masters Tournament | 2nd: 1963 |
| PGA Championship | T9: 1964 |
| U.S. Open | T4: 1966 |
| The Open Championship | Won: 1964 |
Anthony David Lema (February 25, 1934 – July 24, 1966) was an American professional golfer who rose to fame in the mid-1960s and won a major title, the 1964 Open Championship at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland.[1][2][3] He died two years later at age 32 in an aircraft accident near Chicago.[4][5]
- ^ "Lema wins British Open by 5 strokes". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. July 11, 1964. p. 1, sec. 2.
- ^ "1964 Tony Lema". The Open. Archived from the original on November 26, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ^ Fields, Bill (July 8, 2014). "What might have been". Golf Digest. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
- ^ "Tony Lema, 3 others die". Chicago Tribune. July 25, 1966. p. 1.
- ^ Bartlett, Charles (July 25, 1966). "Golf loses Lema, great team player". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 3.