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Former PGA Tour, U.S. Senior Open champion has passed way

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Dale Douglass of follows his tee shot on the Kaanapali North Course’s 2nd hole Friday, Oct. 20, 2000, during the opening spherical of the EMC Kaanapali Basic Senior PGA event in Kaanapali, Hawaii. Douglass fired an opening-spherical 4-underneath-par 67 and is in a tie for next location. (AP picture/Matthew Thayer)Associated Press

Previous PGA Tour winner and U.S. Senior Open up winner Dale Douglass died this week just after a long sickness, in accordance to reports.

He was 86.

Douglass, who reportedly handed away on Wednesday, was a 3-time winner on the PGA Tour and played in the 1969 Ryder Cup. He also gained 11 periods on the Senior Tour.

Born in 1936 in Colorado, Douglass went on to enjoy at the College of Colorado, and was inducted in to the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010. He was the school’s 1st participant to perform on the PGA Tour, and he reportedly acquired a minimal much less than $600,000 there. He turned professional in 1960, and his ideal year on the PGA Tour arrived in 1969 when he gained the Kemper Open up and the Azalea Open up Invitational. His job really took off on the Senior Tour, and he finished with additional than $9 million in job earnings.

Douglass moved to the Senior Tour in 1986 and was a consistent there by way of 2011.