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Larry Nelson

Born: September 10, 1947

Birthplace: Ft. Payne, Alabama

Height: 5 ft 9 in

College: Kennesaw Junior College

Turned Pro: 1971

Unlike most professional golfers, Larry Nelson didn’t pick up a golf club until he was 21 years old – he picked up a rifle instead and served the United States as an infantryman during the Vietnam War.

Nelson proved to be a fast study and a natural talent – breaking 100 the first time he played an 18-hole round.

Nelson read Ben Hogan’s The Five Fundamentals of Golf as he was beginning to learn the mechanics of the golf swing. Nelson was shooting par less than a year after he played his first round.

Nelson attended a junior college after returning from Vietnam and graduated in 1970.

A year later he turned pro.

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Nelson earned his PGA Tour card in 1973.

His first PGA Tour win was at the Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic in 1979. He won again at the Western Open in 1979 and again in 1980.

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