Ken Venturi, the winner of the 1964 U.S. Open, has died at 82 years old, his son confirms.
Inducted last week into the World Golf Hall of Fame, former U.S. Open champion and longtime broadcaster Ken Venturi died Friday at 82.
Ken Venturi was a 14-year-old with a camera trying to get a picture of Byron Nelson when he first met the golfer who would become a mentor and dear friend.
Ken Venturi, a San Francisco native who learned how to play golf at Harding Park, memorably won the 1964 U.S. Open and later built a long and distinguished career as a television analyst, died Friday in Rancho Mirage (Riverside County). He was 82.
Former CBS golf analyst and 1964 US Open champion Ken Venturi passed away Friday afternoon at the age of 82. Venturi's most important victory came at Congressional, when in the '64 Open he overcame extreme heat exhaustion to claim his only major.
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