Golf's Greatest Family Dynasty?
/Corey Kilgannon on the golfing Turnesas, who have made 46 U.S. Open appearances as of Thursday when Marc continues the family tradition.
Turnesa is a grandson of Mike Turnesa, one of seven brothers from Westchester County, N.Y., who formed golf’s greatest family dynasty.
There were Doug, Frank and Phil, who won dozens of local and national tournaments and also worked as club professionals in Westchester. And Joe, Mike and Jim, top touring pros who seemed to take turns playing in the finals of major professional tournaments.
The youngest brother, Willie, became perhaps the best amateur in history after Jones.
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Known as Willie the Wedge for his adroit bunker play, he won the United States Amateur in 1938 and 1948 and the British Amateur in 1947. He also played on three winning Walker Cup teams, captaining the 1951 squad.